Sex Bob-Omb performing at Lee's Palace in Volume 3.
Sex Bob-omb is Scott's unpopular band, comprising of Stephen Stills (vocals and guitar), Scott Pilgrim (bass), and Kim Pine (drums). The name is a double reference to Bob-omb, a character from the Super Mario series and either the Flipper song "Sex Bomb" or the Tom Jones song "Sex Bomb."
They are an average band, neither wildly popular nor terrible, though the banality of later recording their album results in the band hardly ever playing gigs or practicing and getting rusty.
History
Sonic and Knuckles was the band Kim Pine and Scott Pilgrim played with during high school. However, it only played one gig at Lunchapalooza as Scott moved to Toronto almost straight after. Kid Chameleon was a band founded by Stephen Stills, Envy Adams, and Scott Pilgrim when they were in college together. Other members joined later on, including Young Neil's sister, Steph Nordegraf . A record deal and relationship issues between Scott and Envy led to Stephen and Scott leaving the band. Envy then founded The Clash at Demonhead.
Sex Bob-Omb was founded around the time Kim moved to Toronto. The band enjoyed no success. After Scott defeated Todd Ingram at Lee's Palace in volume 3 , they played and were generally praised by the crowd.
In volume 4 , Stephen spots Joseph's home recording studio as he helps Kim move into Hollie and Joseph's apartment. Joseph agrees to record their songs, but only because he finds Stephen attractive. Stephen's obsessive recording lead to them not practicing and getting rusty. Stephen even turned down gigs because they were "recording".
They gotta believe!
In volume 5, recording continues, but at one point Stephen has the band practice. A few "sucky minutes later", and it's clear to all three that they're going nowhere. Despite this, they perform a gig at Sneaky Dee's (actually a fight between Scott and a robot made by the Katayanagis), and, due to Scott's absent-mindedness, get songs mixed up- Kim thinks they're playing "Herself the Elf" when they're really supposed to be playing "Erasimus the Enchanter", and Scott breaks his bass during the fight with the robot. This, combined with Kim's moving back to her parent's home, essentially end the band's career.
During the events of volume 6, Stephen, along with Joseph and Cole start an Unnamed Band with Stephen on bass, Joseph on guitar and Cole on drums. A gig at Cameron House is successful. After the fallout at Chaos Theatre, Scott and Kim reformed as the duo Shatter Band. With Scott on guitar and vocals, and Kim back on drums, the two are seen to perform once only for Young Neil and Knives, where they have an overall negative response of their music.
Music
Named songs in the book
- Launchpad McQuack (as referred to by Scott. Stills claims that this is not the song's name, but no other name is given.)
- Resent You
- Erasmus the Enchanter
- Herself the Elf (Named after a franchise of dolls, Ramona can be seen wearing a t-shirt of the franchise)
Songs in the movie
- "We Are Sex Bob-Omb"
- Garbage Truck
- Threshold
- Indefatigable
- No Fun (featuring Young Neil on bass)
- Summertime (in the end credits)
In .vs The World
In the Movie, all of Sex Bob-omb's music was written by Beck Hansen and performed by the actors.
The group are signed to a label by Gideon. Scott refuses to sign, and is replaced by Young Neil. When Scott comes to confront Gideon, the trio are somewhat dejected and Kim quotes them as being "sellouts" the first time around. Scott doesn't seem to mind being replaced at this point, and after cashing in his Extra Life he inspires the group inciting them (and Kim) to play more hardcore for the second run. He does this by stating to Stephen that the band sounds much better without him, refers to Young Neil as simply "Neil," and formally apologizes to Kim for how their relationship turned out. After Scott defeats Gideon, Gideon explodes into a barrage of coins that covers the Theatre. Stephen Stills and Neil then jump off the platform and begins shoving as much of the victory coinage as theu can into their pockets.