Band with Rocks In - Definition and Overview

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The Band with Rocks In is a fictional band from Terry Pratchett's Discworld universe, appearing in the novel Soul Music.

A pun on the Rolling Stones, the band consists of the following members:

• Imp Y Celyn, a young lad from Llamedos who sings and plays the guitar. His name is a Gaelic translation of bud Y holly ("bud of the holly"). He looks rather "Elvish" (Elvis), which is remarked upon several times in the books.
• Lias Bluestone, a troll who does percussion, which in typical troll fashion consists of banging rocks together. He later takes on a more rocky name, Cliff.
• Glod Glodsson, a dwarf that blows the horn
• The Librarian joined the Band for a little while to play the organ.

Following the band's amazing popularity, a large number of other bands appeared, such as:

• We're Certainly Dwarfs (They Might Be Giants)
• A Big Troll and some other trolls
• Trollz
• &U (U2)
• The Whom (The Who)
• Lead Balloon (Led Zeppelin)

One of the bands keeps changing its name and at one point buys a deaf leopard (Def Leppard) as a mascot.

During the Band's popularity, Blert Wheedown's Guitar Primer (play your way to succefs in three easy lefsons and twenty hard lefsons) [sic] became a temporary bestseller in Ankh-Morpork. Also, C.M.O.T. Dibbler tried to make big business by selling Band with Rocks In shirts and assorted memorabilia.