One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the six new members of the Class of 2023, which will be the 8^th full class.

The inductees were decided by all of you, after being pared down from other 500 Preliminary Nominees.

The new members will join previous inductees:

The Fictitious Rock and Roll inductees are: 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, Stillwater, Josie and the Pussycats, Marvin Berry and the Starlighters, The Rutles, Eddie and the Cruisers, Schroeder and The Archies.

Similarly, to our Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, we have created a contributor’s section, which saw Dr. Johnny Fever and Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar enter last year.

This year’s members of the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are:

Dewey Cox (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Portrayed by John C. Reilly): Cox’s career feels a lot like what would have happened if Johnny Cash’s career went ten steps sideways. Reilly enters our Fictional Halls for the first time.

The Be Sharps (The Simpsons, Voiced by Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria & Harry Shearer): Former Grammy winners, the Be-Sharps were on top of the world for a brief period of time. Comprised of Homer (who has the potential of entering twice this year, Barney, Apu and Principal Skinner, finally enter after being Finalists six times.

The School of Rock (The School of Rock, Portrayed by Jack Black, Joey Gaydos Jr., Kevin Clark, Rebecca Brown, Robert Tsai. Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale & Aleisha Allen): 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? They enter on their fourth try as a Finalist.

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Semi-Finalists Contributors are:

Bruce Dickinson (Saturday Night Live, Portrayed by Christopher Walken): Dickinson needed more cowbell. He had a fever for it. He got it, and the Blue Oyster Cult were forever grateful. Dickinson was a Finalist last year, and enters after one sketch.

Colonel Homer Simpson (The Simpsons, Voiced by Dan Castallenta): Homer Simpson is (again) nominated in both categories, here for his discovery and early management of country singer, Lurleen Lumpkin. Simpson is the first character to be inducted twice in the same year, and is also a member of the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

Curtis (The Blues Brothers, Portrayed by Cab Calloway): Had it not been for the mentorship of Curtis, the Blues Brothers would not have become the iconic band that they were.

This means we are ready to ask you to vote for the Semi-Finalists for the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

The Fictitious Rock and Roll Vote can be found here.

The Fictitious Rock and Roll Contributor Vote can be found here.

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support, and ask you to cast your votes.

One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Finalists for the Class of 2022, which will be the 8^th full class. 

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

Whoever gets inducted this year, will join previous inductees:

The Fictitious Rock and Roll inductees are: 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, Stillwater, Josie and the Pussycats, Marvin Berry and the Starlighters, The Rutles, Eddie and the Cruisers, Schroeder and The Archies.

To mix things up, just like or Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, we have created a contributor’s section, which saw Dr. Johnny Fever and Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar enter last year.

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Finalists are:

 

Dethklok (Metalocalypse):  Death Metal has its representative, and they are intriguing ones as they were merchandising giants and have feuds withs supernatural beings.  They are previous two-time Finalists.

Dewey Cox (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Portrayed by John C. Reilly):  A multi-time Semi-Finalist, and now two-time Finalists, Cox’s career feels a lot like what would have happened if Johnny Cash’s career went ten steps sideways.  Reilly also has a Finalist (Cal Naughton Jr.) in the Finals for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.

Figrin D’An and the Modal Nodes (Star Wars):  The house band at the Mos Eisley Cantina was a finalist the last two years.  No band can bounce back after seeing a fatality better than this one.  This is their fourth time as Finalists.

Gene Frenkle (Saturday Night Live, Portrayed by Will Ferrell):  If a cowbell virtuoso is Hall of Fame worthy, it is Frenkle, whose signature performance with the Blue Oyster Cult in “Don’t Fear the Reaper” will never be forgotten. Ferrell, like Reilly, also has a Fictitious Athlete as a Finalist, (Ricky Bobby), and it is from the same movie (Talladega Nights).

Lili Von Shtupp (Blazing Saddles, Portrayed by Madeline Kahn):  We love Mel Brooks, and we are happy that for the first time we have a peripheral candidate in our midst.  Now how do we honor Alex Karras for his portrayal of Mongo?  This character is a first time Semi-Finalist and first time Finalist.

Robbie Hart (The Wedding Singer, portrayed by Adam Sandler):  Hart’s biggest moment may have been engineered by Billy Idol in an airplane, but we would like to believe that his songs would be crooned by the like of Idol (or more likely a Lisa Loeb type) sometime after he lived happily ever after.  Hart is a first time Finalist, and Sandler is in the same boat as Reilly and Ferrell, as he has characters (Paul Crewe) in both the Fictitious Athlete and Fictitious Rock Hall Finals.

Sadgasm (The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta & Hank Azaria):  You have to hand it to Homer Simpson, who as a young adult won a Grammy, though when he was even younger, and many years later, was fronting a grunge band.  Does he own a DeLorean?  This is a first time Semi-Finalist, and Finalist, and you have to hand it to Homer, who is already in the Fictitious Athlete Hall.

Sex Bob-omb (Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, Portrayed by Michael Cera, Allison Pill & Mark Webber:  A previous Finalist, Sex Bob-omb went through more tribulations any Toronto-based band that we can think of.  They are now four-time Finalists.

The Be Sharps (The Simpsons, Voiced by Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria & Harry Shearer):  Former Grammy winners, the Be-Sharps were on top of the world for a brief period of time.  Comprised of Homer (who has the potential of entering twice this year, Barney, Apu and Principal Skinner, they are now six-time Finalists.

