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* TeensAreMonsters: A [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag]] GarageBand trio of misfit teenage girls [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic blasting their hearts out on cheap instruments.]] Their lyrics are generally [[TheSnarkKnight sardonic, snarky, darkly humorous reflections and observations on the follies of teenage life]]. Their music is usually categorized as "alternative rock," but it is also influenced by hardcore punk, punk pop, and progressive rock. They performed their first gig when they crashed a talent show at their high school, setting up in record time and performing part of the song "Pep Rally Purgatory" before the administration caught on and forcibly removed them from the stage. They later released their debut album ''BrainlessBeauty'' and began a tour in a [[WhatAPieceOfJunk converted family minivan]], playing guerilla gigs across the country and building up a fanbase of various teenage freaks. They are currently on tour with HornyVikings ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial their gigs together are totally not]] ''Film/ProjectX'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial -esque teen house parties]]). The band members are:
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* TeensAreMonsters: A [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag]] GarageBand trio of misfit teenage girls [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic blasting their hearts out on cheap instruments.]] Their lyrics are generally [[TheSnarkKnight sardonic, snarky, darkly humorous reflections and observations on the follies of teenage life]]. Their music is usually categorized as "alternative rock," but it is also influenced by hardcore punk, punk pop, and progressive rock. They performed their first gig when they crashed a talent show at their high school, setting up in record time and performing part of the song "Pep Rally Purgatory" before the administration caught on and forcibly removed them from the stage. They later released their debut album ''BrainlessBeauty'' and began a tour in a [[WhatAPieceOfJunk converted family minivan]], playing guerilla gigs across the country and building up a fanbase of various teenage freaks. They are currently on tour with HornyVikings ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial their gigs together are totally not]] ''Film/ProjectX'' ''[[Film/ProjectX2012 Project X]]'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial -esque teen house parties]]). The band members are:
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* SurvivalHorror: A HorrorCore group who uses a [[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} Polygon artstyle]] in their album art.
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* StartToCorpse: As always with names like these, metal, probably some garage band who's a bit confused on their exact sub-genre, or what it actually means. Bassist wants to play Black metal, the drummer wants to play Death metal, the Guitarist wants to experiment, and the lead singer is still mesmerised by the idea of subgenres.
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* StartToCorpse: As always with names like these, metal, probably some garage band who's a bit confused on their exact sub-genre, SubGenre, or what it actually means. Bassist wants to play Black metal, the drummer wants to play Death metal, the Guitarist wants to experiment, and the lead singer is still mesmerised by the idea of subgenres.
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* SignedWithAKiss: A glam metal band from the 80s who would tour with OurWitchesAreDifferent. The band's female guitarist got along well with OurWitchesAreDifferent's lead guitarist, as she also had a younger brother herself, in fact, the band was originally going to be named BoyMeetsGirl, but while recording a song, the guitarist received a letter from her brother with a drawing o the two of them together, and when she wrote him back, she kissed the bottom part, which is when she decided on the name for the band, and signing things with kisses, be they autographs, band merchandise, or letters to fans, friends, or relatives, became the band's signature trait.
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* SignedWithAKiss: A glam metal band from the 80s who would tour with OurWitchesAreDifferent. The band's female guitarist got along well with OurWitchesAreDifferent's lead guitarist, as she also had a younger brother herself, in fact, the band was originally going to be named BoyMeetsGirl, but while recording a song, the guitarist received a letter from her brother with a drawing o of the two of them together, and when she wrote him back, she kissed the bottom part, which is when she decided on the name for the band, and signing things with kisses, be they autographs, band merchandise, or letters to fans, friends, or relatives, became the band's signature trait.
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* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: A HardRock band thematically based around [[The80s 80's]] Nostalgia. They dress in Punk attire, their clothes and instruments are in [[SicklyGreenGlow glow-and-the-dark green paint]] to evoke MutagenicGoo, and they have come out with many songs and concept albums that evoke UsefulNotes/The8bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames, {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, stereotypically manly {{Action Hero}}es, Reagan-era action-figures, aerobics, {{Slasher Movie}}s set in the woods, {{Mutant}}s, CassetteFuturism, ClimateChange and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. While they played opening acts for a lot of most famous bands, their big break came when Creator/LloydKaufman asked them to cameo in Creator/{{Troma}}'s latest movie, their band becoming an official part of Tromaville lore.
