Simpsons fans start a Flanders band
From bands like Metalachi to Ryan Adams giving Taylor Swift songs a Smiths makeover, the inventiveness of an idle musical mind just never ceases to astound. Given enough time and ennui, and humans will always find a way to amuse themselves by reconfiguring existing sounds, images and ideas.
Witness the latest. It's probably already been all over your timeline, as it's in the process of going viral and soon to be edging out the clip of the couple serendipitously sharing their pregnancy announcement with the world. It's a band from Phoenix called Okilly Dokilly, which, as you'll no doubt recognize, just happens to be the catch phrase of a certain Simpsons character.
"Myself and our drummer (Bled Ned) were in line at a grocery store, entertaining ourselves by coming up with really cutesy names for really hardcore, brutal bands," said the band's frontman in an interview with Rip It Up.com.au, explaining how the handle was conceived. "The name Okilly Dokilly came up and was very funny to us.
"We ran with it," he added. "I contacted a few friends (Red Ned, Thread Ned and Stead Ned), and here we are. Most of us have played in other bands around our hometown. This is definitely the heaviest sounding project any of us Neds have done."
The Arizona outfit has a set of demos on Bandcamp if you're dying to hear the rest of the tunes. "Nothing At All" — as in, the stupid and sexy one himself saying, "It feels like I'm wearing nothing at all" — with its Offspring-owing melody is probably the best of the bunch. Give it a listen, and then head to the Trunk Space in on Saturday, Sept. 5 in Phoenix if you feel like road tripping. It's their first show. Talk about getting the word out. Great gimmick. Yes indeedy!
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