Ted Dibiase and the Million Dollar punk band

Ted Dibiase and the Million Dollar punk band

Ted Dibiase and the Million Dollar punk band is presented as a punk rock act with a deliberately fictionalised backstory centred on the character Mr Shrubsall. The account describes a sequence of events beginning in 2008, when Mr Shrubsall, who is married into the family of Royal Pie Maker J Arthur Porky, is said to take control of a long-established pie business and acquire a vast fortune after posing as his father-in-law. A son-in-law colleague, Mr Randall, is identified as a long-time associate who helps with signature forging and make-up.

The story continues into 2009, when Mr Porky and Mr Shrubsall are said to die in a fire while working in a shed. After this, Mr Shrubsall is described as being left in a replica of Captain John Hillstrand’s ship Time Bandit, accompanied by two paid deckhands. Later in 2009, two men resembling the late Mr Shrubsall are reported travelling in a limousine across the country. The narrative says they pick up a one-toothed heavy-metal drummer and begin appearing at punk rock shows, where they hand out money and free cocaine, although these details are framed as rumour.

The act is associated with punk rock imagery and a satirical, outlandish storyline rather than conventional band history. The text gives no fixed membership list beyond Mr Shrubsall and Mr Randall, and presents the group as a continuing presence at punk shows.