If you're going to mention Frank Zappa you also have to mention "Sheik Yerbouti" and "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" by him.
The Offspring, The Beastie Boys, Van Halen w/DLR, and the B52s. Are there other bands that rock, but are often silly/goofy and funny?
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SnugZebras 6 points 2 years ago
Don't forget "Muffin Man"
LowtierComputer 5 points 2 years ago
How is Tenacious D not plastered all over the comments!?
itsgoodtobeawake 3 points 2 years ago
Piling on here.... One size fits all is an excellent intro album to Zappa for the uninitiated!
kersploosh 48 points 2 years ago
Does Weird Al count? Because he is just as talented as any "serious" musician.
Also, The Presidents of the United States of America.
SpaceNoodle 23 points 2 years ago
just as talented
More so, arguably.
SnotFlickerman 15 points 2 years ago
Way more so, and it's not even an argument.
SnotFlickerman 4 points 2 years ago
Weird Al has literally done covers including style covers of many of the bands listed in this thread!
Presidents of the USA cover: Gump
They Might Be Giants style cover: Everything You Know Is Wrong
Devo style cover: Dare To Be Stupid
I'm sure there's more, that's off the top of my head.
grue 4 points 2 years ago
There's also songs that may have been initially inspired by a certain other artist but strayed far enough to be basically completely original, such as Albuquerque and (possibly my favorite Weird Al song of them all) Hardware Store.
Not to mention the polkas, which is what I really had in mind when I was talking about him making other genres rock.
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Moving to the country, gonna fight me a lot of ninjas...
Ninjas come from Japan,
They were put here by [Luan] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luan_(mythology))
dandroid 3 points 2 years ago
Also, The Presidents of the United States of America.
The song "More Bad Times" came on my Spotify radio playlist a few years back. I had never heard the song before. I was dying of laughter. I was not at all prepared for a song that silly.
AllNewTypeFace 23 points 2 years ago
Queen. They’re essentially the Monty Python Team of hard rock.
SnotFlickerman 7 points 2 years ago
One Vision is a hilarious song. It's a whole ass song about what brings the world together, and they tell us: fried chicken.
n3m37h 10 points 2 years ago
SOAD is goat but NOFX has lots of fun too NOFX - idiots are taking over
n3m37h 1 point 2 years ago
I know who doesn't want a designer cunt!
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Hobbes_Dent 18 points 2 years ago
Primus sucks
SnotFlickerman 9 points 2 years ago
I will never stop being sad over when the Primus website stopped being primussucks.com for primusville or what the fuck ever.
Real heads remember that "Primus sucks" is the clarion call of people who fucking love Primus.
SnotFlickerman 1 point 2 years ago
You are indeed correct, sir or madam or other.
Although with the explosion of new music styles, I'd argue that Primus needs its own actual categorization. Funk-Metal or something akin to that.
KingJalopy 2 points 2 years ago
Psychedelic polka
kurcatovium 3 points 2 years ago
Came here to say this. But as usual I came too late (except for intercourse, where it's the opposite).
dylanmorgan 17 points 2 years ago
They Might Be Giants
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fjordbasa 3 points 2 years ago
I love how cheerful TMBG can make just about anything sound, regardless of- or maybe BECAUSE of subject matter. Except for them, I wouldn’t expect someone singing something like “I destroyed the bond of friendship and respect Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye” to make me wanna dance
SnotFlickerman 4 points 2 years ago
make me wanna dance
That's how I feel about this:
Is he a dot? / Or is he a speck? / When he's underwater does he get wet? / Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows / Particle Man
They're just nerds, through and through. Music, science and history nerds, even.
They've also just always had good values. Their first show was at a Sandinista rally.
fjordbasa 3 points 2 years ago
So many great quotes from that last link
They played to a crowd of about 30 people and were the only English-speaking band on the bill. Flansburgh: "We thought it would be a hippie gathering kind of thing, but it was actually a meeting of Sandinistas."
The show was free, and ran from 12pm to 5pm. It was one of the hottest days of the year in New York City. The band's next show took place seven months later, in the middle of a heavy snowstorm.
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SPRUNT 17 points 2 years ago
WEEN
Hands down my favorite band ever (though, Faith No More could claim that spot depending on my mood.). Put their entire library on shuffle and you'd think you're listening to multiple bands. Extremely talented musicians, quirky songs, fun compositions, and a variety and uniqueness rarely found coming from one band.
All hail the mighty Boognish!
SnotFlickerman 6 points 2 years ago
If it all goes right / I'll be in your arms tonight / but I'm wavin' my dick in the wind
SnotFlickerman 17 points 2 years ago
Strapping Young Lad / anything Devin Townsend
Zimmer's Hole
Dethklok
Mindless Self Indulgence
Punky Bruster's Cooked On Phonics
Das Racist
DANGERDOOM
Handsome Boy Modeling School
The Lonely Island
MC Paul Barman
Big Dumb Face
Mr. Bungle
Lovage
Man... Or Astro Man?
