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There are two bands and an improv group called The Beets.

1. The Beets are a fictional band created for Nickelodeon’s early 90’s TV show, Doug.
www.myspace.com/thebeetsrock

2.The Beets are a garage rock/psychedelic band from Jackson Heights, NY. Lots of reverb, minimalistic drumming, some backwoods vibes, and shouted vocals sung by all three band members. Similar to Thee Oh Sees. They recently released their debut, Spit In The Face Of People Who Don’t Want To Be Cool, which was limited to 200 hand-painted copies, on Blank Dogs’ label Captured Tracks.

http://www.myspace.com/thebeetsbeat

3. In reality there is also a Brooklyn improv duo that goes by the same name. This unit is comprised of John Dalessi (Dirty Churches) on keyboards, 4-track with cassettes, electronics, and cymbal and Adam Kriney (La Otracina/Owl Sounds) on drums/percussion, electric bass and electronics.

Despite the fictional band having four songs known at most, it is not unusual for “beetniks” to experience strong feelings of nostalgia when playing through these tracks which most likely hit the net through popular music downloading agents such as Kazaa, Limewire, and Napster in the late 90’s - early 2000’s.

The fictional group is comprised of the characters Monroe Yoder, Wendy Nespot, Flounder, and Chap Lipman.

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doug, comedy, television, nickelodeon, cartoons
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pavskies wrote:
Thursday morning

Let's all wear sunglasses at our performances to make us look cooler.

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StDionysus wrote:
Wednesday evening

these fake ass beets gotta go!

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StDionysus wrote:
22 days ago

glad to see th REAL Beets back up.

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willywonka091 wrote:
27 days ago

happy but aun my waaaaaaaaaay! they should cover killer tofu, though.

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StDionysus wrote:
29 days ago

you should try nickelodeon

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nightman_cometh wrote:
November 2009

The Beets from Brooklyn are awesome but the Beets from Bluffington are legends.

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pavskies wrote:
November 2009

Killer Tofu still top song, get owned poser band.

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nonoyesmebbe wrote:
October 2009

OOOO EEEE OOOO

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maryweiss wrote:
October 2009

if you're going to steal the name of a great fictional band, you should at least play Good music. too bad that's not the case here.

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jason_ug8 wrote:
September 2009

i spit in the face of people who dont want to be cool. fuck yeah. and its a shame that if the beets did become a kids band more people would come to their shows, theyre awesome.

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ACoolAssTurtle wrote:
September 2009

Didn't know it was possible to see a cartoon band live in person, but I'll take your word for it.

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day002 wrote:
September 2009

lol theyre great live! or at least were when they opened for vivian girls

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Tabilus wrote:
September 2009

I think its heinous that the real life The Beets used that name and are crap in comparison to the fictional. When I hear the name The Beets, I want to rock out. Not fall asleep.

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Chief Mkwawa wrote:
August 2009

call MetallicaACDC to talk about who rocks harder, metallica or ACDC: "If you ever wanna talk music, gimme a ring or text: 513-404-9869 AIM: Kmartkidd21"

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killa_kat wrote:
August 2009

saw the beets live last night.. they were pretty great. juan <3

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jagoe416 wrote:
August 2009

hey guy under me your name is metallicaacdc, which are two pretty shitty bands combined together to make one really awful name.

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MetallicaACDC wrote:
August 2009

doug cartoon rock beets are fucking greater. [2]

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justavessel wrote:
August 2009

last.fm has to do something about this multiple-artists-with-the-same-name thing. the contrast between the two types of people on this page is killing me.

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CFilardo wrote:
August 2009

Don't we all need more allowance

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botibol wrote:
August 2009

Well, if the wonderful sound of their record is "dead" I just can't imagine how they are "live". I hope they hit Spain someday. I'm seriously freakin out with them. I think they're the best band out of NYC by far.

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