Ookla the Mok (band)

This article is about the filk band. For the reggae band, see Ooklah The Moc.
Ookla the Mok (band)
Ookla the Mok at DucKon, 2008
Background information
GenresFilk
MembersRand Bellavia (1992–present)
Adam English (1992–present)

Ookla the Mok is a filk band fronted by Rand Bellavia and Adam English (b.1970). The two met as undergraduates while attending Houghton College in 1988, and the majority of their performances have been at science-fiction conventions or in their hometown of Buffalo, New York. The band is named after a character from the Ruby-Spears Productions cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian, created by Steve Gerber.[1]

They provided the theme song to Disney's Fillmore!,[2] and scored the feature film, Bite Me, Fanboy! They have won four Pegasus Awards[3][4][5] for excellence in filk music, and the 2014 Logan Award [6] for Outstanding Original Comedy Song ("Mwahaha"). Ookla the Mok had the most requested song on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show in both 2012 ("Tantric Yoda") [7] and 2013 ("Mwahaha").[8] Two of their songs ("Stop Talking About Comic Books or I'll Kill You" and "F. People") have appeared on Dr. Demento CD compilations.[9]

On April 20, 2024 Rand Bellavia and Adam English were inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame[10]

  1. ^ "Rand Bellavia, Montante Family Library Director, Reflects on Other Gig, Ookla the Mok | d'Youville". Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Pegasus Awards".
  4. ^ "Pegasus Awards - Rand Bellavia".
  5. ^ "Pegasus Awards - Adam English". www.ovff.org.
  6. ^ "The Logan Whitehurst Memorial Award for Excellence in Comedy Music — Presented by the Funny Music Project".
  7. ^ "The Dr. Demento Show #12-52 - December 29, 2012".
  8. ^ "The Dr. Demento Show #13-52 - December 28, 2013".
  9. ^ "Dr. Demento Discography". dmdb.org.
  10. ^ "Filk Hall of Fame".