Which pop group was named for the schoolboy hero of the film 'Back To The Future'?
"actor Tom Wilson, and James Arnold Taylor as the younger Emmett. Though the game features other returning characters including George and Lorraine McFly, voicework for these characters are provided by a variety of available voice actors in the Bay Area. Tom Wilson reprised his role as Biff Tannen for the 30th anniversary revamp. The song Back in Time by Huey Lewis and the News, which was written for first film, appears in the game. To promote the title, Telltale brought a replica of the DeLorean time machine as part of their booth display at the 2010 Penny Arcade Expo which"
"the World,"" with Lewis taking a solo vocal. The song topped music charts throughout the world and became the fastest-selling American pop single in history. Their song, ""The Power of Love,"" was a number-one U.S. hit and featured in the 1985 film ""Back to the Future"", for which they also recorded the song, ""Back in Time."" Lewis has a cameo appearance in the film as a faculty member who rejects Marty McFly's band's audition for the school's ""Battle of the Bands"" contest. As an inside joke, the piece the band plays is an instrumental heavy metal version of ""The Power"
"of Love"" was a No. 1 U.S. hit and was featured in the 1985 film ""Back to the Future"", for which they also recorded the song, ""Back in Time"". Lewis has a cameo appearance in the film as a faculty member who rejects Marty McFly's band's audition for the school's ""Battle of the Bands"" contest. As an inside joke, the piece the band plays is an instrumental heavy metal version of ""The Power of Love"". (Lewis plays the audition committee leader, who, after glancing at the other, equally unimpressed fellow faculty members, picks up the megaphone and says, ""Hold it,"
"were subsequently recruited via a classified advertisement. Fletcher came up with the idea to name the band after Marty McFly, the main character from his favorite film ""Back to the Future"". McFly then rose to fame after Busted helped launch them by inviting them to be the opening act on their tour in March 2004. In 2004, McFly made it into the ""Guinness Book of World Records"", beating the Beatles's record for ""the youngest band to have a debut album go straight to number one"". Fletcher has written the majority of McFly's songs with Jones and Poynter, with occasional contributions"
"Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News is an American pop rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Rock charts. Their most successful album, ""Sports"", was released in 1983. The album, along with its videos being featured on MTV, catapulted the group to worldwide fame. That expanded when the song ""The Power of Love"" was featured in the hit film ""Back to the Future"". ""The Power of Love"" was"
"McFly McFly were an English band formed in London in 2003. The band took its name from the ""Back to the Future"" character Marty McFly. The band consists of Tom Fletcher (lead vocals, guitar and piano), Danny Jones (lead vocals, harmonica and guitar), Dougie Poynter (bass guitar) and Harry Judd (drums). They were signed to Island Records from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records. McFly rose to fame after fellow band Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in 2004. In 2005, they won the Brit Award for Best British Pop"
"Zadie Smith. Smith attended Hampstead School and Malorees Junior School along with his sister, and was often seen in her shadow. Upon leaving school, Smith decided to pursue a musical career as a rapper. Doc Brown is a graduate of the University of East Anglia. He abandoned his drama degree halfway through to study American history. Explaining his stage name, he has said: ""Doc Brown's been my nickname since school, after the scientist in ""Back to the Future"", because I was gangly and geeky. When I started doing rap battles in my teens, it became my hip-hop handle and it's"
"the song ""Back to School"" was featured in the movie ""New York Stories"", in Francis Ford Coppola's short ""Life without Zoe"", and was released on the soundtrack. Reputedly they had a cameo shot in the movie ""The Freshman"" with Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando. Their second album, titled ""Back to School"", remains unreleased. Pianosaurus Pianosaurus was a 1980s rock and roll band from New York City, formed by Alex Garvin, Steve Dansiger, and Bianca Miller. Their music was played on toy instruments, the name being taken from a child's plastic toy piano in the shape of a dinosaur with a"
"and ""Little Bobby"" are featured in the film with ""AV99"" mimed by Trevor Wright's character Jay's band as a celebration for his little brother and a chimp winning a snowboard race. Dynamite Boy Dynamite Boy was a pop punk band from Austin, Texas. They comprised Sean Neil, Dusty Kohn, Adrian Munoz and Sam Rich. Allegedly, they disbanded in 2005 after a ten-year career, however due to recent posts on the band's MySpace this is unsure. They have been reuniting for one-off shows between 2006 and 2008. Dynamite Boy were formed in 1995 in Austin, Texas by four members Sean Neil,"
"The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News song) ""The Power of Love"" is a 1985 single by Huey Lewis and the News, written for and featured in the 1985 blockbuster film ""Back to the Future"" which stars Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. It gave the band their first number-one hit on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and their second number-one hit on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart and as a Double-A side was just outside the top ten on the British Singles Chart, where it appeared on UK editions of the band's fourth studio album, ""Fore!""."
