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?
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.
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.
Don't forget "Muffin Man"
How is Tenacious D not plastered all over the comments!?
Piling on here.... One size fits all is an excellent intro album to Zappa for the uninitiated!
Does Weird Al count? Because he is just as talented as any "serious" musician.
Also, The Presidents of the United States of America.
just as talented
More so, arguably.
Way more so, and it's not even an argument.
I was waiting for someone to say TPUSA. Their entire first album is basically the answer to this question.
And their second album. And their third...
Unlike the other bands listed in this thread, Weird Al manages to rock even when he's covering other musical genres!
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.
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.
Queen. They’re essentially the Monty Python Team of hard rock.
The Bicycle Song
One Vision is a hilarious song. It's a whole ass song about what brings the world together, and they tell us: fried chicken.
System of a Down is an equal mix of the most serious and fun songs that I've ever seen.
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SOAD is goat but NOFX has lots of fun too NOFX - idiots are taking over
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Just rock or is metal allowed? Cus if so:
Nanowar of Steel is great too. Who else would make a Rhapsody of Fire tribute/parody, make it about Barbie, and then get the original Rhapsody singer to do lead vocals.
Omg this. Valhalleluia.
Metal, of course, being a subgenre of Polka. You wouldn't think so, but it's true.
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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Electric Callboy!
Pump it and We got the moves are must listen/watch. The music videos are fantastic.
Powerwolf was the first one I thought of. “Resurrection by Erection” kind of says it all.
That sounds like a fun list! Added all of them to my bandcamp wish list
Primus sucks
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.
Came here to say this. But as usual I came too late (except for intercourse, where it's the opposite).
They Might Be Giants
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
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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. ___
Mountain Goats
The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton is a certified banger despite being one of their sillier songs.
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
Going damn far into this thread without seeing The Vandals
I’m at the Pizza Hut
I’m at the Taco Bell
I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
I'd say Dethklok is silly really only in their first album. They start getting a bit more serious after the show really kicks off.
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!
There's something about Piss Up A Rope that puts me in an incredible mood
If it all goes right / I'll be in your arms tonight / but I'm wavin' my dick in the wind
Tenacious D
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.
Bowling for Soup
Blink 182 as well! Though I'm not much a fan of mark anymore as he's some sort of pawn for the US govt uap topic imo
Barenaked ladies
And their predecessors, They Might Be Giants.
They Might Be Giants?
System of a Down - Cigaro
Butthole surfers
Individuals and groups in English:
Spanish:
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?
Well done! Excellent strategy.
Pirate metal is fun and silly.
Came here to recommend Alestorm 🤘
Adam and the ants
Reel big fish
The dead milkmen
Talking heads
Devo
Mr Bungle. The singer from faith no more. Apparently he liked hiding his turds in ventilation ducs in the hotels while he was on tour. Also made fun of the other lead singer of RHCP.
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.
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.
Devo
Super Furry Animals
Weird Al
Frank Zappa
The Who were kinda silly (eg: Boris the Spider) in their early years.
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.
Devo
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.
Lagwagon, nofx
And the Vandals
Shit, I totally forgot bout these guys
Have you checked Nanowar (of steel) which is parodic metal ?
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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Ween.
They'll be goofy and silly and then drop the greatest western song put to verse that you've ever heard.
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.
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.
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.
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Nerf Herder
No More Kings
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
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Sans aucun doute, toi tu saurais me faire l'umour fou!
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I don't care for MC Fronalot except that he wrote the Achewood theme song.
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They've already been mentioned, but The Dead Milkmen are exactly what you're looking for.
Nobody mentioned steel panther yet. Quality stuff
I came to mention them. Quite baffled no one thought of them. Incredible band!
Vulfpeck
Those folks are really good, just wish their songs didn't sound so samey.
fine young cannibals, wall of voodoo/stan ridgeway.
Wall of Voodoo is such a great band! After Stan left, they still put out 2 studio albums that are so distinctly them, but also unique from their previous releases.
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.
if ska counts, reel big fish
Electric Callboy are very silly and produce excellent videos.
JBO, if you understand German.
My roommate introduced me to Electric Callboy and I agree. The best one imo (song/video combo) is maybe Pump It, or Spaceman.
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.
Somebody already recommended Primus so I have to come up with backup. And that is:
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.
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
I thought of another one. That band Bloodhound Gang has some goofy songs. Obviously they have that one over-played song, but they also have a song that is just Ralph Wiggins quotes.
The Aquabats
Andrew WK
Until you listen harder.
How silly are you looking for? It doesn't get sillier than We Ran Out Of CD Space by PsychoStick... or anything else by psychostick. But there's also Ninja Sex Party, Wolves of Glendale, First of October (listen to Ravioli).
While not outright comedy, there's a humor to Falling for Me by Parker the Bandit and It's Okay to Punch Nazis by Cheap Perfume
Angus McSix (formerly Angus McFife of Gloryhammer) is a hoot.
Thank You Scientist are seriously talented musicians who make very complex music, but don't take themselves seriously and have fun with their performances.
Them being ska punk makes it an easy pick, but Russkaja has great covers and original songs.
Spinal tap