The School of Rock (The School of Rock, Portrayed by Jack Black, Joey Gaydos Jr., Kevin Clark, Rebecca Brown, Robert Tsai. Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale & Aleisha Allen):  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?  They are now four-time Finalists.

The Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Portrayed by George Clooney, John Turturro, Delmar O’Donnell & Chris Thomas King):  The nominees from the pre-rock era comes from escaped convicts in Mississippi.  Throw in the “Crossroads”, and you have one hell of an old school candidate.  They are now three-time Finalists.

You can vote for them here.

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Semi-Finalists Contributors are:

Bruce Dickinson (Saturday Night Live, Portrayed by Christopher Walken):  Dickinson needed more cowbell.  He had a fever for it.  He got it, and the Blue Oyster Cult were forever grateful.  Dickinson was a Finalist last year.

Colonel Homer Simpson (The Simpsons, Voiced by Dan Castallenta):  Homer Simpson is (again) nominated in both categories, here for his discovery and early management of country singer, Lurleen Lumpkin.  He was a Finalist last year.

Curtis (The Blues Brothers, Portrayed by Cab Calloway):  Had it not been for the mentorship of Curtis, the Blues Brothers would not have become the iconic band that they were.  He was a Finalist last year.

Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, Portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead):  Why was Scott Pilgrim fighting the world?  For the love of Ramona Flowers of course!  The ultimate rock muse was a Finalist last year.

Reverend Cleophus Jones (The Blues Brothers, Portrayed by James Brown):  Had it not been for the Reverend, would Joliet Jake have known to put the band back together?

Ruby Rhod (The Fifth Element, Portrayed by Chris Tucker):  If DJs in the future will in fact be like Ruby Rhod, at least we know we will be entertained.  This is a first time Finalist.

You can vote for them here.

When you can, please support our site and cast your vote for the Class of 2022!

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support, and ask you to cast your votes.

One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Finalists for the Class of 2021, which will be the 8^th full class. 

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

Whoever gets inducted this year, will join previous inductees:

The Fictitious Rock and Roll inductees are: 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, Stillwater, Josie and the Pussycats, Marvin Berry and the Starlighters, The Rutles, Eddie and the Cruisers, Schroeder and The Archies.

To mix things up, just like or Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, we have created a contributor’s section, which saw Dr. Johnny Fever and Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar enter last year.

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Finalists are:

 

Alice Bowie (Cheech and Chong):  From the minds of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong first appeared in the comedy duo’s first film.  They are two-time Finalists.

Bart Simpson (The Simpsons):  Leading a boy band, and also performing on his own when he was part of the Krusty the Clown show, we have heard Bart sing for decades.  Amazingly, he is still ten, and was a Finalist for the first time last year.

Boys 12 (American Dad):  A first time Semi-Finalist, Steve Smith, Toshi, Snot and Barry’s boy band was merged with two more four-boy bands to form this group.

Dethklok (Metalocalypse):  Death Metal has its representative, and they are intriguing ones as they were merchandising giants and have feuds withs supernatural beings.  They are previous Finalists.

Dewey Cox (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story):  A multi-time Semi-Finalist, Cox’s career feels a lot like what would have happened if Johnny Cash’s career went ten steps sideways.

Figrin D’An and the Modal Nodes (Star Wars):  The house band at the Mos Eisley Cantina was a finalist the last two years.  No band can bounce back after seeing a fatality better than this one.  They have been Finalists three times before.

Gene Frenkle (Saturday Night Live):  If a cowbell virtuoso is Hall of Fame worthy, it is Frenkle, whose signature performance with the Blue Oyster Cult in “Don’t Fear the Reaper” will never be forgotten.

Hannah Montana (Hannah Montana):  Monatna returns to the Semi-Finals, and she was one of the biggest stars in the world, yet lived a double-life as a regular teenager.  Hannah is a three-time Finalist.

 

Jet Screamer (The Jetsons):  Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah!.  A surpsise Semi-Finalist for the second straight year, Jet Screamer is a teen idol from the future.

Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith (8-Mile):  You know, this feels an awful lot like Eminem…. Hmmm.  Anyway, B-Rabbit went from the Detroit trailer park to becoming a rap battle champion.  Maybe this could lead to an Oscar?

Lili Von Shtupp (Blazing Saddles):  We love Mel Brooks, and we are happy that for the first time we have a peripheral candidate in our midst.  Now how do we honor Alex Karras for his portrayal of Mongo?

Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons):  Lisa joins her brother for the first time as a Semi-Finalist, and who could forget when she almost won Krusty the Klown’s L’il Starmaker Competition?  Likely more people than remember Fantasia Barrino.

Moloch (Chips):  Seriously people?  This one-off Gene Simmons wannabe came from a one-off Chips episode in 1982 and was played by Donny Most from Happy Days fame.  Yes, Ralph Malph.

Phoebe Buffay (Friends):  Multi-time Semi-Finalist and coffee shop songstress, Phoebe Buffay, returns, and is this the year that “Smelly Cat” is forever immortalized in our hallowed hall?

Robbie Hart (The Wedding Singer):  Hart’s biggest moment may have been engineered by Billy Idol in an airplane, but we would like to believe that his songs would be crooned by the like of Idol (or more likely a Lisa Loeb type) sometime after he lived happily ever after.

Sadgasm (The Simpsons):  You have to hand it to Homer Simpson, who as a young adult won a Grammy, though when he was even younger, and many years later, was fronting a grunge band.  Does he own a DeLorean?  This is a first time Semi-Finalist.

