One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Finalists for the Class of 2020, which will be the 6^th full class. 

The Finalists were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees, to a group of Semi-Finalists.

Whoever gets inducted this year, will join these previous inductees:

Spinal Tap, The Monkees, The Blues Brothers, Gorillaz, Tenacious D, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Wyld Stallyns, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Wonders, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Otis Day and the Nights and Stillwater.

This year’s Finalists are:

Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension):  What couldn’t these renaissance men do?   This is their third time reaching the Semi-Finals, and their second time as a Finalist

Don Music (Sesame Street):  A first time Semi-Finalist, and also a first-time Finalist, Don Music will never get it!  Never!

Figrin D’An and the Modal Nodes (Star Wars):  The house band at the Mos Eisley Cantina was also a finalist last year.  No band can bounce back after seeing a fatality better than this one.

Josie and the Pussycats (Josie and the Pussycats):  From Riverdale, they went to outer space and back again and are now a three-time Finalist.

Leather Tuscadero (Happy Days):  Do the Fonzie!  This is the first Semi-Finalist and Finalist appearance for the Milwaukee based rocker from the late 1950s.

Marvin Berry and the Starlighters (Back to the Future):  This was the band that played at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance in 1955.  Marty McFly played with them for one song.  They are a Finalist for the third time.

Nick Rivers (Top Secret!):  Rivers was a teen idol and a war spy.  This is quite the unique combination, right?  This is the second time for Rivers as a Semi-Finalist, and is now a Finalist for the first time.

Phoebe Buffay (Friends):  Buffay is now a two-time Finalist and a regular at Central Perk in New York City.  

Rowlf the Dog (The Muppets):  Could the piano playing dog join Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem in the Hall?  Rowlf is now a three-time Finalist.

Sex Bob-Omb (Scott Pilgrim VS The World:  Sex Bob-Omb is a three-time Finalist who competed in the Toronto International Battle of the Bands.  They are two-time Finalists.

The Archies (The Archies):  In 1970, they had a number 1 hit in the “Real World” with “Sugar Sugar”. They have been Finalists three times before.

The Banana Splits (The Banana Splits):  Half live action, half animation, but all cheese! The Banana Splits captured the imagination of kids in the late 60s, and they are three-time Finalists.

The Be Sharps (The Simpsons):  Former Grammy winners, the Be-Sharps were on top of the world for a brief period of time.  Comprised of Homer, Barney, Apu and Principal Skinner, they are now four-time Finalists.  Notably, Homer Simpson is also a Finalist for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

The Max Rebo Band (Return of the Jedi):  What do all evil Hutts need?  A house band!  Max Rebo and his crew are two-time Finalists.

The Rutles (All You Need is Cash):  Finalists on two other occasions, The Rutles remind of us another group called the Beatles.  In the fictional musical universe, there are few that have been as successful.

The School of Rock (The School of Rock):  Dewey Finn pretended to be a substitute teacher and used his class as a band to perform at the Battle of the Bands.  How did he not get in more trouble?  Jack Black is already in as a member of Tenacious D.

The Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother Where Art Thou?):  From the 1930s, three convicts on the run cut a record demo that became a hit.  This is their fourth time as Semi-Finalists, and they have reached the Finals for a third time.

You can vote for them here.

When you can, please support our site and cast your vote for the Class of 2020!

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support.

It is another big day for us at Notinhalloffame.com!

Last December, The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced it’s second full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.

That class comprised Gorillaz and Tenacious D who joined the inaugural (and controversial) inductees of Spinal Tap, The Blues Brothers and The Monkees.

Like in previous years, the opening round began with over 500 Fictional Musicians which has been reduced to 40 Fictional Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Semi-Finalists.

The 40 Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall Semi-Finalists are:

Aldous Snow (Get Him to the Greek)

Alice Bowie (Cheech & Chong)

Alvin & the Chipmunks (Alvin & the Chipmunks)

Archies, The (The Archies)

Autobahn (The Big Lebowski)

B-Sharps, The (The Simpsons)

Banana Splits (The Banana Splits)

Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons)

Brady Bunch Kids, The (The Brady Bunch)

Buckaroo Banzai & the Honk Kong Cavaliers (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension)

Bugaloos, The (The Bugaloos)

CB4 (CB4)

Commitments, The (The Commitments)

Dethklok (Metapcolypse)

Dewey Cox (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)

Dingoes Ate My Baby (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem (The Muppets)

Eddie and the Cruisers (Eddie and the Cruisers)

Figran’ Dan and the Modal Nodes (Star Wars)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)

Jem and the Holograms (Jem and the Holograms)

Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)

Josie & the Pussycats (The Archies & Josie & The Pussycats)

Junkyard Band, The (Fat Albert)

Marvin Berry & the Starlighters (Back to the Future)

Michigan J. Frog (Warner Brothers)

Niggaz With Hats (Fear of a Black Hat)

Otis Day & The Knights (Animal House)

Partridge Family, The (The Partridge Family)

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy)

Rowlf the Dog (The Muppets)

Rutles, The (The Rutles)

School of Rock, The (The School of Rock)

Sex Bob-Omb (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World)

Soggy Bottom Boys, The (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld (South Park)

Wonders, The (That Thing You Do!)

Wayouts, The (The Flintstones)

Winslow Leach (Phantom of the Paradise)

Wyld Stallyns (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)

The top fifteen vote getters will advance to the Final Round.

