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. They provided the theme song to Disney's Fillmore!, and scored the feature film, Bite Me, Fanboy! They have won four Pegasus Awards for excellence in filk music, and the 2014 Logan Award 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") and 2013 ("Mwahaha"). Two of their songs ("Stop Talking About Comic Books or I'll Kill You" and "F. People") have appeared on Dr. Demento CD compilations. Band members Current Rand Bellavia – vocals, guitar, percussion, trombone, keyboards, kazoo (1992–present) Adam English – vocals, guitar, keyboards, accordion, trumpet (1992–present) The band consists of a core duo of Rand Bellavia and Adam English, who met as undergraduates at Houghton College in 1988. Although Bellavia and English continue to perform live with Luis Garcia and Mike Mallory if geography and convention budgets allow for it (most recently at Windycon, 2016), performances are generally two-piece sets. By day, Bellavia works as the Library Director at D'Youville University, while English makes his living as a caricature and cartoon artist. He previously founded and managed "Adam English's Cartoon City Caricatures" at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort (now Six Flags Darien Lake), as well as teaching workshops on cartooning in Buffalo Public Schools through the Arts-In-Education program. Former Luis Garcia – drums, vocals (1994-1998) Michael Mallory – bass (1996-2003, 2010-2013) Doug White – bass, guitar (1997-2001) Chris Gajewski – drums (1999-2003) Joe Pepper – drums (2005-2007) Wolfram Neff – bass (2006-2009) Jeremy Stock – bass (2014-2015) Musical style Although Ookla the Mok has released many songs about more universal topics like relationships and lost love, they are best known for "filk" songs that cater to the interests of listeners at science fiction and comic book conventions, where the band makes the bulk of their public appearances. For example, their song "Arthur Curry" from Less Than Art pokes fun at Aquaman and the way his super-powers do not seem to compare favourably with the rest of the