Mr Sidebottom is an comedian/artiste from Timperley, a suburb of Manchester. He writes comic songs about things he loves; notably football, space, Paul McCartney and how wonderful Timperley is. He also specialises in producing definitive covers of Queen songs. He plays the keyboard and sings from within his giant papier-mache head. He has recently made an animated film called 'Frank's World'.
See his web site at www.franksworld.co.uk
Member of the British comedy group Monty Python, Michael Palin is the inventor of the threat "If you don't cooperate, I will get nasty and start using some Dutch words". He wrote and appeared in the "Do Not Adjust Your Set" show in the 1960s with Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Eric Idle, before the quartet was eventually joined by John Cleese and Graham Chapman to form Monty Python. Michael is known as the nicest Python.
1. Max Miller (November 21, 1894 – May 7, 1963), the "Cheeky Chappie", was a 1930s English music hall comedian famous for his daringly risqué (for the period) repertoire (see Censorship) and gaudy suits.
Born in Hereford Street, Brighton as Thomas Henry Sargent, Miller became notorious for his double entendre based humour, which at the time saw him banned from the BBC on more than one occasion. His jokes were ostensibly written in two notebooks, a white notebook for 'clean' humour, and a blue one for 'adult' jokes.
Todd Barry (born March 26, 1964 in The Bronx, New York) is a New York based stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor, known for his "laid-back," sardonic and relaxed attitude on stage. In 1999, his Comedy Central Presents special aired. He wrote, directed and starred in the short film Borrowing Saffron (2002), which co-starred H. Jon Benjamin. He's made a variety of guest appearances on shows like Dr.
Frenzal Rhomb is an Australian punk rock band that formed in 1992, in Sydney, Australia. A long-standing institution in Sydney music scene but with a national and international base of fans, Frenzal have consistently nurtured new generations of young fans through endless touring, festival appearances and all ages shows. With a sound that is most often characterized as 'California pop/punk', the band is overtly left-wing political and known for their humorous, savage and insightful lyrics.
The Axis of Awesome are a trio of human men who sing funny songs. They leave men laughing and women gasping (and also laughing). Jordan Raskopoulos, a comedian, Benny Davis, a classically trained musician and Lee Naimo, an Iron Chef enthusiast, came together to form the group in 2006. Since that time they’ve wowing audiences across the world with with their mixture of quirky original songs, catchy pop-parodies and hilarious banter.
The Amateur Transplants (aka Adam Kay and Suman Biswas) are two junior doctors who practice medicine with varying degrees of success. Both were students together at Imperial College, and competed in the annual inter-medical school comedy competition. Their debut album Fitness to Practice (featuring the ultra-sweary London Underground song) is "a cult hit" Sunday Times and "extremely funny" Daily Telegraph. In 2008 they released their second album "Unfit to Practice".
The Mangledwurzels are a three-piece Scrumpy & Western band based in Somerset, UK celebrating the works of the Bard of Avonmouth, Adge Cutler and The Wurzels. More than just a Wurzels tribute band, The Mangledwurzels play Wurzels songs, old and new, blended with self-penned titles and pop standards 'Mangled' in true Wurzels tradition. The Mangledwurzels are a three-piece consisting of Hedge Cutter on lead vocals and percussion, Jethro Tool on electronikal wurzelhorns and vocals, and Seth Pitt on guitars, bass drum and vocals.
Ukulele Kris is an acoustic punk/ska musician from the Northwest city of Preston. Kris has been in two bands previously, both of which were ska. Firstly "The Emotional Problems of Dirk Diggler", and then "Peter Simple", later renamed "The Strikeouts", after dropping from an 8 piece, to a 3 piece band. After a short unsuccessful stab at stand up comedy (not down to not being funny, more down to not being confident enough), Kris is now back to what he does best. Writing punky ska songs, but this time, just performing them on his own.
The Detroit Grand Pubahs are Dr. Toefinger (Andy Toth) and Paris the Black Fu (Mack Goudy, Jr.). Both are from detroit, Michigan, United States. They combine electro, hip hop, and booty-bass with a good dose of humour to create a unique sound. Both of the Pubahs started in music at an early age, with Andy starting to play drums in various local bands at 16. Vocalist Mack began Djing at a similar age having been influenced by Jeff Mills’ legendary radio mix shows.