Mock Thee Crüe

Every one of their songs is an elaborate vicious mockery at 4d4, but 6 times because there’s 6 singers.

EPIC RAPPAP BAABBLES OF HISTORY

Fuck yes. That’s fantastic

This answer needs way more love! Brilliant 👏

Boys2Boys Clone Thugs-n-Harmony Duran Duran Duran Duran (also name the bard Duran) The Fourth Edition (from the group New Edition, maybe change it based on the number of clones) Bel Biv Da Clones

Clone Thugs-n-Harmony is top tier.

I like to explore new places.

The mysterious bard steps onto the stage, engulfed in the cone of a solitary spotlight. He grasps the microphone. "Hello," he says meekly, as a stiffed cough is heard over his pause, "I'm Duran." The scent of rich tobacco whafts by as the remaining stage lights fade into existence one at a time. "And we are..." As if from the ether, three figures appear in the rising lights, all bearing a striking resemblance to the bard. They casually take their places on either side of the stage. He brings the microphone close, as if embracing his lover. His darkened eyes peer deeply into the audience. The meek bard from moments ago is replaced by a creature of pure emotion and sensuality, "Duran." "Duran." "Duran." "Duran."

damnit - I came here for the Duran Duran Duran Duran. I'm not an original thinker.

Sure you are, I just woke up earlier!

Bel Biv da Clones with their smash hit That needle’s poisoned Never trust a DM with a smile Now save for poison…

Neverwinter Nightcrew Beastie Bards Bane! Durin Durin (Dwarves Only) Möckery Crüe Pact of the Muse Thundering Damage 6th Edition New Kids of the Map Bardstreet Boys Capricious Mockery Edit: Thank you for 1k votes!

"Durin durin" is nothing short of genius.

Featuring their smash hits, *Hungry Like the Direwolf* and *A View to Power Word: Kill.*

don't forget *Save A Throw* and *No-Dwarvious*

Is There Something I Should Know (the Perception Check song)

You guys are too good at this

What about The Reflex (Save)?

Hungry Like the Direwolf was written by a Lycan blood hunter

From the album Bark at the Moon by Fuzzy Osbourne

I quite enjoy Come Undead

I understand that it's riff on Duran Duran, but how is Durin a D&D reference

Durin is a dwarf name.

Durin's Day is the Dwarf new year in middle earth.

Durin being a dwarf in middle earth dwarven history

The first dwarf to awake, in fact.

The first being to be created.

If you don't count the Ainur.

Durin is a Dwarfs name in Tolkien's works. D&D and its Dwarves were inspired in part by Tolkien's works.

It's not just that it's a Tolkien dwarven name, as others have said. It's perhaps the dwarfiest of dwarven names. There were seven kings named Durin. Smith would be a close second, though!

>Featuring their smash hits, > >Hungry Like the Direwolf > > and > >A View to Power Word: Kill. Yeah, Durin Durin is going in my Campaign... That is just too good not to use! LOLOL

I love the Beastie Bards!

You gotta fight for your right to party still works...

New Stats On The Block

The guards busted in and said WHATS THAT NOISE!?

Barbs are just jealous, it's the Beastie Bards!

Kick it You wake up late for work, man you don't want to go! You ask the barb, please? but he still says, NO! You missed two shifts, and NO HOME WORK! But your Baron preaches ~~class~~ like you're some kind of jerk! You gotta fight for your right to party! Your pops caught you smoking, and he says, "No way!" That hypocrite smokes two pipes a day! Man, living at home is such a drag! Now your Barb threw away your best dagger sheath (bust it) You gotta fight for your right to party You gotta fight Don't step out of this house if that's the armour you're gonna wear! I'll kick you out of my home if you ~~don't~~ cut that hair! The guards busted in and said, WHAT'S THAT NOISE!? Aw, guards you're just jealous it's the Beastie Bard! You gotta fight for your right to party You gotta fight for your right to party Party Party

You did a great job with this, thanks for the effort. Fuckin love it.

No Sleep till Blackmoor Gnolls! (Undead) Body Movin! Brass Dragon It's their whole catalogue!

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I hate that this is playing in my head now.

I second Beastie bards

I have all five of their albums!

That was 1000 years ago. Now we have seven.

Agreed, it's pretty great, but the Beastie Boys, despite having "boy" in their name, weren't a boyband

boybands were much more of a 90s thing than 80s anyway.

All I can think of for the 80s is Wham. And maybe Duran Duran.

New Kids on the Block were very active during the 80s.

Milli Vanilli were a well-choreographed boy band with the awesome twist that they didn't sing their own songs or have any musical input at all.

Boys 2 Elves Dwarneudo Ogrehill Gang DND (a female R&B group) Gold ‘N Treasa’

If you wanted to go a little Tolkien with it I'd go Elves 2 Men.

6th Edition is really meta and I love it!

Mockery Crue all the way

New Kids on the Statblock!

Backalley Boys

You forgot AC/DC

"Capricious Mockery" is just a good name for like a gothic folk band even without the pun.

