Band Geeks facts
While investigating facts about Band Geeks, I found out little known, but curios details like:
An MIT geek in the 70's convinced a record label he had a band recording an album in LA. In reality he mixed the entire thing himself from old homemade demo tapes in a run-down basement in Boston. It only cost a few thousand dollars to create, and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide
Band Geeks" was voted the best Spongebob episode of all time
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 8 of the best facts about Band Geeks I managed to collect.
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The live action footage in the Spongebob Squarepants episode 'Band Geeks' was from a Memphis Showboats versus Tampa Bay Bandits football game.
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There is a full version of that "Sweet Victory" song from the end of the Spongebob Squarepants band geeks episode.
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In the "Band Geeks" episode of Spongebob, The "Bubble Bowl Crowd" is actually from a United States Football League Game between the Memphis Showboats and the Tampa Bay Bandits
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Billy Zoom from the band X played guitar on Classy Freddie Blassie's 'Pencil Neck Geek'
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David Glen Eisley, the man who sings "Sweet Victory" (the song at the end of the SpongeBob episode "Band Geeks") played Double-A baseball for the San Francisco Giants, and would commute between games and rehearsals daily.