History Music / TISM

-->"Give me a pop-song, mate. Give me a fucking pop-song. Not only is it more fun, it's pretty fuckin' hard to write as well. You can bung in as many [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible out-of-tune oboes]] as you want, but putting chords together so they sound pleasant isn't as simple as it might appear ... What have you listened to for a good time that isn't, after all, a '[[TropesAreNotBad traditional]]' song? Still playing the Music/{{Mike Oldfield}} records, huh? Still whipping Music/{{Yes}} songs on for a good time? [[TakeThat Wanna count on one hand how many people have fun]] at a Music/SonicYouth gig?"

* SophisticatedAsHell: Exemplified by a reference to Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov in a song called "All Homeboys Are Dickheads".

* HypocriticalHumour: The introduction to video for "They'll never called him Old Man River" on TV show Rage starts with them claiming the song is saying say no to drugs. After the director yells cut they immediately start cutting up some white powder.

* ListSong: A few: "I Shit Me", "B.F.W.", "I'm Fucked In The Head", etc, etc.

Taking inspiration from {{The Residents}}, TISM were never seen without their trademark balaclavas and often sported elaborate costumes at concerts. The band used their anonymity to become the premier {{troll}}s of the [[AustralianMusic Australian music]] scene, known for pranks on both the media and audiences alike (for example, turning up on ''Series/HeyHeyItsSaturday'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG4janHITY8 with 28 band members]], and playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r1HdjFYl3k a gig that lasted a whole 3 minutes]]). Naturally they courted a lot of controversy, most famously earning the ire of Australian-born [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] for a song about the death of Creator/RiverPhoenix, and getting sued by artist Ken Done for an album cover parodying his artwork.

--> ''Glen Mcgrath got five for fifty that day.''

Taking inspiration from {{The Residents}}, TISM were never seen without their trademark balaclavas and often sported elaborate costumes at concerts. The band used their anonymity to become the premier {{troll}}s of the [[AustralianMusic Australian music]] scene, known for pranks on both the media and audiences alike (for example, turning up on ''Series/HeyHeyItsSaturday'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG4janHITY8 with 28 band members]], and playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r1HdjFYl3k a gig that lasted a whole 3 minutes]]). Naturally they courted a lot of controversy, most famously earning the ire of Australian-born [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] for a song about the death of {{River Phoenix}}, and getting sued by artist Ken Done for an album cover parodying his artwork.

* IronicEcho: 1988's ''The Penis Is Mightier Than The Sword'' - a diatribe about Derryn Hinch - is reversed by 2001's ''Yet Another Derryn Hinch Diatribe'', in which Hinch engages in similar criticism of TISM to the same rhyme scheme.

-->''Forget [[SnoopDogg Snoop Doggy Dog]], forget old Music/IceT.\\

While relatively popular in Australia, TISM are probably best known internationally for their 2004 single "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me]]", due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENnAa7rqtBM the music video of a lamenting bunny]] becoming an early viral video on flash sites such as {{Newgrounds}} and Albino Blacksheep.

* GilliganCut: On the extras for one of their DVDs they state "If you find on this DVD anywhere shots of us talking to people from our past and walking around on location I want you to take it back and demand a refund.". Two guesses what the next shot was.

* HypocriticalHumour: The video for "They'll never called him Old Man River" starts with them claiming the song is saying say no to drugs. After the director yells cut they immediately start cutting up some white powder.

* AcceptableTargets: Basically everybody. Targets included: Americans, [[AustralianPolitics politicians]], recently deceased celebrities, "homeboys", drum and bass music, suburban pretentiousness, working-class bogans and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking anyone from west Melbourne]].