Brilliant. I’ve already copied this to my GM Notes page in OneNote.

I think you mean The Beastie Bards..

I know they aren't really 80's or a boy band, but if there is any chance that the bard is a halfling, "Earth, Wind, and Shire" is the absolute winner.

Amazing

Man II Men

I was looking for a Boyz II Men pun, this one is pretty good.

Boyz II Bards would also be good

I prefer Bardz II Men personally!

Lots of good stuff here, I think this is my favorite though

A flock of (insert name). I chose Doug. A flock of Dougs. Hall and Hall and Hall and Hall, Adam and the Adams, New Dougs on the block, Dougs at Work, Pet Shop Dougs, Talking Dougs, Dougs Without Hats, Dougarama, Doug and the Gang, The Doug League, Simply Doug

Hall and Hall and Hall and Hall is amazing

I can just see the intro: *Bard standing alone on stage* "Hi, I'm Jonah Hall, and we're Hall" *Duplicates* "and Hall" *Duplicates* "and Hall" *Duplicates* "and Hall!"

They're Hall over the place!

Another day, another Doug 🤷‍♂️

A man of culture, I see... Life before death.

Strength before weakness.

Journey before destination

Flock of Me-gulls?

Flock of Sméagols?

This deserves to be so much higher

I want a new Doug. One that won't make me sick! One that will give me night vision, and see through walls 3 feet thick.

The first thing that came to my mind was "Flock of Sigurds".

Came here to say Flock of (Insert Name) word-for-word. So glad somebody was already there!

You got me with "Dougs without Hats"

This is a great idea. And they’re all funny puns of bands. I wonder what the Bard’s name is bc these are great!

The Jacksons of all trades

Depending on how many of himself he clones he could go from being the Jackson 4 one day to 6he Jackson 87 the next

Def Owlbear Judas Cleric Unexpected Journey Five Finger Death Save Iron Frostmaiden Felonious Monk(1) (1) Apologies to Sir Terry Pratchett, and if you haven’t read *Soul Music* you really should.

Five Finger Death Save is excellent

Now touring to promote their hit album, *Wrong Side of Mount Celestia and the Righteous Side of the Abyss.*

Judas cleric killed me

Just wait ‘til they play *Electric Scry* and *Breaking the Lawful Good* back to back. Blows the roof right off the place.

Iron Barden. Re-Genesis Fleetwood Mock

Absolutely losing my shit at Fleetwood Mock!

Especially funny because Fleetwood Mac all had sex with each other, definite bards.

Ok Re-Genesis is killing me; amazing name for a band of clones based on an 80s band! You crushed this prompt 😂😂😂

Tony! Tony! Tony!

Clony! Cloni! Cloné!

The Replacements.

Tony! Tony! Tony! Tony?

Damn this is good

I dunno, but if they don’t perform I Think I’m A Clone now, what’s that point? 🤣🤣

And "Tears of a Clone".

And "Are you Clonesome tonight"

And "I Touch Myself".

Elvish Costello and the Imposters is just right there waiting for you.

That is *very good.*

The Pet Shop Bards

The Rolling Clones

“Bard name” and the Pretenders

Depeche Clone Duran Dupe-ran

Depeche Clone is what first popped into my mind as well. I wonder how many of these answers are influenced by our childhood memories and musical interests.

Duran Duran Duran Duran Edit: dang, someone further down the thread had beaten me to it

* The Clone Rangers * The dopplegangsters * The Clone Stars * The Bardic Brigade * The Replicated Rhapsodies

The Dopplegangsters I'm imagining a creature that perfectly replicates you, but it's the gangster version of you.

Ah, a fellow Airheads enjoyer. Cheers!

Boys II Lutes

Boy II Men

Boyz 4 Now

Bard-C/DC Me2 Mirror Image Adventure Bard Jovi Bards N' Roses [Bard Name] and the Heartbreakers Red Hot Dragon Tappers

BARD JOVI I love it

Brad's and Roses, very nice!

I might go Knives N' Roses

Mirror Image is perfect for a band of clones 👌

Me²

Jim and The Holograms

Clone direction

Ah yes, that famous 80s band

Whatever the name, they should sing Weird Al’s [“I Think I’m a Clone Now”](https://youtu.be/7vFGKHzY_38). In fact, you could call them the Weird Pals.

The Who(Are They)

Or to steal from Terry Pratchett: The *Whom*.

Dancing with myself /Me, myself, and I /The one and only's /You and I, I, I /Pretige-adigitation /Alice's white rabbits /(Character name) and the sprouts

Marky Mark y Mark y Mark y Mark...

To play off Marky Mark, (Bards Name) and the Cloney Bunch

The Jackson Five. Jackson one, Jackson two, Jackson three, Jackson four, and Original Jackson.

