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* BrainInAJar: A ThrashMetal band famous for using [[Characters/MetroidMotherBrain Mother Brain]] as their band's mascot. One of their albums -- ''Mr. and Mrs. Mother Brain'' -- is named after an [[Recap/CaptainNTheGameMasterS1E8MrAndMrsMotherBrain episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''.
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* CanadaEh: A bar cover band, the members are mainly from and live in the United States, but their gimmick is celebrating the US's northern neighbor. They mostly do covers of well-known songs by Canadian musical artists (Rush, Alanis Morrisette, Celine Dion, etc.), they dress like Mounties, lumberjacks, hockey players, fur trappers, moose, beavers, [[WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons raccoons]], [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol toadlets]], etc. and between sets they talk like Bob and Doug [=McKenzie=] and drink Molson.
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* CanonMarchesOn: Plays classical music in a more modern style.
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* AscendedMeme: A Music/WeirdAlYankovic style band that chooses a meme and writes a song about it (songs that are already memes are covered). Hit singles include ''[[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Our Enemies Hide In Metal Boxes]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 Nothin' like a Fistfulla Loitnin']]''. [[OnceAnEpisode One song]] in an album is [[OverusedRunningGag always]] ''[[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} Never Gonna Give You Up]]'' [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} disguised as a different song]].
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* ChainsawGood: Gore metal of the most brutal and horrifying kind, with lyrics about gore, blood, corpses, necrophillia... [[{{Squick}} I think that's enough]]. Currently on tour with Cannibal Corpse. They often used actual chainsaws to generate sound in their songs. This has been seen considerably less often following an incident in which they attempted to grind two running chainsaws together. You gotta admire the bass guitarist for still being able to play now that he's missing a few fingers.
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* ChainsawGood: Gore metal of the most brutal and horrifying kind, with lyrics about gore, blood, corpses, necrophillia... [[{{Squick}} I think that's enough]]. Currently on tour with Cannibal Corpse.Music/CannibalCorpse. They often used actual chainsaws to generate sound in their songs. This has been seen considerably less often following an incident in which they attempted to grind two running chainsaws together. You gotta admire the bass guitarist for still being able to play now that he's missing a few fingers.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: A Thrash-Grindcore-Black Metal band with lyrics centered around KickTheDog moments. (Sounds just like Anaal Nathrakh)
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*ConqueringAlienPrince: Conquering planets and your earbuds, one concert at a time.
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* BackToBackBadasses: Began as a Music/PrettyMaids cover band before writing their own material, which mainly deals with heroic warriors, both real and fictional, fighting, well, back to back.
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* AccordionToMostSailor: A Folk group specialized in sea shanties and {{Pirate Song}}s with accordions, often dressing up as pirates.
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* FiveFiveFive: Faux-santanist pop.
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* AdultFear: Gangster rap group, touching on drug abuse, gun crimes, and other things that naturally make people go on edge at the very thought of them.
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* {{The Bogan}}s: 70s-80s style Australian pub rock, influenced by (and with several covers of) bands like Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/ColdChisel and Music/TheAngels.
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* CruelCheerleader: A GlamRock+HardcorePunk band with zombie-like cheerleader dancers, both band members and dancers wear UncannyValleyMakeup.
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* CrystalDragonJesus: Japanese rock band with lyrics entirely in GratuitousEnglish. [[BlindIdiotTranslation Mangled]] gratuitous English. Who also sound like a fusion of Music/ShonenKnife and Music/{{Godflesh}}, but with keyboards and [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs really trippy]], [[FauxSymbolism symbolism-loaded]] live performances.
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* CrystalDragonJesus: Japanese rock band with lyrics entirely in GratuitousEnglish. [[BlindIdiotTranslation Mangled]] gratuitous English. Who also sound like a fusion of Music/ShonenKnife and Music/{{Godflesh}}, but with keyboards and [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs really trippy]], trippy, [[FauxSymbolism symbolism-loaded]] live performances.
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* CyberCyclops: Techno-iest techno group in the history of techno.
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* BigBulkyBomb: A HardRock group known for their drum solos, their music so loud they blow out all of their amps at the end of each show.
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* DiamondsInTheBuff: A GlamRock group known for their {{Gold|ColoredSuperiority}} and GemEncrusted visual motifs.
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* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: The main character is the FaceOfTheBand, while the Noun Phrases provide backing for their performance and motivations.
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* BowAndSwordInAccord: A FolkMetal band famous for live-streaming their TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons campaign and then writing songs based on their "quests." They're fans tend to ship their lead guitarist's character (a knight) and bassist's character (archer), something the band finds both creepy and hilarious.
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* BrainInAJar: A ThrashMetal band famous for using [[Characters/MetroidMotherBrain Mother Brain]] as their band's mascot. One of their albums -- ''Mr. and Mrs. Mother Brain'' -- is named after an [[Recap/CaptainNTheGameMasterS1E8MrAndMrsMotherBrain episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''.
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* DeadlyHazing: A DeathMetal band who's songs are all about the college experience and all the reasons why it sucks, actually.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Hardcore political rap, constantly chewing into the failures of some political administration, past or present. Their lyrics outwardly seem to diss any authority on principle, but if you actually listen to the verses, it can be gleaned they're actually [[CompassionateCritic demanding the governments to get off their collective ass and do good for all mankind like they should]].
* TwentyBearAsses: HeavyMithril filk, using "no shit there I was" stories as a FramingDevice. The HoYay [[TransparentCloset manages not to take over]].
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Hardcore political rap, constantly chewing into the failures of some political administration, past or present. Their lyrics outwardly seem to diss any authority on principle, but if you actually listen to the verses, it can be gleaned they're actually [[CompassionateCritic demanding the governments to get off their collective ass and do good for all mankind like they should]].
* TwentyBearAsses: HeavyMithril filk, using "no shit there I was" stories as a FramingDevice. The HoYay [[TransparentCloset manages not to take over]].
* AbnormalPlushies: Band that writes what seems to be wholesome, cheery pop. However, each song has one or two lines that sound out of place and totally change the context.
* AboveTheInfluence: Indie rock band with deeply ironic lyrics poking fun at ScareEmStraight tactics. They've been headed off the rails ever since their first guitarist was caught dealing drugs, and they've released an album titled ''NotSoAboveItAll''.
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Indie-electronica nerd rock prone to forgetting the words to their songs live.
* AbsurdPhobia: Comedy Death Metal
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Orchestral improvisational blues & funk.
* AbsurdlyShortProductionTime: Mumble rap. All of their songs are produced in the span of two hours.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Punk Rock.
* The AbusiveOffspring: A group of adults who pretend to be {{Bratty Half Pint}}s. Known for their single "AndYourRewardIsParenthood". FriendlyFandoms with ParentsAreWrong.
* AccidentalDanceCraze: Disco, with lots of SelfDeprecation.
* AccidentalMurder: Death metal but with comedic lyrics.
* AccidentalPervert: Their songs have a lot of innuendo.
* AccentuateTheNegative: Covers a wide range of genres, but the lyrics to every single one of their songs are always an angry rant about any subject they can think of. The bitter [[TheRival rival]] of the band TakeThat.
* [[AccordionMan Accordion Men]]: A quartet of accordion virtuosos, doing anything from musical epics to covers of Music/JudasPriest.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Punk Rock band that does the impossible: They sing rather than scream.
* ActionBomb: Band members do martial arts and there are special effects that look like explosions.
* ActionGirl: RiotGrrrl rock band, who sing about female empowerment, girl soldiers, historical women fighters, etc. All members are advanced in martial arts.
* AdaptationDeviation: Said to be one of the greatest musical groups to ever grace the TV Tropesverse. They had a falling out and everyone lost track of what became of them, but an infinite number of conspiracy theories were born around them. [[spoiler:In reality, the members are actually [[Series/DoctorWho Time Lords]] who regenerated as other musicians, all of whom are considered the best players of their respective instruments: The vocalist regenerated as Music/MariahCarey, the guitarist became Music/JimiHendrix, the bassist became [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]], the drummer became [[Music/RushBand Neil Peart]], and the kayboardist became Music/EltonJohn.]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: A ProgressiveRock group with a GoldAndWhiteAreDivine motif, all of their concerts means of providing money for charities. Their most successful tour was done in celebration of their AdaptationDeviation cover album, leading many to believe that they are, in-fact, AdaptationDeviation after returning with a new look.
* AdaptationalMundanity: Famous songs with all the objectionable content removed, like Music/KidzBop. Their debut album, ''AbridgedForChildren'', would be totally unnotable if not for the fact that it features an AdaptationDeviation song. This has lead to conspiracies over whether or not the two bands are actually connected.
* AdaptationalSexuality: A GlamRock group [[CastFullOfGay made entirely out of people on the LGBT+ spectrum]]. There are rumors that their manager was a former member of AdaptationDeviation, a rumor only compounded when they did a cover version of one of their hit songs.
* AdaptationalVillainy: A DeathMetal-{{Goth}} group with a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red]], [[GreenAndMean green]], [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple]] and black color motif. Their albums are all about plagues, corporate corruption and disobeying your parents, every one of their concerts ending in riots. After releasing an AdaptationDeviation cover album, conspiracy theorists have come to believe that they are AdaptationDeviation under a new look, having grown cynical from their time in the music industry and plan on using their music to reign anarchy upon the world.
* AdaptationalWeaponSwap: A guitarist, a bass-player, a drummer and a keyboard player. They are each versed in each other's instruments and after playing a song, they will swap instruments and play each other's. Since they each have less experience with each other's instruments, the songs sound different each time. Rumors abound that they were originally the band AdaptationDeviation before they decided to go underground and experiment with their talents.
* AdamWesting: A comedic rock band made up of hardcore ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' enthusiasts. Similar to the style of TheNthDoctor, the members wear ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' costumes at concerts: the lead singer is Batman, the guitarist is the Joker, the bassist is Robin, the keyboardist is Penguin, and the drummer is the Riddler. Occasionally, Catwoman plays bass when Robin can't make it.
* AdultFear: Gangster rap group, touching on drug abuse, gun crimes, and other things that naturally make people go on edge at the very thought of them.
* AdventureArchaeologist: Symphonic RockOpera band about an Archaeologist who discovers a foreboding prophecy detailing the end of the world and his efforts to stop it. The band have been banned from performing in several cities due to fears that people might think the prophecy is real.
* AdvertisingByAssociation: Touts all their albums with "BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PEOPLE BEHIND AdaptationDeviation"... and by that, they mean the lead singer used to be a light technician for them. Their actual music is DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible. AdaptationDeviation fans like to review-bomb AdvertisingByAssociation's albums.
* AffablyEvil: Glam rock band from Bristol, UK that writes entire albums of {{Villain Song}}s.
* TheAfterafterlife: A BlackMetal band-turned Unblack Metal band-turned DeathMetal band that abandoned the traditional religious themes in-favor of older mythologies and Lovecraft.
* AfterTheEnd: Ambient electronic with a lot of field recordings. Sounds more like screamo; they do both. Sometimes within the same song. Despite never doing well in the USA, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff they have a cult following in the UK]] that call themselves Enders.
* AgainstMyReligion: Metalcore band that often gets mistaken for ChristianRock.
* AimlesslySeekingHappiness: As presented in-universe, it's meant to be upbeat pop, but the singer has StoppedCaring and can't muster the energy to enjoy it.
* AirstripOne: A Central-European hybrid of sludge and power metal, with a massive helping of story elements and [[AnAesop messages to the audience]]. [[ConceptAlbum Each of their albums]] is based around [[TakeThat harsh criticism]] [[DeconstructorFleet towards a given set of]] GrimDark fiction tropes and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools thoughtless usage thereof]]; their debut album, ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Airstrip One]]'', spells out [[{{Anvilicious}} in no uncertain terms]] how horrible [[{{Deconstruction}} life would actually be]] in your typical {{dystopia}}n {{police state}}, and their second album, ''CorporateWarfare'', skewers the usage of CyberpunkTropes for the purpose of setting up an [[AdventureFriendlyWorld "adventure-friendly" world]]. The band's website and promotional graphics are made to look like [[GraffitiOfTheResistance rebel propaganda from a dystopian world]], and during live shows they always start playing in disguise, only to perform a DramaticUnmask later on. The band has recently toured with BombThrowingAnarchists, and the lead guitarist gave hints of a possible collaboration between the two.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Produces concept albums about bleeding-edge speculative technology. Lead singer is never credited or seen in public, but does an excellent impersonation of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]].
* AliensInCardiff: A Welsh tribute band for AliensOfLondon.
* AlienKudzu: A band from the DeepSouth. Their style is hard to pin down, but it's best described as an unholy mix of indie rock, rockabilly, and bluegrass with trace influences from country and western. Most of their songs are lighthearted parodies of nerd culture, redneck culture, and people who don't entirely fit into either ([[SelfDeprecation like themselves]]).
* AliensOfLondon: British nerd rock.
* AlienSky: Symphonic Ambient band from Texas formed from members of a high school astronomy club. They use melodic guitar and synthesizer combined with florid lyrics and vocals to tell stories about life in the TheFuture. Their singer is an amateur science fiction writer who writes all the lyrics. Currently, they're putting the finishing touches on the ''CasualInterstellarTravel'' saga about the human colonization of space consisting of the [[ConceptAlbum concept albums]] ''FasterThanLightTravel'', ''SingleBiomePlanet'', ''DeathWorld'', ''{{Precursors}}'' and ending it with ''TheFederation''. After finishing with this, the singer has planned out ''UsedFuture'', a saga about the grimy underside of the Future and ''TheBattlestar'', a saga about the first interstellar war. The plans for both were nearly sent into DevelopmentHell after a terrorist attack occurred at one of the band's shows, killing several members of the audience, the band's drummer and bassist, the band members' parents, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] a light technician. A former member of AllDrummersAreAnimals was brought on as the new drummer while a former member of AwfulBritishSexComedy became the new bassist.
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Percussion quintet. One of it's former members went on to become the new drummer for AlienSky after the old one was killed in a terrorist attack.
* AllForNothing: Angsty NuMetal band from Southern California.
* AllMenArePerverts: RiotGrrrl
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Electronic band that only makes remixes of {{Engrish}} from video games. Their first two singles, "(I! Garland! Will) KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!" and "You Spoony Bard", became Website/YouTube sensations, with over 50 million views each. Their career came to an abrupt end after somebody set up them the bomb, killing two members and a light technician.
* AloneAmongTheCouples: Emo rock about loneliness love being painful.
* AloneWithThePsycho: American death-metal band. Consists of four guys and a girl, all dressed in black and disguised to the point that they all look the same.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Indie rock band based out of Massachusetts performed by five people: two guitars, bass, drums and synthesizer. They dress up like famous villains (Vader/Emperor Palpatine, Sauron, Megatron, etc.) and do songs that show they're not really the bad guys or are just really incompetent. They played their first gig at a small-time comic con, setting up within a hour and performing a song about how Darth Vader is not really a bad guy. Their ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''-themed spoof of "I Am The Walrus" about [[FemmeFatale Sela Vixen]] became a #1 hit in Japan but stalled at #95 in their native United States. Sometimes they'll dress up like famous heroes (Luke Skywalker, Aragorn, Neo, etc) and do songs that show they're not really good guys or are just really incompetent. Currently on tour with InstantCosplaySurprise and EvilerThanThou.
