{"id":3675,"date":"2015-03-03T10:58:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T10:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2021-09-17T14:40:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:40:39","slug":"5-actors-who-formed-incredibly-weird-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/03\/03\/5-actors-who-formed-incredibly-weird-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"5 actors who formed incredibly weird bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and again, famous actors get the urge to form a band. Most of them are pretty forgettable &#8211; Russell Crowe\u2019s 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, Keanu Reeve\u2019s Dogstar &#8211; while others are actually okay &#8211; Jared Leto\u2019s 30 Seconds to Mars, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Some, though, are just plain weird.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>James Franco &#8211; Daddy<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5D8KrZCmRo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When he\u2019s not nearly causing global conflict, James Franco is a fairly serious artiste. His latest project is a tribute to The Smiths called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/watch-the-meta-music-video-by-james-francos-band-daddy-455\"><i>Let Me Get What I Want<\/i><\/a>, which he is releasing with his band Daddy.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than playing a few covers, though, Franco has recorded himself reading his own Smiths-inspired poems over a moody electronica backdrop. Basically, he\u2019s playing songs based on poems based on songs. See, told you he was arty.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, Daddy isn\u2019t the weirdest actor-fronted tribute act around. Nope, that honour goes to&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Macaulay Culkin &#8211; The Pizza Underground<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgIEdaOHryc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Macaulay Culkin, the kid from Home Alone (he\u2019s 34 now, by the way), fronts The Pizza Underground, a lo-fi tribute to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground with frequent references to everyone\u2019s favourite Italian treat. Songs include <i>Waiting For My Delivery Man, Pizza Gal <\/i>and <i>All The Pizza Parties<\/i>. We promise we\u2019re not making this up.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, one of the band&#8217;s recent jaunts to these shores didn\u2019t end too well; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghampost.com\/Macaulay-Culkin-booed-stage-pelted-beer-Rock-City\/story-21140459-detail\/story.html\">they were booed off stage after 15 minutes in Nottingham and pelted with beer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Ryan Gosling &#8211; Dead Man&#8217;s Bones<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IRFeUc2KnBY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Imagine Tom Waits singing songs about the Addams Family with a children\u2019s choir and you\u2019ve pretty much got Dead Man\u2019s Bones, a collaboration between Ryan Gosling and LA musician Zach Shields inspired by their mutual love of, among other things, <a href=\"https:\/\/weirdestbandintheworld.com\/2009\/09\/08\/dead-mans-bones\/\"><i>The Haunted Mansion<\/i> ride at Disneyland.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2009\u2019s self-titled album is the band&#8217;s sole release to date. Gosling shot to global superstardom shortly after and, sadly, not much has been heard of the band since.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Jada Pinkett Smith &#8211; Wicked Wisdom<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/regofIzNFvE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While her husband is best known for his cheerful rap ditties, Jada Pinkett Smith prefers her music a bit heavier. Well, a lot heavier actually.<\/p>\n<p>Pinkett Smith is the lead singer for Wicked Wisdom, a nu-metal band that peaked in popularity in the mid-2000s. At the height of their success, they performed at Ozzfest and landed slots on numerous US talk shows.<\/p>\n<p>The band are still together, which means our dream of hearing Big Willy freestyling over some brutal riffs is still alive. Come on guys, make it happen!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>William Shatner<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rmPOWJtsEGc\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alright, so he&#8217;s technically a solo artist, but Shatner&#8217;s spoken word covers of famous songs over sparse instrumentation are so legendary that it&#8217;d be a crime to leave him out.<\/p>\n<p>Are they rubbish? Are they inspired? That depends on your tastes, we guess, but there\u2019s something strangely compelling about Shatner\u2019s baritone retellings of classic tunes.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the artist formerly known as Kirk hasn&#8217;t done too badly for himself musically with his cover of Bohemian Rhapsody currently featuring on a holiday advert. Lovely stuff.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>If you\u2019re having a clear out, don\u2019t forget you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/entertainment\/sell-cds\/\">sell your CDs with musicMagpie<\/a>. Just click below to get started! <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and again, famous actors get the urge to form a band. Most of them are pretty forgettable &#8211; Russell Crowe\u2019s 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, Keanu Reeve\u2019s Dogstar &#8211; while others are actually okay &#8211; Jared Leto\u2019s 30 Seconds to Mars, for example. 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