Random movie cameo appearances by famous musicians

[yucatown]

Two come to mind.

Flea in Back to the Future III
Brian Johnson of ACDC in Goal

Others?

[Noah]

Joe Walsh in The Blues Brothers

[scottlr]

George Harrison in The Rutles.

[Josh O]

Two come to mind.

Flea in Back to the Future III
Brian Johnson of ACDC in Goal

Others?

Flea was in Back to the Future II as well.

[Josh O]

Anthony Kiedis in Point Break

Anthony Kiedis and Flea in that stupid Charlie Sheen movie The Chase. Also featured Henry Rollins as a cop.

[TwoTubMan]

Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom selling bogus t-shirts in "The Stoned Age".

[Austinrocks]

peter frampton in almost famous

[BDR1]

Mick Fleetwood and Dweezil Zappa in The Running Man. Was just on.

[yucatown]

Anthony Kiedis in Point Break

Anthony Kiedis and Flea in that stupid Charlie Sheen movie The Chase. Also featured Henry Rollins as a cop.

Come to think of it, Henry Rollins was also in Lost Highway as a cop.

[LocustXReign]

Tom Petty used to be on the Gary Shandling show...

[Chris Taylor]

Mick Fleetwood and Dweezil Zappa in The Running Man. Was just on.

I'm watching that scene right now!

Dave Matthews in Dont Mess With The Zohan

[jazzandmetal?]

Cannibal Corpse - Ace Ventura Pet Detective.

[Flyin' Brian]

The Boss - High Fidelity

[monte]

Richie Sambora in "One the Line"

[Boobala]

Flea in "The Big Lebowski". (Really a full on part rather than a "cameo")

Tom Petty in "The Postman"

[Captain Midnite]

Lemmy in something.

[RichieD]

The movie 'Singles' is chock full of cameos:

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains (including Layne Staley).

[dantedayjob]

Lemmy in something.

Are you thinking of Eat The Rich? He played a thug named Snake, as I recall.

[phoenix 7]

Jack White - Cold Mountain

The Yardbirds - Blow Up

[kurtsstuff]

Keith Richards..Pirates of the Caribbean
Alanis Morisette...Dogma

[phoenix 7]

Levon Helm and Buddy Guy - In the Electric Mist (2009). Levon plays the ghost of a Civil War general in it and he's great!

Sting - Brimstone and Treacle

[Cary Chilton]

The movie 'Singles' is chock full of cameos:

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains (including Layne Staley).

This movie kicked such ass.... never another like it since... ;)

Jeff Beck in Twins, great guitar solo, too!

[Austinrocks]

damn how could I forget this one

MEATLOAF in Rocky Horror

[Zelja]

Chris Isaak (playing a SWAT guy) - Silence of the Lambs
Nick Cave - Johnny Suede
Tom Waits - Paradise Alley
Mark Kozelek (red house painters) - Almost Famous

[Cary Chilton]

damn how could I forget this one

MEATLOAF in Rocky Horror
and Fight Club

[yucatown]

How could I forget:

Tom Waits - Bram Stoker's Dracula (random and hilarious)

[awitness29]

Levon Helm and Buddy Guy - In the Electric Mist (2009). Levon plays the ghost of a Civil War general in it and he's great!

Just saw this recently...great film.

Levon is in a number of films. I guess the most recent beside In the Electric Mist is Shooter with Mark Wahlburg (sp?).

Mr. Helm is also the narrator for The Right Stuff.

[Doodad]

Webb Wilder in That Thing Called Love.

[scottlr]

1956 - The Girl Can't Help It


"The Girl Can't Help It" - Little Richard
"Tempo's Tempo" - Nino Tempo
"My Idea of Love" - Johnny Olenn
"I Ain't Gonna Cry No More" - Johnny Olenn
"Ready Teddy" - Little Richard
"She's Got It" - Little Richard
"Cool It Baby" - Eddie Fontaine
"Cinnamon Sinner" - Teddy Randazzo and the Three Chuckles
"Spread the Word" - Abbey Lincoln
"Cry Me a River" - Julie London
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" - Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
"Twenty Flight Rock" - Eddie Cochran
"Rock Around the Rockpile" - Ray Anthony Orchestra
"Rocking Is Our Business" - The Treniers
"Blue Monday" - Fats Domino
"You'll Never, Never Know" - The Platters

Not a bad list for 1956.