"successful than Hear'Say, who disbanded in October. S Club Juniors, an 8-piece pre-teen spin off from S Club 7 (who saw the departure of band member Paul Cattermole earlier that year) reached No 2 with their debut single ""One Step Closer"". The Sugababes hit the top for a second time with their sixth single, ""Round Round"". Like their first No. 1 single, it only spent a week at the summit. The song was taken from the soundtrack to the hit film, ""The Guru"". Specialising in Pop/R'N'B with garage influences, all-male act, Blazin' Squad entered at the top of the charts"
"A to Z"") in College Park, Georgia in 1997, with his high school friend Earl Conyers (known as Dolla Boy), while Epps adopted ""Tity Boi"" as his moniker. Following the release of an independent album titled ""United We Stand, United We Fall"" (2002), the duo were introduced to fellow Atlanta rapper Ludacris, when he moved into their College Park apartment complex, whilst he was acting as a DJ. After taking interest in Playaz Circle, Ludacris began to record several songs with the group, playing some of them on his radio station. Ludacris soon became one of the highest-selling rappers in"
"addition to cover versions, the song has also been employed in various film and television soundtracks. The 1991 film ""Earth Angel"" was named after the song. The song has been used in the television series ""Happy Days"". It was featured prominently in the film ""Back to the Future"" (performed by Harry Waters Jr. as Marvin Berry & The Starlighters), as well as ""Superman III"" and ""The Karate Kid Part II"". It is also used in the jukebox musical ""Jersey Boys"", a musical about the rock band The Four Seasons. Australian group Human Nature covered the song on their 2014 album"
"success. It has since gained a cult following among millennials. A direct-to-video sequel to the film titled ""An Extremely Goofy Movie"" was released in February 2000. Goofy is the single father of teenager Max Goof, although the two have a tense relationship. On the last day of school before summer vacation, Max and his best friends P.J. and Robert ""Bobby"" Zimuruski hijack the auditorium stage in the middle of Principal Mazur's speech, creating a small concert where Max performs, while costumed as the pop singer Powerline. The performance succeeds in making Max a school celebrity and impressing his love interest,"
"to music. The three of them met Martyn through a mutual friend, and Thom later, after an old friend of the band suggested him to them. The reason they started the band was to make ""amazing, imaginative pop music"". Their bold statement about pop music is that ""pop is not a dirty word, it’s a holy one!"" They named the band after a headline on a Gotham City newspaper in a Batman comic and they like to think of it as ""a call to arms, a statement, a mark in the sand"". Lead guitarist Thom Rhoades is also a world"
"fellas ... I'm afraid you're just too darn loud"".) A poster for the album ""Sports"" is hanging on Marty's wall when he awakes at the end of the movie. ""The Power of Love"" was nominated for an Academy Award. Following the success of ""The Power of Love"" and ""Back to the Future"", Huey Lewis and the News released their fourth studio album, ""Fore!"" in 1986. ""Fore!"" followed the success of ""Sports"" and reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200. The album spawned the No. 1 singles, ""Stuck with You"" and ""Jacob's Ladder"" as well as the mainstream rock hit ""Hip"
"album, but have had their songs featured on several Disney albums. Their song ""Perfectly"" is on the Disney original movie soundtrack for ""Pixel Perfect"". In April 2006, Brittney Segal (Angel Sparks) decided to leave Huckapoo. Their songs were featured in the film ""Spy School"", along with their own version of ""Macho Man"". Huckapoo Huckapoo was an American teen pop girl group. Its members each portray a character from a different social group typically found on any high school campus. Twiggy Stardom, a preppy cheerleader, by Brittany Lahm; Groovy Tuesday, a flower child hippie, by Jordan Price; P.J. Bardot, a hip-hop"
"charted with solo credits: Huey Lewis Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs. The band is known for their third, and best-selling, album ""Sports"", and their contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film ""Back to the Future"". Lewis previously played with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979. Huey Lewis was born in New York City. His father, Hugh Anthony"
