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Compare "[[Kayfabe]]" from [[Professional Wrestling]]. One subtrope is [[Robot or Spaceman Alter Ego]]. Contrast [[Anonymous Band]], where the mucicians simply hide their identities, and [[Fake Band]], where the band itself is fictional.
Compare "[[Kayfabe]]" from [[Professional Wrestling]]. One subtrope is [[Robot or Spaceman Alter Ego]]. Contrast [[Anonymous Band]], where the mucicians simply hide their identities, and [[Fake Band]], where the band itself is fictional.
{{examples|Examples, Real Life Music}}
{{examples|Examples, Real Life Music}}
* In'' [[Blutengel (Music)|Blutengel]]'' the singers are vampires.
* In'' [[Blutengel]]'' the singers are vampires.
* The band ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k9UveuX1Po Rolandz]'' has developed a quite solid discography and even been on tour. It's singer, Roland, is a character from a comedy movie. The real singer is the same actor who played Roland in that movie.
* The band ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k9UveuX1Po Rolandz]'' has developed a quite solid discography and even been on tour. It's singer, Roland, is a character from a comedy movie. The real singer is the same actor who played Roland in that movie.
* ''[[Manowar]]'' consists of really manly men, fantasy heroes who are always ready to kill anyone. With STEEL, of course.
* ''[[Manowar]]'' consists of really manly men, fantasy heroes who are always ready to kill anyone. With STEEL, of course.
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* ''Markoolio'' play this on [[Multilayer Facade|two levels]]. His first persona is this cool playboy, gangster, warrior, expert soccer strategist, and so on. However, this facade breaks all the time, especially since his own chorus are disloyal to him and frequently rat him out to the audience - exposing him as the total failure and [[Small Name, Big Ego]] that he really is. Of course, this "real person, under the mask" is just as fabricated as the first level.
* ''Markoolio'' play this on [[Multilayer Facade|two levels]]. His first persona is this cool playboy, gangster, warrior, expert soccer strategist, and so on. However, this facade breaks all the time, especially since his own chorus are disloyal to him and frequently rat him out to the audience - exposing him as the total failure and [[Small Name, Big Ego]] that he really is. Of course, this "real person, under the mask" is just as fabricated as the first level.
* At the live [[Vocaloid]] concerts, the band is real enough, but the lead "singer" is a projected image (and not really a singer at all).
* At the live [[Vocaloid]] concerts, the band is real enough, but the lead "singer" is a projected image (and not really a singer at all).
* [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]]'s persona is of a couple of robots.
* [[Daft Punk]]'s persona is of a couple of robots.
* [[Lady Gaga (Music)|Lady Gaga]] went to her little sister's graduation in [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|full Gaga regalia]]. She later said that she considers her entire life to be part of her 'character'.
* [[Lady Gaga]] went to her little sister's graduation in [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|full Gaga regalia]]. She later said that she considers her entire life to be part of her 'character'.
* Members of the German band Coppelius usually play their XIX-century aristocratic personas in public.
* Members of the German band Coppelius usually play their XIX-century aristocratic personas in public.
* [[Kraftwerk (Music)|Kraftwerk]] are robots, who became less human as time progressed.
* [[Kraftwerk]] are robots, who became less human as time progressed.
* [[GWAR]] has a long backstory about them being aliens banished to Earth, and like Lordi are never seen out of costume.
* [[GWAR]] has a long backstory about them being aliens banished to Earth, and like Lordi are never seen out of costume.
* Devo has gone through a few permutations of this; it's essentially them, except with sci-fi bases, an idiot manager that doesn't understand them, a giant baby (Booji), and their...uh...leader, General Boy. They always did claim to be a corporation, which got a lot funnier in the mid-90's when they reformed as a soundtrack company.
* Devo has gone through a few permutations of this; it's essentially them, except with sci-fi bases, an idiot manager that doesn't understand them, a giant baby (Booji), and their...uh...leader, General Boy. They always did claim to be a corporation, which got a lot funnier in the mid-90's when they reformed as a soundtrack company.
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* And then there's the [[Gorillaz]], who take this to the max (namely they're a [[Band Toon]] in the real world, and that's not even going into their individual backstories).
* And then there's the [[Gorillaz]], who take this to the max (namely they're a [[Band Toon]] in the real world, and that's not even going into their individual backstories).
* [[Buckethead]] is in fact the guitarist from...Guns 'n' Roses, I think. On stage, however, he is a frightening man with a KFC bucket on his head and a thoroughly disturbing oeuvre.
* [[Buckethead]] is in fact the guitarist from...Guns 'n' Roses, I think. On stage, however, he is a frightening man with a KFC bucket on his head and a thoroughly disturbing oeuvre.
* [[Industrial Metal]] artist [[Mortiis (Music)|Mortiis]], for a long time, was never seen without his troll mask on, with it's pointed nose and big ears. In 2005 for his album ''The Grudge'' his mask took on a more artificial appearance, looking like it had been stitched and stapled to his face. After that, however, he finally removed the mask.
* [[Industrial Metal]] artist [[Mortiis]], for a long time, was never seen without his troll mask on, with it's pointed nose and big ears. In 2005 for his album ''The Grudge'' his mask took on a more artificial appearance, looking like it had been stitched and stapled to his face. After that, however, he finally removed the mask.
* Singer [[Emilie Autumn]] seems to always be in character as Emily-with-a-Y from her book to some extent.
* Singer [[Emilie Autumn]] seems to always be in character as Emily-with-a-Y from her book to some extent.
* Stovokor is a death metal band consisting entirely of [[Star Trek|Klingons]].
* Stovokor is a death metal band consisting entirely of [[Star Trek|Klingons]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Lead-singer Jem from [[Jem and The Holograms]] (is a holographic projection protecting the identity of Jerrica, the company owner).
* Lead-singer Jem from [[Jem and The Holograms]] (is a holographic projection protecting the identity of Jerrica, the company owner).
* In ''[[Arthur (Animation)|Arthur]]'', the band ''Binky'' is made of up [[Hologram]] musicians and synthesized sounds. Apparently an open secret, as the episode on the band has them materialize from nowhere during a live performance.
* In ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'', the band ''Binky'' is made of up [[Hologram]] musicians and synthesized sounds. Apparently an open secret, as the episode on the band has them materialize from nowhere during a live performance.


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