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Josie and the Pussycats

More interested in solving mysteries than being musicians – as is the way of the Hanna – Barberra – verse, Josie and the Pussycats were a slightly too sexy for 70s Saturday morning TV all gir group with a nice line in Monkees esque guitar pop. Although only running for 16 original episodes they spawned a slightly too sexy for tweens movie in 2001…

DethKlok

Spend enough time with a metal fan and eventually they’ll drop a Metalocalypse quote into a conversation and giggle like a twat. DethKlok are the ultimate metal band – utterly ridiculous and stupid beyond words. But very funny. Their adventures in Metalocalypse usually revolve around being as ‘brootal’ as possible and inadvertently (or avertedly) killing off huge numbers of fans. It’s pretty much what is happening in the head of a fourteen year old kid with a Dying Fetus T Shirt.

Jem and the Holograms

So 80’s it actually hurts your brains a little bit Jem and the Holograms were the girly all singing all dancing answer to Sunbow Productions boycentric properties – Transformers and GI Joe. While all three were designed to sell dolls, only the boys shows went on to become mega popular, leaving Jem and co up obscurity alley. Most episodes involved Jem trying to put on a show or something, but having trouble from rival band – The Misfits (no, not them) – but Jem coming through in the end thanks to the power of massive hair and Keytars.

The Beets

Cult animated band from Nickelodeon wusstoon Doug – The Beets are a quite obvious parody of 60’s British invasion bands. However they did produce possibly the most catchy song ever in the form of ‘Killer Tofu’ – an earworm of epic proportions.

Cold Slither

A rock band formed be utterly insane terrorist organisation Cobra with deadly bike gang The Dreaknoks  manning the musical instruments, Cobra Commander as the manager and Desto writing subliminal message heavy music – Cold Slither are awesome. The Dreadnocks even sport prototype corpsepaint!

Although only featuring for one episode and used as another scheme to take over the world through subliminal messaging, Cold Slither get in the top five for sheer craziness.

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