"as Cher Lloyd, Birdy, Jessie Ware, James Blunt, Sam Smith, Rag'n'Bone Man, Lily Allen, Clean Bandit, Rixton, Disclosure, La Roux, Shura, AlunaGeorge, James Blake, Róisín Murphy, Olly Murs, M.I.A., London Grammar, FKA Twigs, Jamie xx, The xx, Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora, Zayn Malik, Chvrches, Years & Years, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Jay Sean, Paloma Faith, Emeli Sandé, Florence and the Machine, Cheryl Cole, The Saturdays, Ellie Goulding, Marina and the Diamonds, and Katy B. Teen pop boy bands-despite being unpopular for much of the 2000s-have returned to widespread popularity, with acts, including One Direction and The Wanted, having seen major"
"Marcy Playground Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak (lead vocals, guitar), Dylan Keefe (bass), and Shlomi Lavie (drums). The band is best known for their 1997 hit ""Sex and Candy"". The band is named after the Marcy Open grade school in Minneapolis, which is the alternative school John Wozniak attended. He chose the name because many of his songs were inspired by his childhood. Marcy Playground emerged in the late 1990s. Influences include David Bowie, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Wham! and the"
"The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 58th Academy Awards but lost to Lionel Richie's ""Say You, Say Me"". The song appears early in ""Back to the Future"" as Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) skateboards to school. Later in the film, McFly and his band play a hard rock version of the song for a Battle of the Bands audition (at which a character played by Huey Lewis himself is judging and tells Marty's group that they are ""just too darn loud"") and later when Marty returns to his neighborhood. In the sequel,"
"teen idol. VH1's show ""The Greatest"" later naming him among their ""50 Greatest Teen Idols."" In January 1985, Fox was cast to replace Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly, a teenager who is accidentally sent back in time from 1985 to 1955 in ""Back to the Future"". Robert Zemeckis, the director, originally wanted Fox to play Marty, but Gary David Goldberg the creator of ""Family Ties"", which Fox was working on at the time, refused to allow Zemeckis even to approach Fox as he felt that as Meredith Baxter was on maternity leave at the time, Fox's character Alex Keaton was"
"consider them a key pioneer of the genre. Labelled the ""godfathers of pop punk"", AllMusic credits them for ""practically serving alongside the work of Blink-182 as the blueprint to the entire genre for the early 2000s."" They are also renowned for their energetic live performances. The origins of the band date back to 1997 when Jordan Pundik (vocals) and Ian Grushka (bass) played together in the band ""Inner City Kids"" and later ""Flip 60"". After disbanding ""Flip 60"", they recruited Stephen Klein (guitar), who Pundik met at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and had previously played with him in the"
"Schoolyard Heroes Schoolyard Heroes was a horror punk/alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington, consisting of four members: Ryann Donnelly (lead vocals), Jonah Bergman (bassist, back-up vocals), Steve Bonnell (guitar), and Brian Turner (drummer). They originated in Tacoma, Washington where Ryann, Steve, and Jonah attended Charles Wright Academy, a private school in University Place. They first garnered attention in 2003, after winning second place in Experience Music Project's Sound Off! Competition. They continued on to make a debut album, ""The Funeral Sciences"". 2005 saw the release of their second effort, ""Fantastic Wounds"" and a nationwide tour with Vendetta Red. They have"
"has appeared on several compilations. The band was initially formed as the Avengers, a surf rock outfit, by students at El Camino High School in Sacramento, California in 1965. Their membership included Ed Dunk on vocals, Don Wright and Hal Hanefield on rhythm guitar, Larry McGlade on lead guitar, Brent MacIntosh on bass, and Jack Androvich on drums. Eventually the group changed their name to ""Six and the Single Girl"" which was a homage to a singing diva at El Camino High whom the members fancied an association with, but later changed the name to the Opposite Six, which, itself"
"within a 1987 ""Bloom County"" comic strip compilation. However, their European success, based on strong tours and charting for the 1989 ""A Boy in a Man's World"" album, surpassed all recognition achieved in their home country. The band split up in 1995 but reunited from 2009 through 2014 with a rotating lineup of both former and new members with vocalist Chris Milnes being the only constant. The band initially started as a cover band named Predator. It wasn't long before the band started writing original material and changed their name to Mucky Pup. They released two demo tapes in 1987."