* TooSoon: They had a bit of a fix with Flea over "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man [[RiverPhoenix River]]", which {{deconstructed}} popular fascination with celebrity death. Flea wasn't happy at all, being a close friend of Phoenix (who had died 2 years before).
-->''Now I'm bored and there's no stopping,\\
I need another celeb to fill a coffin\\
Where will I get my next drug action?\\
[[HarsherInHindsight Odds on it'll be]] Music/{{Michael Jackson}}''

TISM (short for [[FunWithAcronyms This Is Serious Mum]]) were a seven-piece [[AnonymousBand anonymous]] UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n alternative rock/electronic band known for their satirical lyrics, energetic live shows and frequent piss-taking. Formed in 1982 in south-east UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}, they immediately broke up after a disastrous first gig (with every subsequent gig termed a "re-union gig"), before getting back together and releasing their 1988 debut album ''Great Truckin' Songs Of The Renaissance'' to mild success. In 1995, with the release of their third album ''Machiavelli And The Four Seasons'', they departed from the simple rock sound of earlier albums into a more synth-orientated electronic style. [[GrowingTheBeard The change was a hit]], and the album became their best-selling and most famous. They broke up in 2004 after releasing ''[[Music/TheBeatles The White Album,]]'' their sixth and final album.

I'm so old I'll probably never have heard of it", and he replied "[[JimiHendrix Purple Haze]]"''

->''TISM are shit]], TISM are shit''

Taking inspiration from {{The Residents}}, TISM were never seen without their trademark balaclavas and often sported elaborate costumes at concerts. The band used their anonymity to become the premier {{troll}}s of the [[AustralianMusic Australian music]] scene, known for pranks on both the media and audiences alike (for example, turning up on ''Series/HeyHeyItsSaturday'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG4janHITY8 with 28 band members]], and playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r1HdjFYl3k a gig that lasted a whole 3 minutes]]). Naturally they courted a lot of controversy, most famously earning the ire of Australian-born [[RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] for a song about the death of {{River Phoenix}}, and getting sued by artist Ken Done for an album cover parodying his artwork.

TISM (short for [[FunWithAcronyms This Is Serious Mum]]) were a seven-piece [[AnonymousBand anonymous]] UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n alternative rock/electronic band known for their satirical lyrics, energetic live shows and frequent piss-taking. Formed in 1982 in south-east UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}, they immediately broke up after a disastrous first gig (with every subsequent gig termed a "re-union gig"), before getting back together and releasing their 1988 debut album ''Great Truckin' Songs Of The Renaissance'' to mild success. In 1995, with the release of their third album ''Machiavelli And The Four Seasons'', they departed from the simple rock sound of earlier albums into a more synth-orientated electronic style. [[GrowingTheBeard The change was a hit]], and the album became their best-selling and most famous. They broke up in 2004 after releasing ''[[TheBeatles The White Albun]]'', their sixth and final album.

-->"Give me a pop-song, mate. Give me a fucking pop-song. Not only is it more fun, it's pretty fuckin' hard to write as well. You can bung in as many [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible out-of-tune oboes]] as you want, but putting chords together so they sound pleasant isn't as simple as it might appear ... What have you listened to for a good time that isn't, after all, a '[[TropesAreNotBad traditional]]' song? Still playing the Music/{{Mike Oldfield}} records, huh? Still whipping {{Yes}}songs on for a good time? [[TakeThat Wanna count on one hand how many people have fun]] at a {{Sonic Youth}} gig?"

* '''[[AustralianRulesFootball Ron]] [[ThoseWackyNazis Hitler]]-[[AustralianRulesFootball Barassi]]''' (Peter Minack): Vocals

* [[SixDegreesOfKevinBacon Six Degrees of]] [[AustralianRulesFootball Shane Crawford]]: "[[LongTitle I Rooted A Girl Who Rooted A Guy Who Rooted A Girl Who Rooted A Guy Who Rooted A Girl Who Rooted Shane Crawford]]"

->''[[AudienceParticipationSong T-I-S-M A-R-E]]''
->''[[SelfDeprecation TISM are shit]], [[CatchPhrase TISM are shit]]''

-->"Give me a pop-song, mate. Give me a fucking pop-song. Not only is it more fun, it's pretty fuckin' hard to write as well. You can bung in as many [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible out-of-tune oboes]] as you want, but putting chords together so they sound pleasant isn't as simple as it might appear ... What have you listened to for a good time that isn't, after all, a '[[TropesAreNotBad traditional]]' song? Still playing the {{Mike Oldfield}} records, huh? Still whipping {{Yes}}songs on for a good time? [[TakeThat Wanna count on one hand how many people have fun]] at a {{Sonic Youth}} gig?"