* AlwaysCamp: A {{Glam|Rock}}-{{Disco}} ensemble singing group composed entirely of drag-queens. The concert bars serve only Zima Clearmalt and Appletinis while they're showing and all of the bathrooms are gender-neutral.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: A Thrash-Grindcore-Black Metal band with lyrics centered around KickTheDog moments. (Sounds just like Anaal Nathrakh)
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Light horror rock.
* AmbiguouslyTrained: {{Hipster}} AlternativeIndie FolkMusic from the DeepSouth that made it big in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}. Forgoes the stereotypical [[MightyLumberjack lumberjack]]/denim-look in-favor of a foe military uniform.
* AmbiguousSituation: The band members all wear shrouds concealing their faces and they sing lyrics that are open to several interpretations.
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: An American kawaii metal band (think Music/{{Babymetal}}) made up of Franchise/{{Kirby}} fans. The lead singer/guitarist is a DreadfulMusician dressed as Kirby, the rhythm guitarist is dressed as Meta Knight, the bassist is dressed as King Dedede, and the drummer is dressed as a Waddle Dee.
* AmericansHateTingle: British band whose albums have sold so poorly overseas that they're only popular in Britain.
* AmmunitionConservation: NuMetal band whose lyrics deal with the nuances of combat, including preventing wasted bullets.
* AmnesiacDissonance: Industrial noise with echoes of [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong vaguely familiar tunes]] played with out of tune instruments and things pulled from the scrapyard. Their albums frequently end in multiple cacophonous medleys of conflicting musical styles with delirious [[{{Yarling}} nose yodeled]] [[MondegreenGag mondegreens]] just before fading out with screams, wailing, and crying children.
* AmnesiacLiar: Their songs are made up of lies about history and keep trailing off as though the singer was forgetting lyrics.
* The {{Amoral Attorney}}s: Cheery indie-pop band from UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC (which famously has "more lawyers than people") who sing about how awful lawyers are (and life in DC more generally, but it's the lawyer songs that get them gigs). [[SelfDeprecation All members, past and present, have been lawyers]], although only the singer is a Big Law hotshot; the lead guitar and bassist work for the Department of Justice and the drummer works for the DC Public Defender Service.
* AmusingInjuries: A quasi-pop-punk/indie band with quite a bit of acoustic guitar in their sound and song lyrics that suggest a fixation with sadomasochism.
* AnachronismStew: Medieval electronica.
* AncientConspiracy: New Age.
* AndIMustScream: Metal band with lots of unsettling ambient electronic elements and a strange fascination with the idea of being "trapped".
* AndManGrewProud: Dronecore instrumentals, à la Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor.
* TheAntiGrinch: A {{Goth}} [[FolkMusic Folk Singer]] that tries very hard to appeal to the HipHop crowd, but ends up becoming the whitest thing ever.
* AntiHero: Metal rock band is known to writing many albums and donates charity for the society, but it includes violence and gore. [[{{Squick}} The less said about it, the better.]]
* TheAntiNihilist: A Doom/Power Metal band know for their albums which start out with depressive lyrics and slow music, but by the end of them the songs become much lighter and bombastic, with the lyrics shifting to existentialist and hopeful themes.
* ApocalypseHow:
** Extremely loud, abrasive electronic noise.
** A versatile metal band: speed, grove, trash, black, death, heavy, you name it.
* ApocalypseNot: Death metal spoof.
* ApocalypseWow: Death metal band with with spectacular special effects at all their concerts.
* ApocalypticLog: Might be nice if they lightened up a little. The songs at the beginning of their albums have a fairly optimistic tone, by the final tracks the lyrics are incredibly depressing and the singer sounds like he's been screaming for an extended period of time.
* ApocalypseMaiden: An all-girl goth/metal band that's an offshoot of ApocalypticLog. In an interview, cited ''[[http://www.kittierocks.com/ Kittie]]'' as a major influence.
* ApatheticCitizens: Political punk band, similar sound to Anti-Flag, British-based; their first single was "48%" (the proportion of eligible voters who voted in the 2005 UK general election)
* The {{Apathetic Student}}s: They didn't pay much attention to their music lessons, so they only have a slight clue of what they're doing. Widely regarded as SoOkayItsAverage.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Experimental nerd-comedy offshoot of DirtyCommies with a strong Frank Zappa influence. Too weird to describe.
* ArchivePanic: One dude who makes experimental music like the Residents. [[LongRunners Ever since 1967]], he's released at least twenty albums a month, not to mention the number of bootlegs, singles, live albums, mixtapes and compilations...
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Emo+Death Metal+Children's rock. Each song starts out dark, gets darker, then becomes trivial.
* ArtCourse: Expiremental album that teaches you how to draw in the form of catchy songs.
* ArtistAndTheBand: GenreRoulette band with lyrics that [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] whatever genre they're singing about.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A band that spoofs sayings like "My heart is breaking" and "A lump in my throat" with songs about what would happen if that was ''literally'' true.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: A controversial metalcore/crossover thrash band, where all of the band members are dressed in military uniform and army fatigues, and the lyrics are a bombastic satire of military traditions, hierarchy, and boot camp. They generally pal around with bands such as Music/SystemOfADown and Music/DeadKennedys. Formerly entitled "You Fail Basic Training Forever", the managing label encouraged them ([[ThatWasntARequest not too subtly]]) to change their name and suggested that they invoke a bit of "artistic license". The band evidently took their suggestions a bit too literally.
* AscendedGlitch: A two-man epic glitchstep band.
* AscendedMeme: A Music/WeirdAlYankovic style band that chooses a meme and writes a song about it (songs that are already memes are covered). Hit singles include ''[[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Our Enemies Hide In Metal Boxes]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 Nothin' like a Fistfulla Loitnin']]''. [[OnceAnEpisode One song]] in an album is [[OverusedRunningGag always]] ''[[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} Never Gonna Give You Up]]'' [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} disguised as a different song]].
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The s-l-o-o-o-w-e-s-t and DARKEST prog metal you will ever hear. The band members play "live" concerts, in quotation marks: all the lights are turned off and the band members are behind the curtains.
* AssShove: A hip-hop artist known for a music video which shows him ramming various objects, including people's heads, into random people's asses.
* ATeamFiring: Another nerdy tribute band, this team for ''Series/TheATeam''. The guitarist is Murdock, the keyboardist/lead vocalist is Face, the bassist is Hannibal, and the drummer is B.A. All four members have concealed weapons licenses. Most notable for their spot-on {{Filk}} parody of "[[{{Series/Firefly}} The Ballad of Serenity]]" (now "[[RunningGag My Dog Named Billy]]").
* AteHisGun: A comedy rock band dealing with whacky lyrical themes.
* AtomicFBomb: A heavy metal band whose songs always have at least one swear word that is being delivered loud. Really loud.
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: As Black as Black Metal gets, absurdly popular in Norway, banned everywhere else.
** Alternatively, a StealthParody of black metal. They started out busking for a bit until they recorded their self-titled first album, which metal fans considered awesome despite the fact it was a parody.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A recent group, unconstrained by genre; they'll play anything, for no longer than sixty seconds (if you're lucky). Early shows had light displays until they proved ''way'' too distracting... to the band.
* AttractMode: Electronica by a nerdy-but-sexy girl band. They also released {{Remix Album}}s under the "ArrangeMode" label.
* AutobotsRockOut: Transformers nerd rock (Rockformers?) that started out playing classic and '80s Rock about various bits of the expansive Transformers lore. Gained a loyal following with their first album ''Truck Not Monkey'' (with the TitleDrop song poking fun at the fans outrage over Optimus Primal in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''), and close every live performance with a cover of ''The Touch''.
* AwfulBritishSexComedy: A punk band from Great Britain known for satirical lyrics focusing how modern societies treat [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale female on male rape]], [[SexEqualsLove the idea that only people in love should do it]], [[MyGirlIsNotASlut promiscuity]], [[VirginShaming virgins]], sexual minorities including but not limited to the LGBT community, and our obsession with sex in general. All of the members have been accused of homophobia at least once, whilst one former member became the new drummer for AlienSky.
* AwfulTruth: Indie retro sound, political satire lyrics.
* AxCrazy: A heavy metal band with lyrical themes dealing with warriors, soldiers, terrorists, and murderers, both fictional and historical.
* BabyBeMine: Four guys who sing cheesy pop love songs.
* BackgroundMusic: A professional lounge and ambient artist who makes music for films and advertisements.
* BadassBack: A rock group that plays all of their instruments facing backwards.
* BadassBookworm: Rock, but full of references to classic literature.
* BadFuture: A punk rock band featuring a time-traveling robot guitarist... or someone in a really, ''really'' good disguise. Very involved in social activism. Do lots of charity drive concerts with DarkIsNotEvil.
* BadInfluencer: Hard rock that makes the {{Moral Guardian}}s squirm.
* BaldOfEvil: Chrome-domed heavy metal. Parody[=/=]IndecisiveParody of '80s glam metal.
* BannedInChina: Australian hard rock band who sing songs about any kind of civil war, native uprising or anything the government doesn't want spoken about they can find. They haven't been banned in China yet, but they're working on it. Finally got [[TitleDrop Banned in China]] for talking about the independence of Tibet.
* [[TheBaroness Baroness]]:
** Female-fronted European act that combines elements of symphonic metal, dark electronica, and steampunk. Their lead singer is a classically trained operatic contralto who claims to be descended from German nobility and dresses like a high-class Victorian dominatrix.
** An [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_(band) actual]] sludge metal band from Savannah, GA.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: A [[SwagRap Swag]] project by a freestyle duo with a rotating DJ/producer and frequent guest artists on their albums. Known for their grandiose stage personas and frequent sampling of superhero cartoon dialogue. Probably most famous for their BoastfulRap showdown: "It's an operating table... and I'm the surgeon."
* BattleButler: Death metal and everyone dresses like stereotypical butlers.
* BattleInTheRain: Alternative rock with a dash of 80's pop, they tend to use water as a form of symbolism in their songs or videos.
* BattyLipBurbling: A group of douchebags that enter the talent show banging indiscriminately on trash, call it dubstep and think they are being funny.
* BazaarOfTheBizarre: Psychedelic indie pop with Middle Eastern influences. (Imagine if of Montreal spent a year in Cairo or Tehran).
* BareFistedMonk: Soft-rock group that shuns any instrument they can't play with their bare hands.
* BeamSpam: Electronic with epilepsy-inducing music videos.
* BearsAreBadNews: A Russian folk band best known for poking fun at President/PM Medvedev. Their best known song so far is "[[https://globalvoices.org/2010/03/03/medvedev-gnome/ I Am a Merry Gnome]]".
* BeautifulAllAlong: Disney-sponsored teen actors trying to launch a singing career.
* TheBeautifulElite: combines rock, pop, electronic and techno. Widely loved as a band. All gorgeous, and none of them single.
* BeautifulVoid:
** Metal with emo band with insane guitar riffs. Which are all beautiful.
** '90s One-hit-wonder (hit song: ''GhostCity'') who have maintained a cult following since then. Pop rock with a dark undertone and a lot of lyrics about social issues. Did a lot of live shows, until their career was cut short after the lead singer died following their ''NothingIsScarier'' tour. As of 2009, they have released a comeback album with a new singer titled ''AfterTheEnd''.
* BecomeARealBoy: Screamo. Known to many fans as BARB.
* BeefGate: Hardcore industrial NoiseRock.
* BeginWithAFinisher: They always open their concerts with the AlbumClosure track and then go in reverse order.
* BehindTheBlack: Former lead singer of a black metal band ditches his costuming and heavy makeup to go solo with LighterAndSofter unplugged versions of his former hits.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Comedic Christian rock group. Think a cross between Music/{{Stryper}} and Weird Al. Despite the name, the members are all devout Christians.
* BerserkButton: Nu-metal band whose songs serve as allegory for societal issues that tend to bend people the wrong way, such as 9/11, school shootings or spousal abuse. Think a cross between Music/AnalCunt and Weird Al.
* BetterAsFriends: Wholesome, G-rated pop music about friendship. Mainly specializes in {{Pep Talk Song}}s and {{Self-Empowerment Anthem}}s.
* BetterPartnerAssertion: Parody of mainstream celebrity {{Break Up Song}}s. A HopelessSuitor finds out that his ex is with someone new, and continually whines about how she should take him back because he's better. Their SignatureSong is "EntitledToHaveYou".
* Better Than Canon (now defunct): A band that does fancy versions of classical songs. First single is a "better" version of Pachebel's Canon in D.
* BettyAndVeronica: A female two-man band that does HardRock covers of various songs, including a cover of Music/TheBeeGees's "Stayin' Alive" that's widely considered as good, or even better than, the original.
* {{BFS}}: Indie-Techno. Though they later came to regret the name after they gained popularity due to being confused with the OTHER [[Music/BowlingForSoup BFS]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Unpredictable, but very popular, rock. Alternately, a ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' comedy band similar to TheNthDoctor and AdamWesting, with Mal on guitar, Inara on bass, Wash on keyboards, Kaylee on drums, River singing, and Jayne on tambourine and rain stick.
* BigFancyHouse: Disney-style kids' pop with a lot of instruments utilized.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Punk or metal with MindScrew lyrics.
* BigBoosHaunt: Long-time opening band. Mainly does movie soundtracks from horror/thriller movies.
* BigHeartedBigfoot: A PsychedelicRock band known for their slow, ambient beats. They went viral when one of their concerts were crashed by a guy in a Sasquatch suit, only for him to pull out a saxophone and start playing with them. It was their manager doing a bit and the whole thing was staged.
* BigNo: A band that was alternative rock back before there was alternative rock. Unless you have a cassette player, expect to search long and hard for any of their songs.
* BigWhat: Very surrealist band with nonsensical lyrics in every song and crazy outfits on the members.
* BigWhy: Band whose members pretend to go insane from the weight of classic big questions like the meaning of life.
* The BitPartBadGuys: {{Chiptune}} artists whose tracks are named after villains from classic video games.
* BladeEnthusiast: Thrash metal artist. His tracks are named after different types of swords. "Naginata" features a guest appearance by PsychoKnifeNut. Was relatively popular until an incident during his ''SwipeYourBladeOff'' tour in which a "prop" sword turned out to be a ''real'' one from his collection, injuring an audience member.
* BlatantLies: Grunge metal with a penchant for dark, depressing and nigh-on impenetrable lyrics.
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: A heavy/death metal band whose vocalist always drinks hot sauce before every recording session or live performance.
* BlindedByTheSun: Sunshine pop that slowly becomes DarkerAndEdgier as the band puts out new music.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: Japanese band whose English lyrics have been run through Babelfish several times. They are frequently accused of being a StealthParody of CrystalDragonJesus, a charge that their lead singer vigorously denies.
* BlingOfWar:
** A pompous military orchestra using oversized brass instruments and heavy weaponry in their performances. Wear green costumes, {{Commissar Cap}}s, and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lots of regalia]].
** Alternately, a hip-hop act, replete with bling, composed of US Army veterans.
* TheBlofeldPloy: Metal, mostly of the screaming variety, but with occasional forays into death metal territory.
* BloodKnight: Scandinavian BlackMetal with a penchant for instigating excessively violent mosh pits.
* BloodMagic: CastFromHitPoints cover/tribute band. [[AscendedFanboy CFHP recently asked them to act in their latest music video, and open a few of their concerts]].
* ABloodyMess: Parody of gory rock.
* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: Like ComicBook/JosieAndThePussyCats, but they're a StealthParody of the Christian far right.
