Best Cover / Novelty Acts

[dicko_belfast]

3rd time going this year, can't wait, but one of the best times me and friends had in the past was seeing Keith Allen's covers band in the rabbit hole in 2013, we just sort of stumbled across it that time. Wheel of four tunes is always great fun as well. 16 of us going this time, 12 1st timers! With a wide range of music tastes in between the standard bands it would be good if we all met up for some more novelty or fun stuff.

This year we fancy bootleg beetles, ska vengers and mik artistic if possible.

Anyone else have any other favourite either covers bands or more fun novelty acts that we should check out? 

Thanks!!

[squirrelarmy]

Ed Sheeran 

Or is he supposed to be a serious musician?

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Speak and Spell (Depeche Mode cover band) are playing Williams Green at 11:00am on the Saturday

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Also, The Smyths (The Smiths cover band) are playing a couple times I think

[dicko_belfast]

Thanks, think a few of the group are big smyths fans as well!

[FuzzyDunlop]

Hot 8 Brasss Band  - West Holts Friday 12pm.

 

[The Nal]

 

[mario man]

 

[zak14]

Saw Thrill Collins on the line up thinking they'd be a Phil Collins cover band but i was very very wrong

 

[Deadendfriends8]

Lloyd Grossmans band - go along and chant we love your pasta sauce

[Steveyett]

Band before Loyd this year - Sladest

[J1990]

Rhythm of the 90's (Croissant Neuf, Thursday 23:30)

[duke88]

38 minutes ago, zak14 said:

Saw Thrill Collins on the line up thinking they'd be a Phil Collins cover band but i was very very wrong

 

They're brilliant, saw them last year. Playing three times this year. Great for a bit of drunken dancing to a skiffle cover of the Backstreet Boys or B*Witched!

[bellboy]

50 minutes ago, Steveyett said:

Band before Loyd this year - Sladest

Please tell me they're a Slade tribute band!!!!!!!!!  Have you seen them?

[Avalon_Fields]

The New York Brass Band, playing numerous times during the festival, great fun versions of classic songs.

And Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs for truly terrible but funny versions of American Idiot and others at the Avalon & Avalon Cafe 

Edited June 8, 2017 by Avalon_Fields

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, Deadendfriends8 said:

Lloyd Grossmans band - go along and chant we love your pasta sauce

His pasta sauce is shit. 

I might go along and fling handfuls of his tomato and basil sauce at him.

"WHERES THE FUCKING FENNEL LLOYD?! WHERES THE FUCKING FENNEL?!"

 

[Laurawfc]

New York Brass Band are fantastic, playing 10 times I think over the course of the weekend, usually do a weds/thurs one in the Rocket Lounge - big brass band doing cover versions

I think Williams Green usually has a cover band on after the 2 "secret" slots on the Thursday too - not sure their name but I think I've seen that the last 2 years and enjoyed

[idb]

These have played before and are a laugh. Sensation Seekers Stage - Fri, Sat & Sun

[priest17]

I always find the best ones are the ones you randomly walk past, usually in the cabaret area. Stuff you think oh I'll watch this for a minute and get a bit caught up in and spend 10 minutes. Last year (2016, I know the videos from 2015...) ended up watching this guy for ages coz it was sunny and everyone was having bare fun 

 

[mr jolly]

Many thanks for the depeche mode tribute link - love that band.

Thought speak and spell was some kind of a Steven Hawkins piss take at first glance

Also frank sanatzi is very funny too 

[Larraht]

Lots of my faves above but also to add Oh My God! Its the Church! For comedy, praise the lord, gospel good times!

[Gnomicide]

2 hours ago, bellboy said:

Please tell me they're a Slade tribute band!!!!!!!!!  Have you seen them?

 

[mazola]

Mundo Jazz

[Spindles]

I saw the Smyths in Brum last weekend, very much looking forward to catching them again on the farm this year.

 

[the wonderwhy]

Alt-J do a great cover of some blokes I saw on YouTube once