Table of Contents
45 relations: Adrian Edmondson, Bad News (Bad News album), BBC, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bootleg (Bad News album), Brian May, Castle Donington, Channel 4, Colin Larkin, Comedy rock, Concert film, Cover version, Dawn French, EMI, Fly on the wall, Grantham, Guitarist, Hammersmith Apollo, Heavy metal music, Human penis, Iron Maiden, Jeff Beck, Jennifer Saunders, Jimmy Page, Jools Holland, Mark Kidel, Marquee Club, Monsters of Rock, Nigel Planer, Parody music, Peter Richardson (British director), Queen (band), Reading and Leeds Festivals, Rik Mayall, Simon Brint, Television, The Comic Strip, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Kursaal Flyers, The Tube (1982 TV series), This Is Spinal Tap, UK Albums Chart, UK singles chart, Urine, Virgin Books.
- Fictional characters invented for recorded music
- The Comic Strip
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. Bad News (band) and Adrian Edmondson are the Comic Strip.
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Bad News (Bad News album)
Bad News is the debut album from British parody heavy metal group Bad News released in October 1987 by EMI.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Bohemian Rhapsody
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera (1975).
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Bootleg (Bad News album)
Bootleg is the second album release by UK parody heavy metal group Bad News. Bad News (band) and Bootleg (Bad News album) are the Comic Strip.
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Brian May
Sir Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, animal rights activist and astrophysicist.
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Castle Donington
Castle Donington is a market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, on the edge of the National Forest and close to East Midlands Airport.
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Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.
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Colin Larkin
Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer.
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Comedy rock
Comedy rock is rock music that is comedic in nature.
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Concert film
A concert film or concert movie is a film that showcases a live performance from the perspective of a concert goer, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician or a stand-up comedian.
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Cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.
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Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer. Bad News (band) and Dawn French are the Comic Strip.
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EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.
Fly on the wall
Fly on the wall is a style of documentary-making used in film and television production.
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Grantham
Grantham is a market town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road.
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Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.
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Hammersmith Apollo
The Hammersmith Apollo, currently called the Eventim Apollo for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the Hammersmith Odeon, is a live entertainment performance venue, originally built as a cinema called the Gaumont Palace.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
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Human penis
In human anatomy, the penis (penises or penes; from the Latin pēnis, initially "tail") is an external male sex organ (intromittent organ) that serves as a passage for excretion of urine and ejaculation of semen.
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Bad News (band) and Iron Maiden are English heavy metal musical groups.
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Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 194410 January 2023) was an English guitarist.
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Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter. Bad News (band) and Jennifer Saunders are the Comic Strip.
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Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
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Jools Holland
Julian Miles Holland (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter.
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Mark Kidel
Mark Kidel (born 6 July 1947) is a documentary filmmaker, writer and critic, working mostly in France and the UK.
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Marquee Club
The Marquee Club was a music venue in London, England, which opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts.
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Monsters of Rock
Monsters of Rock is a hard rock and heavy metal music festival.
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Nigel Planer
Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, writer and musician. Bad News (band) and Nigel Planer are the Comic Strip.
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Parody music
Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or copying existing (usually well known) musical ideas, and/or lyrics, or copying the particular style of a composer or performer, or even a general style of music.
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Peter Richardson (British director)
Peter Richardson (born 15 October 1951) is an English director, screenwriter, actor and comedian. Bad News (band) and Peter Richardson (British director) are the Comic Strip.
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Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).
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Reading and Leeds Festivals
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England.
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Rik Mayall
Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014), known professionally as Rik Mayall, was an English comedian, actor and writer. Bad News (band) and Rik Mayall are the Comic Strip.
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Simon Brint
Simon Tracey Brint (26 September 1950 – 29 May 2011) was a British musician, best known for his role as part of the comedy duo Raw Sex with Rowland Rivron.
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Television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.
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The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip are a group of British comedians who came to prominence in the 1980s.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.
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The Kursaal Flyers
The Kursaal Flyers were a British pop band, formed in Southend-on-Sea in 1973.
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The Tube (1982 TV series)
The Tube is a United Kingdom music television programme, which ran for five series, from 5 November 1982 to 24 April 1987.
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This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap (also known as This Is Spın̈al Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi) is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film co-written and directed by Rob Reiner (in his feature directorial debut).
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UK Albums Chart
The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Urine
Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and in many other animals.
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
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See also
Fictional characters invented for recorded music
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Bad News (band)
- Booji Boy
- Bozo the Clown
- Callie and Marie
- Characters in Devo music videos
- Chris Gaines
- Dethklok
- Dr. Octagon
- Eddie (Iron Maiden)
- Eternity (group)
- Flat Eric
- General Boy
- Gorillaz
- Gummibär
- Hatsune Miku
- Holly Dolly
- K/DA
- MC Skat Kat
- Major Tom
- Massacration
- Mave:
- P-Funk mythology
- Pearl and Marina
- Pentakill
- Plave (band)
- Prozzäk
- Quasimoto
- Radioactive Chicken Heads
- Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
- Rouxinol Faduncho
- Silicon Teens
- Studio Killers
- T-Babe
- Tabaluga
- Tobias Forge
- Vic Rattlehead
- Virtual band
- Ziggy Stardust (character)
The Comic Strip
- 20th Century Coyote
- Adrian Edmondson
- Alexei Sayle
- Arnold Brown (comedian)
- Bad News (band)
- Bootleg (Bad News album)
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years
- Daniel Peacock
- Dawn French
- Eat the Rich (film)
- Jennifer Saunders
- Keith Allen (actor)
- List of The Comic Strip Presents... episodes
- Nigel Planer
- Pete Richens
- Peter Richardson (British director)
- Rik Mayall
- Robbie Coltrane
- Rowland Rivron
- The Comic Strip
- The Pope Must Die
- The Supergrass
References
Also known as Bad News Tour, More Bad News.