[gibson60]

Elvis Costello/Mos Def- Talladega Nights
Ed Kowalchuk (sp?)- Fight Club

[sahill]

Vic Chesnutt (more infamous than famous) in "Sling Blade"

[Frankee]

Henry Rollins in Heat
Flea, among others in The Big Lebowski
Count Baise in Blazing Saddles

[2leod]

Since we've moved away from cameos, I'll put up Sting in "Dune".

http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/music_images/Sting_as_Feyd_Rautha_in_Dune.jpg

[HoboMan]

Vic Chesnutt (more infamous than famous) in "Sling Blade"

And Dwight Yoakam who was also in "Panic Room" with Jodie Foster.

[paulrocker]

Tom Morello iron man

http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/N/Nightwatchman/Tom.Morello.jpg

One of the bad guys in the beginning

[jmecale72]

Albert Collins in Adventures in Babysitting...
Huey Lewis in Back to the Future (can't remember which one though)

[jefesq]

Freejack

[Drew68]

Who can forget Nancy Wilson's "blink and you'll miss her" cameo in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

[The_Whale]

I can't believe it's taken this long to mention Bo Diddley in "Trading Places".

[Frankee]

I can't believe it's taken this long to mention Bo Diddley in "Trading Places".

In Philadelphia it's worth fifty bucks. :)

[LeftyASAT]

I recently rented the Adam Sandler Bedtime Stories flick, and and damn if David Lee Roth didn't pop in for about a 15 second scene. I didn't even notice till my wife caught it! He pulls up next to Sandler in a pricey sports car.

[TTripp]

Guns 'N Roses in The Dead Pool.

[shngn7]

Flea in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."

[StratManKudzu]

I'm watching that scene right now!

Dave Matthews in Dont Mess With The Zohan
I think Dave is in the Chuck and Larry movie too.

[NHDave]

my favorite

Jack White as Elvis mumbling about kara tay in
"Walk Hard, The Dewey Cox Story"... If I didn't
know who he was, I would have thought he was
an actor. funny as hell...

[The Last Rebel]

I can't believe it's taken this long to mention Bo Diddley in "Trading Places".
What scene is he in?

[Frankee]

What scene is he in?

"In Philadelphia it's worth fifty bucks."

[The_Whale]

What scene is he in?


"Burn my fingers"

[Frankee]

"Burn my fingers"

So hot....it's smokin'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MF6AtI2dpA

[big mike]

Charlie Sexton in Thelma and Louise
Stanley Jordan in Blind Date
Alice Cooper in wayne's world
Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo (:D)
Harry Connick Jr in Memphis Belle, and the serial killer movie I forget what, with Sigourney.
Don Williams in Smokey and the Bandit 2
Fats Domino in Any which way but loose

[Scott57]

The original Alice Cooper Group in "Diary of a Mad Housewife."
Just saw Henry Rollins in "Feast."

[Boobala]

Harry Connick Jr in "Independence Day"
Dwight Yokum in "Sling Blade"
Steve Vai in "Crossroads"
Iggy Pop in "Dead Man"
Bono in "The Million Dollar Hotel"
Oingo Boingo in "Back to School"
Anthony Kiedis & Flea in "Point Break"
Tom Waits in "Mystery Men"
Brian Setzer in "LaBamba"

[big mike]

I forgot Marty Stuart in fire down below

[brack23_5]

what about dwight yokam in crank, hollywood homicide, slingblade.....

[brack23_5]

MEATLOAF was on house once....I didnt notice...my girlfriend did...I got a laugh at that one

[Glenn D.]

Tom Waits in Rumblefish.

[Josh O]

Flea pops up everywhere! I was watching Son In Law a couple of weeks ago (yeah, that movie with Pauly Shore) and Flea played a tattoo artist.

Meatloaf has been in alot of movies, a couple that come to mind, he played some psycho in Formula 51 and he was Jack Black's father in Tenacious D Pick of Destiny. Speaking of that movie, who can forget Dio singing in the poster!!

This thread is alot of fun and makes me realize I watch WAY too much TV!!! :)

Here's some more besides everything mentioned:

Dave Matthews in "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry"
Billy Idol in "The Wedding Singer"
Burt Bacharach in the "Austin Powers" series of movies
Henry Rollins as a doctor in "Johnny Mnemomic"
David Lee Roth was in an episode of The Sopranos

[Josh O]

So hot....it's smokin'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MF6AtI2dpA

How much for the gun?

