History Music / HundredGecs

* NPlusOneSequelTitle: Or rather "N*10 Sequel Title". Their first EP is the SelfTitledAlbum ''Music/HundredGecsEP'', followed by their first real album ''Music/ThousandGecs'', and its follow-up ''Music/TenThousandGecs''.

** "Hollywood Baby" is an ode to early 2000s punk, pop-punk, and the bands that bridged the two, down to the ironic lyrics criticising materialism and the mainstream.

* CreatorInJoke: They've claimed the band name stems from an incident where Laura tried to order a single pet gecko online, only to be shipped one hundred of them.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Frog On The Floor" completely does away with the duo's usual aggressive, unhinged lyrics and instruments for a jaunty, laid-back Ska bop about a group of friends stopping what they're doing to vibe with a random frog.

* AlternativeRock: ''10,000 gecs'' sees the duo leaning into this more than previous projects, featuring much more electric guitar and exploring much more genre inspirations through their usual {{hyperpop}} shtick. "Hollywood Baby" leans into 90s-era PopPunk, "Doritos and Fritos" and "I got my tooth removed" feature the bouncy energy of SkaPunk, "Billy Knows Jamie" is a Music/LimpBizkit-esque fusion of NuMetal and RapRock, etc.

** "Billy knows Jamie" is already an aggressive NuMetal-RapRock fusion, but the final third of the track dissolves into [[SensoryAbuse one of the harshest, noisiest breakdowns in the 100 gecs catalogue]] (which is saying a lot), complete with squealing guitars, crushing drums, and ''[[HarshVocals death metal growls]]''.

* TheInsomniac: A recurring theme on ''10,000 gecs''. "Doritos & Fritos", "I Got My Tooth Removed", and "The Most Wanted Person in the United States" all make reference to the singer's inability or difficulty sleeping.

* VocalEvolution: In the duo's earlier works, Laura's vocals have extremely heavy AutoTune and {{Nightcore}}[=-=]style pitch-shifting, a stylistic choice she says is motivated by voice dysphoria due to being UsefulNotes/{{transgender}}. The ''Snake Eyes'' EP and ''10,000 gecs'' LP go significantly lighter on the vocal effects, resulting in vocals sounding closer to her natural voice. She's mentioned that this is due to her having taken voice lessons, making her more confident in her own voice.

* VocalEvolution: On both the ''Snake Eyes'' EP and the ''10,000 gecs'' LP, Laura's vocals significantly reduce the amounts of pitch-shifting from previous works, resulting in vocals closer to her natural voice.

* NPlus1SequelTitle: Or rather "N*10 Sequel Title". Their first EP is the SelfTitledAlbum ''Music/HundredGecsEP'', followed by their first real album ''Music/ThousandGecs'', and its follow-up ''Music/TenThousandGecs''.

* AlternativeRock: ''10,000 gecs'' sees the duo leaning into this more than previous projects, featuring much more electric guitar and exploring much more genre inspirations through their usual {{hyperpop}} shtick. "Hollywood Baby" leans into 90s-era PopPunk, "Doritos and Fritos" and "I got my tooth removed" feature the bouncy energy of SkaPunk, "Billy knows jamie" is a Music/LimpBizkit-esque fusion of NuMetal and RapRock, etc.
* AntiChristmasSong: "sympathy 4 the grinch". It's about stealing Santa's magic bag all because they didn't get what they want.

** "Billy knows jamie" is already an aggressive NuMetal[=-=]RapRock fusion, but the final third of the track dissolves into [[SensoryAbuse one of the harshest, noisiest breakdowns in the 100 gecs catalogue]] (which is saying a lot), complete with squealing guitars, crushing drums, and ''[[HarshVocals death metal growls]]''.

* RecurringRiff: In the duo's more {{Ska}}[=-=]inspired tracks, they use the same soundbite of Dylan saying "Pick it up!" It's shown up in "stupid horse", "sympathy 4 the grinch", and "I got my tooth removed".

-->''Never gave me a goddamn thing that I want''\\
''I was good every day, but he didn't give a fuck''\\
''This year, put the top on the back of the truck''\\
''Santa's banging on the back of the truck''

* DIYDentistry: {{Discussed}} in "I Got My Tooth Removed", which is largely about the singer putting off their trip to the dentist and ignoring their toothache to the best of their ability (''I might grab the pliers and just rip it out myself/But if it's gonna fix itself, I guess it's just as well''), but ultimately they're forced to get it removed, implicitly professionally.

* GenreMashup: Listeners from every corner might point out how there are elements of hip hop, industrial, emo, punk, dubstep, nu metal, third-wave ska a(just to name a few)... all taken to their sonic extremes.

-->''Why am I never getting lucky?''\\
''I never have any money!''\\
''I never win any money!''

* StylisticSuck: "Suck" may be a strong word, but the duo's sound is greatly evocative of genre tropes and songwriting clichés from the late-90s early 2000s that have been largely discredited by internet culture, just thrown into a very loud blender, bitcrushed to death, and then pumped up until the speakers clip. The hyper, noisy, over-the-top approach to the likes of emo, rap-rock, 90's rave, etc. [[PoesLaw dances around between parody that exaggerates and deconstructs those particular sounds and a sincere, futuristic tribute to those same sounds.]]

100 gecs is a musical duo consisting of Laura Les and Dylan Brady.

* ''10,000 gecs'' (LP, 2023)