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Comedy rock is a term used to describe Rock Music that mixes the music with general Comedy . This tradition can be traced back to the earliest days of Rock N Roll itself, the most notable early examples being Stan Freberg and The Coasters . Such artists include the Adam Sandler , Barenaked Ladies , Bonzo Dog Band , Bloodhound Gang , Richard Cheese And Lounge Against The Machine , Frank Zappa , Hot And Heavy , Stephen Lynch , The Vandals , "Weird Al" Yankovic , UFO Phil , Primus , Tenacious D , The Torch Marauder , Hot Waffles , Braal , Worm Quartet , Raymond And Scum , Green Jelly , The Dan Band , Me First And The Gimme Gimmes , Cake , Scatterbrain , Able Bodied Seamen , The Irregars , DVDA , Ween , GWAR , The Offspring , Mamonas Assassinas , Denis Leary , The Frogs , Dave And Brian , Throwing Toasters , and Country Teasers . Some comedy rock groups, such as Frank Zappa and Tenacious D, often poke fun at the norms of different rock genres through their lyrics, actions, or imitations of the other genres. Most comedy rockers, however, mainly just create rock and roll with amusing, witty, or over the top lyrics about topics usually not covered by mainstream rock artists. Rock has been the target of many Spoof s and several spoof bands have gone on to have actual hit records and perform live, most notably The Hee Bee Gee Bees and subsequently Spinal Tap in the U.S. and Bad News in the U.K. There are several bands that are classified under "Geek Band" Titles that play humor-intended songs, such as Lemon Demon and They Might Be Giants . |
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