When reality mimics literature: do The Traumatics really exist?

I'm confused: I've just found the facebook page for "The Traumatics. (Musician/Band)".Now, those of you who have read Freedom are familiar with the fictional character Richard Katz and his band, The Traumatics. Jonathan Franzen has declared in interviews that The Traumatics were most closely based on The Mekons.The fb page, which was started in November 2010 and doesn't have much activity, says: "Members: Richard Katz, Herrera, Molly Tremain, and friends", and has a link to a youtube channel with the following playlist: Insanely Happy (which is also the title of their "fourth album"), Freedom, Dark Side of the Bar (with lyrics taken from the book), Floors on Roofs (hint, hint, hint), and so on. And the songs are real. I mean, somebody sings them...