Gimmick Bands - that are actually good

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I was driving home last night with the ipod blaring on shuffle as always and a Dread Zeppelin song came on (Your Time is Gonna Come) and for the first time I noticed how good it was. All of their songs are good. Really good. 
Another gimmick or novelty band I love is The Upper Crust from Boston that sound like ACDC but ..
(i'll use wikipedia's wording:)
" members adopt the personae of 18th century aristocratic fops and sing songs from that perspective. They use titles of nobility, wear powdered wigs and period costumes, and maintain a snobbish attitude both during live performance and on their albums.^"

^{Saw them live and they were a riot but the music was solid - if you like that kind of thing - which I do.}

^{I've seen/heard other bands that weren't so hot though ..}

^{cant remember the name but I heard a band that played really heavy fantasy music and altered their voices to sound like elves or something .. for every single song. didn't work for me.}

^{maybe there aren't a lot of these types of bands for a discussion - or are there?}

^{sorry about the blue text - links in wiki .. couldn't change them to black}

Edited by Walton Street - January 09 2015 at 11:40