Movie Date: Best On-Screen Bands

Soundcheck | Dec 9, 2013

Our recent conversation with Oscar Isaac, who stars as the titular folk musician of Inside Llewyn Davis, got us thinking about all the great bands in music history... that were only bands on screen. Soundcheck host John Schaefer gets some picks from Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman of The Takeaway's Movie Date podcast.

Watch some of their favorites -- and tell us about your favorite fictional movie bands below. 

Kristen Meinzer's Favorite Movie Bands

The Wonders, from the movie That Thing You Do (1996)

Alex Fletcher, as solo artist and frontman of PoP!, from the movie Music and Lyrics (2007)

 

Rafer Guzman's Favorite Movie Bands

The Fabulous Stains, from the movie Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982)

 

Dewey Cox, from the movie Walk Hard (2007)

 

A movie band Kristen & Rafer seriously disagree on:

Chris "Izzy" Cole, played by Mark Wahlberg in the movie Rock Star (2002)

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