I'm a comic book fan--not really superhero comics, but mostly sci-fi, horror and cyberpunk type stuff. One of my favorites is Hellblazer (DC/Vertigo), about the "Laughing Magician," John Constantine (horribly portrayed in the cinema by the movie "Constanteen."). Anyway, he used to sing for a fictional punk band, Mucous Membrane. Out of love for the book, Spiderlegs recorded a version of their song "Venus of the Hard Sell" in 2006. Above is the video compiled by a friend of mine from actual pages in the comic. And below is the fictional history of the song and band. Sorry about the vocals, they were never finished...
Mucous Membrane (1977-1979) were a not so legendary punk band founded by songwriters John Constantine (vocals) and Gary Lester (guitar). Rounding out the band were 'Les' on the bass, and 'Beano' on drums. They played most notably at The Casanova Club in Newcastle, and around London, as well. Their one single, 'Venus of the Hardsell' (for which this music video was made) was released in 1978 by the defunct record label, 'S'not Music. Though it was the band's best known song, it didn't do so well. Soon after they disbanded in 1979, singer John Constantine was committed to the Ravenscar Secure Facility after having gone insane as a result of an unconfirmed questionable supernatural event that unfortunately resulted in the deaths of the Casanova Club's owner, Alex Logue, and his young daughter, Astra.
Now mostly forgotten, the band's rumoured connections with the occult have proven to be of interest to all types of journalists and documentary film makers.
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