* BodyHorror: KCMO based goregrind band known for their lyrical themes of parasites, surgery, mutation, body modification, testing on living subjects, and other biological themes. Their vocals are well pronounced and easy to understand, which is somewhat unpleasant due to the great descriptions of various body horrors. All of the members have biology degrees, and some study anatomy and parasitism. Their live performances have been banned in a few cities due to footage of parasites and surgery being projected behind them on a screen, and the various other gimmicks performed on stage (disassembling a dead pig over the course of the show and hosting a bbq afterwards, inviting audience members on to the stage for piercings, selling preserved parasites in jars after shows, etc.) i.e. Music/{{Carcass}}. They weren't allowed to do music for ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'''s Tainted Coil faction because they gave the dev team nightmares.
* BoisterousBruiser: Hard rock. Well known for their enormous amounts of drums and energetic, shouted singing style. Currently on tour with HotBlooded.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: Anarchopunk band with sarcastic lyrics about political issues, they also parody the popular culture image of anarchists as [[AnarchyIsChaos destructive maniacs.]]
* BoomInTheHand: Heavy Metal band doing music about stuff blowing up in people's hands.
* BottomlessPits: Death Metal band who hold the record for the lowest tuning still audible by humans (also they sing about caves a lot...).
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Country/R&B/Punk/Emo crossover band.
* BrainBleach: Plays electronic versions of baroque chamber music. When they formed, they picked the name to sell more digital downloads.
* BrainChain: ConceptAlbum about a society where genuises are imprisoned, and have to pretend to be stupid to get by.
* BrainFreeze: A softcore rock band whose demographic is aimed at the children's department.
* BreakTheCutie: An emo cover band that takes the darkest songs of the genre and re-writes the lyrics to make them seem cheerier. They originally started out doing this with Music/DeathCabForCutie songs, hence their name.
* BreakTheHaughty: Similar to KillTheCutie, more punk than BreakTheCutie. Best known for identifying the ironic hipster preps in the crowd and instructing the real fans to set them on fire with the lighters they're waving.
* BrickJoke: Rock music. Their albums drop in some weird lines that seem kind of out-of-place, but by the ending track, everything ends up making sense. Their drummer used to be in RunningGag.
* BrokenAce: A deranged yet fascinating mix of hyperactive NoisePop with brooding old-school {{Emo}} and {{Hardcore}}. Loves UncommonTime.
* BrokenAesop: Industrial band whose samples largely come from political slogans and evangelists.
* BrokenBase: A band whose fan's can't decide if they are Alternative Rock or Pub Rock.
* Brother Chuck (now defunct): A project consisting entirely of [[ThePeteBest Pete Bests]] and other former members of successful bands.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mix of pop and rock -- right now, the lead singer's in rehab, the electric guitar player's in prison for arson, the drummer's getting married, and the bass player's become an actor.
* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: A {{Pop}} [[GirlGroup Group]] of {{Idol Singer}}s that ramp up the sex appeal and claim that it is purely for artistic integrity.
* BurnTheWitch: Blackened-Death metal band who's songs mostly deal with witchcraft. Known to burn an effigy of a witch at every live show.
** Alternatively, a HeavyMithril band who's lyrics revolve around witchcraft.
* ButtMonkey: Silly indie nerd-rock band that goes through [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap many personal crises]]. Currently, the singer has terminal liver cancer, the guitarist is going through a costly divorce, the bassist's parents died, and the drummer is in an asylum.
* BulliedIntoDepression: Emo rock and blues fusion.
* ByronicHero: A popular, hardcore and fascinating rock band with conflicting issues with a hint of blooding old-school {{Emo}} personality.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Epic metal or folk metal rock band.
* CalmingTea: Plays soft music suitable for young children, with lyrics about appreciating nature's beauty and all sorts of wholesome memories that remind you of home.
* {{Calvinball}}: Nobody's really sure what they are, because they completely change their style... and members... and name... at every single concert.
* CampGay: A [[{{Pop}} poppy,]] [[GlamRock glamorous]], slightly [[PunkRock punk]] quintet, with a highly polished sound, flamboyant stage performances, and a harpsichord as backup. The songs are all either [[SillyLoveSongs sappy love songs]] or [[EmoMusic slightly angsty]] [[AntiLoveSong attacks]] [[BreakUpSong on love and romance]].
* CanadaEh: A bar cover band, the members are mainly from and live in the United States, but their gimmick is celebrating the US's northern neighbor. They mostly do covers of well-known songs by Canadian musical artists (Rush, Alanis Morrisette, Celine Dion, etc.), they dress like Mounties, lumberjacks, hockey players, fur trappers, moose, beavers, [[WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons raccoons]], [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol toadlets]], etc. and between sets they talk like Bob and Doug [=McKenzie=] and drink Molson.
* JustForFun/CandleJack: Gothic metal. Prominently displays a banner with its name at all of their shows. Also known for closing a show by saying "We're Candle Jack, sons of..." proceeding to quickly kill the lights to black out the stage.
* CanonImmigrant: Folk rock.
* CanonMarchesOn: Plays classical music in a more modern style.
* CantDefaultToMurder: Alternative rock. The songs are, in-universe, sung by an angsty teen who wishes to inflict severe harm on the people who have wronged him... until others tell him it's illegal, at which point he comes up with sillier punishments.
* CaptainObviousAesop: A {{Nerdcore}} band with lyrics inevitably preaching the truths that everyone already considers obvious. Their first single was a [[VoiceClipSong trap remix]] of [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Mr. Mackey's]] "DrugsAreBad" line.
* CapturedByCannibals: A quirky blend of ProgRock, {{Punk}}, and experimental UncommonTime a bit reminiscent of Music/FrankZappa and Music/OingoBoingo. No hit songs but they have a fanatical cult following.
* TheCardinalVirtues: A four-person PowerMetal band with a white and gold color motif. Most of their songs are about wars between TheArmiesOfHeaven and TheLegionsOfHell, sometimes including the gods of Myth/ClassicalMythology and Myth/NorseMythology joining the war in an all-out cosmic event.
* CassandraTruth: Borderline emo, every song predicts doom and gloom of the worst variety. The lead singer is legendary for her waily vocals.
* CastFromHitPoints: DarkFantasy HeavyMithril RockOpera. Wear armor with built-in fireworks, so it looks like they're actually doing magic, and hooked up with pipes that squirt fake blood when the firework is launched ([[NiceToTheWaiter the arena janitors and their families are given the best seats at the concert]], and [[DontTryThisAtHome Do Not Attempt!]] is emblazoned across the screen when they shoot at each other). Have understudy band members so the leads can hand off their instruments and duel without messing up the song. Work very closely with fantasy moviemakers (including an anime company) to make their {{Music Video}}s ([[NoidsAndDoodles a fusion of live action actors for humans/ humanoids and animated monster opponents]], set in an animated environment). Famous for a grand finale pitched battle, mimicking an RPG battle screen, and PetTheDog moments [[DarkIsNotEvil despite]] their DarkerAndEdgier story-singing. They also incorporate their sound tech and roadies into the show. Trying to get their RockOpera made into a TV show (à la' ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''). The artists themselves are a FiveManBand, with TheHero on lead, TheLancer on Bass, the WhiteMagicianGirl on keyboard, TheBigGuy on drums, and TheSmartGuy on "explosive instrumentation". Every so often, a SixthRanger shows up. He's considered to be the best out of all of them, and his appearance is quite rare, so it's considered a treat by all involved (in the vids, he acts as a DeusExMachina, who only shows during their DarkestHour). According to WordOfGod, shares a [[TheVerse 'Verse]] with OrionDrive.
* CastHerd: Electro-pop group [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed that sounds very similar to Devo]].
* TheCatchphraseCatchesOn: Sings memorable lyrics that the band wants to catch on as everyday terms. Hasn't worked yet, but there's still hope...
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: All-girl rock band, who perform in Catholic private school uniforms, complete with lollipops (the guitars, drums, etc. being painted in a pink-swirl lollipop motif), pleated skirts, knee-high socks and pigtails. Every single one of their songs is a three-minute (or whatever) DoubleEntendre. Every. Single. One.
* CatsAreMean: Profanity-ridden metal and the members dress as cats.
* CelestialDeadline: Vaporwave (with vaportrap elements) band that makes music like a CrapsaccharineWorld: it starts nice and soft but it becomes DarkerAndEdgier as the time goes by.
* [[PostDefeatExplosionChain Chain Reaction Destruction]]: Techno death rock band.
* ChainsawGood: Gore metal of the most brutal and horrifying kind, with lyrics about gore, blood, corpses, necrophillia... [[{{Squick}} I think that's enough]]. Currently on tour with Cannibal Corpse. They often used actual chainsaws to generate sound in their songs. This has been seen considerably less often following an incident in which they attempted to grind two running chainsaws together. You gotta admire the bass guitarist for still being able to play now that he's missing a few fingers.
* ChallengeRun: Before their concerts, they have viewers suggest different challenges that make their performances different. Examples include "no G notes", "sing the lyrics backwards", and "use the least amount of drum beats possible".
* ChaosOfTheBells: Christmas death metal.
* ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking: An [[IndustrialMetal Industrial]]-PowerMetal band that goes out of its way to be as fast as possible to the point of ruining all of their instruments by the time the concert is over. Teenagers that listen to them with constantly switch between them and some random parent-approved media when their parents go up to them to complain about the noise.
* ChaoticCarRide: Kids comedy album about an annoying family road trip. Tracks include "AreWeThereYet" and "DriveThruAntics".
* ChaoticStupid: Avant-garde performance group whose albums are vastly overpriced and contain 30-40 tracks of absolute silence interrupted by an occasional "GIVE US A GRAMMY, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BIOTCHES!]]"
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: The main character is the FaceOfTheBand, while the Noun Phrases provide backing for their performance and motivations.
* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: A ScaryBlackMan rapper dresses up as [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]. His music videos are edits of ''Peanuts'' specials, usually to make them violent or preach [[HardTruthAesop hard truth messages]].
* CheerfulAI: Wholesome stories about [[ABoyAndHisX a boy and his]] helpful robot AI sidekick. Partners with RobotBuddy.
* CheerfulChild: Super uplifting pop about a little kid who can find magic in everything and loves his family and friends. Sometimes features choirs of children singing in the background. When the kids got too old, the band split up; the main singer went on to do DisappointingOlderSibling, the guitarist and drummer went to The AbusiveOffspring, and the keyboardist is learning about electronic music so PoweredByAForsakenChild will hire him.
* ChemicalMessiah: Cyberpunk IndustrialMetal.
* TheChessmaster: A one man band who changes his sound based on the [[CrazyPrepared next big thing.]]
* TheChewToy: A quirky electronic {{emo}} pop-rock group with [[TearJerker extremely sad]], [[ContemplateOurNavels introspective]] lyrics. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed over by every label they've been on.]]
* {{Chickification}}: A female pop group version of the Music/VillagePeople, consisting of [[WrenchWench a riveter]], a Catholic schoolgirl, a [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess warrior princess]], a [[TheBaroness secret agent]], and a [[LesbianJock softball player]]. Best known for their hit single, "Women's College". Interestingly, their biggest fanbase is among gay men.
* TheChosenMany: A SymphonicMetal group with a back-up orchestra where the main singer changes between songs, the tone of the song and the all around theme changing with each singer. Even the lighting of the stage and the content of the screen behind them changes for ambiance.
* TheChosenOne: A PowerMetal group the performs rockin' heavy metal ballads so fresh, so tasty, so face-meltingly sick that they could shatter continents. Usually has lyrics with a {{Fantasy}} theme.
* TheChosenPeople: A BlackMetal group that uses bible quotes in their lyrics for {{Irony}}.
* TheChosenWannabe: An AlternativeRock band that changes its genre and uniforms to fit what is popular, usually being one fad behind at a time, in order to try and bank on what is popular.
* TheChosenZero: A HeavyMetal group that was considered "meh" during its time, but wound up garnering a huge following shortly after it breaks up.
* CircusOfMagic: HappyCircusMusic for people of all ages. For their concerts, everyone's dressed up as a different type of circus performer; the singer is the ringmaster.
* The {{Clingy MacGuffin}}s: Scottish alt rock with surprising staying power. Everytime it seems like the band has finally broken up, moved on to other projects, or taken an indefinite hiatus, there they are again on another tour, releasing another album... you can't get away from them.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve:
** Anarchist rock band, everyone comes from a different country -- the lead singer's English, the lead guitarist's American, the drummer's Australian and the bass player's Welsh. Their career ended after they died during a hunger strike in New York City.
** Alternatively: Christian pop group.
** Both of these exist; they just refuse to acknowledge the existence of the other band.
* ClarkKenting:
** Bespectacled pop rock band that write songs exclusively about DC heroes.
** Alternatively, a Philippine indie rock band whose songs are about call center woes. Their power ballad, "(I Want to Speak to Your) Supervisor" became a runaway hit, with covers and dub smashes posted all over Website/YouTube. The band members themselves (who remain remarkably anonymous) work in the same company in Clark, Pampanga, whose main headquarters is in Canterbury, UK.
* ClicheStorm: A band that [[StylisticSuck goes out of its way to have all the song cliches]].
* ClockPunk: British UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} band who uses the Elizabethan Tower (most famously Big Ben) as the mascot. Topics of their songs include fighting Fascisms, blowing up parliament, Bonfire Night and watch repair.
* CloningBlues: Indie jazz.
* CloserToEarth: Soft, ambient New Age music with a [[AnAesop green message]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: A band whose music style is [[GenreBusting almost impossible to pin down to one style]]. Their lyrics tend to have a lot of [[GratuitousJapanese very]] [[GratuitousGerman random]] [[GratuitousSpanish and]] [[GratuitousGreek badly]] [[GratuitousLatin translated]] [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign foreign]] [[BlindIdiotTranslation words and phrases]] as well as [[SpeakingSimlish outright gibberish]]. Heavily influenced by the style of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysics Polysics]].
* CluelessDetective: ''Inspector Gadget'' Nerd Rock band.
* ClusterFBomb: Self Demonstrating [[strike:Article]] Band. Plays heavy metal and barely goes two lines without swearing.
* CrucialCross: A Christian HeavyMithril[=/=]ProgressiveMetal band. Think of them as the Christian version of CastFromHitPoints. Their {{Rock Opera}}s often retell stories from the Bible in song form.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: we're not really sure what they are, but you can be sure their lyrics are full of snappy irony and general pessimism towards the human race.
** Indie band with a style somewhere between Music/OKGo and R.E.M. They go heavy on synthesizers and acoustic guitars. They also write songs specifically designed for their fanbase, but are quite aloof to them in public.
* TheColoredCross: Light and soft Christian music.
* ColorfulContrails: ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite''-themed nerdy PowerMetal band (though with some elements of HairMetal).
* ColonyDrop: Arena Rock.
* CombatSadomasochist: Technical death metal meets breakcore. Have a spooky, [[CuteAndPsycho possibly insane]] female vocalist with a penchant for [[CarefulWithThatAxe screaming like a maniac in concert]].
* ComfortFood: Light pop music. They're best known for "CompanionFood", which details all the delicious food being served at a dinner party.
* ComicalAngryFace: Musical humorist who grew up with a totally average childhood, and bases his songs on average childhood experiences that are deliberately blown out of proportion (such as turning a child's first time going to the bathroom into a yucky whirlpool adventure, or a first-time kiss that gets awkward because the kids' braces have locked).