Sex Bob-omb (Scott Pilgrim Vs the World:  A previous Finalist, Sex Bob-omb went through more tribulations any Toronto-based band that we can think of.  

Steel Dragon (Rock Star):  Based off of Judas Priest, we see what happens when a cover band singer gets his opportunity to join the real thing.

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 four-time Finalists.

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?  They are three-time Finalists.

The Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?):  The only nominees from the pre-rock era comes from escaped convicts in Mississippi.  Throw in the “Crossroads”, and you have one hell of an old school candidate.

You can vote for them here.

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Semi-Finalists Contributors are:

Bruce Dickinson (Saturday Night Live):  Dickinson needed more cowbell.  He had a fever for it.  He got it, and the Blue Oyster Cult were forever grateful.  Dickinson was a Finalist last year.

Bucky Dornster (WKRP in Cincinnati):  Dornster only appeared in two episodes, but he was a favorite for his lunch pail union ethos and ability to play softball drunk.

Colonel Homer Simpson (The Simpsons):  Homer is nominated in both categories, here for his discovery and early management of country singer, Lurleen Lumpkin.  He was a Finalist last year.

Curtis (The Blues Brothers):  Had it not been for the mentorship of Curtis, the Blues Brothers would not have become the iconic band that they were.  He was a Finalist last year.

Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim Vs the World):  Why was Scott Pilgrim fighting the world?  For the love of Ramona Flowers of course!  The ultimate rock muse was a Finalist last year.

Ray (The Blues Brothers):  Ray was the proprietor of “Ray’s Music Exchange” in Chicago, where the Blues Brothers bought their equipment.  Stop in, and you might see a number break out.

Reverend Cleophus Jones (The Blues Brothers):  Had it not been for the Reverend, would Joliet Jake have known to put the band back together?

Ruby Rhod (The Fifth Element):  If DJs in the future will in fact be like Ruby Rhod, at least we know we will be entertained.

Venus Flytrap (WKRP in Cincinnati):  The nighttime man at WKRP played the windchimes, spoke about astrology and love, and was at the forefront of playing the Quiet Storm.

Wink Wilkison (Little Shop of Horrors):  Wilkison was a host at WSKID, and you may recall his work on “Wink Wilkison’s Weird World”.

You can vote for them here.

When you can, please support our site and cast your vote for the Class of 2022!

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support, and ask you to cast your votes.

One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Finalists for the Class of 2021, which will be the 7^th full class. 

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

Whoever gets inducted this year, will join previous inductees:

The Fictitious Rock and Roll Semi-Finalists are: 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, Stillwater, Josie and the Pussycats, Marvin Berry and the Starlighters and the Rutles.

To mix things up, just like or Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, we have created a contributor’s section.  

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Finalists are:

 

Alice Bowie (Cheech and Chong):  From the minds of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong first appeared in the comedy duo’s first film.  They are a Finalist for the second time.

Bart Simpson (The Simpsons):  Leading a boy band, and also performing on his own when he was part of the Krusty the Clown show, we have heard Bart sing for decades.  Amazingly, he is still ten, and for the first time is a Finalist

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 second time as Finalists.

Eddie and the Cruisers (Eddie and the Cruisers):  A previous multi-time Finalist, Eddie and the Cruisers were on the cusp of something great, until the lead singer grew frustrated when management rejected his new sound…so he faked his death.  They are Finalists for the third time.

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

Fingerbang (South Park):  We can argue that this is the most successful boy band of all time…from South Park, Colorado.  It was not until they were joined by 30-something Randy Marsh that they really made it “big”…meaning that they played the mall.  This is their first time as a Finalist.

Hannah Montana (Hannah Montana):  Monatna returns to the Semi-Finals, and she was one of the biggest stars in the world, yet lived a double-life as a regular teenager.  Hannah is a Finalist for the third time.

 

Jem and the Holograms (Jem and the Holograms):  They played pop music and had a huge hologram machine. Enough said.  This is their fourth time reaching the Finals.

Michigan J. Frog (Looney Toons):  This frog would perform classic showtunes, as long as there was no audience.  He has been a Finalist three times before.

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy):  He never le Lucy make it to the club but he was a superstar Cuban bandleader.  Ricardo is also a three-time Finalist.

Schroeder (Peanuts):  The piano-playing devotee of classic music has been a Semi-Finalist three times before.

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 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 four-time Finalists.

The Partridge Family (The Partridge Family):  The Southern California family of musicians (except the young kids, who couldn’t do anything) played gigs all over the state in the early 70s and got there on the most amazingly painted bus.  They have been Semi-Finalists twice before.

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?  This is their third time as a Finalist.

You can vote for them here.

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Semi-Finalists Contributors are:

Alexandra Cabot (Josie & The Pussycats):  Alexandra didn’t help Josie & The Pussycats, the band her brother Alexander managed.  In fact, she sought to sabotage them anyway she could, though it rarely worked.

Bruce Dickinson (Saturday Night Live):  Dickinson needed more cowbell.  He had a fever for it.  He got it, and the Blue Oyster Cult were forever grateful.

Burton Mercer (The Blues Brothers):  He was the cop who wanted to hear the Blues Brothers perform at the Palace Ballroom.  Perhaps, this wasn’t the best performance of his duties.

Colonel Homer Simpson (The Simpsons):  Homer is nominated in both categories, here for his discovery and early management of country singer, Lurleen Lumpkin.

Curtis (The Blues Brothers):  Had it not been for the mentorship of Curtis, the Blues Brothers would not have become the iconic band that they were.

Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati):  John Caravella’s career was resurrected when Andy Travis came in and changed the format to rock and roll.  He renamed himself, Dr. Johnny Fever, and he would eventually become the top morning man in the city.

Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim Vs the World):  Why was Scott Pilgrim fighting the world?  For the love of Ramona Flowers of course!

Rufus (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure):  From the future, Rufus provides Bill S. Preston and Ted “Theodore” Logan a time travelling device so that they can learn history and pass their class.  This allowed them to stay together so that they could unite the world with their music.

Wayne Campbell & Garth Algar (Saturday Night Live, Wayne’s World and Wayne’s World 2):  The hosts of Wayne’s World on Aurora Public Access, Wayne and Garth loved rock, promoted their own concert, and became icons in their own right.

You can vote for them here.

When you can, please support our site and cast your vote for the Class of 2021!

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support, and ask you to cast your votes.

One of our pet projects, the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Semi-Finalists for the Class of 2020, which will be the 7^th full class.  

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

Whoever gets inducted this year, will join previous inductees:

The Fictitious Rock and Roll Semi-Finalists are: 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, Stillwater, Josie and the Pussycats, Marvin Berry and the Starlighters and the Rutles.

To mix things up, just like or Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, we have created a contributor’s section.  

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Semi-Finalists are:

5 Neat Guys (SCTV):  This is the first Semi-Finalist appearance for the throwback group who were…well…neat.

 

Alice Bowie (Cheech and Chong):  From the minds of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong first appeared in the comedy duo’s first film.  They have been a Semi-Finalist twice before.

Ally Maine (A Star is Born):  From the nightclub to country stardom to pop superstardon, Ally Maine, seems to be as popular as Lady Gaga.

Arthur Ewing and his Musical Mice (Monty Python):  Another surprise Semi-Finalist, the mice were hit by Ewing to illicit shrieks in musical form.  

Axel Steel (Guitar Hero):  Sooner or later, someone from the Guitar Hero world would make it to the Semi-Finals.  Here we are!

Bart Simpson (The Simpsons):  Leading a boy band, and also performing on his own when he was part of the Krusty the Clown show, we have heard Bart sing for decades.  Amazingly, he is still ten.

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 fourth time reaching the Semi-Finals, and they were Finalists last year.

Big Mountain Fudgecake (King of the Hill):  Fronted by John Redcorn, we think the biggest gig they ever played was in a pizza joint in Arlen, Texas.  This is their first time appearing as Semi-Finalists.

Dethklok (Metalocalypse):  In their realm, this is the most important heavy metal band of all-time.  This is their return to the Semis after missing out last year.

Dogs in Space (Dogs in Space):  The lead singer of this band looks an awful lot like the guy who used to front INXS.  Hmmmm .

Eddie and the Cruisers (Eddie and the Cruisers):  A previous multi-time Finalist, Eddie and the Cruisers were on the cusp of something great, until the lead singer grew frustrated when management rejected his new sound…so he faked his death.

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

Fingerbang (South Park):  We can argue that this is the most successful boy band of all time…from South Park, Colorado.  It was not until they were joined by 30-something Randy Marsh that they really made it “big”…meaning that they played the mall.  This is their first time as a Semi-Finalist.

Ganstalicious (The Boondocks):  The favorite rapper of Riley Freeman, was very successful, very misogynistic and very closeted.  He is a first time Semi-Finalist.

Gene Frenkle (Saturday Night Live):  Frenkle had the cure for more cowbell, and his work with the Blue Oyster Cult can never be forgotten.  He is another first-time Semi-Finalist.

Hannah Montana (Hannah Montana):  Monatna returns to the Semi-Finals, and she was one of the biggest stars in the world, yet lived a double-life as a regular teenager.

 

Jem and the Holograms (Jem and the Holograms):  They played pop music and had a huge hologram machine. Enough said.  They were a finalist last year.

Jesse and the Rippers (Full House):  For the first time, Jesse and the Rippers have made the Semi-Finals and the family friendly group who was centered around the Tanner household in San Francisco finally has a shot at the big time.

Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?):  The wife of Roger Rabbit was as sultry as any drawing could be.  Rabbit was a semi-finalist last year.

Jet Screamer (The Jetsons):  Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah!  Another first-time Semi-Finalist comes from the future in teen idol, Jet Screamer.

Leather Tuscadero (Happy Days):  Do the Fonzie!  This is the secpnd Semi-Finalist appearance for the Milwaukee based rocker from the late 1950s, who was a surprise Finalist last year.

Lurleen Lumpkin (The Simpsons):  Lumpkin was struggling in a country dive before she was rescued by Homer Simpson, who recognized her talent, and took her on the first step to the country stratosphere.

Michigan J. Frog (Looney Toons):  This frog would perform classic showtunes, as long as there was no audience.  He has been a Finalist before.

Ming Tea (The Austin Powers Trilogy):  Fronted by Austin Powers himself, this was the band that everyone swinging baby!

Nick the Lounge Singer (Saturday Night Live):  If ever there was a lounge act that could crack the doors of the Fictitious Rock Hall, it is Nick.

Randy Watson (Coming to America & Coming 2 America):  With his band, Sexual Chocolate, he was a part of the Black Awareness Event in Queens, New York.  He is a former four-time Semi-Finalist.

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy):  He never le Lucy make it to the club but he was a superstar Cuban bandleader.  Ricardo is also a one-time Finalist.

