Behind the Music that Sucks

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Behind the Music that Sucks is an ongoing series of comic pieces produced by, and appearing on, Heavy.com, a broadband entertainment website. The segments feature humorous jabs at pop stars and celebrities. The shorts run approximately three minutes each and employ cutout animation based largely on celebrity photographs and stock images.

Conceived as a parody of VH1's popular biography show Behind the Music, Behind the Music that Sucks was created by Dave Carson, a composer, and Simon Assaad, a filmmaker, in 1998.^[1] After the series became popular on other sites, the pair founded Heavy.com in 1999, where Behind the Music that Sucks became the flagship series. In 2005, production resumed after a three-year hiatus. In spite of that period of inactivity, the original run of Behind the Music that Sucks never left syndication, remaining available on Heavy.com, as well as Comcast digital cable's ON DEMAND service and many other websites.

Behind the Music that Sucks, having managed to outlive the show it was based on, continues to be one of the site's most well-known properties.

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The following is a list of acts, many of whom were also featured on the original VH1 program, that have been lampooned during the series's run.

From 1998-2002: AC/DC Backstreet Boys The Bacon Brothers Baha Men Barbara Streisand Billy Joel Bloodhound Gang Bon Jovi Britney Spears Celine Dion Cher Christina Aguilera Chumbawamba Courtney Love Creed Dave Matthews Band David Hasselhoff Dixie Chicks Dr. Dre Eminem Eric Clapton Extreme Fiona Apple Garbage Garth Brooks Glenn Miller The Go-Gos Guns N' Roses Hanson Hootie and the Blowfish Iggy Pop Insane Clown Posse Jewel

Joe C John Denver Kenny Loggins Kid Rock KISS Limp Bizkit Lionel Richie LL Cool J Mariah Carey Marylin Manson Master P Melissa Etheridge Mötley Crüe 'N Sync Nine Inch Nails Oasis The Offspring Ol' Dirty Bastard O-Town Phish Puff Daddy Shania Twain Sisqo Smashing Pumpkins Sting Stryper Ted Nugent Tina Turner Tom Jones Tupac Shakur Van Halen Will Smith William Shatner

From 2005-present: Three 6 Mafia 50 Cent Avril Lavigne Black Eyed Peas Green Day Gwen Stefani Hillary Duff Jessica Simpson Kanye West Katharine McPhee Lindsay Lohan Moby Paula Abdul R. Kelly The Strokes Taylor Hicks Yanni

Occasionally, non-musical entites have been sent up by the series, as well. These include the iPod, MySpace, "The OC" and the first child of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline.

[edit] External links

• Heavy.com
• "Behind the Music that Sucks: 50 Cent"
• "Behind the Music that Sucks: The OC"
• "Behind the Music that Sucks: Green Day"

1. ^ Hansell

'A Web Site So Hip It Gets Laddies to Watch the Ads' By SAUL HANSELL, New York Times, March 27, 2006