Electric Six
Ween
Dead Kennedys / anything Jello Biafra
Mean Jeans
Flight of the Conchords
Presidents of the United States of America
Reverend Horton Heat
The Unicorns
EDIT: The Chats
EDIT 2: Atom and His Package
EDIT 4: Voodoo Glow Skulls
Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine
Chromeo
Only Some Funny Songs:
Mountain Goats
Tom Waits
EDIT 3: Beck
EDIT 5: Flaming Lips
A League of Their Own:
GWAR
Most Importantly:
Weird Al Yankovic, because he fucking rocks god damn it. ___
Zombiepirate 5 points 2 years ago
Mountain Goats
The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton is a certified banger despite being one of their sillier songs.
SnotFlickerman 4 points 2 years ago
I can never decide if this song is silly or incredibly touching and sad or all of them at the same time.
When you punish a person for dreaming his dream / don't expect him to thank or forgive you
FigMcLargeHuge 16 points 2 years ago
Tenacious D
Moonguide 15 points 2 years ago
Just rock or is metal allowed? Cus if so:
Ghost (Ghost B.C. in the UK) is very silly. Guys dressed in corpsepaint clergy, sounding like a hodgepodge of 70's/80's hits you missed. They got lore too, which is appropriately silly.
Electric Callboy is silly. They are... Like, deathcore mixed with whatever they feel like for that song. We Got the Moves is deathcore with a bit of hard bass, for example. And it's a song about partying. Pump It is about going to the gym. Spaceman is about a guy going to space and rapping in german. Honestly one of my favourite bands.
Wind Rose is silly as hell. Bearded guys, singing about dwarf stuff. They covered Diggy Diggy Hole and blew up, and props to them because their version is a banger, but they got good original stuff too which is sadly overlooked because Diggy Diggy Hole was just that good.
Powerwolf is another one, similar to Ghost. They're vampiric werewolves? And their songs are all in-keeping with that theme. Power metal though, unlike Ghost.
Austrian Death Machine is also silly. Voice actors emulating Arnold while the vocalist growls about lifting weights, the cookie monster, jingle bells, getting to the choppah, etc. The vocalist's history has kind of soured the band for me though.
Gnome is underrated. Their songs are simplistic as hell, and none of them are virtuosos. But their songs go hard. Wenceslas is great, Ambrosius as well. Edit: writing this gave me an earworm and went down Gnome's songs. Their bassist is a goddamn genius. Simple licks that sound great, and they got weird time sig changes here and there that tickle my brain in the best ways. I can't figure out if they are actual time sig changes or just weird changes, and I love that.
Trollivier 1 point 2 years ago
Omg this. Valhalleluia.
RampantParanoia2365 5 points 2 years ago
Metal, of course, being a subgenre of Polka. You wouldn't think so, but it's true.
flambonkscious 4 points 2 years ago
Thank you, gnome is fucking rad!
Back on topic, Haken love some goofy stuff, and there's always primus, who do very little serious (but it's been a few decades, I'm out of date! I loved too many puppies )
Igorrr is always a scream, very noise would be a great example.
I fell like hip-hop often is irreverent or silly, and I'm not thinking of just satirical acts like Goldie lookin chain (although they are classic ), but the herbaliser were regularly entertaining, often more than just samples
Mos def wrote some absolute bangers (under a few names), here's a great example where it's been mashed up with Marvin gaye and absolutely bounces along
For something a bit dancier, Marmaduke duke were often a giggle
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DucktorZee 14 points 2 years ago
I didn't see this one yet....
Weezer
olympicyes 1 point 2 years ago
I honestly think their version is not as good as Toto’s. Their cover closely matches the style of the original and they aren’t as good musicians. I was hoping they would make it a Weezer style cover. Toto’s version of Hash Pipe is better than Weezer’s too.
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And their predecessors, They Might Be Giants.
EddyNottingham 11 points 2 years ago
Bowling for Soup
WanderingVentra 11 points 2 years ago
Electric Six
I think I saw someone mention them, but I can't find them now. They're pretty silly, but also their songs are unironically fun to listen to as well.
RampantParanoia2365 10 points 2 years ago
They Might Be Giants?
System of a Down - Cigaro
neidu2 9 points 2 years ago
Devin Townsend. Saw him live, warming up for Dream Theater, in 2022. In addition to providing a kickass set, it was hilarious.
Example I dug out of my phone: https://files.catbox.moe/jdmyd6.mp4
Found one more: https://files.catbox.moe/0qb70t.mp4
Fun fact: My employer paid for my plane ticket and hotel stay that evening. It "just so happened" that I had something to do at the head office at the same time my two favorite artists were performing nearby.. sure, I had something work-related to do, but my timing was no accident.
