In today’s Listomania, we unveil our favorite 10 bands who have a member that doesn’t play or do anything, and that’s no intended sleight to these critical players, whether they be hypemen, “vibes managers,” or just token old dudes to round out a musical family. Honorable mention goes out to Broken Social Scene’s fourth guitar player, or to any band who has more guitarists than three — we’ve ran the numbers, and there’s a huge marginal decline after that third guitarist. Anyway, check out the list and let us know who we might have missed in the comments.

At the Hollywood Bowl a few nights earlier, Psychedelic Furs were joined by Brandon Flowers on “Pretty In Pink.” On Friday at LA’s Club Nokia Richard Butler handled vocal duties on his own, and it’s probably better that way. The iconic new wavers were in their rightful place, headlining a bill that included fellow Brit throwbacks Happy Mondays (Shaun worked the teleprompter, but after all those pills, thrills, and bellyaches he deserves plaudits for standing upright) and Amusement Parks On Fire, who are in LA working on LP3. Andrew Youssef delivers these shots.

Every week, we dig in the archives for videos that we find noteworthy, memorable, or just unbelievably stupid. And then, Jon McMillan breaks ‘em down for you. Why Video Hangover? Because when you watch as many videos as we do, you’re going to feel it afterwards.

“Stinkin’ Thinkin’”
Happy Mondays, 1992

Shaun Ryder will clean your pockets for a quid.

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