The Finalists will be announced on August 30, 2017.

Voting can be found here:

http://www.notinhalloffame.com/ficitious-rock-and-roll-voting/2017-round-2

We thank you for your support of this project and look for more like this from us at Notinhalloffame.com!

OK, gang!  It’s that time again!

Last September, Notinhalloffame.com announced the launch of the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a sister of our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, which inducted its first full class on December 2, 2014.

The first full class of the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which was inducted last year comprised The Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap and the Monkees; all of which were considered controversial though all had a fictional story about them.

This year as the result of your online votes the 2016 Semi-Finalists have been chosen. 


The Semi-Finalists are:



1.  Alvin & The Chipmunks

Say what you want about these anthropomorphic rodents, but they have had multiple hit movies and went number one on Billboard twice.  The Chipmunks were Finalists last year.

2.  The Archies

The Archies had a surprise number one hit with “Sugar Sugar”, which has to be considered a classic in the bubblegum genre.

3.  B-Rabbit

Eminem delivered in his one and only lead performance in a film, though as Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith, he basically portrayed a fictionalized version of himself. 

4.  The Banana Splits

From the early 1970’s, the Banana Splits were animal creatures from the minds of the Sid and Marty Kroft.  Their theme song, “The Tra La La Song” is engrained in the mind of many fifty-somethings today.

5.  The Be-Sharps

Comprised of Homer Simpson, Principal Skinner, Barney Gumble and Apu Nahasspeemapetilion, the Be-Sharps won a Grammy Award for the Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word, or Barbershop Album of the Year.  They are the first of two Simpsons Semi-Finalists.

6.  Bleeding Gums Murphy

Lisa Simpson’s favorite musician, Bleeding Gums Murphy is second of two characters from the Simpsons to make the Semi-Finals.

7.  The Commitments

From the movie of the same name, The Commitments were Irish Blue-Eyed Soul at it’s finest, and yes that is a thing!

8.  Crucial Taunt

Led by the muse of Wayne Campbell, Crucial Taunt was the main band in the original Wayne’s World.

9.  Dethklok

A virtual band featured in Adult Swim’s “Metalocalypse”, Dethklok are the animated kings of death metal.

10. Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem

The house band for the Muppets narrowly missed out on an induction last year as they finished fourth in 2015 Finalist voting.

11. Drive Shaft

The one hit wonder from the television series, Lost, gave us “You All Everybody”. 

12. Eddie and the Cruisers

Eddie and the Cruisers were a rock band from the early 1960’s, and from the film of the same name, their lead singer Eddie Wilson faked his death out of frustration to pursue his sound.

13. Gorillaz

A very successful virtual band, Gorillaz is the creation of Blur frontman, Damon Albarn.  Arguably, Gorillaz “blurs” the line between real and fictional more than any other Semi-Finalist.

14. Hakeem Lyon

The heir to the Lyon Dynasty (or is he?) on Empire, Hakeem Lyon is presented as one of the top rappers in the game.

15. Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana was one of the most successful Disney shows of all time and launched Miley Cyrus to the stratosphere.

16. Jerome “Chef” McElroy

Played by the late Isaac Hayes, “Chef” taught the children of South Park right from wrong.

17. Josie and the Pussycats

This is specifically in reference to the popular cartoon version and not the live action film.  This is the second entry from “Riverdale”.

18. Luscious Lyon

The patriarch of the Lyon family in Empire, Luscious Lyon is presented as a hip-hop legend that still has a plethora of hits left in the tank.

19. Marvin Berry & The Starlighters

Marvin Berry, “the cousin of Chuck Berry” performed with his band, the Starlighters at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance in Back to the Future.

20. Michigan J. Frog

The mascot for Warner Brothers is arguably the least contemporary Semi-Finalist as the frog appears to only know Broadway songs from before 1950.

21. Otis Day & The Knights

Otis Day & the Knights were the band that the Delta House fraternity from Faber College hired for their toga party.

22. The Partridge Family

“Hello world, there’s a song that we’re singin’ Come on get happy!”  That opening was on American television for five years for this family band.

23. Phoebe Buffay

Phoebe Buffet may have never made it out of Central Perk but “Smelly Cat” lives on in Pop Culture.

24. Pink

Portrayed by Bob Geldof, Pink was the main character in Pink Floyd’s film adaptation of The Wall.

25. Sex Bob-omb

Sex Bob-omb was the band helmed by Scott Pilgrim, who had the most literal battle of the bands in cinematic history.

26. The School of Rock

From the film of the same name, this is one of two entries featuring Jack Black.

27. Tenacious D

Tenacious D, the side project of Jack Black and Kyle Gass has released multiple albums and had a fictionalized movie on their backstory, “The Pick of Destiny”.

28. The Wonders

From “That Thing You Do”, The Wonders had one hit (this making them one hit wonders) in the early 1960’s.

29. Winslow Leach

Winslow Leach was the “Phantom” in the Brian De Palma cult classic, “The Phantom of the Paradise”.

30. Wyld Stallyns

If Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is to believed, Wyld Stallyns are the band that brought peace to the world.


All voting for the Semi-Finalists can be done here or by visiting this url: http://www.notinhalloffame.com/ficitious-rock-and-roll-voting/2016-round-2

The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the sister site of the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, both subsidiaries of Notinhalloffame.com, which has annually ranked those not in the major sports and music halls of fame of North America since 2009.