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.
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.
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!
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
Primus sucks
Came here to say this. But as usual I came too late (except for intercourse, where it’s the opposite).
Just rock or is metal allowed? Cus if so:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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
I’m sorry all my links are probably a bit AWOL, I’m new to piped
Powerwolf was the first one I thought of. “Resurrection by Erection” kind of says it all.
Electric Callboy!
Pump it and We got the moves are must listen/watch. The music videos are fantastic.
That sounds like a fun list! Added all of them to my bandcamp wish list
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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
They Might Be Giants
Tenacious D
I didn’t see this one yet…
Weezer
Yeah sounds about right, I mean they covered Africa by Toto lmao.
And made it better
…mainly because of Weird Al, which was coincidentally going to be my answer to OP’s question.
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.
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.
Butthole surfers
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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