If your friends have ever tried to get you to sing karaoke but you’ve been intimidated by the fear of being onstage alone, Rockstar Live Band Karaoke has eliminated your last excuse.

Every Tuesday night at Marilyn’s on K, a live band takes the stage to provide backup for anyone who’s had enough liquid courage to sign their name to the sheet and belt out a selection from a growing list of more than 200 popular songs. The band, who also performs as a cover band by the name of Johnny Favorite, is made up of:

Adam Donald: guitars and vocals
Scott George: lead guitars
Gerry Pineda: bass
Larry Shiavone: drums and vocals
David Van Dusen: keyboards and vocals

After a few warm-up tunes beginning at 9 p.m., the band finally kicks into the real set, drawing from a massive repertoire of songs from every genre of music.

Tuesday, Nov. 10 alone yielded such club singalong classics as Steve Miller Band’s “Joker,” Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” and Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” the last of which had the brave singer’s friends arm in arm on the dancefloor swinging their pints to the rhythm.

The house band isn’t afraid to branch out, either, offering Tool’s brooding “Sober” and Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb,” the former sung by a stalky 20-something with a shaved head, and latter being a new addition for the week.

Donald, the band’s unofficial frontman, raises his glass between each song, giving a mandatory “cheers” to everyone in the bar and encouraging the more timid patrons to find a favorite tune and get on the list.

“Chickening out” is highly frowned upon and results in the would-be performer’s name being unceremoniously crossed out from the list.

With no cover charge or commitment to actually participate in the festivities, Live Band Karaoke is just about the most fun you can have on an otherwise uneventful Tuesday night.