[zodiactone]

I forget the name of the movie but Dee Snider played in some twisted killer flick a while back.

[3 Mile Stone]

David Bowie in Yellow Beard.

[Frankee]

I forget the name of the movie but Dee Snider played in some twisted killer flick a while back.

Twisted Sister in Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Ya gonna burn in hell :dude

[Scott57]

I forget the name of the movie but Dee Snider played in some twisted killer flick a while back.

I believe he also wrote it: Strangeland.

[Schtomp]

FISHBONE in MASK. They also appear in some cheesy 80s beach movie, the name of that one eludes me atm..

[Scott57]

FISHBONE in MASK. They also appear in some cheesy 80s beach movie, the name of that one eludes me atm..


Back to the Beach.

[StompBoxBlues]

It's funny...I was just watching the series "The Wire" and there was a homeless guy on a bench talking with one of the main characters and I thought, "I KNOW that voice...I think" and sure enoug, Steve Earle!

[arthur rotfeld]

A bit more than just a cameo, but Little Richard in Down and Out in Beverly Hills

[Florida Joe]

David Crosby was in Hook.

[ScottB]

Huey Lewis in Back to the Future (can't remember which one though)

He's a judge for the talent contest auditions in I.

He says something like, "you boys are just too darned loud."

[arthur rotfeld]

Huey Lewis, Lyle Lovett, and Tom Waits (forgetting anyone?) all had small roles in Short Cuts.

[Blue Light]

Anyone ever seen that "psychedelic western" called Zachariah?

Came out in the late '60s. It was ALL cameos, including the James Gang, Elvin Bishop, and even jazz drummer Elvin Jones.
I think the stars were actually Country Joe and the Fish.

I never saw it, although it played as a "midnight movie" back in the 70s.
I believe the authors of this movie were the Firesign Theater.

[Blue Light]

Maybe my favorite cameo was in "Mystery Train" -- Screamin' Jay Hawkins plays a night clerk at a hotel. Looking very ominious, too.

Jim Jarmusch movies always have some interesting cameos. That movie had little appearances by a whole bunch of people, like Joe Strummer, Rockets Redglare, etc.

John Landis, the guy who directed "The Blues Brothers," was another guy who always loaded his pictures with cameos. He made some movie with Jeff Goldblum as a guy who couldn't sleep so he wanders around LA all night getting into trouble -- can't remember the name of it -- and it was one cameo after another, including David Bowie as some kind of mob enforcer, I think.
Blues Brothers had a jillion cameos, but my favorite moment was the passing scene of John Lee Hooker doing some boogey in a Chicago street fair.

[flyingvees]

Didnt SRV and Dick Dale appear in Back to the Beach?

Also Robert Cray in the Blues Brothers.

[AL30]

David Bowie in Yellow Beard.


Ahhh you beat me to it !! "Shall I meet you in the plumbing room sir?"

Tom Waits in Mystery Men.


AL

[RichieD]

Alex Lifeson in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie.

[gh730873]

Joe Cocker in "Across the Universe"

Jared Leto in "Crash" and "Fight Club" (guess he's kind of more an actor than musician)

[sausagefingers]

Bon Jovi was in U571.

[DaBlizzardofOz]

Ozzy in Little Nicky.
That was pretty much the only part of the movie I liked

[Platypus]

I think Flea wins this one by a mile, he's in 2 back to the future movies, the chase, the big lebowski, fear and loathing in las vegas, dudes, my own private idaho, stranded, etc

[ACfixer]

David Bowie in Yellow Beard.

David Bowie in Zoolander.

[sodapopinski]

ozzy in little nicky

[elroostars]

Gene Simmons and Ozzy in TRICK OR TREAT...great metal soundtrack btw

[Cobra]

Charlie Sexton in Thelma and Louise
Stanley Jordan in Blind Date
Alice Cooper in wayne's world
Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo (:D)
Harry Connick Jr in Memphis Belle, and the serial killer movie I forget what, with Sigourney.
Don Williams in Smokey and the Bandit 2
Fats Domino in Any which way but loose

That would be Copycat...