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* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: A HardRock band thematically based around [[The80s 80's]] Nostalgia. They dress in Punk attire, their clothes and instruments are in [[SicklyGreenGlow glow-and-the-dark green paint]] to evoke MutagenicGoo, and they have come out with many songs and concept albums that evoke UsefulNotes/The8bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames, MediaNotes/The8bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames, {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, stereotypically manly {{Action Hero}}es, Reagan-era action-figures, aerobics, {{Slasher Movie}}s set in the woods, {{Mutant}}s, CassetteFuturism, ClimateChange and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. While they played opening acts for a lot of most famous bands, their big break came when Creator/LloydKaufman asked them to cameo in Creator/{{Troma}}'s latest movie, their band becoming an official part of Tromaville lore.
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* SpaceZone: An AvantGardeMetal that uses elements of [[TheFifties 50's]]-style rock and a theremin. The theremin player is dressed like an alien while the rest are dressed like TheMenInBlack, their songs all based on schlocky sci-fi [[BMovie B-Movies]].
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* SpaceZone: An AvantGardeMetal that uses elements of [[TheFifties [[The50s 50's]]-style rock and a theremin. The theremin player is dressed like an alien while the rest are dressed like TheMenInBlack, their songs all based on schlocky sci-fi [[BMovie B-Movies]].
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* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: A HardRock band thematically based around [[TheEighties 80's]] Nostalgia. They dress in Punk attire, their clothes and instruments are in [[SicklyGreenGlow glow-and-the-dark green paint]] to evoke MutagenicGoo, and they have come out with many songs and concept albums that evoke UsefulNotes/The8bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames, {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, stereotypically manly {{Action Hero}}es, Reagan-era action-figures, aerobics, {{Slasher Movie}}s set in the woods, {{Mutant}}s, CassetteFuturism, ClimateChange and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. While they played opening acts for a lot of most famous bands, their big break came when Creator/LloydKaufman asked them to cameo in Creator/{{Troma}}'s latest movie, their band becoming an official part of Tromaville lore.
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* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: A HardRock band thematically based around [[TheEighties [[The80s 80's]] Nostalgia. They dress in Punk attire, their clothes and instruments are in [[SicklyGreenGlow glow-and-the-dark green paint]] to evoke MutagenicGoo, and they have come out with many songs and concept albums that evoke UsefulNotes/The8bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames, {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, stereotypically manly {{Action Hero}}es, Reagan-era action-figures, aerobics, {{Slasher Movie}}s set in the woods, {{Mutant}}s, CassetteFuturism, ClimateChange and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. While they played opening acts for a lot of most famous bands, their big break came when Creator/LloydKaufman asked them to cameo in Creator/{{Troma}}'s latest movie, their band becoming an official part of Tromaville lore.
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* TwiceShy: A TamerAndChaster AffectionateParody of Music/{{Twice}}.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made On Drugs (trope merged into QuirkyWork): Psychedelic rock group [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin that makes music on drugs]]. Formed from members of DisneyAcidSequence and MushroomSamba when both broke up, the others forming GRatedDrug.
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* WorldOfBadass: A PowerMetal band where all the bandmates are body-builders and their drummer has become rather infamous for being a right-wing gun enthusiast that says a lot of sketchy things on social media.
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* SnobbyHobbies: A five-person orchestra that plays exclusively for billionaire shindigs.
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* SandBlaster: A HardRock group that adapts stories of Literature/ArabianNights into individual songs.
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* WarFromAnotherWorld: Hardcore rock that describes a battle between different worlds. Each "world" is represented by another band. The consistent hero is HurtingHero's mascot. The various worlds can be seen in music videos by ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill, SpikedBlood, and BadFuture. ActionGirl or LittleMissBadass show up during particularly intense battles, and you may even catch SirCameosALot in the background!
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* WarFromAnotherWorld: Hardcore rock that describes a battle between different worlds. Each "world" is represented by another band. The consistent hero is HurtingHero's mascot. The various worlds can be seen in music videos by ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill, SpikedBlood, and BadFuture. ActionGirl or LittleMissBadass show up during particularly intense battles, and you may even catch SirCameosALot in the background!
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* SpringCleaningFever: A Japanese Pop-Idol group that became really popular in the West because American MoralGuardians tried hitting them ''hard'' with {{Bowdleri|se}}zation due to their skimpy outfits and risque song lyrics.
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* 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]].
