About this episode

The episode explores fictional rock bands in cinema, analyzing their impact and characteristics.

1, 2, 3, 4, hit it! Cinematic Omniverse returns with a series of real episodes about real movies about fake bands. What makes one nonexistent rock group soar above all the other nonexistent rock groups? Is it the volume? The violence? Or maybe just... the trousers? Smell these gloves, and find out: The Rutles: All You Need is Cash (1978) at 3:21This is Spinal Tap (1984) at 21:41The Commitments (1991) at 38:57Hard Core Logo (1996) at 54:37On the B-Side: Continuity Boulevard (1:11:23) and the L...

People in this episode

Host: Slack and Slash

Topics covered

• mockumentary
• rock bands
• film analysis
• comedy
• music history

Keywords

• mock rock
• fictional bands
• film reviews
• Cinematic Omniverse
• rock music

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Rutles: All You Need is Cash, This is Spinal Tap, The Commitments, Hard Core Logo, Continuity Boulevard

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