The performers responsible for the Bobby Trendy theme are Delinquent Habits, noted pioneers in the Latino hip-hop scene. I'd like to know what Kemo, Ives, and O.G. Style think about having the bad-ass "Return of the Tres" transformed into a theme song for a shifty gay Vietnamese decorator. Even without the Trendy theme, Delinquent Habits would still be the single most-played act in the Anna Nicole soundtrack. I don't even care for rap (in fact, Merry Go Round is the first hip-hop album I have ever owned), but I actually like listening to these guys.

Hailing from the San Francisco Bay area, Dieselhed plays good old rock and roll with a laid-back country feel. "Thick Sugary Smell" is a jangly foot-stomper that frequently recurs on The Anna Nicole Show as a fun-time theme. The album's standout track, a loopy ballad called "Brownie" heard in the pre-Vegas opening of Episode 5, movingly describes a confused party girl who's passed out on a sofa after eating brownies that she didn't know were loaded with marijuana. It's very easy to imagine the band wrote that one about Anna Nicole.

Also known as Annette Ducharme, Canadian singer Anet falls into the Alanis Morrisette/Fiona Apple/Shirley Manson genre of sexy, angry young chicks who write their own songs with aggressive lyrics about their sexuality and anger and whatnot. I don't normally care much for that in-your-face feminist act in my musical selections, but Anet is a cut above the rest. Even if her singing style is way too common these days, at least she has a good voice. "Chill Out," that tune with the music-box hook chiming so memorably through the Vegas strip club scenes, is an absolutely perfect pop song that I can never get tired of. Anet is a featured artist on MP3.com, where you can download "Nicotine" for free and hear streaming samples of lots more.

Based in Milwaukee, the Wooldridge Brothers (Scott and Brian) play your standard lightweight pop, distinguished mainly by a frequent use of fiddle and mandolin. Most of the tunes on Star of Desire are mellow and low-key, but the one adrenalized rave-up, "What About This," is by far their most prominent contribution to The Anna Nicole Show. The wild swirl of guitars and keyboards first serves as a party theme in Vegas, and later returns as Claude and Anna Nicole's bull-riding fanfare in the Season One finale.

This post-grunge quartet from Tulsa is basically an unabashed Nirvana clone. Their pensive "Golden Shower" becomes a theme of sadness in The Anna Nicole Show, used in Episode 1 when Anna Nicole is crying and in Episode 4 when Kimmie is crying. Vocalist Dave Terry capably channels Kurt Cobain in "Nice Guy Eddie," the song from the pool party in Episode 7. Epperley's debut album is a veteran of TV background music, with the track "Shy" previously featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Buddah Heads are described as a blues band, but it's definitely the white-boy, Dan Aykroyd "House of Blues" type of blues... not the real kind. "Softly I Fall" is a valiant effort to simulate a latter-day Eric Clapton love ballad, right down to the vocal phrasings. The music is pleasant enough, but the schmaltzy lyrics sound just like the background tunes from Anna Nicole's old Playboy videos. Blues Had a Baby is out of print, and I was able to buy it used from some guy over the Internet for six bucks.

This Pittsburgh band performs the familiar "Awww... Aw-Awwwww" closing theme heard at the end of every episode, "Better Off Without You." To be perfectly honest, the Clarks album is the only one on this list I didn't buy on CD, because I was able to download a good MP3 of "Better Off Without You" from the lawless depths of the Internet. Hey, six out of seven ain't bad.

Venus Brown is an R&B songwriter/producer/musician (male, not female) with an album called Tar Baby, but it doesn't include "Good to Ya" or "Bring That Shit." My theory is that Sugar Pie's love theme is "Good to Ya." Femi Ojetunde is a hip-hop producer credited with the songs "Track 1," "Things" and "Wheels." Ojetunde has no solo album releases, and I suspect that his contributions are some of the many instrumental hip-hop beats heard throughout the series. KGB is a complete mystery, except for the fact that a female vocalist performs their song "Outside In" as heard in Episode 2. Paul Masters Sensation also appears to be virtually nonexistent. Their upbeat, Beach Boys-style "Bombshell" and "A.D.D." are prominently showcased in Episode 5, but I can't turn up any other information about the band.