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The Permanent Waves is a pop band consisting of Jennifer Keaton on vocals, Ashley on guitar, Kitten on keyboards, and Brooke on drums, with Skippy Handelman working as a roadie and backup dancer. They appear in the episode Band on the Run. Jennifer makes the mistake of allowing Alex P. Keaton to manage them. He gets them to sign a contract that gives him all their money, renames the Permanent Waves to the $winging Corporate Raiders, and makes them dress like a 1940s girl group while singing "Mr. Sandman." During this time, they stop playing their own instruments and use Mitch Ziaukus and the Polka Boys as a backing band. After about a month of this, the girls get fed up, fire Alex, and go back to playing contemporary pop music.

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