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.
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!
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”
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.
Individuals and groups in English:
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Beck
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Green Day
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Silverchair
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Busta Rhymes
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Missy Elliot
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Eminem & D-12
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Snoop Dogg
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Immortal Technique
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, especially Flea
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Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
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The Beatles
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Daft Punk
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Brad Paisley
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Pitbull
Spanish:
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Residente & Calle 13
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Los Van Van
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Tromboranga
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Kola Loka
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Charanga Habanera
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Adam and the ants
Reel big fish
The dead milkmen
Talking heads
Devo
Does Weird Al count? Because he is just as talented as any “serious” musician.
Also, The Presidents of the United States of America.
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.
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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I was waiting for someone to say TPUSA. Their entire first album is basically the answer to this question.
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.
just as talented
More so, arguably.
Way more so, and it’s not even an argument.
Lagwagon, nofx
And the Vandals
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.
Queen. They’re essentially the Monty Python Team of hard rock.
One Vision is a hilarious song. It’s a whole ass song about what brings the world together, and they tell us: fried chicken.
The Bicycle Song
Pirate metal is fun and silly.
Came here to recommend Alestorm 🤘
you might enjoy pulling up some Dr Demento playlists you’d be surprised how many good bands have a goofy side!
Nerf Herder No More Kings
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.
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?
Macklemore
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.