UPDATE: Looks like Dream Theater will be in the area again in November. Sounds like it's time for a department-wide meeting, don't you think?
RoquetteQueen 9 points 2 years ago
Pirate metal is fun and silly.
Trollivier 3 points 2 years ago
Came here to recommend Alestorm 🤘
HottieAutie 9 points 2 years ago
Individuals and groups in English:
Beck
Green Day
Silverchair
Busta Rhymes
Missy Elliot
Eminem & D-12
Snoop Dogg
Immortal Technique
Red Hot Chili Peppers, especially Flea
Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
The Beatles
Daft Punk
Brad Paisley
Pitbull
Spanish:
Residente & Calle 13
Los Van Van
Tromboranga
Kola Loka
Charanga Habanera
KingThrillgore 2 points 2 years ago
That's because Anthony Kiedis thought very little of Mike Patton around the time of "Epic" I don't know if they ever settled on the matter.
olympicyes 2 points 2 years ago
He thought Mike Patton was biting his style! I recently watched the video for Epic and I can kind of see what Kiedis is saying but honestly RHCP never had a hit like Epic before it was released. Mother’s Milk was released a few months later.
mojo_raisin 7 points 2 years ago
Devo
Super Furry Animals
Weird Al
Frank Zappa
MermaidsGarden 6 points 2 years ago
Any time drummer Tré Cool takes the stage at a Green Day show, you’re in for a treat. Dominated Love Slave is his signature, but there’s also Like a Rat Does Cheese which is unreleased and All By Myself closes Dookie.
Angry_Zombie 6 points 2 years ago
Lagwagon, nofx
abcde_fz 2 points 2 years ago
This is a great answer. They not only have a couple of goofy songs like Boris but also let their goofball personalities shine like on the album (The Who Sell Out?) that has the little ad jingles and the cover with Townsend using a giant deodorant stick and Daltrey in a bathtub full of baked beans.
Mint_Raccoon 5 points 2 years ago
They've already been mentioned, but The Dead Milkmen are exactly what you're looking for.
Ziggurat 2 points 2 years ago
I see Stupeflip, get my upvote Not sure it'll please the non Francophones but who cares Stupeflip, le C.R.O.U Un truc qui fracasse la tête à base de caisse claire qui claque, and the english language ending give me a fucking greek sandwich with fucking onion sounds most french than the french sung part.
And some Banjo metal because yes, they can
wildbus8979 3 points 2 years ago
👉crou🤘crou👈 beaucoup de travail comme pour un album d'Astérix!
Sans aucun doute, toi tu saurais me faire l'umour fou!
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SnotFlickerman 1 point 2 years ago
I don't care for MC Fronalot except that he wrote the Achewood theme song.
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Ziggurat 5 points 2 years ago
Have you checked Nanowar (of steel) which is parodic metal ?
RobotToaster 3 points 2 years ago
My favourite was the one about the ECB declaring war on the tooth fairy https://youtu.be/CzvQxQYKO88?si=syo-DYB2sHD5V79u
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Brkdncr 5 points 2 years ago
There is a lot of hip hop that fits this idea of great music with wacky lyrics.
Megan thee stallion, cardi b, and the like sing some raunchy songs.
Bbno$, yung gravy, lil dicky, flynt flossy and the entire turquoise jeep records collection of artists are humor-forward
Then theres czarface which has made many albums all about comic book characters.
HonkTonkWoman 2 points 2 years ago
Since you’re going outside the Rock genre with hip-hop, I’ll double down.
Here’s The Gourds with a bluegrass take on Gin and Juice.
It’s a damn fine performance, but the funniest part was that back in the days of Napster & Limewire, everyone just assumed that it was Phish covering the song.
Zahille7 4 points 2 years ago
Okay, unironically have you heard of Gangstagrass? They did the theme for Justified, and I think they're based in Nashville, but they fuse bluegrass with hip-hop and goddamn does it sound amazing. It's like purely American I love it.
HonkTonkWoman 2 points 2 years ago
Ah, that’s a good call!
I’m a big fan of Justified & looked Ganstageass up back during the original run, but have failed to keep up with them. Will have to catch up!
There’s also “SlamGrass” out there as a genre. I’ve only had the chance to see O’ Death, but I really dig their tune, “Only Daughter”.
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SnotFlickerman 2 points 2 years ago
Gangstagrass is very underrated.
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FireWire400 5 points 2 years ago
Peter Gabriel era Genesis was pretty goofy, as well as some of his solo stuff.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is pretty much the goofiest band known to man right now; especially if you listen to their earlier stuff like Cellophane or Vegemite.
reboot6675 5 points 2 years ago
Vulfpeck
RizzRustbolt 2 points 2 years ago
They'll be goofy and silly and then drop the greatest western song put to verse that you've ever heard.
i_am_a_cardboard_box 5 points 2 years ago
Nobody mentioned steel panther yet. Quality stuff
0485919158191 2 points 2 years ago
I came to mention them. Quite baffled no one thought of them. Incredible band!
