Surely, we all have all-time favorite bands and musicians we would give anything to share the same air with at a concert. But, what about our most beloved fake music acts from films over the years?

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Photo by Stanley Bielecki/ASP/Getty Images The notion of fake bands has been a hot topic ...

Throughout the late 1960s and early ‘70s, the Canadian band The Guess Who was known for such chart-topping hits as “American Woman,” “Share the Land,” and “These Eyes.” The current touring version of ...

Earlier this week, like everyone else, we clambered aboard the Velvet Sundown bandwagon, telling the story of a band that had apparently come from nowhere to enjoy significant success on Spotify, ...

In the beginning–that is, November 2005–there was a video game called Guitar Hero, in which players jammed on a fake plastic guitar along with real rock songs. And it was good. But not good enough. A ...

The Velvet Sundown, an obviously fictional “band” that’s gone viral after somehow racking up more than 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify out of nowhere, used the generative-AI platform Suno in the ...

Burton Cummings, the founding singer and songwriter of the Guess Who, has taken an extraordinary measure to stop the band’s current iteration from performing his songs. In October, Cummings, along ...

The concept of a cartoon based on a death metal band might seem alien to some. However, with the existence of the Cartoon Network Adult Swim’s “Metalocalypse,” fans tune in to follow the adventures of ...