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* ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' has featured the members of electro-punk group Robots In Disguise on several occasions, once in a band called [[Kraftwerk]] [[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|Orange]], along with Vince and "Johnny Two Hats."
* ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' has featured the members of electro-punk group Robots In Disguise on several occasions, once in a band called [[Kraftwerk]] [[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|Orange]], along with Vince and "Johnny Two Hats."
** The Horrors also appear in the third series as the Black Tubes.
** The Horrors also appear in the third series as the Black Tubes.
* Fountains Of Wayne has basically made a career out of standing in as a Fake Band, and Kay Hanley has made a career out of standing in as a Fake Vocalist. They performed together to provide the music for the ''Josie and the Pussycats'' remake. Fountains of Wayne also wrote and performed the titular Fake Song of ''[[That Thing You Do]]'', and Hanley provided the singing voice of Molly-O from the cartoon ''[[Generation O!]]'' (her band was portrayed by Hanley's band at the time, Letters to Cleo). Fountains of Wayne appeared as animated versions of themselves in the cartoon ''Hey Joel'', regularly contributing [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]] to the show.
* [[Fountains of Wayne]] has basically made a career out of standing in as a Fake Band, and Kay Hanley has made a career out of standing in as a Fake Vocalist. They performed together to provide the music for the ''Josie and the Pussycats'' remake. Fountains of Wayne also wrote and performed the titular Fake Song of ''[[That Thing You Do]]'', and Hanley provided the singing voice of Molly-O from the cartoon ''[[Generation O!]]'' (her band was portrayed by Hanley's band at the time, Letters to Cleo). Fountains of Wayne appeared as animated versions of themselves in the cartoon ''Hey Joel'', regularly contributing [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]] to the show.
** The lead vocals of "That Thing You Do"—and all the other singing by Johnathon Schaech's character—were performed by Adam Schlesinger's friend Mike Viola of The Candy Butchers.
** The lead vocals of "That Thing You Do"—and all the other singing by Johnathon Schaech's character—were performed by Adam Schlesinger's friend Mike Viola of The Candy Butchers.
* The Soggy Bottom Boys from the film ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' is a mishmash of either bluegrass musicians or musicians who could copy the style well, including Ralph Stanley, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Dan Tyminski. The exception is Tim Blake Nelson, the actor for Delmar O'Donnell, who sang his own lines for "In the Jailhouse Now," in case you couldn't tell.
* The Soggy Bottom Boys from the film ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' is a mishmash of either bluegrass musicians or musicians who could copy the style well, including Ralph Stanley, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Dan Tyminski. The exception is Tim Blake Nelson, the actor for Delmar O'Donnell, who sang his own lines for "In the Jailhouse Now," in case you couldn't tell.
* In the 2008 film ''St. Trinians,'' real-life band Girls Aloud perform the closing song, ostensibly as the school band.
* In the 2008 film ''[[St Trinians]]'', real-life band [[Girls Aloud]] perform the closing song, ostensibly as the school band.
* Four Star Mary stood in for Oz's fictional band, Dingoes Ate My Baby, on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]].''
* Four Star Mary stood in for Oz's fictional band, Dingoes Ate My Baby, on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]].''
* The Glenn Miller Band's two appearances on film were as Phil Corey's Orchestra in ''Sun Valley Serenade'' and Gene Morrison's Orchestra in ''Orchestra Wives''.
* The Glenn Miller Band's two appearances on film were as Phil Corey's Orchestra in ''Sun Valley Serenade'' and Gene Morrison's Orchestra in ''Orchestra Wives''.
* [[The Residents]] had ''The Big Bubble'', a band of Zinkenites whose "album" was the conclusion of ''The Mole Trilogy''.
* [[The Residents]] had ''The Big Bubble'', a band of Zinkenites whose "album" was the conclusion of ''The Mole Trilogy''.
* There's an episode of ''[[Home Movies]]'' in which a pair of camp counsellors named Mike and Miguel write a bunch of songs. The songs are played, and the characters voiced, by Johns Flansburgh and Linnell of [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]].
* There's an episode of ''[[Home Movies]]'' in which a pair of camp counselors named Mike and Miguel write a bunch of songs. The songs are played, and the characters voiced, by Johns Flansburgh and Linnell of [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]].
* Speaking of [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]], during one of their tours, they had a very strange opening band, Sapphire Bullets, who played cover versions of the songs from the ''Flood'' album, in their entirety, in order. Made even more strange by the fact that Sapphire Bullets really ''was'' They Might Be Giants, disguised as a fake band, playing cover versions of ''their own songs''.
* Speaking of [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]], during one of their tours, they had a very strange opening band, Sapphire Bullets, who played cover versions of the songs from the ''Flood'' album, in their entirety, in order. Made even more strange by the fact that Sapphire Bullets really ''was'' They Might Be Giants, disguised as a fake band, playing cover versions of ''their own songs''.