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* TheQueenWillBeWatching: The band members are dressed as medieval peasants, except the lead singer, who's an [[EvilIsCool cool, evil queen]]. Songs tend to be a call-and-response between the queen and her evil deeds, and the peasants planning their rebellion. Their SignatureSong: "GodSaveUsFromTheQueen"
* QuoteSource: A J-Pop group famous for their profound lyrics. They are in a rivalry with ImageSource.
* RabbitMagician: A one-man IndustrialMetal group/PerformanceArtist that forgoes the usual {{Cyberpunk}}/political edge of the genre and instead favors PostModernMagik[=/=]UrbanFantasy, doing high-octane [[StageMagician acts of prestidigitation]] on-stage while the instrumentals play in the background, said tricks usually involving an ironic twist to them (SawAWomanInHalf with blood and live doves coming out of the two halves, [[PullARabbitOutOfMyHat getting pulled through the hat instead of pulling a rabbit out]], etc).
* RageAgainstTheReflection: An American Christian metalcore band whose lyrics are about their brushes with depression and suicide and eventual turning to Christ. The band are suprisingly not conservative for "mainstream" Christians, and LGBTQ+ rights, science, and fantasy works are not classified as the devil's creations (the drummer is bisexual and has a boyfriend, the bassist is a huge ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' fan, and the rhythm guitarist has a degree in biology).
* RageQuit: A metal band. At their live shows, the guitarist always makes a mistake about halfway through the fifth song, and his playing just gets worse from that point on until he gives up and walks off stage. Currently looking for a new guitarist.
* RailroadBaron: A thrash metal band from Texas made up of [[Main/RailEnthusiast railfans]]. The lead singer dresses up as, well, a railroad baron and the other members dress up as stereotypical railroad employees. Think of them as being Music/{{Alestorm}} if they sung about railroading history and railfan culture instead of pirates. Contrary to popular belief, the band-members are good friends with those of RailroadEmployeeRoundhouse and the two bands are currently touring together.
* RailroadEmployeeRoundhouse: A British railroading-themed thrash metal band. Started off as a drone metal band but gave up after two albums in that genre and switched to thrash metal with a railroading theme by the time their third album dropped. Currently touring with RailroadBaron.
* RainbowsAndUnicorns: Saccharine pop music aimed at young girls.
* RaisingTheSteaks: A glam metal band that draws inspiration from bands like {{Music/Ratt}}, {{Music/Dokken}}, glam-era {{Music/Pantera}}, {{Music/Poison}}, {{Music/Def Leppard}}, {{Music/Lion}}, Music/VinnieVincentInvasion, {{Music/Slaughter}}, Music/SkidRow, Music/MotleyCrue, {{Music/Odin}}, {{Music/Thor}}, Music/QuietRiot, {{Music/Extreme}}, {{Music/Warrant}}, {{Music/Tesla}}, ''Turbo''-era Music/JudasPriest, {{Music/Whitesnake}}, Music/DamnYankees, and {{Music/Cinderella}}. Currently on tour with RideTheRainbow and FairyGodmother.
* RatedMForManly: On the surface, Heavy Metal. Actually a brilliantly done StealthParody of the genre. Lots of argument amongst fans if their music is intentionally SoBadItsGood, unintentionally SoBadItsGood, SoGoodItsBad, So Bad It's Horrible, or just plain Good. Rivals of TestosteronePoisoning.
* The RazorApples: A group of former lunchladies make a rock band. Never caught on.
* RaygunGothic: Power/prog metal. Their albums all tell the ''CrystalSpiresAndTogas'' science fiction saga. They are faster than Music/DragonForce and more complex than Music/DreamTheater, and their ultimate goal is to create the most difficult-to-play piece of music ever.
* ARealManIsAKiller: Either a blackened thrash metal band with experimental influences from Oslo, Montana, or a hardcore rap group focusing on crime and war in their lyrics. Or possibly both.
* RealMenLoveJesus: A ChristianMetal band with tons of TestosteronePoisoning (the trope).
* RealMoneyTrade: Political rap that discusses social-economical issues. Once appeared in a PremiumCurrency song.
* RealMenTakeItBlack: A side project by rapper SassyBlackWoman. In bold [[ClusterFBomb wording]] and imagery she sings about being a strong woman who likes strong coffee and strong men who can handle strong women and strong coffee. 10% joke, 70% filthy, 20% waxing lyrical about caffeine. Known for the hit "YouGetMeCoffee", about how what women really want is coffee when they want it.
* RealMenWearPink: A pop-punk band who have all of their band tee's in pink and often joke about being gay when really they do this to get a female fanbase and thus chicks.