"University. Cole and Combs had known each other from mutual music circles while growing up in Northern California and Nathan had initially heard about the new group through an acquaintance of Nate's. The group came to complete fruition with the arrival of Jason Perry, who up to that moment had been focusing on his role as starting fullback and defensive end for his high school football team. The youngest member of the group, The name Plus One refers to the members of the group, plus God. Atlantic Records pursued the formation of a boy band motivated by the success of"
"15 after appearing in series two of Channel 4's ""Rock School"". The TV show saw Gene Simmons (from the band KISS) try to form a rock band out of a class of children attending Kirkley High School (now East Point Academy). In the series, Lil' Chris was immediately seen as a contender for the band after revealing that he could sing, play guitar, drum and write songs. Eventually he was selected as frontman and lead singer in the line-up for the group (now named ""Hoax UK"" after the slogan on his cap). In the final episode the group went on"
"Wanna Grow Up"" from his 1992 album ""Bone Machine"". Rappers Delight Club Rappers Delight Club is a rotating group of American elementary and middle school rappers from Silver Spring, Maryland. The group are most notable for their appearance in British funk/rock band The Go! Team’s second album, ""Proof of Youth"" on the song ""Universal Speech"". The Rappers Delight Club (named after the Sugar Hill Gang song, ""Rapper's Delight"") is also the name of a learn-to-rap project taught at Glenallan Elementary School as part of an after-school program led by high school teacher David Goldberg and audio engineer Joseph Mitra. The"
"Brite Futures Brite Futures (formerly known as Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, often shortened to NPSH) was an American indie rock/electronica band from Seattle, Washington. The group released its debut album in July 2008 and disbanded in 2012. Their former name is a reference to actress Natalie Portman's physical appearance in the film ""V for Vendetta"". The band was formed by Luke Smith and Shaun Libman, who met while attending The Center School, an arts-based college preparatory school in Seattle. Their early work was centered around keyboards and drum machines, the only instruments that the pair knew how to play at"
"Boy Crisis Boy Crisis was an American band that was influenced by the post-disco–post-punk sound of the early 1980s. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Boy Crisis consisted of members Tal Rozen, Alex Kestner, Victor Vazquez, Lee Pender, and Owen Roberts. Victor Vazquez is now an MC and was formerly part of the rap group Das Racist. Boy Crisis formed initially as a project between Victor Vazquez, Tal Rozen and Alex Kestner at Wesleyan University in 2005, but they did not start playing shows until Lee Pender joined in 2007. Owen Roberts joined later that year. At Wesleyan, they met MGMT's"
"Futures. Brite Futures Brite Futures (formerly known as Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, often shortened to NPSH) was an American indie rock/electronica band from Seattle, Washington. The group released its debut album in July 2008 and disbanded in 2012. Their former name is a reference to actress Natalie Portman's physical appearance in the film ""V for Vendetta"". The band was formed by Luke Smith and Shaun Libman, who met while attending The Center School, an arts-based college preparatory school in Seattle. Their early work was centered around keyboards and drum machines, the only instruments that the pair knew how to play"
"the School of Rock, he formed a local band with friends called Fly Away Hero. They released two EPs and played various shows around Texas from 2010 to 2012. Rapattoni was selected in 2011, as part of a nationwide talent search, to be a member of the boy band IM5, which was created by Perez Hilton, Jamie King, and Simon Fuller. He performed and recorded with the band through March 2014. He released the solo single ""Stop"" in May 2014. Upon his departure, he reformed his old band Fly Away Hero with new members and released a new EP ""Lost"