TY - BOOK AU - Base,Graeme TI - The worst band in the universe SN - 0810939983 (bk. & CD) AV - PZ8.3.B2894 Wo 1999 U1 - [Fic] 21 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - H. Abrams KW - Musicians KW - Fiction KW - Bands (Music) KW - Extraterrestrial beings KW - Contests KW - Science fiction KW - Stories in rhyme KW - sears N1 - Book Links (A.L.A.); Booklist; Kirkus Review; 4.5; Follett Library Resources; 3-6; Follett Library Resources; 3-6 N2 - Castigated for defying tradition and playing an original tune on his Splingtwanger, thirteen-year-old Sprocc leaves Planet Bipp in search of musical freedom and enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition. Includes a CD of songs supposedly recorded by the bands in the story ER -