HubertManne 4 points 2 years ago
fine young cannibals, wall of voodoo/stan ridgeway.
HubertManne 1 point 2 years ago
Im more a stan ridgeway fan than wall of voodoo. I remember picking up a cassette way back and was very disapointed and did not understand what happened. Its only decades later that I found out. Its like tull and ian anderson for me even though the band has never not had him hes pretty much the influence I like. ironically im not wild about his solo stuff. I find he really needs some good artists to keep him grounded. Stan on the other hand, I like his solo stuff.
dessalines 3 points 2 years ago
Very silly band (not in a bad way)
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KingThrillgore 4 points 2 years ago
I don't know if its 'silly' but Health runs a phone number, a discord, and subjects Johnny to a bunch of miserable shit for laughs I guess.
kurcatovium 3 points 2 years ago
Somebody already recommended Primus so I have to come up with backup. And that is:
- Nuclear Power Trio
- Carnival in Coal
- Igorrr
Hugh_Jeggs 3 points 2 years ago
Here's one you never heard of - Gung Ho by Shaka Ponk
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=eahh8Xb41u8&si=_-tKGTX4u2iaoqiL
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lemonmelon 3 points 2 years ago
The Aquabats
piranhaphish 3 points 2 years ago
Macklemore
MR_GABARISE 3 points 2 years ago
Them being ska punk makes it an easy pick, but Russkaja has great covers and original songs.
Lilith_the_serpent 3 points 2 years ago
Ween, Dead Milkmen, Gwar, Nomeansno, Hansen Brothers, Pink n Brown, Jesus Lizard, Moistboyz, Stormtroopers of Death.
SnotFlickerman 2 points 2 years ago
I hadn't thought about Pink n Brown for years...
MummifiedClient5000 3 points 2 years ago
Angus McSix (formerly Angus McFife of Gloryhammer) is a hoot.
w3dd1e 3 points 2 years ago
Maybe Beck? Que’ Onda Guero always makes me giggle.
And, a bit of a different genre but Father John Misty’s songs are sarcastic and often nonsensical. They sound all romantic and dreamy but the lyrics don’t always match the vibe.
SnotFlickerman 4 points 2 years ago
Beck is a tough one because he does have a lot of goofy songs, but they're mixed in with ones that are strange and surreal but less goofy.
Debra is a great example of a funny Beck song.
Girl I want to get with you / Only you / And your sister / I think her name is Debra
Lady, step inside my Hyundai
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ScruffyDucky 3 points 2 years ago
Spinal tap
thermal_shock 2 points 2 years ago
spose
CrazyLikeGollum 2 points 2 years ago
I haven't heard of Spose in a long time. "I'm Awesome" was a hilarious song back in the day. Presumably it still is.
Hikermick 2 points 2 years ago
Southern Culture On The Skids https://youtu.be/T9NLgyEFzOo?si=w0c80_Pv1FL1qALV
intensely_human 2 points 2 years ago
The Presidents of the United States of America fit the bill
USSEthernet 2 points 2 years ago
In my search for artists like the Beastie Boys I came across Joey Valence & Brae and I'm loving their music.
roadrunner_ex 2 points 2 years ago
I only know a couple singles, but I get the sense Primus is pretty wacky
inlandempire 2 points 2 years ago
Igorrr is its own music genre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFxDOV6IwHk
(Not really, it's a blend of metal and breakcore)
n3m37h 2 points 2 years ago
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Chris De Burgh - Spanish Train and other stories Gotta listen to Patricia the stripper
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CarCdrCons 1 point 2 years ago
Southern Culture on the Skids
The Reverend Horton Heat
Camper Van Beethoven
Trollivier 1 point 2 years ago
Alestorm.
SnotFlickerman 1 point 2 years ago
Does music that is unintentionally funny count? Like how you laugh at a bad B-movie?
Because if so...
Rod Stewart.
daltotron 1 point 2 years ago
I second most of these other recommendations, but since I haven't seen them said yet, The Magnetic Fields. Somehow manages to be funny while also being very geniune and touching, which I think is kind of what I look for in a band.
atlasraven31 1 point 2 years ago
Mindless Self Indulgence.
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Man, that's just wacky to see those bands in one sentence in reference to rocking and being silly. You're not wrong.
One of my favorites - Frank Zappa's Apostrophe / Overnight Sensation.
Bloodhound Gang, Blink 182, Sum 41, Sublime, Men Without Hats, They Might Be Giants, Tenacious D, Ugly Kid Joe, Green Jelly / Jello, The Dead Milkmen, Dee Lite, Squeeze.
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