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Daily Distraction: The Ringer goes long on making the (fake) bands
From Stillwater in Almost Famous to lesser knowns like Pink Slip, here s how some fictional bands came to be celebrated in real life
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A recently published feature in the Ringer opens by correctly making the case that no fake creation better captures the look, feel and sound possible in a fictional band than Spinal Tap, which nailed every element from the appearance of the various group members to the songs themselves.
Writer Illana Kaplan notes that the band experienced such success offscreen, even headlining a tour in 2009, that it laid the foundation for future faux groups to have real success. These include Hedwig and the Angry Inch and the Wonders, whose That Thing You Do, penned by the late Adam Schlesinger, sounds like a lost 1960s classic even though it was written for the 1991 film.
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