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favorite cameo of a new band or artist in a film??

PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:24 pm
by oldnewwaver
do not know if this topic was covered in the past or not

but any fave cameos by a band or artist in a film?

here are a few

Oingo Boingo "Back to School"

Bow Wow Wow "Scandalous"

Blondie and Ric Ocasek "Hairspray"

The Untouchables "Repo Man"

Joe Strummer "Straight to Hell"

Billy Idol "The Wedding Singer"

Sting "Dune"

FGTH "Body Double"

Re: favorite cameo of a new band or artist in a film??

PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 10:35 pm
by bobdido
Not a film, but a TV show...

Colin Hay (lead singer for Men At Work) doing a cameo for Scrubs.


Re: favorite cameo of a new band or artist in a film??

PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 2:26 pm
by bpdp3
You took my best example, which was Frankie in “body double”. The band was brand new, really not widely known at that point and the scene was just very bizarre—-as if thrown into the film on a dare. I saw the film at the theatre and couldn’t believe they were in it.

Pretty sure Plimsouls were in ‘Valley Girl’, but my memory of it’s a little hazy.

Re: favorite cameo of a new band or artist in a film??

PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:57 pm
by oldnewwaver
here are some more

The Blasters in Streets of Fire

John Doe of X in Road House

Kid Creole and the Coconuts in Against All Odds

BauHaus in the Hunger

and yes the Plimsouls were in Valley Girl!

Re: favorite cameo of a new band or artist in a film??

PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:27 pm
by tikibars
Missing Persons had a moderately substantial presence in a really obscure sexploitation film called "Lunch Wagon". Their tune "Mental Hopscotch" is heard a few times in the movie too.

Re: favorite cameo of a new band or artist in a film??

PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 2:15 pm
by schwenko
Wasn't Curt Smith from Tears For Fears in some tv show a few years ago?

Re: favorite cameo of a new band or artist in a film??

PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:12 pm
by wasproxy
Plimsouls in Valley Girl might be my all time favorite !