Schroeder (Peanuts):  The piano-playing devotee of classic music has been a Semi-Finalist three times before.

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

Steel Dragon (Rock Star):  Loosely based on Judas Priest, Steel Dragon changed lead singers when a superfan and cover singer takes over.  This is their first time as a Semi-Finalist.

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 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 four-time Finalists.

The California Raisins (The California Raisins):  The raisins from California wanted you to eat them, and they sang to old soul songs for your “comsumption”.

The Commitments (The Commitments):  Dublin, Ireland produced one of the greatest soul groups ever, and they have been a Finalist once before.

The Oreos (A Star Is Born ‘76):  Esther Hoffman sings in the middle of two black women...oreos!  Get it?  Like another character from a film of the same, she bolts into stardom, and a legit hit song comes from it.  This is their first time as a Semi-Finalist.

The Partridge Family (The Partridge Family):  The Southern California family of musicians (except the young kids, who couldn’t do anything) played gigs all over the state in the early 70s and got there on the most amazingly painted bus.  They have been Semi-Finalists four times before.

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?  This is their fourth time as a Semi-Finalist.

You can vote for them here.

This year’s Fictitious Rock and Roll Semi-Finalists Contributors are:

Alan M. Mayberry (Josie & The Pussycats):  Mayberry was little more than a roadie in terms of what he did for the band, but he was the devoted boyfriend of Josie.  Doesn’t that type of support matter?

Alexandra Cabot (Josie & The Pussycats):  Alexandra didn’t help Josie & The Pussycats, the band her brother Alexander managed.  In fact, she sought to sabotage them anyway she could, though it rarely worked.

Bill & Marty (The Simpsons):  From Springfield’s #1 radio station, KBBL, Bill & Marty is the top morning team in this radio market.  We think.

Bruce Dickinson (Saturday Night Live):  Dickinson needed more cowbell.  He had a fever for it.  He got it, and the Blue Oyster Cult were forever grateful.

Burton Mercer (The Blues Brothers):  He was the cop who wanted to hear the Blues Brothers perform at the Palace Ballroom.  Perhaps, this wasn’t the best performance of his duties.

Colonel Homer Simpson (The Simpsons):  Homer is nominated in both categories, here for his discovery and early management of country singer, Lurleen Lumpkin.

Curtis (The Blues Brothers):  Had it not been for the mentorship of Curtis, the Blues Brothers would not have become the iconic band that they were.

Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati):  John Caravella’s career was resurrected when Andy Travis came in and changed the format to rock and roll.  He renamed himself, Dr. Johnny Fever, and he would eventually become the top morning man in the city.

Gideon “G-Man” Graves (Scott Pilgrim Vs the World):  Graves was the seventh evil ex-boyfriend of Ramona Flowers, and the leader of the League of Evil Exes.

Marty Di Bergi (This is Spinal Tap):  Di Bergi is the man whose love of the British band, Spinal Tap, and gave us one of the deepest looks ever at the trials and tribulations of a rock group.

Rufus (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure):  From the future, Rufus provides Bill S. Preston and Ted “Theodore” Logan a time travelling device so that they can learn history and pass their class.  This allowed them to stay together so that they could unite the world with their music.

Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim Vs the World):  Why was Scott Pilgrim fighting the world?  For the love of Ramona Flowers of course!

Unnamed Security Guard (Wayne’s World):  He had one scene, no name, and helped move the plot. 

Venus Flytrap (WKRP in Cincinnati):  The greatest hire of Andy Travis’ career at WKRP, was Gordon Sims, who became Venus Flytrap, their nighttime DJ, who told stories of love in between R&B songs.

Wayne Campbell & Garth Algar (Saturday Night Live, Wayne’s World and Wayne’s World 2):  The hosts of Wayne’s World on Aurora Public Access, Wayne and Garth loved rock, promoted their own concert, and became icons in their own right.

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.

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

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

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.

The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020:

Josie and the Pussycats (Josie and the Pussycats):  From Riverdale, they went to outer space and back again and were a three-time Finalist before getting in.  This entrant is for the cartoon and not the film.  

We are pleased to induct Josie and the Pussycats to the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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.  Had it not been for McFly and Marvin, Chuck Berry never would have found that sound he was looking for.

We are pleased to induct Marvin Berry and the Starlighters to the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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.

We are pleased to induct The Rutles to the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The other Finalists were Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension), Don Music (Sesame Street), Figrin D’An and the Modal Nodes (Star Wars), Leather Tuscadero (Happy Days), Nick Rivers (Top Secret!), Phoebe Buffay (Friends), Rowlf the Dog (The Muppets), Sex Bob-Omb (Scott Pilgrim VS The World), The Archies (The Archies), The Banana Splits (The Banana Splits), The Be Sharps (The Simpsons), The Max Rebo Band (Return of the Jedi), The School of Rock (The School of Rock) and The Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?).

When one class is announced, it means it is time to induct another.  The Preliminary Nominees for the Fictitious Rock Hall is now up.

You can vote for them here.

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

The Chairman (Kirk Buchner) and Evan Nolan talk about the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Semi-Finalists.

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

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

Whoever gets inducted this year, will join previous inductees:

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

Alice Bowie (Cheech and Chong):  From the minds of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong first appeared in the comedy duo’s first film. They have been a Semi-Finalist twice before.

Andy Bernard (The Office):  Bernard tried out for America’s Next Great A Capella Star, only to fail and become a viral YouTube star for his failure.  This is his first time as a Semi-Finalist.

