History Music / MenWithoutHats

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Sideways'', the band's last album before their 12-year hiatus, abandoned many of their trademarks, including their reliance on the synthesizer as a key element in their sound, eschewing them for a more modern, {{Grunge}}-ish feel. [[CaptainObvious It didn't work.]]

A popular but unconfirmed tale is that the name originated from a misread announcement to one of their early gigs as "Men Without Pants" by a francophone MC in Montreal. Though that tale may be unconfirmed the fact is that Men Without Hats first started off in bars as Men With Hats, but they decided to change the name to Men Without Hats as they always threw their hats off at the end of a performance.

!!!Discography

* CoverVersion: Of Music/TheBeatles' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvxwD_G8vTE I Am the Walrus]]".

At the core, Men Without Hats consisted of Ivan Doroschuk and his brother Stefan; others who were at least briefly in the group include a third brother, Colin, as well as Jeremie Arrobas, Tracy Howe, Roman Martyn, Mike Gabriel, Jean-Marc Pisapia, Lenny Pinkas, and Allan [=McCarthy=]. They emerged with an EP called Folk of the 80's (1980). Tracy Howe was only with the band briefly, but long enough to be credited on a reprint of Folk of the 80s, despite not appearing on it; he later achieved some success with his new band, Rational Youth. Pisapia went on to form The Box, and later, Arrobas and Gabriel left to work with him for a while, eventually founding their own group, Isinglass.

* NewSoundAlbum: Their last album, ''Sideways'', abandoned many of their trademarks, including their reliance on the synthesizer as a key element in their sound, eschewing them for a more modern, grunge-ish feel. [[CaptainObvious It didn't work.]]

* ''Rhythm of Youth'' (1982)

** "Pop Goes The World" video features a shout out to ElvisPresley.

* [[{{NoCommunitiesWereHarmed}} No Military Superpowers Were Harmed]]: [[EagleLand "Heaven"]] and [[SovietUnion "Ideas for Walls"]]. [[RedChina "Living in China"]] is an aversion.

* {{MTV}}

* UnInstallment: Their discography includes ''Folk Of The 80's'' and ''Folk Of The 80's (Part III)'', but no ''Folk Of The 80's (Part II)''. The "Part III" in ''Folk Of The 80's (Part III)'' may just come from it being [[ChronologicalAlbumTitle their third release overall]] (counting [=EPs=] but not singles) rather than it being part of a series.

* ''Folk of the 80's'' (1984)

->''"The band that wrote 'Safety Dance' has the most unthinkably offensive name we've ever heard."''\\
--'''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The TF2 Team]]''', the world's foremost [[MemeticMutation lover of hats]].

* OneWordTitle: "Antarctica", "Freeways", "Heaven", "Moonbeam", "Sideways", "Nadine", "Telepathy", "Dreaming", "Body", and "Roses".

** The song "Living In China" mentions Music/GangOfFour and [[Music/AdamAnt Adam And The Ants]].

* GenkiGirl

* BlatantLies: From "Pop Goes the World": "1, 2, 3, and 4 is 5" and "6, 7, 8, and 9 is 10."

* TitleTrack: ''Pop Goes The World''.

** The song "Living In China" mentions [[Music/AdamAnt Adam And The Ants]].

* OneWordTitle: "Antarctica", "Freeways", "Heaven", "Moonbeam", "Telepathy", "Dreaming", "Body", and "Roses".

* OneWordTitle: "Antarctica", "Freeways", "Heaven", and "Moonbeam".

* ShoutOut: "Pop Goes The World" video features a shout out to ElvisPresley. Also the song "Living In China" mentions [[Music/AdamAnt Adam And The Ants]].

* FaceOnTheCover: ''Pop Goes The World'' features the face of a baby, ''Adventures Of Women & Men'' has the cutout face of a unisexual person, and ''Sideways'' has Ivan Doroschuk's face seen... uh, [[CaptainObvious sideways]].

* FaceOnTheCover: ''Pop Goes The Baby'' features the face of a baby, ''Adventures Of Women & Men'' has the cutout face of a unisexual person, and ''Sideways'' has Ivan Doroschuk's face seen... uh, [[CaptainObvious sideways]].

* FaceOnTheCover: ''Pop Goes The Baby'' features the face of a baby, while ''Adventures Of Women & Men'' has the cutout face of a unisexual person.