[Jade]

B.B. King, in Spies Like Us

Jade

[soulmap]

Jim Jarmusch movies always have some interesting cameos.


yep - Iggy Pop as a woman in Dead Man

[puckhead]

Gene Simmons and Ozzy in TRICK OR TREAT...great metal soundtrack btw


neat movie. Fastway was all over that soundtrack. i think the movie starred Skippy, from family ties.

and as we've moved beyond cameos, I'll add a couple more cameos/feature roles:
Dave Grohl as the devil in "Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny". Ronnie James Dio and Meatloaf were in this too.
Greg Dulli as a porn director in "Passenger Side", and "Beautiful Girls'
Meatloaf and Alice Cooper in "roadie"
Glen Campbell as Lebeuf in "True Grit"
Gene Simmons in a Tom Selleck movie "Runaway" as the bad guy

[stevieboy]

Maybe my favorite cameo was in "Mystery Train" -- Screamin' Jay Hawkins plays a night clerk at a hotel. Looking very ominious, too.



I know I'm quoting a post from 5 months ago, but Rufus Thomas was in that one too.

Frank Sinatra as the piano player in a saloon in the original Around the World in 80 Days. Okay, I'm old (but still have my long term memory.)

[Thinsocks]

George Harrison in The Rutles.

And in The Life of Brian.

[Dickie Fredericks]

Harry Connick Jr also did Hope Floats
I had a list as I was reading the thread and now have forgotten all of the others...

Oh yeah Henry Rollins and Kool Moe Dee were in "The New Guy". Jon Bon Jovi in "Pay It Forward"

Jerry Reed in a bunch of stuff....The Waterboy... Yeah thats the ticket!

[Joshlespaul1952]

Off topic, but all the same -- cool avatar, yucatown. Good to see another Freaks and Geeks fan.

[taco-man]

Lemmy in something.
Airheads. "I was editor of the school newspaper!"

Extra credit: "Who would win in a wrestling match: Lemmy or God?"

[cody_scu]

Dwight Yoakam in Wedding Crashers

[reverber8]

Chris Isaak as Uncle Bob in "That Thing You Do"

Aimee Mann sans a toe in "The Big Lebowski"

Michael Penn (Aimee's husband) as the producer/engineer in the recording studio scene from "Boogie Nights"

[nondeplume]

Bruce Springsteen in the John Cusack film "High Fidelity" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZE7OchG3DY)

[eBay]

Chris Isaak as Uncle Bob in "That Thing You Do"

You beat me to it by one post!

I read most of the posts but didn't see Keef in Pirates of the Carribean. Are my eyes playing tricks on me?

As an aside, Jim Carrey was the rock idol guy in Dead Pool. Totally got me back then; I didn't know it was him till years later and I was a big fan.

Of course, Blues Brothers has everybody in it including my favorites--Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper. Somebody can probably name them all in the next post.

[Garygtr]

Jeff Healey in Roadhouse

[dmczern]

yep - Iggy Pop as a woman in Dead Man

Transvestite: Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko :o

....sorry, felt compelled to clarify that, one of my favorite films of all time.

[Stratofuzz]

Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis Bio Pic)
Joe Doe (X) as JW Brown (Myra's dad and Jerry's bass player)
Mojo Nixon and Jimmie Vaughan where also in Jerry's band too.

[xray]

Larry Carlton in "Scrooged"

[yellowecho]

Tom Waits
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Coffee and Cigarettes

[MisterMitch]

An extraordinary Madonna cameo on Blue in the Face:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ99leUQjgA

Lou Reed also appears in this movie.

[bluesjuke]

John Landis, the guy who directed "The Blues Brothers," was another guy who always loaded his pictures with cameos. He made some movie with Jeff Goldblum as a guy who couldn't sleep so he wanders around LA all night getting into trouble -- can't remember the name of it -- and it was one cameo after another, including David Bowie as some kind of mob enforcer, I think.
Blues Brothers had a jillion cameos, but my favorite moment was the passing scene of John Lee Hooker doing some boogey in a Chicago street fair.



Cab Calloway and Ray Charles in the BB movie too.

[DeeDub]

Larry Carlton in "Scrooged"

Not only Larry Carlton, but also Miles Davis, David Sanborn, and Paul Shaeffer in the same scene.

[Stratobuc]

Jeff Beck (and the Yardbirds) in "Blow Up" - 1966

They play "Train Kept a-Rollin". Beck smashes guitar when amp malfunctions, then you see him on the street with the neck of said smashed guitar.

[NaylorStrat]

B.B. King, in Spies Like Us

Jade

"Won't you gentlemen have a Pepsi?"



Airheads. "I was editor of the school newspaper!"

Extra credit: "Who would win in a wrestling match: Lemmy or God?" Trick question, Lemmy is God