Apollonia (Falcon Crest):  A surprise Semi-Finalist, Prince’s ex-girlfriend played a character with her same name.  In the 80s nighttime soap, Apollonia was a cocktail waitress turned singer.

Arthur Ewing and his Musical Mice (Monty Python):  Another surprise Semi-Finalist, the mice were hit by Ewing to illicit shrieks in musical form.  

Barry Jive and the Uptown Five (High Fidelity):  The Musical Moron Twins show off their snobbery of music in this cult classic.  This is another first-time Semi-Finalist.

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.

Conner4Real (PopStar: Never Stop Never Stopping):  Formerly of the Style Boyz, Conner4Real becomes a Semi-Finalist in his first year on the ballot.

Dewey Cox (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story):  A former three-time Semi-Finalist, Cox resembled Johnny Cash.

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

Ellen Aim (Streets of Fire):  Aim is yet another first-time Semi-Finalist, and while she is quite the singer, her kidnapping is the catalyst of the film.

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

Jem and the Holograms (Jem and the Holograms):  They played pop music and had a huge hologram machine. Enough said.  They were a finalist last year.

Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?):  The wife of Roger Rabbit was as sultry as any drawing could be.  Rabbit was a semi-finalist last year.

Josie and the Pussycats (Josie and the Pussycats):  From Riverdale, they went to outer space and back again and are two-time Finalists.

Johnny Karate (Parks and Recreation):  The lead singer of MouseRat, Andy Dwyer had an alter-ego as Johnny Karate, a singer for children in the Pawnee, Indiana area. This is his first appearance as a Semi-Finalist.

Leather Tuscadero (Happy Days):  Do the Fonzie!  This is the first Semi-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 were a Finalist twice.

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.

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

Pink (The Wall):  Pink was one of the biggest rock stars in fictional rock history, and made it to the Semi-Finals for the first time.

Randy Watson (Coming to America):  With his band, Sexual Chocolate, he was a part of the Black Awareness Event in Queens, New York.  He is a former three-time Semi-Finalist.

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy):  He never le Lucy make it to the club but he was a superstar Cuban bandleader.  Ricardo is also a one-time Finalist.

Robbie Hart (The Wedding Singer):  Hart was an aspiring singer/songwriter from Richfield. He was a Semi-Finalist once before.

Rod Torfulson’s Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk (The Kids in the Hall):  We never saw this band get past the garage, but they become a Semi-Finalist for the first time.

Rowlf the Dog (The Muppets):  Could the piano playing dog join Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem in the Hall?  Rowlf was a Finalist before.

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

Sing Street (Sing Street):  What do you do when you tell a girl you are in a band to impress her?  You create one to make it true.  This is a first time Semi-Finalist.

Steel Dragon (Rock Star):  Loosely based on Judas Priest, Steel Dragon changed lead singers when a superfan and cover singer takes over.  This is their first time as a Semi-Finalist.

Strange Fruit (Still Crazy):  First Time Semi-Finalist, Strange Fruit reunited in 1997, 20 years after lightning struck the stage during their set at the Wisbech Rock Festival.

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 two-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 three-time Finalists.

The Bugaloos (The Bugaloos):  From the Tranquility Forest, the Bugaloos were either a children’s show or an acid trip.  They are two-time Finalists.

The Commitments (The Commitments):  Dublin, Ireland produced one of the greatest soul groups ever, and they have been a Finalist once before.

The Folksmen (A Mighty Wind):  The Folksmen were a semi-successful folk group of the 1960s who reunited for a folk festival.  This is their first appearance in the Semi-Finals.

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 Semi-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 Schmenge Brothers (SCTV & The Last Polka):  The polka playing brothers came from Leutonia to become successful musicians in North America.  This is the first time that they are Semi-Finalists.

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?  This is their third time as a Semi-Finalist.

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 were a Finalist twice.

Vince Everett (Jailhouse Rock):  Vince was in jail.  He sang a lot.  He is a second time Semi-Finalist.

You can vote for them here.

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

Our Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the Semi-Finalists based on a six-month open vote to the public.

The Semi-Finalists are:

Alice Bowie: Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke.  

They would win a local battle of the bands and had a minor hit in the “real world” with “Earache My Eye”.

Bleeding Gums Murphy: The Simpsons. 

Murphy was a jazz icon in Springfield who once appeared on the Cosby Show as one of the many grandfathers of the Huxtable clan.  He passed away in the early 90’s.

Chris Gaines: Garth Brooks. 

Brooks created an alter-ego of Chris Gaines and would release an album in the 1990’s

Citizen Dick: Singles.  

A Seattle based grunge band that apparently had huge success in Belgium.  

Drive Shaft: Lost.  

A one-hit wonder with “You All Everybody”, the lead guitarist vanished along with many other people when their plane crashed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Eddie and the Cruisers: Eddie and the Cruisers & Eddie and the Cruisers 2.  

The band was an up and coming bar band from New Jersey poised for greatness until the lead singer killed himself when record execs failed to understand the new material. Or did he fake his death?

Fingrin D’an and the Modal Nodes: Star Wars: A New Hope

This is the house band at the Mos Eisley Cantina that seems to know only two songs.

Hannah Montana: Hannah Montana

At one time Hannah Montana was the biggest star in the teen girl musical world but she lived a double life as a regular girl in California.

Hi-Fye: The Flintstones

Fred Flintstone became a teen idol for a hot second as a Buddy Holly knockoff.

Jackie Rogers Jr.: SCTV

An Albino lounge singer who was the son of Jackie Rogers Sr.

