Fictitious Artist

A fictitious artist is a person (or group) that does not exist in the real world but is in one way or the other of discographic relevance - e.g. characters from a movie - and therefore exists as a valid artist in the database. The actor, voice actor, or creator that exists in real life isn't directly credited to the releases or track but is linked to the fictional artist through a PerformanceNameRelationshipType.

This could lead to a chain of charaters such with the members of Spinal Tap; Christopher Guest performs as Nigel Tufnel who is a member of Spinal Tap. Remember DontMakeRelationshipClusters, to avoid potential problems make sure the chain is linear and doesn't take shortcuts; for example, Christopher Guest is not a member of Spinal Tap.

List of fictious artists

This page lists artists that are/were in some way fictitious. There is some discussion on the mailing list. Please add missing artists.

(ordered alphabetically)

• The artists on the A Mighty Wind soundtrack
  • The Folksmen
    • Alan Barrows
    • Jerry Palter
    • Mark Shubb

• • Mitch & Mickey
    • Mitch Cohen
    • Mickey Crabb

• • The New Main Street Singers

• Barney
• Beavis and Butt-Head
• Bernd das Brot
• Chef, voiced by Isaac Hayes on South Park
• The Chipmunks (aka Alvin & The Chipmunks)
  • David Seville
  • David Seville and the Chipmunks‎

• Disney characters:
  • Clarabelle
  • Daisy Duck with Huey Dewey and Louie
  • Goofy
  • Ludwig Von Drake
  • Mickey and Friends
  • Mickey and Minnie
  • Pooh and Tigger
  • Tigger

• Kidzup
• Gorillaz
  • 2D
  • Murdoc
  • Noodle
  • Russel

• The Muppets
  • John Denver & the Muppets (partially fictitious ;) )
  • Fozzie Bear
  • The Great Gonzo
  • Kermit the Frog
  • Miss Piggy
  • Robin
  • Rowlf the Dog
  • Sam the Eagle
  • Scooter
  • Scooter & Fozzie Bear
  • Dr Teeth & The Electric Mayhem
    • Dr Teeth
    • Animal
    • Janice
    • Sgt. Floyd Pepper
    • Zoot

• Schnappi
• シートベルツ (The Seatbelts)
• Sesame Street
  • Bert
  • Bert & Ernie
  • Big Bird
  • Cookie Monster
  • Count von Count
  • Elmo
  • Ernie
  • Grover
  • Herry Monster
  • Oscar the Grouch
  • Zoe

• Sesamstraat (Dutch Sesame Street)
  • Bert
  • Bert & Ernie
  • Drie Cowboys
  • Ernie
  • Graaf Tel
  • Graaf en Gravin Tel
  • Grover
  • Ieniemienie
  • Kermit
  • Koekiemonster
  • Koekiemonster en Koor
  • Sesamstraatkoor
  • Vergeetachtige Jantje en Clementine

• The Smurfs (all languages in one artist combined)
• Snappie
• Snoopy
• Space Ghost
  • Brak
  • Zorak

• Spinal Tap
  • Nigel Tufnel
  • David St Hubbins
  • Derek Smalls

• Swedish Family
• Tommie
• The Weird Sisters
• The Young Ones
  • Mike
  • Neil (released a "solo" album in character)
  • Rick
  • Vyvyan

• The artists on День радио soundtrack, all performed by Несчастный случай
  • Барон Тузенбах (punk)
  • Двое против ветра (acoustic folk)
  • Джон и Катапульты (blues)
  • Железный дровосек (heavy metal)
  • Эдик Жданов (Russian chanson)
  • Кошки академика Павлова (alternative)
  • Лиловый пурпур (gothic)
  • Поляна Квасова (Ukrainian ethno)
  • Черри Пашки (pop boys band)

• Werner

Discussion

The last entry (День радио) is a good example for a special case. How about artists that use different performance names for one album? Are those considered fictitious artists then or just performance names? (Not so important now of course as we don't have any special guidelines) Two similar examples: Mick's Tape (Mixed by Cassetteboy), filled with aliases by Cassetteboy. Or take Sleepingroom, Volume 1 by Schiller. I did not yet convert it to VariousArtists because I'm not sure about this one. The cover lists this as VA with different TrackArtists actually but the tracks are likely to be all done by the same person (I guess to promote his label). --Shepard