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Band mentioned in a short skit on the February 10, 2001 episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' (hosted by Jennifer Lopez). In a quick commercial parody for the soundtrack of real 2001 slasher flick'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_(film) Valentine]'', real bands are mixed with fictional ones to spoof the oddly named bands that most people never heard of.

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Music from the motion picture, ''Valentine'', featuring music from: Nine Inch Nails, The Deftones, Rob Zombie, [[Exquisite Mammals]], [[T.C.]], [[Wheelwright’s Ghost]], [[Grab The Jester]], [[Motherboard]], [[Skilled Homicide Harmony]], [[Book]], [[Fall Creek Confederacy]], [[The Frown Squad]], [[Motionless-Z]], and [[Kayak]].

Music from the motion picture, ''Valentine''. Available now, including songs by: [[Dirty Yellow Hammer]], [[Donkey Kong U.K.]], [[All Your Blood]], [[Bang The Skull Slowly]], [[Hat]], [[Gravel Fork]], [[The Handless Kings]], Fiona Apple, [[Rabbitpunch]], [[Rice]], [[Nuclear Zeitgeist]], [[Pineapple Man]], [[Fool’s Cap]], and [[Buzzgum]].

Available in stores now, with original songs by:
[[Brain Gorge]], [[Brian Georg]], [[Pi Eating Contest]], [[Mr. Hameye]], [[Agribuisness]], [[Marvin’s Toes]], [[Birmingham Sound Expedition]], [[Stab The Bishop]], [[Cunk]], Marilyn Manson, and [[Infant 714]].

Get your Valentine soundtrack today, and hear previously unreleased material by: 
[[Decimal Metaphor]], [[Half of]], [[5445 North Park Drive Community Vigilance & Restoration Committee]], and [[CL]].

The ''Valentine'' Soundtrack. Available in stores now.
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It's a parody of English bands that had to add "UK" to their name when they came to America and found another band with the same name. Most famously, there was Wham!/Wham! UK, The Charlatans/The Charlatans UK, and The Mission/The Mission UK.

==External Links==
*https://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00kvalentine.phtml
*https://www.discogs.com/Various-Valentine-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture/master/288628

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[[Category:Saturday Night Live]]