Jem and the Holograms: Jem and the Holograms

An all-girl pop band who were big in the 1980’s and had a secret as the lead singer owned the label…and a holographic computer.

Jesse and the Rippers: Full House

A bar band in the San Francisco area that is very kid friendly.  The lead singer has many nieces.

Lurleen Lumpkin: The Simpsons

A singer from the sticks of Springfield that would become one of the biggest country music stars in the U.S.

Max Frost and the Troopers: Wild in the Streets

Led by Max Frost, the anti-establishment group would become establishment when Frost became the President of the United States and put everyone over 30 in a concentration camp.

Miss Piggy: The Muppets

A diva in every sense of the word.

Mouse Rat: Parks and Recreation

A bar band that finds gigs regularly in Pawnee, Indiana.

Nick Rivers:Top Secret

A teen idol who becomes a spy and helps the French Resistance.

Otis Day in the Knights: National Lampoon’s Animal House

An R&B Band that is hired by the Delta Fraternity at Faber College.  They would later play the Dexter Lake Club.

Phoebe Buffay: Friends

A regular singer at Central Perk in New York City whose song, Smelly Cat would be made into a video.

Randy Watson: Coming to America

Along with his band Sexual Chocolate, they were fixtures at the Black Awareness rallies in Queens, New York.

Ricky Ricardo: I Love Lucy

A Cuban bandleader who played calypso at a club that he didn’t want his wife to attend.

Robbie Hart: The Wedding Singer

A small town wedding singer, Robbie Hart was more interested in pursuing a songwriting career. After a chance meeting with Billy Idol, it very well may have happened.

Scrantonicity: The Office

A Scranton based Police cover band.

Scum of the Earth: WKRP in Cincinnati

A hard rock band from England that played a sold-out concert in Cincinnati.  It was the first rock show promoted by WKRP after they changed to a Rock and Roll format.

Stillwater: Almost Famous

An up and coming band in the early 70’s that was featured prominently in Rolling Stone Magazine.

The Archies: The Archies

A comic book turned pretend band that had a number one hit, “Sugar Sugar” in the real world.

The Beets: Doug

A takeoff of the Beatles, the Beets appear often in the Nickelodeon show, Doug.

The Bugaloos: The Bugaloos

From the Sid and Marty Kroft universe, the Bugaloos came from the Tranquility Forest where the insect inspired group were the biggest band in the land.

The Commitments: The Commitments

A Dublin based band that set out to be the greatest soul group of all time.

The Dreams: Dreamgirls

A very Supremes like group who shot to stardom in the 1960’s.

The Max Rebo Band: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 

The house band at Jabba’s Palace.

The Misfits: Jem and the Holograms

The rivals of Jem and the Holograms.  They aren’t just rivals, as the Misfits would do anything to rid the world of Jem.

The Partridge Family: The Partridge Family

A family of musicians that had two talents who seemed to carry the rest of the group (as they didn’t seem to know how to play their instruments.)

The Rutles: The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

A parody of the Beatles, The Rutles were not just the biggest band in England but in the world.

The School of Rock: School of Rock

A teacher and his students would compete in their local battle of the bands.  

The Soggy Bottom Boys: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Escaped convicts record a hit bluegrass album while on the run during depression era Mississippi.

Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld: South Park

From South Park, Colorado, Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld won a local Battle of the Bands so that they could open for Phil Collins.  As it would turn out, Collins would wind up opening for them.

Zack Attack: Saved by the Bell

Led by Zack Morris and his friends they would become famous for their songs about friendship. At least that is what Casey Kasem told us.

You can vote for who you think should be in the Finals here:

http://www.notinhalloffame.com/ficitious-rock-and-roll-voting/2019-round-2

The members of the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

Alvin & The Chipmunks

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem

Gorillaz

Spinal Tap

Tenacious D

The Blues Brothers

The Monkees

The Wonders

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 third full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.

That class comprised of Wyld Stallyns and Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. They joined previous inductees, Gorillaz, Tenacious D, 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 15 Fictional Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Finalists.

The 15 Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall Semi-Finalists are:

Alvin & the Chipmunks (Alvin & the Chipmunks)

Archies, The (The Archies)

Banana Splits (The Banana Splits)

Be-Sharps, The (The Simpsons)

Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons)

Dethklok (Metapcolypse)

Jem and the Holograms (Jem and the Holograms)

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

Marvin Berry & the Starlighters (Back to the Future)

Otis Day & The Knights (Animal House)

Rutles, The (The Rutles)

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

Stillwater (Almost Famous)

Wonders, The (That Thing You Do!)

Voting will be up until late December where the two top vote getters will become the Class of 2018.

You can vote here: http://www.notinhalloffame.com/ficitious-rock-and-roll-voting/2018-final-round

You know what we want you to do!

Cast your vote and tell us who should be in the next Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class!

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 third full class as voted by a one year long vote by the public.

That class comprised of Wyld Stallyns and Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. They joined previous inductees, Gorillaz, Tenacious D, 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 30 Fictional Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Semi-Finalists.

