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.
Nerf Herder
No More Kings
if ska counts, reel big fish
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.
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.
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.
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.
I was waiting for someone to say TPUSA. Their entire first album is basically the answer to this question.
just as talented
More so, arguably.
Way more so, and it’s not even an argument.
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.
The Aquabats
Adam and the ants
Reel big fish
The dead milkmen
Talking heads
Devo
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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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?
I didn’t see this one yet…
Weezer
Yeah sounds about right, I mean they covered Africa by Toto lmao.
And made it better
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.
…mainly because of Weird Al, which was coincidentally going to be my answer to OP’s question.
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.
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
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.
Barenaked ladies