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: all-girl punk band where every member wears pants.
* RedemptionRejection: A Music/SexPistols/Music/PublicImageLtd tribute band founded by an ex-anarchist who was unable to find work after he was paroled from prison and founded the band to have a full-time "job".
* RedOniBlueOni: More Japanese singers. These ones, for no discernible reason, sing Japanese mythology (and occasionally other mythology) translated to Portuguese through French, with a Punk tune. Nobody has ''any'' idea whose idea it was to start this band.
* RedShirtArmy: A Franchise/StarTrek band in the style of TheNthDoctor, BigDamnHeroes, and AdamWesting. Bitter rivals with KirksRock.
* RefusedReunion: Blues band.
* RefugeInAudacity: Punk comedy band that uses a lot of [[BlackComedy Dead Baby lyrics]].
* ResurrectedMurderer: Thrash metal.
* {{Retcon}}: a cheesy pop/R&B fusion band, which tries to play up its edginess.
* RideTheRainbow: A glam/hair/power-metal band with the fashion sense of Music/TwistedSister, the color palette of a five-year old girl's ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite''-themed birthday party, the upbeat tempo of Music/{{Neonfly}} and is consistently picketed by Moral Guardians for corrupting their youth in-spite of the overwhelmingly upbeat love-ballads that make up most of their albums.
* RightfulKingReturns: The lead singer is an Elvis impersonator. Nead we say more?
* TheRoadie: An American FolkMetal band named after its lead singer, who just so happened to be a former Roadie, his first album comprised mainly of love-letters tot he unsung heroes of the Rocking industry.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A death metal band with lyrics about people who become [[PersonOfMassDestruction people]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of]] [[UnstoppableRage mass]] [[BerserkButton destruction]] after either [[RageBreakingPoint having had enough of this or that]] or [[ItsPersonal after losing someone or something very close to them]].
* RobotBuddy: Upbeat electropop about a young kid and his amazing robot friend. Often plays alongside CheerfulAI and may be connected to PoweredByAForsakenChild.
* RoboSpeak: The "vocals" are performed on a Mac speech synth, like MC Hawking.
* RockersSmashGuitars: Not a "band" so much as a postmodern art display. Their performances consist of the members walking up to stacks of guitars and smashing them with sledgehammers. The guitars they wreck the least (or ''the most'') are sold for thousands of dollars on eBay. Currently on hiatus [[TooDumbToLive after they tried to smash live guitars with another, plugged-in live guitar]].
* RockMeAmadeus: Neoclassical Metal, do a lot of covers of classical symphonies, mostly Mozart.
* RockMeAsmodeus: A hardcore thrash band, but not really black or death metal.
* RockOfLimitlessWater: Pirate shanties combined with hard rock. [[AudienceAlienatingPremise Hasn't gathered a very large following.]]
* RocksFallEveryoneDies: The band formed by a disgruntled former member of KirksRock, which only lasted two months before the other members left. Currently looking for members.
* RockStarSong: A PostModernism band who songs are all {{Trope Name}}s and/or {{Take That}}s against other bands or songs. They'd have a sort of Emo/Ska sound if they didn't deny categorization because they hate all genres equally. Currently on hiatus after the singer quit because he felt the band's schtick went too far.
* RoommateDrama: Their title album tells the story of a [[TheStoic stoic, emotionless]] detective who lives with an [[NiceGuy upbeat nice guy]]. They don't have much in common, and are troubled by their distant relationship. The lead track, "I Just Don't Understand You", is their SignatureSong.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Cutesy pop music for elementary schoolers.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: A screwed up experimental/avantgarde rock/metal project probably featuring Mike Patton.
* RoguesGallery: Heavy metal group that only sings about true crime. Often tour with StartToCorpse.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Symphonic death metal.
* RoyalBlood: English two-piece HardRock band, with no official guitarist... [[Music/RoyalBlood wait a minute]]...
* RPGElements: Filk band. Members are named after the Classic elements, and their lyric booklets give the band members {{Character Level}}s.
* DarthWiki/RuinedForever: Dark metal band from Iceland. Have occasionally played festivals with Administrivia/TropeRepairShop ([[SelfDeprecation get it?]]).
* TheRuinsICaused: Symphonic metal, soaring violins backed with growling electric guitars, thunderous drums, and the occasional air-raid siren. Best known for "Ragnarock", which they describe as "a post-apocalytic jam session".
