Do you believe in Nargles? Well, Luna Lovegood does. Who is that, you ask? She’s one of the more colorful supporting characters in J.K. Rowling’s wildly successful Harry Potter series of books — which has blossomed into a lucrative film franchise since the early 1990s, a complete set of movies that just came to a conclusion in the summer of 2011 with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II. The Harry Potter world has also had a surprising impact on the music industry, spawning an entire sub-universe of alternative rock called Wizard Rock, in which bands devote their entire careers to producing hits in this popular cult genre that are inspired exclusively by Harry Potter’s world.
The first band to start this craze, Harry and the Potters, are fully fledged rock stars. With hits like Accio Hagrid, Hermione Screws Up the Polyjuice Potion, and My Teacher is a Werewolf, this very tongue-in-cheek band has led to the establishment of a genre of alternative music and spawned several other like minded bands. Check out their performance of Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock in this YouTube video:
