{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66533db9a69a56001283c457/6939e2ada9d003889c0e8f6e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Top 5 Weirdly-Formed Bands","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66533db9a69a56001283c457/1765400994023-593e3a4e-884e-42c6-85d2-3b2894fa9968.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week on <em>Who Remembers Spangles?</em> we’re counting down the <strong>Top 5 Weirdly-Formed Bands</strong> — the acts that came together for reasons so bizarre you couldn’t make them up.</p><p>Cartoon supergroups created out of spite, parody pop duos who accidentally became massive, bands born from 9/11 trauma, art-school whims, and teens forming a group purely to blag their way into bars.</p><p>Plus: how <strong>Johnny Marr</strong> joined <strong>Modest Mouse</strong> after one surreal cold call… and a peek at the future of music when <strong>AI bands</strong> start forming themselves.</p><p>Fast, funny, nerdy — get stuck in. 🎧</p>","author_name":"Ross and Pablo"}