tribute bands

Forget Karaoke: Here Are 10 of NYC's Best Live Tribute Bands

You thought earnest, shameless tribute bands were just for Las Vegas, didn’t you? While New York obviously has a wealth of original music to offer, we’ve been thinking: singing along to live renditions of “Fat-Bottomed Girls” could in theory be a lot more fun than pretending to care about DIIV. It’s time to take a break from nodding to noise bands and take your pick from this fine array of tributes to the classic acts we all totally still listen to, even though we’ll only admit it at karaoke. … Read More

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10 More Hilarious Tribute Bands

After we posted the 10 funniest tribute bands we could find last week, we were immediately barraged by suggestions. How could we have left out the hilarious Prince guy or the all-Latino Smiths act? And you know what? It’s true. There are too many funny tribute bands to be contained in one post. So, thanks to you and your dedicated scouting, dear readers, we present another enormous helping of tribute-related hilarity. There’s a nudist metal band and a reggae “Stairway to Heaven” cover; there’s a tiny Elvis and a couple gender-bending pop hits. Friends, Romans, countrymen: feast your eyes on yet another roundup of we-can’t-believe-this-exists tribute bands, dredged from the murky waters of MySpace and delivered to your doorstep. … Read More

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The 10 Funniest Tribute Bands

There are cover bands and then there are tribute bands. The former might be able to pump out some decently convincing AC/DC covers for a frat party, but the latter lives, breathes, and eerily replicates the lives of the band members. These bands often have an additional twist: You all love a certain arena metal band, plus you’re all ladies? Perfect. Really into Led Zeppelin, but also reggae? Excellent. You happen to all worship the Misfits and each weigh over 250 pounds? Oh yes, that’s the stuff from which hilarious tribute acts are made. Click through to count down, in no particular order, the 10 funniest tribute bands we could find. … Read More

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