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The Masked Marauders

In 1969, Rolling Stone editor Greil Marcus decided to parody the burgeoning supergroup trend and created the Masked Marauders, a fictional band consisting of Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. After publishing a fake review of their self-titled album in the magazine, heaps of requests for the album poured in from fans who clearly didn't get the joke. Marcus responded by hiring the band Cleanliness and Godliness to record the Masked Marauders' fake album, which featured songs such as "I Can't Get No Nookie" and "Cow Pie." Anybody who didn't get the joke certainly understood by the time they got 10 seconds into "Nookie."