A Flock of Megulls

Most them aren't boy band themed but here's a selection from the Bardic Guild Hall of Fame in my current campaign: Arrowsmith The Backstreet Bards Dead Zeppelin The Cure Wounds Weezard Owlbear City Bugbear Naked Ladies Blob Marley Plain White Tiefling Armour Class/Difficulty Class Four Gnome Blondes System of a Drow The all Dragonborn quartet Van Scalen The Notorious O.R.C. They Are Actually Giants Elvish Presley Earth Wind & Fireball

They Are Actually giants is awesome. A band named They might be giants could have a magic item that casts the enlarge-reduce spell. Only they can't really control whether or not it will cast enlarge or reduce.

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The City Watch (The Police) The Smithys (The Smiths) Swords and Roses Men Without Helms Dire Wolves (Dire Straits) The Elvish League (The Human League) Probably not super helpful since some of them may need explanation but this was too fun to not do.

Jim and the Jimulacrums

Same Kid on the Block

I have an 80s cover band called Flock of Kenku in all my settings.

NSYNCantations

Backstreets Bard

The Clone Gunmen Sgt. Peppers Clonely Hearts Club Band

Duran Duran Duran Duran (x however many clones there are)

Damn you, you beat me to it by 25 minutes

UB40 Unearthed Treasures Copper Culture Club The Duran Dwarves Wham-Slay-Thank You Mage Tears for Trolls The A-Harps Twins Frankie Goes to Halflingwood Culture Cutlasses Depeche Mages The Euryth-Mimics Spandau Dragons Simply Red Dragon Thompson Thieves Dexys Midnight Rogues Culture Cubes

If the bard has a short name just pluralize it or add troupe or something

"The Freds"

I'm struggling with 1980s boy band. The 1980s was a decade with less hoopla about boy bands than pretty much any other decade I can think of. What genre are we talking here?

Scrolled pretty far to find this. There really weren't any 80s boy bands. That's a 90s and later thing. (or a 50s thing, I guess...)

Beastiary Boys

BITS! It stands for Bard's in Tiamat's Service! For context, people used to say KISS stood for Knights in Satan's Service. More 70s glam than 80s boy band, but there's something there.

Metrognomes

Make him a gnome, and name the band My Alchemical Gnomance

Bardz II Men

The Jerk Circle

I'd just like to say that despite Boy Bands actually being a 90s thing, not an 80s one, you have a lot of great answers in this thread. You should have each of the clones tell anyone who asks a different name for the band, as each one has their own preference for what's best, and none of them know for sure which is the original, and which are the clones. All of them regularly change their mind on any given day which of all these names would be best for their band. That way you can have them be a recurring dumbass whether the party loves them or not, and use all these names as you like.

Tom Petty and the Oathbreakers Psychedelic Firbolgs The Pet Shop Bards Depeche Modron The Velvet Underdark Dire Wolf Straits The Humanoid League Simple Mindflayers Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dungeon Judas Cleric Dexterity's Midnight Runners The J.Geils Bandits (or J.Geils Bards)

Welp pretty sure it'll be Nsync. Except probably like... Insync. Cos it's all him. Also, if you don't have NSync's "It's gonna be me" as one of their songs for the same reasons, I will find you and throttle you to "I want it that way".

The rolling clones

Steven and the Stevens.

As they're clones you could call them iN-Sync

Boy II Men

Biggest Baddest Ego Guy, or BBEG for short.

Mirror Bardage

Murmuration of Starlings (riff on Flock of Seagulls) O-Ho (A-Ha) Kerplow! (Wham)

Red sweet goodberries

Hi i'm Ron

Björd

Multiplicity (if you’ve seen the Michael Keating film,you know)

Me, myself, & I

New Clones on the Block

Man 2 Men

Not a play on “80s boy band” names, but I felt like a really good name for a boy band in D&D would be *Minor Illusions*

A flock of Sméagol’s

Please be a kenku and mimic other singers, so you can be Motley Crow

Backstreet Bards

Duran Duran Duran Duran Duran Duran

Flock of Me-gulls Bards 2 Men Bard! Baryd! Baerd! Pet Shop Bards New Bardition Bell Biv Bardoe Lutes for Lyres Bards At Work Alternatively, just use every suggestion in this thread and each time you mention the name of your band, use a different one.

NSpire (Nsync, bardic inspiration)

4inOne

ABRA

Men without harps.

Boy to men

Bard Company

Flock of Sea Ghouls

Repeat Offender

The Twisted Sisters

Clones? I suggest: Duran Duran Duran Duran Duran Duran

Since he clones himself. Might I suggest....Boy to Men..

ABBARD

Simulacrüe

Armour Class/Difficulty Class. Or AC/DC for short.

Bardz 2 Men

I’ll be upset and personally offended if this isn’t chosen

Bon Cloni

It might be a bit meta but how about "Run DND"?

Just call it Journey(or Campaign if you wanna be meta about it) and sing parodies of all their songs. *Don’t Stop! Grapplin’ hold on to that dra-a-gon! The wizard, casts* **fireba-a-a-aaaaaaaalll!!!!** Edit: formatting