The 30 Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall Semi-Finalists are:

Aldous Snow (Get Him to the Greek)

Alvin & the Chipmunks (Alvin & the Chipmunks)

Archies, The (The Archies)

Banana Splits (The Banana Splits)

Barden Bellas, The (Pitch Perfect)

Be-Sharps, The (The Simpsons)

Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons)

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

Bugaloos, The (The Bugaloos)

Commitments, The (The Commitments)

Crazy Frog

Crucial Taunt (Wayne’s World)

Dethklok (Metapcolypse)

Eddie and the Cruisers (Eddie and the Cruisers)

Hakeem Lyon (Empire)

Hannah Montana (Hannah Montana)

Jem and the Holograms (Jem and the Holograms)

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

Lucious Lyon (Empire)

Marvin Berry & the Starlighters (Back to the Future)

Max Rebo Band, The (Return of the Jedi)

Operaman (Saturday Night Live)

Otis Day & The Knights (Animal House)

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?)

Stillwater (Almost Famous)

Winslow Leach (Phantom of the Paradise)

Wonders, The (That Thing You Do!)

The top ten 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/2018-round-2

 

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

We have been a little late with our official announcement on this but our Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is ready to work on the Class of 2018!

If you haven’t noticed already, Wyld Stallyns and Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem were chosen for the Class of 2017.

If we are to believe fictional rock and roll history, Wyld Stallyns (from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure) created music that brought peace throughout the universe. If that is true, then this is a group that should have been inducted immediately!

Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem were the house band for the Muppets on their eponymously named show and have appeared in all of their later movies and programs since. More notably, they actually appeared last year in a live performance at a music festival in California.

With the induction of these two acts, voting has commenced on our 2018 Class, which you can all vote for here.

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your continued 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 was reduced to 40 Fictional Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Semi-Finalists. The top 12 vote getters advanced to the Final Round.

The 12 Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall Finalists are:

Alvin & the Chipmunks (Alvin & the Chipmunks)

B-Sharps, The (The Simpsons)

Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons)

Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem (The Muppets)

Marvin Berry & the Starlighters (Back to the Future)

Michigan J. Frog (Warner Brothers)

Otis Day & The Knights (Animal House)

Rutles, The (The Rutles)

School of Rock, The (The School of Rock)

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

Wonders, The (That Thing You Do!)

Wyld Stallyns (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)

The Finalists will be announced on December 30, 2017.

Voting can be found here: http://www.notinhalloffame.com/ficitious-rock-and-roll-voting/2017-final-round

 

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

For most people this isn’t news. 

Of course, most people don’t own the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

Last night at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, three of the four actors who portrayed “The Wonders” took to the stage and played their hit in both fiction and reality, “That Thing You Do”.

Present was Tom Everett Scott (Guy), Jonathan Schaech (Jimmy) and Ethan Embry (T.B. Player) and they donned matching white shirts and black ties.  Scott, even put the shades back on for the impromptu reunion!

While most sites view this as a fluff piece, this is anything but to us!

We are a couple of weeks away from announcing our Semi-Finalists for the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Wonders have reached that level in both of the years of our Hall’s existence.

Does this “reunion” bode well for the Wonders making our Hall?

You can vote for them here:

http://www.notinhalloffame.com/ficitious-rock-and-roll-voting/2017-round-1

After three rounds and a full year of public online voting, the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced their second full class.

Joining last year’s first class of The Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap and the Monkees are Gorillaz and Tenacious D. 

Like last year, these selections can be considered controversial as both groups certainly blur the line between real and fictional.

Gorillaz were this year’s runaway leader in the votes.  Created by Blue front man, Damon Albarn and comic genius, Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz is a virtual band complete with four animated members:

2D (lead vocals & keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar & vocals), Noodle (guitar, keyboard and backing vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums).  Each member has a distinct backstory and have actually toured live, sometimes fronted by animation and sometimes by the actual performers behind the group.

Tenacious D were also chosen.  While they comprise comedic actors, Kyle Gass and Jack Black, they did have their own televsion program and had a fictionalized origin story film, “The Pick of Destiny”, thus “qualifying” them for the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

These two inductees beat out the following finalists (in order of their vote totals) in the Final Round:


- Sex Bob-Omb (Scott Pilgrim Vs the World)

- The Be-Sharps (The Simpsons)

- Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem (The Muppets)

- Wyld Stallyns (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure)

- Jerome “Chef” McElroy (South Park)

- The School of Rock (School of Rock)

- Phoebe Buffay (Friends)

- Michigan J. Frog (Looney Tunes)

- Marvin Berry and the Starlighters (Back to the Future)

- Alvin and the Chipmunks

- The Wonders (That Thing You Do!)

- The Archies (The Archie Show)

- Hannah Montana (Hannah Montana)


Voting is now open for the Preliminary round for the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class, which can be found here.

Like last year, there will be a Preliminary round leading to 40 Semi-Finalist Candidates, which will pared down to 15 Finalists. 

You know what we want you to do!

Take a look at the next batch of nominees and cast your votes for who should comprise the 2017 Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Last week the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their Finalists for the Class of 2016.



As such our Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is doing the same thing.

The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was designed to celebrate the bands that not exactly real.  While some have gone on actual tour, the origin behind the musician is fictional.

Last year in the first full class inducted, The Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap and The Monkees were chosen as the result of a year long online poll.  We have now reached the final fifteen finalists for the Class of 2016.


The 15 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.  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. 

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Hannah Montana

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

7. Jerome “Chef” McElroy

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Phoebe Buffay

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

11. 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.

12. The School of Rock

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

13. 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”.

14. The Wonders

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

15. Wyld Stallyns

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


In December, the second full class will be announced, as the top two vote getters will enter the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the fourth and fifth inductee.

Voting can be found here: http://www.notinhalloffame.com/ficitious-rock-and-roll-voting/2016-final-round.  

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Cast your vote and tell us who you think should be in the Class of 2016 for the Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.



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

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