* ComicalCoffeeCup: The band members dress up as traditional {{White Collar Worker}}s, but turn out to be rather silly during their concerts, where they do comedy skits under their exaggerated personas: the lead singer, BobFromAccounting, is pursued by some {{Plucky Office Girl}}s. They debuted with an EP called ''WorkHardPlayHard'', and followed it up with a full-length album, ''EmployeeOfTheMonth''.
* CommanderContrarian: An IDM band, they take John Williams score-ish music and break the hell out of it. Vocal talents are handled by Basshunter (under a pseudonym.)
* CommieNazis: Satirical ska punk band from the U.K. that sings BlackComedy songs about [[EqualOpportunityOffender both sides of the "culture wars"]], especially those in the United States. The lead singer famously gives all interviews in the type of voice and accent you might expect from an American hipster Vice News contributor despite having been born and raised in Southampton.
* CompanionCube: A punk-ska band making songs about the half-life 'verse.
* CompleteMonster: A Death Metal band that tries hard not to Cross The Line Twice or take RefugeInAudacity, instead keeping their lyrics as vicious and offensive as possible.
* ConflictBall: Party rock with a ''lot'' of guitar duels.
* ConstantlyChangingName: That's their FanNickname, since they have a new alias for every album. Becomes an AscendedMeme when it's referenced in one of their songs.
* ConsultingMisterPuppet : A psychedelic rock band whose members are represented by puppets on stage.
* ContemplateOurNavels: An otherwise-good ambient progressive band whose overly abstruse lyrics turn off all but the most philosophically-minded listeners.
** A never-released album by King Crimson that was meant to be recorded in 1974.
* ContractualPurity: A RiotGrrrl band that mocks manufactured female pop stars, particularly how their career often feels like a chastity belt. Broke up after they gained mainstream popularity, which they felt was {{Irony}} going against their message. The bassist went on to form RailroadBaron.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: An alt-rock band that sings about people on the run from the law. And true to their themes and name, every member, past and present, was convicted by public opinion for crimes that they were eventually deemed not guilty of committing.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Quite fringe but in reality very good. Reason for niche appeal is the fact their songs are nothing but rants about bad science in media put to music.
* [[Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage Conversation in the Main Page]]: An new wave band based out of Santa Monica made up of 4 guys - two guitars, drums and synthesizer - and 2 girls - vocals and bass. Known for their 1984 OneHitWonder "MeaningfulRename".
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: A band with songs that parody prison songs.
* CoolCodeOfSource: A group of computer programmers who make music using algorithms and all wear hoodies with a black and green color scheme. Their 2019 album, ''PowersAsPrograms'', was praised for its innovation (and sounding pretty darn good).
* CoolOldGuy: A band fronted by a retired eighty something grandfather, who goes by "Cool Old Guy" as a stage name and does almost everything that musicians half his age can do, but better! The other members of the band are his teenage grandchildren and their friends, who let him play a few songs with them just to be nice, but even they were blown away by his talents.
* CoolOldLady: Punk band of elderly women who sing about how they're not just boring old biddies.
* CoolTrain: Blues rock performed by five people: two guitars, bass, drums and piano: who clearly resemble the RailEnthusiast. Their cover of "Peace Train" became a #1 hit in Japan but stalled at #3 in their native United States.
* CopKiller: A punk rock band named after the Music/BodyCount song, which they covered for their self-titled debut album. Their lyrical themes deal with police brutality and police corruption. Their stage shows involve them bringing out cops and fighting and killing them in effigy. Currently on tour with PoliceBrutality.
* CorruptChurch: A parody of Christian rock bands. The lead singer and drummer have serious issues with organized religion. The guitarist is religiously confused, the keyboardist is agnostic but his/her parents force him/her to be Catholic, and the bassist just doesn't care.
* CosmicHorrorStory: A doom metal band whose songs evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom. The lyrics frequently contain references to Creator/HPLovecraft and Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
* CovertPervert: An understated, pretty-sounding Indie Pop group with subtly groovy basslines and sly lyrics loaded with kinky subtext. Fronted by a [[{{Meganekko}} pretty bespectacled girl]] [[OlderThanTheyLook of ambiguous age]] who, it is rumoured, once worked as a fetish model.
* CrashInThroughTheCeiling: I'll give you one guess for how they open their concerts. Provided their injuries aren't ''that'' serious, they'll play some classical music.
* CranialEruption: Math rock and noise rock. Many of their songs are derived from formulas rather than from actual melodies (e.g. [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=218 Garfield Music]])
* CrazyPrepared: [[RapRock Rap-rock]] group with an 80s punk influence that are infamous for actually playing "Freebird" when audience members shout it. All members are schizophrenic Boy Scouts, just so the name won't be meaningless.
* CreatorBreakdown: An emo band that mostly sing songs about problems in their lives. Ended up becoming infamous for the HarsherInHindsight after the lead singer committed suicide.
* CreepyMonotone: Slow-pop band who mostly do love songs rendered unsettling by totally affect-less lead singer and flat instrumentals.
* CriminalConvention: A [[PowerMetal Power]]-DeathMetal Band riddled with ''creative differences'' between band-mates that just spells ''arrest them for drugs and car-wrecks'' written all over them.
* CrisisCrossover: A supergroup formed by members of RoguesGallery, NinetiesAntiHero and FastballSpecial.
* CrossPlayer: [[IAmTheBand Pure solo artist]] who does ChristianRock. His guitar is shaped like a cross.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Funk rock, Skunk Anansie style, with lazy basslines and killer riffs.
* CruelMercy: A talented Christian rock band whose songs are primarily about guilt and their unworthiness.
* CryingAfterSex: A BoyBand that sings overly schmaltzy love-ballads that CampGay guys, teenage girls and their moms just can't get enough of.
* CryingARiver: Emo parody.
* CryingCritters: Emo band with songs about animal cruelty.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Like Beatnik poetry with increasingly-pounding basslines, although [[WordSaladPhilosophy the actual lyrics]] are closer to Music/TheyMightBeGiants.
* CrystalDragonJesus: Japanese rock band with lyrics entirely in GratuitousEnglish. [[BlindIdiotTranslation Mangled]] gratuitous English. Who also sound like a fusion of Music/ShonenKnife and Music/{{Godflesh}}, but with keyboards and [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs really trippy]], [[FauxSymbolism symbolism-loaded]] live performances.
* CrystalLandscape: A rock orchestra that focuses on soft, ambient noises, with bright pastel colors illuminating the stage to evoke a {{Fantasy}} world.
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: A spin-off band of RaygunGothic, formed by the keyboardist because he wished to pursue other musical directions. Accordingly, they have a less technical and not as heavy style. They tell a side-story to RaygunGothic, involving a RedShirt from the third album who got better and became the leader of an alien civilization. Both have played on stage together, performing their split four-disc album ''CrisisCrossover''.
* CueTheRain: A female-fronted acoustic rock band. Their songs are about death and loss of a loved one.
* CurrencyConspiracy: An {{EBM}} group infamous for their first album cover, which featured instructions that, if folded in the included instructions, can be folded into the shape of a $100 dollar bill.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[SubvertedKidsShow Seems like kids' songs]], but then the vocalist starts screaming and singing violent lyrics.
* CuteBruiser: The band that the lead singer of BoisterousBruiser's little sister made. Plays mostly peppy metal.
* [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Cute Shotaro Boy]]: Teen pop band with extremely smarmy, hilarious lyrics and a very attractive (and very underage) frontman.
* CutenessProximity: Some pop band whose main selling point is that their lead singer is really hot. Or an eight-year old girl. Or [[{{Squick}} * shudders* ]] ''both''.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: DeathMetal parody band who attempt to be ridiculous by turning the violence and HarshVocals up to at least 12. Broke up after [[PoesLaw everyone took them seriously and they became an extremely popular death metal band.]]
* {{Cyberbullying}}: Synthpop and rock fusion.
* CyberCyclops: Techno-iest techno group in the history of techno.
* DanceOfRomance: Classical waltz music to get you in a romantic mood.
* DancingBear: Country band. Known more for their creative on-stage antics than their actual music.
* DaintyLittleBalletDancers: ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina''-themed nerd rock band. Their first album, "OpeningBallet" (2005), was a smash hit in Japan but went unnoticed in the States. And true to their source material, all members, past and present, are trained ballet dancers and were inspired to learn ballet after watching the show or reading the original books. Currently touring with ElegantGothicLolita.
* DameWithACase: An attractive female noir detective. Sings jazz solos describing the different detectives she's worked with.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Goth metal band who donates 75% of their profits to orphanages, hospitals, and women's shelters.
** Do lots of charity drive concerts with BadFuture.
* DarkFantasy: Do lots of songs about thinking about murdering people in terrible ways.
* DarkMessiah: Lots of average black metal songs done by ex-Christian rock artists.
* DarkReprise: Snarky comebacks for upbeat/ inspiring songs. Or, death metal done by ex-children's singers. (Think Music/{{Raffi}} if he got fed up singing to kids and turned evil).
* [[DarthWiki/ThisExists Darth Wiki]]: A [[HollywoodSatanism Satanic]] [[BlackMetal Black]]-[[DeathMetal Death]]-DoomMetal band composed of [[NaziZombies the mindless, resurrected corpse]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler on drums, a [[YouClonedHitler clone of Hitler]] on bass, Joseph Stalin brought into the future with time-travel on the keyboard, Ivan the Terrible before he was sent into the past with time-travel on lead vocals, Cthulhu working the lights, the Son of Sam on pyrotechnics and the souls of the damned forced with various torture devices used to make them sing background. All of their songs involve incomprehensible growling that causes all men and women who hear it to ejaculate blood and miscarry respectively before being compelled to murder and eat their friends and family in a blind homicidal rage. If you listen to their songs backwards however, it sounds an awful lot like the discography of [[SugarWiki/SweetExists Sugar Wiki]].
* DeadAllAlong: annoyingly catchy melodic post-hardcore/screamo band in the vein of From First to Last or Alexisonfire. Every member has a droopy fringe and the word "LOVE" tattooed on his knuckles.
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: A metropolitan philharmonic whose funding ran out, so they decided to become a touring band.
* DeadUnicornTrope: I'm thinking some kind of dark rock-ish or power metal sound, with fantasy lyrics and an appreciation of metafiction.
* DeathAndTheMaiden: A Neoclassical SymphonicMetal band that bases its concept albums off of famous public-domain vanitas paintings.
* DeathByFallingOver: Emo parody where the members act clumsy.
* DeathByMocking: A death metal parody spiritual successor to ''[[http://www.myspace.com/tenmaskedmen Ten Masked Men]]''
* DeathByNewberyMedal: A nerdy death metal parody with songs about literature.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Post Hardcore band whose lyrics express violent hatred towards unrequited love triangles and Geometry. Their debut album went by the title "SOHCAHTOA (Some Odious Harlots Can Always Hurt Teens Offering Affection)"
* DeckClogger: Comedy band that performs sea shanties.
* DeliberateUnderPerformance: They say they can play super well, but every time they hold a live show, nobody's impressed. Fans question whether they're doing it because of their name or if they really just aren't that good.
* DemotedMemories: Sad synth pop from TheNewTwenties. Their 2020 debut album, ''YourWorstMemory'', was a hit with the {{Simpsonwave}} crowd. "CryingAtYourBirthdayParty" is commonly used in remixes.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Light pop rock. Backs up DinnerAndAShow at their concerts in case things get too crazy.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Any group whose first album contains entirely original material. The rest all consist of remixes and remakes of those songs in different styles.
* DerailedForDetails: Their songs try to tell a story, but always get sidetracked in the end. Encourages AudienceParticipation, with the members riffing new responses to the audience's interruptions, so that no two shows are the same.
* {{Determinator}}: Rapper from Detroit. Got shot, didn't stop the show. Tended to rap over beats based on TV production music.
* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: A really dark goth or emo metal band.
* DetonationMoon: Space rock known primarily [[GreatBallsOfFire for the band's elaborate pyrotechnics]].
* DevelopmentHell: A very popular garage rock band, touring all year round. Unfortunately, their schedule leaves them no time to produce their debut album.
** Their debut album was finally released in December 2018 after being promoted since ''1987'', under the title of SavedFromDevelopmentHell.
* DevilButNoGod: Satanic-themed melodic black metal in the style of Dimmu Borgir.
* DontGoInTheWoods: HeavyMithril band that uses a high school teacher and his after-school TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons club as a FramingDevice.
* DiabolicalMastermind: An electronic dance music producer with uptempo, aggressive sound who samples extensively from SurfRock, PsychedelicRock, [[EverythingIsAnInstrument and 1960s computer equipment]]. Whenever her songs have lyrics, they usually tend to revolve around the scientific advancements of TheSixties (such as the early computers, [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace the space rockets]], and naturally, [[EnergyWeapon lasers]])... and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the ways to use them]] in [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] schemes. The producer is in her mid-twenties, often sporting partially or fully shaven head, and her [[CharacterTics signature gesture]] that was popularized with her second album cover is [[Film/AustinPowers lifting up her right pinky]] to the corner of her mouth.
* DiagnosedByTheAudience: A band that makes fun of society's depiction of mental disorders by having the members behave like exaggerated versions of stereotypical mentally-disadvantaged people. Known for their songs "AttentionDeficitOohShiny" and "HollywoodTourettes". Their song "HollywoodAutism" was such an egregious example of PoesLaw that the UK's National Autistic Society called them out and urged the public to not stream the song.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: HP Lovecraft parody band.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Hipster band, known for dressing in 1920's style suits. Only cut one album, which received mixed reviews but general praise for a good climax.
* DiedOnTheirBirthday: Screamo rock quintet whose lyrics explore topics of teen angst, broken relationships, and depression.
* {{Differently Powered Individual}}s: Geek-Techno, all of their songs are about having superpowers.
* TheDilbertPrinciple: All the band members are dressed like ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' characters. They mostly cover {{Paperworkaholic}} songs.
* DinnerAndAShow: Band members are dressed like an old-timey barbershop quartet, but they play pop. Live catering is always around the stage. Stay after their performance to enjoy some dinner! Due to the antics of JustHereForTheFreeSnacks, has hired DeniedFoodAsPunishment as a bodyguard.
* DirtyCommunists: Very similar in their unfaltering stage personas to ThoseWackyNazis. Often do covers of folk music. Musical style varies; it is an open secret that each of the band members has a different musical style (though premised on the same idea), and have been at each other's throats.
* [[DirtyCoward Dirty Covers]]: An alternative rock band mostly covering others' songs because they're too afraid to experiment with their own style.
* The {{Dirty Kid}}s: Every song has the most childish dirty jokes ever.
* DisappointingOlderSibling: Follow-up band to CheerfulChild that suffered serious HypeBacklash. It's just not as good as you hoped, you know?
* DiscoDan: Singer/composer who has been releasing music consistently since 1976, despite being way too old and having about a dozen remaining fans. Has an [[http://ocremix.org/artist/4285/disco-dan artist page]] over on Music/OCRemix.
* DiscoTech: Electronic music band with fondness for making their own synths out of old equipment.
* DiseaseBleach: Punk rock.
* DisneyAcidSequence: Psychedelic band covering Disney songs.
* DisneyDeath: A Death Metal band that only plays Disney songs. It's better than it sounds.