** RuinsForRuinsSake: Their most devoted fandom.
* RuleOfCool: A popular band that specializes in fast paced Rock music. Known for their hit single, "Instant Awesome: Just Add [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ninja Pirate Zombie Robots]]".
* RuleOfFunny: A comedy parody/tribute band to RuleOfCool.
* Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment: An avant-garde electronic rock band similar to Trio (the band who performed "Da Da Da") made up of [=TVTropes=] moderators.
* RunForTheBorder: A glam metal cover band themed after the criminal lifestyle. Their music videos are known for their well, RunForTheBorder themes and the endings usually being a TropicalEpilogue. Have covered songs based on or themed after literally every commitable crime known to man.
* RunningGag: In each of their albums, there's one theme or joke that ends up appearing in every song. Gained the nickname OverusedRunningGag when fans complained that [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks their gimmick was getting predictable and stale]]. As part of their GrandFinale, "RunningGagged", every single recurring joke they've made is brought back for a single song. They broke up, but the drummer ended up joining BrickJoke.
* RunsOnIgnorance: A punk band, where no members of the band have any idea of how they're supposed to use their instruments. Somehow, they made three hit singles before they had to break up, because they learned how to use their instruments properly, and couldn't match their old performance.
* SadClown: A costumed Cabaret clown singing emotional love-ballads and depressing songs.
* SailorEarth: All-girl punk band with five members who dress like the girls from Franchise/SailorMoon in concert, the lead singer (who is also the rhythm guitarist) appearing as the title character. Their first album, ''InTheNameOfTheMoon'' (1994), has "Sailor Earth", "In the Name of the Moon" and a cover of "Moonshadow" that even Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam appreciates. A former drummer went on to form the ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''-themed MegaNeko.
* [[/index]]UsefulNotes/SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines: An Afro-Caribbean music group from the country of the same name.[[index]]
* SamuraiShinobi: A Melodic Death/Power Metal band comprised of {{Otaku}}s who met in their High School manga and anime club. Their main lyrical themes include Shintoism, Buddhism, Youkai and basic Japanese history. One of their concept albums details the life of famed samurai and ninja UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo.
* SamusIsAGirl: A glam punk band whose members are all drag queens and kings.
* SanitySlippage: A doom metal band with lyrical themes dealing with dangerous mental illnesses and people with said mental illnesses.
* {{Santabomination}}: A Death Metal Band (as well as an album named Santabomination) that releases Christmas albums.
* SassyBlackWoman: Woman rapper, raps mostly about men, the pains in the ass of everyday life and why politicians are idiots who should be taken out and shot. Brutally true, hilarious and outrageously filthy.
* SatelliteFamilyMember: Classic and electronic fusion, with lyrics about the sanctity of family relationships.
* ScareEmStraight: MoralGuardians-endorsed band that tells you the terrible things that could happen if you do drugs, don't eat your vegetables, or go to bed too late. The consequences listed are soo unrealistic that they cross into {{Narm}} territory.
* ScaryBlackMan: Politically-minded rapper. He legally changed his name to this. Sings about his experiences growing up in a predominantly white region of Chicago.
* SchizoTech: Alternative rock, using instruments such as violins, electric guitars, trombones, synthesizers, banjos, and amplifiers. An extremely unique sound.
* The ScoobyDoobyDoors: A [[Music/TheDoors Doors]] tribute band consisting of two men and two women. They are best known for their [[GreatBallsOfFire elaborate concerts]] that follow [[StrictlyFormula the typical SD episode setup]]. The members dress as ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' characters (Fred on vocals, Velma on keys, Shaggy on drums, and Daphne on guitar), and in-between songs they perform skits with an overarching story involving them solving a mystery (which is different depending on the city they're performing in). Scooby (and, when he appears, [[TheScrappy Scrappy]]) are represented by hand puppets performed by the drummer and guitarist, respectively, while the suspects and other characters are played by their backup dancers. They have a FandomRivalry with fellow ''Scooby'' tribute band TakeThatScrappy, though both bands are good friends with one-another.
* ScoringPoints: 80s-themed chiptune band that mainly composes for indie games.
* {{Scotireland}}: A celtic/folk punk band whose lyrics takes influences from Irish/Scottish history and culture.
* TheScrappy: A goth/emo metal band that focuses on worthlessness and trash. Songs include "Piece of Junk", "Useless", and "Bound for the Dump".
* SelfOffense: Alternative rock band with lyrics about self-loathing.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** Rock and Roll. They sound almost exactly like Music/TheBeatles, but everybody's tired of the same old songs about love.