* The members of The Traveling Wilburys have some impressive alter egos ([[Bob Dylan]], [[The Beatles (band)|George Harrison]], Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and [[Electric Light Orchestra|Jeff Lynne]]).
* The members of The Traveling Wilburys have some impressive alter egos ([[Bob Dylan]], [[The Beatles (band)|George Harrison]], Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and [[Electric Light Orchestra|Jeff Lynne]]).
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* An early ''[[Happy Days]]'' episode concerned the rock band Johnny Fish and the Fins (Richie knew the keyboard player back in grade school), played by 50s [[Tribute Band]] Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids (now just known as Flash Cadillac).
* An early ''[[Happy Days]]'' episode concerned the rock band Johnny Fish and the Fins (Richie knew the keyboard player back in grade school), played by 50s [[Tribute Band]] Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids (now just known as Flash Cadillac).
** They also appeared in ''[[American Graffiti]]'' as Herbie and the Heartbreakers.
** They also appeared in ''[[American Graffiti]]'' as Herbie and the Heartbreakers.
* The plot of ''Interstella 5555'' revolves around the "Crescendolls", a fake band who supposedly recorded Daft Punk's "One More Time." The band is fake on more than one level, because they don't exist in real life and they aren't really who they appear to be in the film either.
* The plot of ''[[Daft Punk|Interstella 5555]]'' revolves around the "Crescendolls", a fake band who supposedly recorded Daft Punk's "One More Time." The band is fake on more than one level, because they don't exist in real life and they aren't really who they appear to be in the film either.
* [[Devo]] supply the music for Cube Squared, a fictional Swedish band from the film ''Tapeheads'': While they aren't played by Devo themselves, the actors mime a Swedish-language version of "Baby Doll". Similarly, "Mr. MX-7", supposedly performed by a metal band called Blender Children in film, is actually by Stiv Bators And The Zeroes, [[Pop Star Composer]]s Fishbone have a cameo as a country band called Ranchbone, and real life soul-singers Sam Moore (of Sam And Dave) and Junior Walker portray fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes. Full songs by The Swanky Modes, Cube Squared, and Ranchbone were on the soundtrack.
* [[Devo]] supply the music for Cube Squared, a fictional Swedish band from the film ''Tapeheads'': While they aren't played by Devo themselves, the actors mime a Swedish-language version of "Baby Doll". Similarly, "Mr. MX-7", supposedly performed by a metal band called Blender Children in film, is actually by Stiv Bators And The Zeroes, [[Pop Star Composer]]s Fishbone have a cameo as a country band called Ranchbone, and real life soul-singers Sam Moore (of Sam And Dave) and Junior Walker portray fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes. Full songs by The Swanky Modes, Cube Squared, and Ranchbone were on the soundtrack.
* Banjo & Sullivan from ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]'' are kind of an unusual example: None of their music actually appeared in the movie (although the characters were established as country musicians), but a supposed [[Greatest Hits]] was released as a tie-in, with the music actually provided by country singer Jesse Dayton.
* Banjo & Sullivan from ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]'' are kind of an unusual example: None of their music actually appeared in the movie (although the characters were established as country musicians), but a supposed [[Greatest Hits]] was released as a tie-in, with the music actually provided by country singer Jesse Dayton.
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* [[Milli Vanilli]]. Nothing more to be said.
* [[Milli Vanilli]]. Nothing more to be said.
* Similarly, [[Boney M]] has been accused of being a Fake Band.
* Similarly, [[Boney M]] has been accused of being a Fake Band.
* Occasionally during the 70s and 80s, when [[Blue Oyster Cult]] wanted to avoid notice so they could play smaller venues like clubs, they would book gigs under the name Soft White Underbelly
* Occasionally during the 70s and 80s, when [[Blue Öyster Cult]] wanted to avoid notice so they could play smaller venues like clubs, they would book gigs under the name Soft White Underbelly
* On March 4, 1977, "The Cockroaches" played [[Toronto]]'s El Mocambo nightclub. You might know the group better as {{spoiler|[[The Rolling Stones]], who hadn't performed live for 14 years before that show.}}
* On March 4, 1977, "The Cockroaches" played [[Toronto]]'s El Mocambo nightclub. You might know the group better as {{spoiler|[[The Rolling Stones]], who hadn't performed live for 14 years before that show.}}
* The [[wikipedia:Ohio Express|Ohio Express]] were more of a record company's marketing identity than a real band, and consisted of whatever musicians were available at the time. [[The Eagles|Joe Walsh]] is suspected to have been a member of an early version, and the final version eventually became the "classic" lineup of [[10cc]].
* The [[wikipedia:Ohio Express|Ohio Express]] were more of a record company's marketing identity than a real band, and consisted of whatever musicians were available at the time. [[The Eagles|Joe Walsh]] is suspected to have been a member of an early version, and the final version eventually became the "classic" lineup of [[10cc]].
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