caseyweederman@lemmy.ca to Bloom County@lemm.eeEnglish · 9 months agoI'm A Boingerlemmy.caimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarenocturne213@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt is supposed to be music by Billy and the Boingers, formerly known as Dëäthtöngüë (I forget where the umlauts go, so they all get them).
minus-squareOldManBOMBIN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoRight, I got that from the band name; I just didn’t know if this was a, like, real band, or a band that someone started to parody a band from the comic, or a band that someone formed to pay homage to the comic, etc. So it’s just some band?
minus-squarelimelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt’s the band in the strip. The had a real band do these songs. In the strip they were poking fun at heavy metal bands like Judas Priest, and the infamous Tipper Gore hearings.
It is supposed to be music by Billy and the Boingers, formerly known as Dëäthtöngüë (I forget where the umlauts go, so they all get them).
Right, I got that from the band name; I just didn’t know if this was a, like, real band, or a band that someone started to parody a band from the comic, or a band that someone formed to pay homage to the comic, etc.
So it’s just some band?
It’s the band in the strip. The had a real band do these songs.
In the strip they were poking fun at heavy metal bands like Judas Priest, and the infamous Tipper Gore hearings.