** DisneyVillainDeath: The Disney Villains from a Death Metal band.
* DisobeyThisMessage: Truly edgy Punk Rock when it was first formed, but due to ExecutiveMeddling after hitting the big time, shifted to much less controversial Pop rock, before a bitter break up. After the band broke up, each of the founding members formed their own band, none of which have enjoyed the same success as DisobeyThisMessage.
* DissonantSerenity: progressive death metal band that contrasts clean female vocals with brutally growled male ones. Guitar solos and keyboard solos range from fast heavy ones to quieter, lighter ones that always have a sinister air about them.
* DistantReactionShot: Very depressive Doom Metal.
* DitzyGenius: British comedy pop-rock group known for having surprisingly profound views on life, although they're more well-known for...[[CloudCuckooLander not being quite straight in the brain]].
* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Deconstructive songs, but all of the band members are very self-conscious and insecure.
* DoNotTouchTheFunnelCloud: Death metal band whose lyrics are [[PungeonMaster liberally sprinkled]] with meteorologically-related [[HurricaneOfPuns puns]] and [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms euphemisms]].
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Comedy.
* DoorRoulette: A jazz fusion band from Detroit that's famous for doing a lot of [[ConceptAlbum Concept Albums]].
* DoorToBefore: GenreRoulette; each of their songs is done in a different style and contains references to what was popular in a specific decade.
* DorkKnight: HeavyMithril band that [[IndecisiveParody can't decide]] if it's an AffectionateParody of nerdy power metal or the real thing.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Beatlesque psychedelic ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' themed band. Popular for their covers of "I Am the Walrus" and "White Rabbit". Have preformed "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}" and "The Lobster Quadrille". Their most famous albums are ''OffWithHisHead'' (1967) and ''The Mad Tea Party'' (1968).
* DragonLady: satirical punk rock that often focuses on deconstructing the racial and sexual attitudes of modern society. The lead singer is an Asian-American woman.
** Alternatively, an all-girl Music/DragonForce tribute band.
* DramaPanes: All-girls orchestral rock band whose debut album is a Rock opera about a pair of StarCrossedLovers who die at the end .
* {{Dreamville}}: Calming dream pop.
* DrFakenstein: Faux gothic metal.
* DriverOfABlackCab: A Gothic/Doom Metal band that is known to be very politically active, often times stopping between songs to rant about today's society.
* DynamicEntry: Pop band with a lot of acrobatics in their stage shows and videos. They tend to make use of extras who oftentimes show up from out of nowhere.
* DysfunctionalFamily: [[WesternAnimation/{{TheLoudHouse}} The Loud House]] tribute nerd rock. Cristina Pucelli (Luan's voice actress) provides lead vocals (under a pseudonym.)
* {{Dystopia}}: Alternative rock band with some rather depressing tunes. BigBrotherIsWatching (2003) is considered their best album.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Hardcore political rap, constantly chewing into the failures of some political administration, past or present. Their lyrics outwardly seem to diss any authority on principle, but if you actually listen to the verses, it can be gleaned they're actually [[CompassionateCritic demanding the governments to get off their collective ass and do good for all mankind like they should]].
* TwentyBearAsses: HeavyMithril filk, using "no shit there I was" stories as a FramingDevice. The HoYay [[TransparentCloset manages not to take over]].
* AbnormalPlushies: Band that writes what seems to be wholesome, cheery pop. However, each song has one or two lines that sound out of place and totally change the context.
* AboveTheInfluence: Indie rock band with deeply ironic lyrics poking fun at ScareEmStraight tactics. They've been headed off the rails ever since their first guitarist was caught dealing drugs, and they've released an album titled ''NotSoAboveItAll''.
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Indie-electronica nerd rock prone to forgetting the words to their songs live.
* AbsurdPhobia: Comedy Death Metal
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Orchestral improvisational blues & funk.
* AbsurdlyShortProductionTime: Mumble rap. All of their songs are produced in the span of two hours.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Punk Rock.
* The AbusiveOffspring: A group of adults who pretend to be {{Bratty Half Pint}}s. Known for their single "AndYourRewardIsParenthood". FriendlyFandoms with ParentsAreWrong.
* AccidentalDanceCraze: Disco, with lots of SelfDeprecation.
* AccidentalMurder: Death metal but with comedic lyrics.
* AccidentalPervert: Their songs have a lot of innuendo.
* AccentuateTheNegative: Covers a wide range of genres, but the lyrics to every single one of their songs are always an angry rant about any subject they can think of. The bitter [[TheRival rival]] of the band TakeThat.
* [[AccordionMan Accordion Men]]: A quartet of accordion virtuosos, doing anything from musical epics to covers of Music/JudasPriest.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Punk Rock band that does the impossible: They sing rather than scream.
* ActionBomb: Band members do martial arts and there are special effects that look like explosions.
* ActionGirl: RiotGrrrl rock band, who sing about female empowerment, girl soldiers, historical women fighters, etc. All members are advanced in martial arts.
* AdaptationDeviation: Said to be one of the greatest musical groups to ever grace the TV Tropesverse. They had a falling out and everyone lost track of what became of them, but an infinite number of conspiracy theories were born around them. [[spoiler:In reality, the members are actually [[Series/DoctorWho Time Lords]] who regenerated as other musicians, all of whom are considered the best players of their respective instruments: The vocalist regenerated as Music/MariahCarey, the guitarist became Music/JimiHendrix, the bassist became [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]], the drummer became [[Music/RushBand Neil Peart]], and the kayboardist became Music/EltonJohn.]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: A ProgressiveRock group with a GoldAndWhiteAreDivine motif, all of their concerts means of providing money for charities. Their most successful tour was done in celebration of their AdaptationDeviation cover album, leading many to believe that they are, in-fact, AdaptationDeviation after returning with a new look.
* AdaptationalMundanity: Famous songs with all the objectionable content removed, like Music/KidzBop. Their debut album, ''AbridgedForChildren'', would be totally unnotable if not for the fact that it features an AdaptationDeviation song. This has lead to conspiracies over whether or not the two bands are actually connected.
* AdaptationalSexuality: A GlamRock group [[CastFullOfGay made entirely out of people on the LGBT+ spectrum]]. There are rumors that their manager was a former member of AdaptationDeviation, a rumor only compounded when they did a cover version of one of their hit songs.
* AdaptationalVillainy: A DeathMetal-{{Goth}} group with a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red]], [[GreenAndMean green]], [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple]] and black color motif. Their albums are all about plagues, corporate corruption and disobeying your parents, every one of their concerts ending in riots. After releasing an AdaptationDeviation cover album, conspiracy theorists have come to believe that they are AdaptationDeviation under a new look, having grown cynical from their time in the music industry and plan on using their music to reign anarchy upon the world.
* AdaptationalWeaponSwap: A guitarist, a bass-player, a drummer and a keyboard player. They are each versed in each other's instruments and after playing a song, they will swap instruments and play each other's. Since they each have less experience with each other's instruments, the songs sound different each time. Rumors abound that they were originally the band AdaptationDeviation before they decided to go underground and experiment with their talents.
* AdamWesting: A comedic rock band made up of hardcore ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' enthusiasts. Similar to the style of TheNthDoctor, the members wear ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' costumes at concerts: the lead singer is Batman, the guitarist is the Joker, the bassist is Robin, the keyboardist is Penguin, and the drummer is the Riddler. Occasionally, Catwoman plays bass when Robin can't make it.
* AdultFear: Gangster rap group, touching on drug abuse, gun crimes, and other things that naturally make people go on edge at the very thought of them.
* AdventureArchaeologist: Symphonic RockOpera band about an Archaeologist who discovers a foreboding prophecy detailing the end of the world and his efforts to stop it. The band have been banned from performing in several cities due to fears that people might think the prophecy is real.
* AdvertisingByAssociation: Touts all their albums with "BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PEOPLE BEHIND AdaptationDeviation"... and by that, they mean the lead singer used to be a light technician for them. Their actual music is DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible. AdaptationDeviation fans like to review-bomb AdvertisingByAssociation's albums.
* AffablyEvil: Glam rock band from Bristol, UK that writes entire albums of {{Villain Song}}s.
* TheAfterafterlife: A BlackMetal band-turned Unblack Metal band-turned DeathMetal band that abandoned the traditional religious themes in-favor of older mythologies and Lovecraft.
* AfterTheEnd: Ambient electronic with a lot of field recordings. Sounds more like screamo; they do both. Sometimes within the same song. Despite never doing well in the USA, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff they have a cult following in the UK]] that call themselves Enders.
* AgainstMyReligion: Metalcore band that often gets mistaken for ChristianRock.
* AimlesslySeekingHappiness: As presented in-universe, it's meant to be upbeat pop, but the singer has StoppedCaring and can't muster the energy to enjoy it.
* AirstripOne: A Central-European hybrid of sludge and power metal, with a massive helping of story elements and [[AnAesop messages to the audience]]. [[ConceptAlbum Each of their albums]] is based around [[TakeThat harsh criticism]] [[DeconstructorFleet towards a given set of]] GrimDark fiction tropes and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools thoughtless usage thereof]]; their debut album, ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Airstrip One]]'', spells out [[{{Anvilicious}} in no uncertain terms]] how horrible [[{{Deconstruction}} life would actually be]] in your typical {{dystopia}}n {{police state}}, and their second album, ''CorporateWarfare'', skewers the usage of CyberpunkTropes for the purpose of setting up an [[AdventureFriendlyWorld "adventure-friendly" world]]. The band's website and promotional graphics are made to look like [[GraffitiOfTheResistance rebel propaganda from a dystopian world]], and during live shows they always start playing in disguise, only to perform a DramaticUnmask later on. The band has recently toured with BombThrowingAnarchists, and the lead guitarist gave hints of a possible collaboration between the two.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Produces concept albums about bleeding-edge speculative technology. Lead singer is never credited or seen in public, but does an excellent impersonation of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]].
* AliensInCardiff: A Welsh tribute band for AliensOfLondon.
* AlienKudzu: A band from the DeepSouth. Their style is hard to pin down, but it's best described as an unholy mix of indie rock, rockabilly, and bluegrass with trace influences from country and western. Most of their songs are lighthearted parodies of nerd culture, redneck culture, and people who don't entirely fit into either ([[SelfDeprecation like themselves]]).
* AliensOfLondon: British nerd rock.
* AlienSky: Symphonic Ambient band from Texas formed from members of a high school astronomy club. They use melodic guitar and synthesizer combined with florid lyrics and vocals to tell stories about life in the TheFuture. Their singer is an amateur science fiction writer who writes all the lyrics. Currently, they're putting the finishing touches on the ''CasualInterstellarTravel'' saga about the human colonization of space consisting of the [[ConceptAlbum concept albums]] ''FasterThanLightTravel'', ''SingleBiomePlanet'', ''DeathWorld'', ''{{Precursors}}'' and ending it with ''TheFederation''. After finishing with this, the singer has planned out ''UsedFuture'', a saga about the grimy underside of the Future and ''TheBattlestar'', a saga about the first interstellar war. The plans for both were nearly sent into DevelopmentHell after a terrorist attack occurred at one of the band's shows, killing several members of the audience, the band's drummer and bassist, the band members' parents, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] a light technician. A former member of AllDrummersAreAnimals was brought on as the new drummer while a former member of AwfulBritishSexComedy became the new bassist.
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Percussion quintet. One of it's former members went on to become the new drummer for AlienSky after the old one was killed in a terrorist attack.
* AllForNothing: Angsty NuMetal band from Southern California.
* AllMenArePerverts: RiotGrrrl
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Electronic band that only makes remixes of {{Engrish}} from video games. Their first two singles, "(I! Garland! Will) KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!" and "You Spoony Bard", became Website/YouTube sensations, with over 50 million views each. Their career came to an abrupt end after somebody set up them the bomb, killing two members and a light technician.
* AloneAmongTheCouples: Emo rock about loneliness love being painful.
* AloneWithThePsycho: American death-metal band. Consists of four guys and a girl, all dressed in black and disguised to the point that they all look the same.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Indie rock band based out of Massachusetts performed by five people: two guitars, bass, drums and synthesizer. They dress up like famous villains (Vader/Emperor Palpatine, Sauron, Megatron, etc.) and do songs that show they're not really the bad guys or are just really incompetent. They played their first gig at a small-time comic con, setting up within a hour and performing a song about how Darth Vader is not really a bad guy. Their ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''-themed spoof of "I Am The Walrus" about [[FemmeFatale Sela Vixen]] became a #1 hit in Japan but stalled at #95 in their native United States. Sometimes they'll dress up like famous heroes (Luke Skywalker, Aragorn, Neo, etc) and do songs that show they're not really good guys or are just really incompetent. Currently on tour with InstantCosplaySurprise and EvilerThanThou.
* AlwaysCamp: A {{Glam|Rock}}-{{Disco}} ensemble singing group composed entirely of drag-queens. The concert bars serve only Zima Clearmalt and Appletinis while they're showing and all of the bathrooms are gender-neutral.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: A Thrash-Grindcore-Black Metal band with lyrics centered around KickTheDog moments. (Sounds just like Anaal Nathrakh)
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Light horror rock.
* AmbiguouslyTrained: {{Hipster}} AlternativeIndie FolkMusic from the DeepSouth that made it big in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}. Forgoes the stereotypical [[MightyLumberjack lumberjack]]/denim-look in-favor of a foe military uniform.
* AmbiguousSituation: The band members all wear shrouds concealing their faces and they sing lyrics that are open to several interpretations.
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: An American kawaii metal band (think Music/{{Babymetal}}) made up of Franchise/{{Kirby}} fans. The lead singer/guitarist is a DreadfulMusician dressed as Kirby, the rhythm guitarist is dressed as Meta Knight, the bassist is dressed as King Dedede, and the drummer is dressed as a Waddle Dee.
* AmericansHateTingle: British band whose albums have sold so poorly overseas that they're only popular in Britain.
* AmmunitionConservation: NuMetal band whose lyrics deal with the nuances of combat, including preventing wasted bullets.
* AmnesiacDissonance: Industrial noise with echoes of [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong vaguely familiar tunes]] played with out of tune instruments and things pulled from the scrapyard. Their albums frequently end in multiple cacophonous medleys of conflicting musical styles with delirious [[{{Yarling}} nose yodeled]] [[MondegreenGag mondegreens]] just before fading out with screams, wailing, and crying children.
* AmnesiacLiar: Their songs are made up of lies about history and keep trailing off as though the singer was forgetting lyrics.
* The {{Amoral Attorney}}s: Cheery indie-pop band from UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC (which famously has "more lawyers than people") who sing about how awful lawyers are (and life in DC more generally, but it's the lawyer songs that get them gigs). [[SelfDeprecation All members, past and present, have been lawyers]], although only the singer is a Big Law hotshot; the lead guitar and bassist work for the Department of Justice and the drummer works for the DC Public Defender Service.
* AmusingInjuries: A quasi-pop-punk/indie band with quite a bit of acoustic guitar in their sound and song lyrics that suggest a fixation with sadomasochism.
* AnachronismStew: Medieval electronica.
* AncientConspiracy: New Age.
* AndIMustScream: Metal band with lots of unsettling ambient electronic elements and a strange fascination with the idea of being "trapped".
* AndManGrewProud: Dronecore instrumentals, à la Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor.
* TheAntiGrinch: A {{Goth}} [[FolkMusic Folk Singer]] that tries very hard to appeal to the HipHop crowd, but ends up becoming the whitest thing ever.
