History Music / RichardCheese

* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Due to the fact that most of the royalties of his music go to the original artists, he obviously does not take kindly to fans pirating his music. His threats of legal actions toward pirates only got worse when he was unable to afford surgery for keratoconus due to lack of funds. Often, during shows, he'll lightly admonish people recording via film (you can hear a track where he gropes a woman recording).

* SpecialGuest: Most times faked - Microsoft Sam plays Stephen Hawking in "[[Music/MichaelJackson The Girl Is Mine]]", the Sulu in "Light My Fire" is Mark himself... but Music/WeirdAlYankovic and [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] have sung with him.

* ''Numbers of the Beast'' (2020

* TheScapegoat: Britney Spears in his live version of "Toxic", as Richard launches into a monologue blaming her for every scandal, then-recent (such as breaking the toilet on the ISS and attempting to kill some astronaut's girlfriend), even up to and including [[TheWarOnTerror sending our troops into Iraq]] "[[AuthorTract with no justification whatsoever!]]"

* TooSoon: ''[[InUniverse Back in Black Tie]]'', which is already made of mostly covers of deceased singers, ends with a track called "Too Sad", where a teary Richard is unable to sing songs by some artists who had recently died. [[invoked]]

** Also at concerts, getting the latest lyrics of the newest, most popular song (Lil' Wayne's Lollipop, [[Music/{{PSY}} Gangnam Style]]) off the internet, and proceeding to butcher it deadpan by doing a straight reading of the lyrics.

* TakeThat: In the live version of "Lollipop", Richard Cheese claims to have gotten the latest lyrics of his good friend, [[TheUnintelligible Lil' Wayne]]. They're all gibberish, except for "Shorty wanna", "lollipop", and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick "pussy"]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-xoMR4FqIY His attempt to sing]] Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Work".

* InTheStyleOf: Occasionally mixes up the Lounge covers: for example, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica is done in the style of the Chordettes' version of "Mr. Sandman", and his live version of "Don't Cha" has him parody ABBA, George Takei, Music/BobDylan, the Doobie Brothers... at times he breaks out imitations such as Music/{{Bjork}} during a performance.

** Off "Viva la Vodka", which mostly features songs from a Washington, D.C. performance:

* ClusterFBomb: He has no qualms about picking profanity-heavy tunes.

* SpecialGuest: Most times faked - Microsoft Sam plays Stephen Hawking in ''[[Music/MichaelJackson The Girl Is Mine]]'', the Sulu in "Light My Fire" is Mark himself... but Music/WeirdAlYankovic and [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] have sung with him.

* TooSoon: ''[[InUniverse Back in Black Tie]]'', which is already made of mostly covers of deceased singers, ends with a track called "Too Sad", where a teary Richard is unable to sing songs by some artists who had recently died.

** [Music/TheDoors "Light My Fire"]] ends with Lt. Sulu accidentally firing ("FIRE!") and destroying the USS Enterprise.

** Off of ''Lavapalooza'', the rendition of Music/{{Sisqo}}'s ''Thong Song'' is [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks done in the same exact manner as the Enchanted Tiki Room.]]

* IndecipherableLyrics: Undone by many of his covers, in which you can understand him perfectly. He keeps it in tact for LilWayne's "Lollipop", though, by mumbling all the words. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU The downright unintelligible]] [[Music/PearlJam "Yellow Ledbetter"]] has Richard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjfKQaZdWmE making up some]] WordSaladLyrics. Similarly, Rihanna's "Work" turns into gibberish, in-between Richard mocking the song.

** "[[{{Queen}} Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo Galileo]]--I'm sorry, what's the next line?"
** "Light my Fire" ends with Lt. Sulu accidentally firing ("FIRE!") and destroying the USS Enterprise.

* HAHAHANo: A variant occurs with a fake telephone call between Music/WeirdAlYankovic and Richard: Weird Al returns Richard's call about joining forces to do Richard's latest album. Weird's response: '''NOPE!''' (hangs up telephone)

* BerserkButton: Bobby is ''very'' protective of his piano if "[[{{Coldplay}} Viva La Vida]]" is anything to go on.

* SpecialGuest: Most times faked - Microsoft Sam plays Stephen Hawking in ''[[Music/MichaelJackson The Girl Is Mine]]'', the Sulu in "Light My Fire" is Mark himself... but WeirdAlYankovic and [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] have sung with him.

'''Richard Cheese''' is an artist who does [[StealthParody seemingly straight]] CoverVersion[=s=] of RockAndRoll and HipHop songs in the style of a LoungeLizard, backed by his band '''Lounge Against the Machine'''.

* BigNameFan: Creator/ZackSnyder, who featured the band in ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' ("Down with the Sickness") and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' ([[http://radio.com/2016/03/24/richard-cheese-batman-v-superman-song/ two new covers of]] Music/ColePorter).

