Top 10 Comedy Music Acts in Rock and Metal
Gwar, often styled as GWAR, is an American heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984, composed of and operated by a frequently rotating line-up of musicians, artists and filmmakers collectively known as Slave Pit Inc.
Tenacious D is an American comedy rock duo that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released three albums – Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny and Rize of the Fenix. Why it is not first?
Cannabis Corpse is a marijuana-themed death metal band, formed in Virginia in 2006. Their band name is a parody of Cannibal Corpse. Cannabis Corpse songs are fully original but their album and song titles are parodies of many death metal bands' album and song titles (e.g. "Tube of the Resinated" vs Cannibal Corpse's "Tomb of the Mutilated"). Still better than Cannibal Corpse.
*starts laughing*
Steel Panther is an American comedy glam metal band from Los Angeles, California, mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics, as well as their exaggerated on-stage personae that parody the stereotypical 1980s "glam metal" lifestyle.He does comedic parodies of Christmas songs and more
Bob Rivers is incredible, I love him.
A project of Anthony Vincent - metal musician from NYC. He's pretty popular on YouTube.
I like what he does, it's very funny and original, and I even made a list - Best Parody Song Covers by Ten Second Songs
Stormtroopers of Death, known as S.O.D., was an American crossover thrash band formed in New York in 1985. They are credited as being among the first bands to fuse hardcore punk with thrash metal into a style sometimes referred to as crossover thrash, and is also known for reuniting Anthrax members Scott Ian and Charlie Benante with their former bassist Dan Lilker.
Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. Along with the bands Kreator, Destruction and Sodom, Tankard is often considered one of the "The Big Teutonic Four" of Teutonic thrash metal. They aren't a typical comedy band and this is the reason they aren't higher on this list although they are better musicians than some acts I put higher.
They are a German thrash metal band and they play thrash music pretty good. But what makes them funny is that almost all lyrics are about drinking - beer in particular, although they don't limit their lyrics to beer.
Songs:
Rules For Fools, Die With A Beer in Your Hand, Need money for beer, Medley (Alcohol, Puke, Mon Cheri, Wonderful Life), R.I.B. (Rest In Beer), The Morning After, and more.
Spinal Tap is a parody band spoofing the style of heavy metal groups. The band first appeared on a 1979 ABC TV sketch comedy pilot called The T.V. Show, starring Rob Reiner. They invented the 11 amp you may ask what's the point, well it's one louder
A US glam metal band that makes parody covers of Bee Gees songs. The band was also named after a Bee Gees song - Tragedy.
They describe themselves as "All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees & Beyond"
Song to start with - You Should Be Dancing (Bee Gees cover)
Wack ass name but I gotta give it up anyway. dirty rock and roll music, definitely not for squares
They play Black Sabbath songs with McDonald's themed lyrics. They are dressed as McDonalds characters and their lead singer's name is Ronald McDonald
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer, songwriter, parodist, record producer, satirist, actor, voice actor, music video director, film producer, and author. He has several Rock songs but he isn't entirely rock
Alestorm is a heavy metal band originally from Perth, Scotland. Their music is characterized by a pirate theme, and as a result they have been dubbed a "pirate metal" band by many critics and their fanbase. Not a typical comedy band but I think they can be on this list
Anthrax is an American thrash metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker.
System of a Down, formed in 1994, is an Armenian-American alternative metal group from Glendale, California. The band name is sometimes shortened to System or SOAD. They've always been a very political band since their inception. Often being against genocide and war most notably in songs like: Pluck, ...read more.
The Bloodhound Gang is an American rock and pop band currently consisting of Jimmy Pop (vocals, guitar), "Evil Jared" Hasselhoff (bass), Q-Ball (DJ, keyboards, synthesizers, producer), The Yin (percussion) and Daniel P. Carter (guitar) that formed in 1988. ...read more.