* AntiHero: Metal rock band is known to writing many albums and donates charity for the society, but it includes violence and gore. [[{{Squick}} The less said about it, the better.]]
* TheAntiNihilist: A Doom/Power Metal band know for their albums which start out with depressive lyrics and slow music, but by the end of them the songs become much lighter and bombastic, with the lyrics shifting to existentialist and hopeful themes.
* ApocalypseHow:
** Extremely loud, abrasive electronic noise.
** A versatile metal band: speed, grove, trash, black, death, heavy, you name it.
* ApocalypseNot: Death metal spoof.
* ApocalypseWow: Death metal band with with spectacular special effects at all their concerts.
* ApocalypticLog: Might be nice if they lightened up a little. The songs at the beginning of their albums have a fairly optimistic tone, by the final tracks the lyrics are incredibly depressing and the singer sounds like he's been screaming for an extended period of time.
* ApocalypseMaiden: An all-girl goth/metal band that's an offshoot of ApocalypticLog. In an interview, cited ''[[http://www.kittierocks.com/ Kittie]]'' as a major influence.
* ApatheticCitizens: Political punk band, similar sound to Anti-Flag, British-based; their first single was "48%" (the proportion of eligible voters who voted in the 2005 UK general election)
* The {{Apathetic Student}}s: They didn't pay much attention to their music lessons, so they only have a slight clue of what they're doing. Widely regarded as SoOkayItsAverage.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Experimental nerd-comedy offshoot of DirtyCommies with a strong Frank Zappa influence. Too weird to describe.
* ArchivePanic: One dude who makes experimental music like the Residents. [[LongRunners Ever since 1967]], he's released at least twenty albums a month, not to mention the number of bootlegs, singles, live albums, mixtapes and compilations...
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Emo+Death Metal+Children's rock. Each song starts out dark, gets darker, then becomes trivial.
* ArtCourse: Expiremental album that teaches you how to draw in the form of catchy songs.
* ArtistAndTheBand: GenreRoulette band with lyrics that [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] whatever genre they're singing about.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A band that spoofs sayings like "My heart is breaking" and "A lump in my throat" with songs about what would happen if that was ''literally'' true.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: A controversial metalcore/crossover thrash band, where all of the band members are dressed in military uniform and army fatigues, and the lyrics are a bombastic satire of military traditions, hierarchy, and boot camp. They generally pal around with bands such as Music/SystemOfADown and Music/DeadKennedys. Formerly entitled "You Fail Basic Training Forever", the managing label encouraged them ([[ThatWasntARequest not too subtly]]) to change their name and suggested that they invoke a bit of "artistic license". The band evidently took their suggestions a bit too literally.
* AscendedGlitch: A two-man epic glitchstep band.
* AscendedMeme: A Music/WeirdAlYankovic style band that chooses a meme and writes a song about it (songs that are already memes are covered). Hit singles include ''[[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Our Enemies Hide In Metal Boxes]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 Nothin' like a Fistfulla Loitnin']]''. [[OnceAnEpisode One song]] in an album is [[OverusedRunningGag always]] ''[[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} Never Gonna Give You Up]]'' [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} disguised as a different song]].
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The s-l-o-o-o-w-e-s-t and DARKEST prog metal you will ever hear. The band members play "live" concerts, in quotation marks: all the lights are turned off and the band members are behind the curtains.
* AssShove: A hip-hop artist known for a music video which shows him ramming various objects, including people's heads, into random people's asses.
* ATeamFiring: Another nerdy tribute band, this team for ''Series/TheATeam''. The guitarist is Murdock, the keyboardist/lead vocalist is Face, the bassist is Hannibal, and the drummer is B.A. All four members have concealed weapons licenses. Most notable for their spot-on {{Filk}} parody of "[[{{Series/Firefly}} The Ballad of Serenity]]" (now "[[RunningGag My Dog Named Billy]]").
* AteHisGun: A comedy rock band dealing with whacky lyrical themes.
* AtomicFBomb: A heavy metal band whose songs always have at least one swear word that is being delivered loud. Really loud.
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: As Black as Black Metal gets, absurdly popular in Norway, banned everywhere else.
** Alternatively, a StealthParody of black metal. They started out busking for a bit until they recorded their self-titled first album, which metal fans considered awesome despite the fact it was a parody.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A recent group, unconstrained by genre; they'll play anything, for no longer than sixty seconds (if you're lucky). Early shows had light displays until they proved ''way'' too distracting... to the band.
* AttractMode: Electronica by a nerdy-but-sexy girl band. They also released {{Remix Album}}s under the "ArrangeMode" label.
* AutobotsRockOut: Transformers nerd rock (Rockformers?) that started out playing classic and '80s Rock about various bits of the expansive Transformers lore. Gained a loyal following with their first album ''Truck Not Monkey'' (with the TitleDrop song poking fun at the fans outrage over Optimus Primal in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''), and close every live performance with a cover of ''The Touch''.
* AwfulBritishSexComedy: A punk band from Great Britain known for satirical lyrics focusing how modern societies treat [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale female on male rape]], [[SexEqualsLove the idea that only people in love should do it]], [[MyGirlIsNotASlut promiscuity]], [[VirginShaming virgins]], sexual minorities including but not limited to the LGBT community, and our obsession with sex in general. All of the members have been accused of homophobia at least once, whilst one former member became the new drummer for AlienSky.
* AwfulTruth: Indie retro sound, political satire lyrics.
* AxCrazy: A heavy metal band with lyrical themes dealing with warriors, soldiers, terrorists, and murderers, both fictional and historical.
* BabyBeMine: Four guys who sing cheesy pop love songs.
* BackgroundMusic: A professional lounge and ambient artist who makes music for films and advertisements.
* BadassBack: A rock group that plays all of their instruments facing backwards.
* BadassBookworm: Rock, but full of references to classic literature.
* BadFuture: A punk rock band featuring a time-traveling robot guitarist... or someone in a really, ''really'' good disguise. Very involved in social activism. Do lots of charity drive concerts with DarkIsNotEvil.
* BadInfluencer: Hard rock that makes the {{Moral Guardian}}s squirm.
* BaldOfEvil: Chrome-domed heavy metal. Parody[=/=]IndecisiveParody of '80s glam metal.
* BannedInChina: Australian hard rock band who sing songs about any kind of civil war, native uprising or anything the government doesn't want spoken about they can find. They haven't been banned in China yet, but they're working on it. Finally got [[TitleDrop Banned in China]] for talking about the independence of Tibet.
* [[TheBaroness Baroness]]:
** Female-fronted European act that combines elements of symphonic metal, dark electronica, and steampunk. Their lead singer is a classically trained operatic contralto who claims to be descended from German nobility and dresses like a high-class Victorian dominatrix.
** An [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_(band) actual]] sludge metal band from Savannah, GA.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: A [[SwagRap Swag]] project by a freestyle duo with a rotating DJ/producer and frequent guest artists on their albums. Known for their grandiose stage personas and frequent sampling of superhero cartoon dialogue. Probably most famous for their BoastfulRap showdown: "It's an operating table... and I'm the surgeon."
* BattleButler: Death metal and everyone dresses like stereotypical butlers.
* BattleInTheRain: Alternative rock with a dash of 80's pop, they tend to use water as a form of symbolism in their songs or videos.
* BattyLipBurbling: A group of douchebags that enter the talent show banging indiscriminately on trash, call it dubstep and think they are being funny.
* BazaarOfTheBizarre: Psychedelic indie pop with Middle Eastern influences. (Imagine if of Montreal spent a year in Cairo or Tehran).
* BareFistedMonk: Soft-rock group that shuns any instrument they can't play with their bare hands.
* BeamSpam: Electronic with epilepsy-inducing music videos.
* BearsAreBadNews: A Russian folk band best known for poking fun at President/PM Medvedev. Their best known song so far is "[[https://globalvoices.org/2010/03/03/medvedev-gnome/ I Am a Merry Gnome]]".
* BeautifulAllAlong: Disney-sponsored teen actors trying to launch a singing career.
* TheBeautifulElite: combines rock, pop, electronic and techno. Widely loved as a band. All gorgeous, and none of them single.
* BeautifulVoid:
** Metal with emo band with insane guitar riffs. Which are all beautiful.
** '90s One-hit-wonder (hit song: ''GhostCity'') who have maintained a cult following since then. Pop rock with a dark undertone and a lot of lyrics about social issues. Did a lot of live shows, until their career was cut short after the lead singer died following their ''NothingIsScarier'' tour. As of 2009, they have released a comeback album with a new singer titled ''AfterTheEnd''.
* BecomeARealBoy: Screamo. Known to many fans as BARB.
* BeefGate: Hardcore industrial NoiseRock.
* BeginWithAFinisher: They always open their concerts with the AlbumClosure track and then go in reverse order.
* BehindTheBlack: Former lead singer of a black metal band ditches his costuming and heavy makeup to go solo with LighterAndSofter unplugged versions of his former hits.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Comedic Christian rock group. Think a cross between Music/{{Stryper}} and Weird Al. Despite the name, the members are all devout Christians.
* BerserkButton: Nu-metal band whose songs serve as allegory for societal issues that tend to bend people the wrong way, such as 9/11, school shootings or spousal abuse. Think a cross between Music/AnalCunt and Weird Al.
* BetterAsFriends: Wholesome, G-rated pop music about friendship. Mainly specializes in {{Pep Talk Song}}s and {{Self-Empowerment Anthem}}s.
* BetterPartnerAssertion: Parody of mainstream celebrity {{Break Up Song}}s. A HopelessSuitor finds out that his ex is with someone new, and continually whines about how she should take him back because he's better. Their SignatureSong is "EntitledToHaveYou".
* Better Than Canon (now defunct): A band that does fancy versions of classical songs. First single is a "better" version of Pachebel's Canon in D.
* BettyAndVeronica: A female two-man band that does HardRock covers of various songs, including a cover of Music/TheBeeGees's "Stayin' Alive" that's widely considered as good, or even better than, the original.
* {{BFS}}: Indie-Techno. Though they later came to regret the name after they gained popularity due to being confused with the OTHER [[Music/BowlingForSoup BFS]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Unpredictable, but very popular, rock. Alternately, a ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' comedy band similar to TheNthDoctor and AdamWesting, with Mal on guitar, Inara on bass, Wash on keyboards, Kaylee on drums, River singing, and Jayne on tambourine and rain stick.
* BigFancyHouse: Disney-style kids' pop with a lot of instruments utilized.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Punk or metal with MindScrew lyrics.
* BigBoosHaunt: Long-time opening band. Mainly does movie soundtracks from horror/thriller movies.
* BigHeartedBigfoot: A PsychedelicRock band known for their slow, ambient beats. They went viral when one of their concerts were crashed by a guy in a Sasquatch suit, only for him to pull out a saxophone and start playing with them. It was their manager doing a bit and the whole thing was staged.
* BigNo: A band that was alternative rock back before there was alternative rock. Unless you have a cassette player, expect to search long and hard for any of their songs.
* BigWhat: Very surrealist band with nonsensical lyrics in every song and crazy outfits on the members.
* BigWhy: Band whose members pretend to go insane from the weight of classic big questions like the meaning of life.
* The BitPartBadGuys: {{Chiptune}} artists whose tracks are named after villains from classic video games.
* BladeEnthusiast: Thrash metal artist. His tracks are named after different types of swords. "Naginata" features a guest appearance by PsychoKnifeNut. Was relatively popular until an incident during his ''SwipeYourBladeOff'' tour in which a "prop" sword turned out to be a ''real'' one from his collection, injuring an audience member.
* BlatantLies: Grunge metal with a penchant for dark, depressing and nigh-on impenetrable lyrics.
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: A heavy/death metal band whose vocalist always drinks hot sauce before every recording session or live performance.
* BlindedByTheSun: Sunshine pop that slowly becomes DarkerAndEdgier as the band puts out new music.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: Japanese band whose English lyrics have been run through Babelfish several times. They are frequently accused of being a StealthParody of CrystalDragonJesus, a charge that their lead singer vigorously denies.
* BlingOfWar:
** A pompous military orchestra using oversized brass instruments and heavy weaponry in their performances. Wear green costumes, {{Commissar Cap}}s, and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lots of regalia]].
** Alternately, a hip-hop act, replete with bling, composed of US Army veterans.
* TheBlofeldPloy: Metal, mostly of the screaming variety, but with occasional forays into death metal territory.
* BloodKnight: Scandinavian BlackMetal with a penchant for instigating excessively violent mosh pits.
* BloodMagic: CastFromHitPoints cover/tribute band. [[AscendedFanboy CFHP recently asked them to act in their latest music video, and open a few of their concerts]].
* ABloodyMess: Parody of gory rock.
* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: Like ComicBook/JosieAndThePussyCats, but they're a StealthParody of the Christian far right.
* BodyHorror: KCMO based goregrind band known for their lyrical themes of parasites, surgery, mutation, body modification, testing on living subjects, and other biological themes. Their vocals are well pronounced and easy to understand, which is somewhat unpleasant due to the great descriptions of various body horrors. All of the members have biology degrees, and some study anatomy and parasitism. Their live performances have been banned in a few cities due to footage of parasites and surgery being projected behind them on a screen, and the various other gimmicks performed on stage (disassembling a dead pig over the course of the show and hosting a bbq afterwards, inviting audience members on to the stage for piercings, selling preserved parasites in jars after shows, etc.) i.e. Music/{{Carcass}}. They weren't allowed to do music for ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'''s Tainted Coil faction because they gave the dev team nightmares.
* BoisterousBruiser: Hard rock. Well known for their enormous amounts of drums and energetic, shouted singing style. Currently on tour with HotBlooded.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: Anarchopunk band with sarcastic lyrics about political issues, they also parody the popular culture image of anarchists as [[AnarchyIsChaos destructive maniacs.]]
* BoomInTheHand: Heavy Metal band doing music about stuff blowing up in people's hands.
* BottomlessPits: Death Metal band who hold the record for the lowest tuning still audible by humans (also they sing about caves a lot...).
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Country/R&B/Punk/Emo crossover band.
* BrainBleach: Plays electronic versions of baroque chamber music. When they formed, they picked the name to sell more digital downloads.
* BrainChain: ConceptAlbum about a society where genuises are imprisoned, and have to pretend to be stupid to get by.
* BrainFreeze: A softcore rock band whose demographic is aimed at the children's department.
* BreakTheCutie: An emo cover band that takes the darkest songs of the genre and re-writes the lyrics to make them seem cheerier. They originally started out doing this with Music/DeathCabForCutie songs, hence their name.
* BreakTheHaughty: Similar to KillTheCutie, more punk than BreakTheCutie. Best known for identifying the ironic hipster preps in the crowd and instructing the real fans to set them on fire with the lighters they're waving.
* BrickJoke: Rock music. Their albums drop in some weird lines that seem kind of out-of-place, but by the ending track, everything ends up making sense. Their drummer used to be in RunningGag.
* BrokenAce: A deranged yet fascinating mix of hyperactive NoisePop with brooding old-school {{Emo}} and {{Hardcore}}. Loves UncommonTime.
* BrokenAesop: Industrial band whose samples largely come from political slogans and evangelists.
* BrokenBase: A band whose fan's can't decide if they are Alternative Rock or Pub Rock.
* Brother Chuck (now defunct): A project consisting entirely of [[ThePeteBest Pete Bests]] and other former members of successful bands.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mix of pop and rock -- right now, the lead singer's in rehab, the electric guitar player's in prison for arson, the drummer's getting married, and the bass player's become an actor.
* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: A {{Pop}} [[GirlGroup Group]] of {{Idol Singer}}s that ramp up the sex appeal and claim that it is purely for artistic integrity.
* BurnTheWitch: Blackened-Death metal band who's songs mostly deal with witchcraft. Known to burn an effigy of a witch at every live show.
** Alternatively, a HeavyMithril band who's lyrics revolve around witchcraft.
* ButtMonkey: Silly indie nerd-rock band that goes through [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap many personal crises]]. Currently, the singer has terminal liver cancer, the guitarist is going through a costly divorce, the bassist's parents died, and the drummer is in an asylum.
* BulliedIntoDepression: Emo rock and blues fusion.
* ByronicHero: A popular, hardcore and fascinating rock band with conflicting issues with a hint of blooding old-school {{Emo}} personality.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Epic metal or folk metal rock band.
* CalmingTea: Plays soft music suitable for young children, with lyrics about appreciating nature's beauty and all sorts of wholesome memories that remind you of home.
* {{Calvinball}}: Nobody's really sure what they are, because they completely change their style... and members... and name... at every single concert.
* CampGay: A [[{{Pop}} poppy,]] [[GlamRock glamorous]], slightly [[PunkRock punk]] quintet, with a highly polished sound, flamboyant stage performances, and a harpsichord as backup. The songs are all either [[SillyLoveSongs sappy love songs]] or [[EmoMusic slightly angsty]] [[AntiLoveSong attacks]] [[BreakUpSong on love and romance]].
* CanadaEh: A bar cover band, the members are mainly from and live in the United States, but their gimmick is celebrating the US's northern neighbor. They mostly do covers of well-known songs by Canadian musical artists (Rush, Alanis Morrisette, Celine Dion, etc.), they dress like Mounties, lumberjacks, hockey players, fur trappers, moose, beavers, [[WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons raccoons]], [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol toadlets]], etc. and between sets they talk like Bob and Doug [=McKenzie=] and drink Molson.
* JustForFun/CandleJack: Gothic metal. Prominently displays a banner with its name at all of their shows. Also known for closing a show by saying "We're Candle Jack, sons of..." proceeding to quickly kill the lights to black out the stage.
* CanonImmigrant: Folk rock.
* CanonMarchesOn: Plays classical music in a more modern style.
* CantDefaultToMurder: Alternative rock. The songs are, in-universe, sung by an angsty teen who wishes to inflict severe harm on the people who have wronged him... until others tell him it's illegal, at which point he comes up with sillier punishments.
* CaptainObviousAesop: A {{Nerdcore}} band with lyrics inevitably preaching the truths that everyone already considers obvious. Their first single was a [[VoiceClipSong trap remix]] of [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Mr. Mackey's]] "DrugsAreBad" line.
* CapturedByCannibals: A quirky blend of ProgRock, {{Punk}}, and experimental UncommonTime a bit reminiscent of Music/FrankZappa and Music/OingoBoingo. No hit songs but they have a fanatical cult following.
* TheCardinalVirtues: A four-person PowerMetal band with a white and gold color motif. Most of their songs are about wars between TheArmiesOfHeaven and TheLegionsOfHell, sometimes including the gods of Myth/ClassicalMythology and Myth/NorseMythology joining the war in an all-out cosmic event.
* CassandraTruth: Borderline emo, every song predicts doom and gloom of the worst variety. The lead singer is legendary for her waily vocals.
* CastFromHitPoints: DarkFantasy HeavyMithril RockOpera. Wear armor with built-in fireworks, so it looks like they're actually doing magic, and hooked up with pipes that squirt fake blood when the firework is launched ([[NiceToTheWaiter the arena janitors and their families are given the best seats at the concert]], and [[DontTryThisAtHome Do Not Attempt!]] is emblazoned across the screen when they shoot at each other). Have understudy band members so the leads can hand off their instruments and duel without messing up the song. Work very closely with fantasy moviemakers (including an anime company) to make their {{Music Video}}s ([[NoidsAndDoodles a fusion of live action actors for humans/ humanoids and animated monster opponents]], set in an animated environment). Famous for a grand finale pitched battle, mimicking an RPG battle screen, and PetTheDog moments [[DarkIsNotEvil despite]] their DarkerAndEdgier story-singing. They also incorporate their sound tech and roadies into the show. Trying to get their RockOpera made into a TV show (à la' ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''). The artists themselves are a FiveManBand, with TheHero on lead, TheLancer on Bass, the WhiteMagicianGirl on keyboard, TheBigGuy on drums, and TheSmartGuy on "explosive instrumentation". Every so often, a SixthRanger shows up. He's considered to be the best out of all of them, and his appearance is quite rare, so it's considered a treat by all involved (in the vids, he acts as a DeusExMachina, who only shows during their DarkestHour). According to WordOfGod, shares a [[TheVerse 'Verse]] with OrionDrive.
* CastHerd: Electro-pop group [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed that sounds very similar to Devo]].
* TheCatchphraseCatchesOn: Sings memorable lyrics that the band wants to catch on as everyday terms. Hasn't worked yet, but there's still hope...
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: All-girl rock band, who perform in Catholic private school uniforms, complete with lollipops (the guitars, drums, etc. being painted in a pink-swirl lollipop motif), pleated skirts, knee-high socks and pigtails. Every single one of their songs is a three-minute (or whatever) DoubleEntendre. Every. Single. One.
* CatsAreMean: Profanity-ridden metal and the members dress as cats.
* CelestialDeadline: Vaporwave (with vaportrap elements) band that makes music like a CrapsaccharineWorld: it starts nice and soft but it becomes DarkerAndEdgier as the time goes by.
* [[PostDefeatExplosionChain Chain Reaction Destruction]]: Techno death rock band.
* ChainsawGood: Gore metal of the most brutal and horrifying kind, with lyrics about gore, blood, corpses, necrophillia... [[{{Squick}} I think that's enough]]. Currently on tour with Cannibal Corpse. They often used actual chainsaws to generate sound in their songs. This has been seen considerably less often following an incident in which they attempted to grind two running chainsaws together. You gotta admire the bass guitarist for still being able to play now that he's missing a few fingers.
* ChallengeRun: Before their concerts, they have viewers suggest different challenges that make their performances different. Examples include "no G notes", "sing the lyrics backwards", and "use the least amount of drum beats possible".
* ChaosOfTheBells: Christmas death metal.
* ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking: An [[IndustrialMetal Industrial]]-PowerMetal band that goes out of its way to be as fast as possible to the point of ruining all of their instruments by the time the concert is over. Teenagers that listen to them with constantly switch between them and some random parent-approved media when their parents go up to them to complain about the noise.
* ChaoticCarRide: Kids comedy album about an annoying family road trip. Tracks include "AreWeThereYet" and "DriveThruAntics".
* ChaoticStupid: Avant-garde performance group whose albums are vastly overpriced and contain 30-40 tracks of absolute silence interrupted by an occasional "GIVE US A GRAMMY, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BIOTCHES!]]"
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: The main character is the FaceOfTheBand, while the Noun Phrases provide backing for their performance and motivations.
* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: A ScaryBlackMan rapper dresses up as [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]. His music videos are edits of ''Peanuts'' specials, usually to make them violent or preach [[HardTruthAesop hard truth messages]].
* CheerfulAI: Wholesome stories about [[ABoyAndHisX a boy and his]] helpful robot AI sidekick. Partners with RobotBuddy.
* CheerfulChild: Super uplifting pop about a little kid who can find magic in everything and loves his family and friends. Sometimes features choirs of children singing in the background. When the kids got too old, the band split up; the main singer went on to do DisappointingOlderSibling, the guitarist and drummer went to The AbusiveOffspring, and the keyboardist is learning about electronic music so PoweredByAForsakenChild will hire him.
* ChemicalMessiah: Cyberpunk IndustrialMetal.
* TheChessmaster: A one man band who changes his sound based on the [[CrazyPrepared next big thing.]]
* TheChewToy: A quirky electronic {{emo}} pop-rock group with [[TearJerker extremely sad]], [[ContemplateOurNavels introspective]] lyrics. [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed over by every label they've been on.]]
* {{Chickification}}: A female pop group version of the Music/VillagePeople, consisting of [[WrenchWench a riveter]], a Catholic schoolgirl, a [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess warrior princess]], a [[TheBaroness secret agent]], and a [[LesbianJock softball player]]. Best known for their hit single, "Women's College". Interestingly, their biggest fanbase is among gay men.
* TheChosenMany: A SymphonicMetal group with a back-up orchestra where the main singer changes between songs, the tone of the song and the all around theme changing with each singer. Even the lighting of the stage and the content of the screen behind them changes for ambiance.
* TheChosenOne: A PowerMetal group the performs rockin' heavy metal ballads so fresh, so tasty, so face-meltingly sick that they could shatter continents. Usually has lyrics with a {{Fantasy}} theme.
* TheChosenPeople: A BlackMetal group that uses bible quotes in their lyrics for {{Irony}}.
* TheChosenWannabe: An AlternativeRock band that changes its genre and uniforms to fit what is popular, usually being one fad behind at a time, in order to try and bank on what is popular.
* TheChosenZero: A HeavyMetal group that was considered "meh" during its time, but wound up garnering a huge following shortly after it breaks up.
* CircusOfMagic: HappyCircusMusic for people of all ages. For their concerts, everyone's dressed up as a different type of circus performer; the singer is the ringmaster.
* The {{Clingy MacGuffin}}s: Scottish alt rock with surprising staying power. Everytime it seems like the band has finally broken up, moved on to other projects, or taken an indefinite hiatus, there they are again on another tour, releasing another album... you can't get away from them.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve:
** Anarchist rock band, everyone comes from a different country -- the lead singer's English, the lead guitarist's American, the drummer's Australian and the bass player's Welsh. Their career ended after they died during a hunger strike in New York City.
** Alternatively: Christian pop group.
** Both of these exist; they just refuse to acknowledge the existence of the other band.
* ClarkKenting:
** Bespectacled pop rock band that write songs exclusively about DC heroes.
** Alternatively, a Philippine indie rock band whose songs are about call center woes. Their power ballad, "(I Want to Speak to Your) Supervisor" became a runaway hit, with covers and dub smashes posted all over Website/YouTube. The band members themselves (who remain remarkably anonymous) work in the same company in Clark, Pampanga, whose main headquarters is in Canterbury, UK.
* ClicheStorm: A band that [[StylisticSuck goes out of its way to have all the song cliches]].
* ClockPunk: British UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} band who uses the Elizabethan Tower (most famously Big Ben) as the mascot. Topics of their songs include fighting Fascisms, blowing up parliament, Bonfire Night and watch repair.
* CloningBlues: Indie jazz.
* CloserToEarth: Soft, ambient New Age music with a [[AnAesop green message]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: A band whose music style is [[GenreBusting almost impossible to pin down to one style]]. Their lyrics tend to have a lot of [[GratuitousJapanese very]] [[GratuitousGerman random]] [[GratuitousSpanish and]] [[GratuitousGreek badly]] [[GratuitousLatin translated]] [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign foreign]] [[BlindIdiotTranslation words and phrases]] as well as [[SpeakingSimlish outright gibberish]]. Heavily influenced by the style of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysics Polysics]].
* CluelessDetective: ''Inspector Gadget'' Nerd Rock band.
* ClusterFBomb: Self Demonstrating [[strike:Article]] Band. Plays heavy metal and barely goes two lines without swearing.
* CrucialCross: A Christian HeavyMithril[=/=]ProgressiveMetal band. Think of them as the Christian version of CastFromHitPoints. Their {{Rock Opera}}s often retell stories from the Bible in song form.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: we're not really sure what they are, but you can be sure their lyrics are full of snappy irony and general pessimism towards the human race.
** Indie band with a style somewhere between Music/OKGo and R.E.M. They go heavy on synthesizers and acoustic guitars. They also write songs specifically designed for their fanbase, but are quite aloof to them in public.
* TheColoredCross: Light and soft Christian music.
* ColorfulContrails: ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite''-themed nerdy PowerMetal band (though with some elements of HairMetal).
* ColonyDrop: Arena Rock.
* CombatSadomasochist: Technical death metal meets breakcore. Have a spooky, [[CuteAndPsycho possibly insane]] female vocalist with a penchant for [[CarefulWithThatAxe screaming like a maniac in concert]].
* ComfortFood: Light pop music. They're best known for "CompanionFood", which details all the delicious food being served at a dinner party.
* ComicalAngryFace: Musical humorist who grew up with a totally average childhood, and bases his songs on average childhood experiences that are deliberately blown out of proportion (such as turning a child's first time going to the bathroom into a yucky whirlpool adventure, or a first-time kiss that gets awkward because the kids' braces have locked).
* ComicalCoffeeCup: The band members dress up as traditional {{White Collar Worker}}s, but turn out to be rather silly during their concerts, where they do comedy skits under their exaggerated personas: the lead singer, BobFromAccounting, is pursued by some {{Plucky Office Girl}}s. They debuted with an EP called ''WorkHardPlayHard'', and followed it up with a full-length album, ''EmployeeOfTheMonth''.
* CommanderContrarian: An IDM band, they take John Williams score-ish music and break the hell out of it. Vocal talents are handled by Basshunter (under a pseudonym.)
* CommieNazis: Satirical ska punk band from the U.K. that sings BlackComedy songs about [[EqualOpportunityOffender both sides of the "culture wars"]], especially those in the United States. The lead singer famously gives all interviews in the type of voice and accent you might expect from an American hipster Vice News contributor despite having been born and raised in Southampton.
* CompanionCube: A punk-ska band making songs about the half-life 'verse.
* CompleteMonster: A Death Metal band that tries hard not to Cross The Line Twice or take RefugeInAudacity, instead keeping their lyrics as vicious and offensive as possible.
* ConflictBall: Party rock with a ''lot'' of guitar duels.
* ConstantlyChangingName: That's their FanNickname, since they have a new alias for every album. Becomes an AscendedMeme when it's referenced in one of their songs.
* ConsultingMisterPuppet : A psychedelic rock band whose members are represented by puppets on stage.
* ContemplateOurNavels: An otherwise-good ambient progressive band whose overly abstruse lyrics turn off all but the most philosophically-minded listeners.
** A never-released album by King Crimson that was meant to be recorded in 1974.
* ContractualPurity: A RiotGrrrl band that mocks manufactured female pop stars, particularly how their career often feels like a chastity belt. Broke up after they gained mainstream popularity, which they felt was {{Irony}} going against their message. The bassist went on to form RailroadBaron.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: An alt-rock band that sings about people on the run from the law. And true to their themes and name, every member, past and present, was convicted by public opinion for crimes that they were eventually deemed not guilty of committing.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Quite fringe but in reality very good. Reason for niche appeal is the fact their songs are nothing but rants about bad science in media put to music.
* [[Administrivia/ConversationInTheMainPage Conversation in the Main Page]]: An new wave band based out of Santa Monica made up of 4 guys - two guitars, drums and synthesizer - and 2 girls - vocals and bass. Known for their 1984 OneHitWonder "MeaningfulRename".
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: A band with songs that parody prison songs.
* CoolCodeOfSource: A group of computer programmers who make music using algorithms and all wear hoodies with a black and green color scheme. Their 2019 album, ''PowersAsPrograms'', was praised for its innovation (and sounding pretty darn good).