* CreatorBacklash: Of a sorts. Richard was upset about the fact he does not get any royalties from his cover of "Down with the Sickness" used in the 2004 version of ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''.

* OneOfUs: Is a huge Franchise/StarWars and Series/StarTrek fan. He's also a Creator/GeorgeTakei impersonator.

* {{Medley}}: His "[[Music/GreenDay American Idiot]]" cover devolves into one of these, going through [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", "America the Beautiful", "The Star-Spangled Banner"]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers "La Cucaracha"]] before cycling back around to the Green Day song. The live version of "Brass Monkey" earns some other brief BeastieBoys snippets.

* ThisSongGoesOutToTvTropes: "[[{{Music/Nirvana}} Rape Me]]" is "for the ladies", "Don't Cha" "goes out to all the lesbians in the audience", real or imagined. He has one for "[his] good friend, TheBeastieBoys" in his cover of "Brass Monkey".

* SmallNameBigEgo: All a part of his stage persona. When the news broke that ''Series/{{Glee}}'' had ripped off JonathanCoulton's cover of "Baby Got Back", his immediate reaction on Facebook was to speculate that his would be next.

* OneOfUs: Is a huge Franchise/StarWars and Series/StarTrek fan. He's also a GeorgeTakei impersonator.
* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: With a fake duet with [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Lieutenant Sulu]] (who is not ''the'' Sulu... and he's not GeorgeTakei, either - Richard Cheese is a Takei impersonator), Richard Cheese's lawyer personally calls him up to see if he did the disclaimer and made sure he said "Celebrity Voices Impersonated".

* IndecipherableLyrics: Undone by many of his covers, in which you can understand him perfectly. He keeps it in tact for LilWayne's "Lollipop", though, by mumbling all the words. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU The downright unintelligible]] [[Music/PearlJam "Yellow Ledbetter"]] has Richard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjfKQaZdWmE making up some]] WordSaladLyrics.

* BlessedAreTheCheesemakers: The entire band has an EdibleThemeNaming with types of cheese.

* AutoTune: Occasionally retained in covers of songs where the AutoTune is supposed to be gratuitous. He gets in an argument with his at the end of his "Stronger" cover.

* IndecipherableLyrics: Undone by many of his covers, in which you can understand him perfectly. He keeps it in tact for LilWayne's "Lollipop", though, by mumbling all the words.

* {{Medley}}: His "[[Music/GreenDay American Idiot]]" cover devolves into one of these, going through [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", "America the Beautiful", "The Star-Spangled Banner"]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers "La Cucaracha"]] before cycling back around to the Green Day song.

* PenName: Richard Cheese is really Mark Jonathan Davis (not to be mistaken for the guy from Music/{{Korn}}), meaning he invoked all those Website/YouTube comments [[RedundantParody pointing out his name is Dick Cheese.]] The Lounge members are also given rather silly names--Bobby Ricotta (Noel Melanio), Frank Feta (Brian Fishler), and Billy Bleu (unknown).

* TakeThat: In the live version of "Lollipop", Richard Cheese claims to have gotten the latest lyrics of his good friend, [[TheUnintelligible Lil' Wayne]]. They're all gibberish, except for "Shorty wanna", "lollipop", and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick "pussy"]].
-->''"Shorty wanna suck dat ungh ahhhhh hurr ghanbaba murhmahumr ammaurhghaa nanghahrug ammangh mdunganur pussy"''
** In his Christmas album, the band begins to play "Last Christmas" by Wham!, but Richard stops them all.
-->''"Uhm, we were going to do a swingin' lounge version of 'Last Christmas', by Wham!... but that song sucks! Next tune!"''
** Off "Viva la Vodka", which mostly features songs from a Washington, D.C. performance:
-->"So I visited the White House the other day, which, aside from UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush being there, was pretty cool!"
** "Freebird" is one to people who... you guessed it... keep telling him to play Freebird, which is a TakeThat in itself.
-->"Now shut the [bleep] up, you stupid drunken [bleep]heads!"

* VivaLasVegas: The band's actually based out of Los Angeles, but UsefulNotes/LasVegas is a common theme and destination spot for them. There's a reason why "Christmas in Las Vegas" is their only original song.

* InTheStyleOf: Occasionally mixes up the Lounge covers: for example, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica is done in the style of the Chordettes' version of "Mr. Sandman", and his live version of "Don't Cha" has him parody ABBA, George Takei, BobDylan, the Doobie Brothers... at times he breaks out imitations such as Music/{{Bjork}} during a performance.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: In the cover of "[[JanesAddiction Been Caught Stealing]]", Richard is attacked by a dog, which is conveyed with a mix of barks, growls, and Richard screaming for help.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Of GreenDay's "American Idiot", see {{Medley}} below.

* {{Medley}}: His "[[GreenDay American Idiot]]" cover devolves into one of these, going through [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", "America the Beautiful", "The Star-Spangled Banner"]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers "La Cucaracha"]] before cycling back around to the Green Day song.