Later this year, cinemagoers will have the opportunity to watch Meryl Streep play Ricki Rendazzo, the ageing singer and guitarist with Ricki And The Flash, in Jonathan Demme's latest film. The Flash are the latest in a long line of fictional bands to appear in films. Accordingly, after the trailer ...
13: BREAKING GLASS, Breaking Glass
An unusual convergence, this: Hazel O’Connor’s backing band consists of future Bill star Mark Wingett, former Ant Gary Tibbs alongside Jonathan Pryce and ITV drama stalwart, Peter Hugo-Daly, who was also in real-life band The Cross alongside Breaking Glass co-star Phil Daniels.
14: SPINAL TAP, This Is Spinal Tap
See also: the Folksmen.
15: THE KELLY AFFAIR/CARRIE NATIONS, Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
First, they were the Kelly Affair, then they changed their name to the Carrie Nations – after a grand old dame of the temperance movement – in Russ Meyer’s comedy. Their songs were written by future composer of the Battlestar Galactica theme, Stu Phillips.
16: THE BANG BANG, Brothers Of The Head
Odd, Seventies-set mockumentary, from a novel by Brian Aldiss and directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe – who made Lost In La Mancha, about Terry Gilliam’s aborted attempt to film Don Quixote. Brothers Harry and Luke Treadaway play conjoined twins who form a punk rock band.