* CoolOldGuy: A band fronted by a retired eighty something grandfather, who goes by "Cool Old Guy" as a stage name and does almost everything that musicians half his age can do, but better! The other members of the band are his teenage grandchildren and their friends, who let him play a few songs with them just to be nice, but even they were blown away by his talents.
* CoolOldLady: Punk band of elderly women who sing about how they're not just boring old biddies.
* CoolTrain: Blues rock performed by five people: two guitars, bass, drums and piano: who clearly resemble the RailEnthusiast. Their cover of "Peace Train" became a #1 hit in Japan but stalled at #3 in their native United States.
* CopKiller: A punk rock band named after the Music/BodyCount song, which they covered for their self-titled debut album. Their lyrical themes deal with police brutality and police corruption. Their stage shows involve them bringing out cops and fighting and killing them in effigy. Currently on tour with PoliceBrutality.
* CorruptChurch: A parody of Christian rock bands. The lead singer and drummer have serious issues with organized religion. The guitarist is religiously confused, the keyboardist is agnostic but his/her parents force him/her to be Catholic, and the bassist just doesn't care.
* CosmicHorrorStory: A doom metal band whose songs evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom. The lyrics frequently contain references to Creator/HPLovecraft and Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
* CovertPervert: An understated, pretty-sounding Indie Pop group with subtly groovy basslines and sly lyrics loaded with kinky subtext. Fronted by a [[{{Meganekko}} pretty bespectacled girl]] [[OlderThanTheyLook of ambiguous age]] who, it is rumoured, once worked as a fetish model.
* CrashInThroughTheCeiling: I'll give you one guess for how they open their concerts. Provided their injuries aren't ''that'' serious, they'll play some classical music.
* CranialEruption: Math rock and noise rock. Many of their songs are derived from formulas rather than from actual melodies (e.g. [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=218 Garfield Music]])
* CrazyPrepared: [[RapRock Rap-rock]] group with an 80s punk influence that are infamous for actually playing "Freebird" when audience members shout it. All members are schizophrenic Boy Scouts, just so the name won't be meaningless.
* CreatorBreakdown: An emo band that mostly sing songs about problems in their lives. Ended up becoming infamous for the HarsherInHindsight after the lead singer committed suicide.
* CreepyMonotone: Slow-pop band who mostly do love songs rendered unsettling by totally affect-less lead singer and flat instrumentals.
* CriminalConvention: A [[PowerMetal Power]]-DeathMetal Band riddled with ''creative differences'' between band-mates that just spells ''arrest them for drugs and car-wrecks'' written all over them.
* CrisisCrossover: A supergroup formed by members of RoguesGallery, NinetiesAntiHero and FastballSpecial.
* CrossPlayer: [[IAmTheBand Pure solo artist]] who does ChristianRock. His guitar is shaped like a cross.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Funk rock, Skunk Anansie style, with lazy basslines and killer riffs.
* CruelMercy: A talented Christian rock band whose songs are primarily about guilt and their unworthiness.
* CryingAfterSex: A BoyBand that sings overly schmaltzy love-ballads that CampGay guys, teenage girls and their moms just can't get enough of.
* CryingARiver: Emo parody.
* CryingCritters: Emo band with songs about animal cruelty.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Like Beatnik poetry with increasingly-pounding basslines, although [[WordSaladPhilosophy the actual lyrics]] are closer to Music/TheyMightBeGiants.
* CrystalDragonJesus: Japanese rock band with lyrics entirely in GratuitousEnglish. [[BlindIdiotTranslation Mangled]] gratuitous English. Who also sound like a fusion of Music/ShonenKnife and Music/{{Godflesh}}, but with keyboards and [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs really trippy]], [[FauxSymbolism symbolism-loaded]] live performances.
* CrystalLandscape: A rock orchestra that focuses on soft, ambient noises, with bright pastel colors illuminating the stage to evoke a {{Fantasy}} world.
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: A spin-off band of RaygunGothic, formed by the keyboardist because he wished to pursue other musical directions. Accordingly, they have a less technical and not as heavy style. They tell a side-story to RaygunGothic, involving a RedShirt from the third album who got better and became the leader of an alien civilization. Both have played on stage together, performing their split four-disc album ''CrisisCrossover''.
* CueTheRain: A female-fronted acoustic rock band. Their songs are about death and loss of a loved one.
* CurrencyConspiracy: An {{EBM}} group infamous for their first album cover, which featured instructions that, if folded in the included instructions, can be folded into the shape of a $100 dollar bill.
* CuteAndPsycho: [[SubvertedKidsShow Seems like kids' songs]], but then the vocalist starts screaming and singing violent lyrics.
* CuteBruiser: The band that the lead singer of BoisterousBruiser's little sister made. Plays mostly peppy metal.
* [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Cute Shotaro Boy]]: Teen pop band with extremely smarmy, hilarious lyrics and a very attractive (and very underage) frontman.
* CutenessProximity: Some pop band whose main selling point is that their lead singer is really hot. Or an eight-year old girl. Or [[{{Squick}} * shudders* ]] ''both''.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: DeathMetal parody band who attempt to be ridiculous by turning the violence and HarshVocals up to at least 12. Broke up after [[PoesLaw everyone took them seriously and they became an extremely popular death metal band.]]
* {{Cyberbullying}}: Synthpop and rock fusion.
* CyberCyclops: Techno-iest techno group in the history of techno.
* DanceOfRomance: Classical waltz music to get you in a romantic mood.
* DancingBear: Country band. Known more for their creative on-stage antics than their actual music.
* DaintyLittleBalletDancers: ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina''-themed nerd rock band. Their first album, "OpeningBallet" (2005), was a smash hit in Japan but went unnoticed in the States. And true to their source material, all members, past and present, are trained ballet dancers and were inspired to learn ballet after watching the show or reading the original books. Currently touring with ElegantGothicLolita.
* DameWithACase: An attractive female noir detective. Sings jazz solos describing the different detectives she's worked with.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Goth metal band who donates 75% of their profits to orphanages, hospitals, and women's shelters.
** Do lots of charity drive concerts with BadFuture.
* DarkFantasy: Do lots of songs about thinking about murdering people in terrible ways.
* DarkMessiah: Lots of average black metal songs done by ex-Christian rock artists.
* DarkReprise: Snarky comebacks for upbeat/ inspiring songs. Or, death metal done by ex-children's singers. (Think Music/{{Raffi}} if he got fed up singing to kids and turned evil).
* [[DarthWiki/ThisExists Darth Wiki]]: A [[HollywoodSatanism Satanic]] [[BlackMetal Black]]-[[DeathMetal Death]]-DoomMetal band composed of [[NaziZombies the mindless, resurrected corpse]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler on drums, a [[YouClonedHitler clone of Hitler]] on bass, Joseph Stalin brought into the future with time-travel on the keyboard, Ivan the Terrible before he was sent into the past with time-travel on lead vocals, Cthulhu working the lights, the Son of Sam on pyrotechnics and the souls of the damned forced with various torture devices used to make them sing background. All of their songs involve incomprehensible growling that causes all men and women who hear it to ejaculate blood and miscarry respectively before being compelled to murder and eat their friends and family in a blind homicidal rage. If you listen to their songs backwards however, it sounds an awful lot like the discography of [[SugarWiki/SweetExists Sugar Wiki]].
* DeadAllAlong: annoyingly catchy melodic post-hardcore/screamo band in the vein of From First to Last or Alexisonfire. Every member has a droopy fringe and the word "LOVE" tattooed on his knuckles.
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: A metropolitan philharmonic whose funding ran out, so they decided to become a touring band.
* DeadUnicornTrope: I'm thinking some kind of dark rock-ish or power metal sound, with fantasy lyrics and an appreciation of metafiction.
* DeathAndTheMaiden: A Neoclassical SymphonicMetal band that bases its concept albums off of famous public-domain vanitas paintings.
* DeathByFallingOver: Emo parody where the members act clumsy.
* DeathByMocking: A death metal parody spiritual successor to ''[[http://www.myspace.com/tenmaskedmen Ten Masked Men]]''
* DeathByNewberyMedal: A nerdy death metal parody with songs about literature.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Post Hardcore band whose lyrics express violent hatred towards unrequited love triangles and Geometry. Their debut album went by the title "SOHCAHTOA (Some Odious Harlots Can Always Hurt Teens Offering Affection)"
* DeckClogger: Comedy band that performs sea shanties.
* DeliberateUnderPerformance: They say they can play super well, but every time they hold a live show, nobody's impressed. Fans question whether they're doing it because of their name or if they really just aren't that good.
* DemotedMemories: Sad synth pop from TheNewTwenties. Their 2020 debut album, ''YourWorstMemory'', was a hit with the {{Simpsonwave}} crowd. "CryingAtYourBirthdayParty" is commonly used in remixes.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Light pop rock. Backs up DinnerAndAShow at their concerts in case things get too crazy.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Any group whose first album contains entirely original material. The rest all consist of remixes and remakes of those songs in different styles.
* DerailedForDetails: Their songs try to tell a story, but always get sidetracked in the end. Encourages AudienceParticipation, with the members riffing new responses to the audience's interruptions, so that no two shows are the same.
* {{Determinator}}: Rapper from Detroit. Got shot, didn't stop the show. Tended to rap over beats based on TV production music.
* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: A really dark goth or emo metal band.
* DetonationMoon: Space rock known primarily [[GreatBallsOfFire for the band's elaborate pyrotechnics]].
* DevelopmentHell: A very popular garage rock band, touring all year round. Unfortunately, their schedule leaves them no time to produce their debut album.
** Their debut album was finally released in December 2018 after being promoted since ''1987'', under the title of SavedFromDevelopmentHell.
* DevilButNoGod: Satanic-themed melodic black metal in the style of Dimmu Borgir.
* DontGoInTheWoods: HeavyMithril band that uses a high school teacher and his after-school TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons club as a FramingDevice.
* DiabolicalMastermind: An electronic dance music producer with uptempo, aggressive sound who samples extensively from SurfRock, PsychedelicRock, [[EverythingIsAnInstrument and 1960s computer equipment]]. Whenever her songs have lyrics, they usually tend to revolve around the scientific advancements of TheSixties (such as the early computers, [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace the space rockets]], and naturally, [[EnergyWeapon lasers]])... and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the ways to use them]] in [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] schemes. The producer is in her mid-twenties, often sporting partially or fully shaven head, and her [[CharacterTics signature gesture]] that was popularized with her second album cover is [[Film/AustinPowers lifting up her right pinky]] to the corner of her mouth.
* DiagnosedByTheAudience: A band that makes fun of society's depiction of mental disorders by having the members behave like exaggerated versions of stereotypical mentally-disadvantaged people. Known for their songs "AttentionDeficitOohShiny" and "HollywoodTourettes". Their song "HollywoodAutism" was such an egregious example of PoesLaw that the UK's National Autistic Society called them out and urged the public to not stream the song.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: HP Lovecraft parody band.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Hipster band, known for dressing in 1920's style suits. Only cut one album, which received mixed reviews but general praise for a good climax.
* DiedOnTheirBirthday: Screamo rock quintet whose lyrics explore topics of teen angst, broken relationships, and depression.
* {{Differently Powered Individual}}s: Geek-Techno, all of their songs are about having superpowers.
* TheDilbertPrinciple: All the band members are dressed like ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' characters. They mostly cover {{Paperworkaholic}} songs.
* DinnerAndAShow: Band members are dressed like an old-timey barbershop quartet, but they play pop. Live catering is always around the stage. Stay after their performance to enjoy some dinner! Due to the antics of JustHereForTheFreeSnacks, has hired DeniedFoodAsPunishment as a bodyguard.
* DirtyCommunists: Very similar in their unfaltering stage personas to ThoseWackyNazis. Often do covers of folk music. Musical style varies; it is an open secret that each of the band members has a different musical style (though premised on the same idea), and have been at each other's throats.
* [[DirtyCoward Dirty Covers]]: An alternative rock band mostly covering others' songs because they're too afraid to experiment with their own style.
* The {{Dirty Kid}}s: Every song has the most childish dirty jokes ever.
* DisappointingOlderSibling: Follow-up band to CheerfulChild that suffered serious HypeBacklash. It's just not as good as you hoped, you know?
* DiscoDan: Singer/composer who has been releasing music consistently since 1976, despite being way too old and having about a dozen remaining fans. Has an [[http://ocremix.org/artist/4285/disco-dan artist page]] over on Music/OCRemix.
* DiscoTech: Electronic music band with fondness for making their own synths out of old equipment.
* DiseaseBleach: Punk rock.
* DisneyAcidSequence: Psychedelic band covering Disney songs.
* DisneyDeath: A Death Metal band that only plays Disney songs. It's better than it sounds.
** DisneyVillainDeath: The Disney Villains from a Death Metal band.
* DisobeyThisMessage: Truly edgy Punk Rock when it was first formed, but due to ExecutiveMeddling after hitting the big time, shifted to much less controversial Pop rock, before a bitter break up. After the band broke up, each of the founding members formed their own band, none of which have enjoyed the same success as DisobeyThisMessage.
* DissonantSerenity: progressive death metal band that contrasts clean female vocals with brutally growled male ones. Guitar solos and keyboard solos range from fast heavy ones to quieter, lighter ones that always have a sinister air about them.
* DistantReactionShot: Very depressive Doom Metal.
* DitzyGenius: British comedy pop-rock group known for having surprisingly profound views on life, although they're more well-known for...[[CloudCuckooLander not being quite straight in the brain]].
* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Deconstructive songs, but all of the band members are very self-conscious and insecure.
* DoNotTouchTheFunnelCloud: Death metal band whose lyrics are [[PungeonMaster liberally sprinkled]] with meteorologically-related [[HurricaneOfPuns puns]] and [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms euphemisms]].
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Comedy.
* DoorRoulette: A jazz fusion band from Detroit that's famous for doing a lot of [[ConceptAlbum Concept Albums]].
* DoorToBefore: GenreRoulette; each of their songs is done in a different style and contains references to what was popular in a specific decade.
* DorkKnight: HeavyMithril band that [[IndecisiveParody can't decide]] if it's an AffectionateParody of nerdy power metal or the real thing.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Beatlesque psychedelic ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' themed band. Popular for their covers of "I Am the Walrus" and "White Rabbit". Have preformed "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}" and "The Lobster Quadrille". Their most famous albums are ''OffWithHisHead'' (1967) and ''The Mad Tea Party'' (1968).
* DragonLady: satirical punk rock that often focuses on deconstructing the racial and sexual attitudes of modern society. The lead singer is an Asian-American woman.
** Alternatively, an all-girl Music/DragonForce tribute band.
* DramaPanes: All-girls orchestral rock band whose debut album is a Rock opera about a pair of StarCrossedLovers who die at the end .
* {{Dreamville}}: Calming dream pop.
* DrFakenstein: Faux gothic metal.
* DriverOfABlackCab: A Gothic/Doom Metal band that is known to be very politically active, often times stopping between songs to rant about today's society.
* DynamicEntry: Pop band with a lot of acrobatics in their stage shows and videos. They tend to make use of extras who oftentimes show up from out of nowhere.
* DysfunctionalFamily: [[WesternAnimation/{{TheLoudHouse}} The Loud House]] tribute nerd rock. Cristina Pucelli (Luan's voice actress) provides lead vocals (under a pseudonym.)
* {{Dystopia}}: Alternative rock band with some rather depressing tunes. BigBrotherIsWatching (2003) is considered their best album.
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