** Alternatively, a {{Series/Seinfeld}} nerd rock band whose members dress as characters from the show during concerts (similar to AdamWesting or TheNthDoctor), with Jerry on vocals, George on guitar, Elaine on drums, Kramer on keyboards, and Newman on bass. Several of their songs discuss the several ways that [[SelfDeprecation the show]] [[TitleDrop is unfunny.]]
* SerialEscalation: A band that goes to ridiculous lengths to one-up every other band. Their guitarist plays fast enough to put Music/DragonForce to shame... ''with his teeth'', the lead singer incorporates spontaneous glass breakage into their concerts, their drummer is a zombie Keith Moon. Their pyrotechnics must be seen to be believed. They played with SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome once. The show got sold out ''3 seconds'' after tickets went on sale.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Rapper with a tendency to write really, reeeally complicated lyrics. Occasionally uses words that take up an entire bar to pronounce.
* ShadowGovernment: {{Black|Metal}}-IndustrialMetal band with themes of war, crony-capitalism, corrupt religion, and cryptids. Their mascot is a tall [[TheGreys Grey-Alien]] in a [[TheMenInBlack black suit]]. Fans who've analyzed their most critically acclaimed album -- "EyeOfProvidence" -- think that the reason why their production quality had fallen in later albums is because the various antagonists in their more story-heavy songs are deliberately based off of specific people in their own record-company.
* ShadyScalper: Horrorcore PlayedForLaughs. It deals with the nightmares of nerds and collectors everywhere.
* ShapedLikeItself: No-one can really pinpoint their style, only agree that the band sounds like itself.
* ShesAManInJapan: American band, none of whom have been to Japan.
* ShinyNewAustralia: Aussie indie rock with aboriginal influences, notable for the fact that the band was originally started by two immigrants: one German, another Mongolian. Nevertheless, it enjoys appreciable acclaim in UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, UsefulNotes/NewZealand, [[PeripheryDemographic and with North Rhine-Westphalia]] {{hipster}}s. Their most popular album is ''[[Film/MadMax Madness to the Max]]'', and their most critically acclaimed, as well as most divisive one is ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}} [[ShoutOut Management]]''.
* ShockAndAwe: AC/DC-influenced band, with some elements of power metal.
* ShoePhone: Punk rock band formed in 1978 by three guys and two girls with many songs and albums deriving from ''Series/GetSmart''. Scored their first hit with "Missed It By That Much" (1981, #1) from their debut album, ''I Asked You Not To Tell Me That'' (1982, #1). Sailed into TheyChangedItNowItSucks territory with the failed synth-pop-meets-punk-rock experiment known as ''Siegfried's Capture and the Collapse of [=KAOS=]'' (1985, #35), providing CanonDiscontinuity (and FanonDiscontinuity) on it and its single, "Siegfried on Series/TheLoveBoat" (1984, #30). Regained fans with "Six Destroyers" (1989, #1) from their final album, ''In [=CONTROL=]'' (1992, #1), which was nevertheless a CreatorKiller because of CreatorBreakdown and TroubledProduction. Qualifies as LongRunnerLineup Class 1: LogicalExtreme. Later formed UriahGambit and OneSteveLimit.
* SilkHidingSteel: A four-girl group whose members are all accomplished fencers. Best known for the beautifully choreographed duel in the music video for their hit single ''Sword Lily.''
* SinEater: A satanic black metal band whose gimmick is eating the food from the garbage can that they bring in the stage bafore playing.
* SirCameosALot: He always appears in the background of music videos, but doesn't put out much himself. Has brought popularity to obscure bands, with his fans [[JustHereForGodzilla watching their music videos just to see if they can spot him]].
* [[ASimplePlan Simple Plan]]: Pop-punk, maybe from Cana- [[Music/SimplePlan wait...]]
* TheSingingMute: A generic {{Hipster}} AlternativeIndie FolkMusic band that tries using an oxymoronic name.
* SmashingWatermelons: Tropical covers of Music/TheSmashingPumpkins songs.
* SlasherSmile: [[LyricalDissonance Incredibly disturbing and violent lyrics set to catchy, cheerful pop rock.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Well respected and loved pop/punk band featuring dueling violins and synthesizers as well as philosophical lyrics about opposites. The name is usually shortened to Sliding Scale. Have released many singles, (see [[SortingAlgorithmOfTropes here]] for full list. Scroll down to Sliding Scale. The band's singles discography is there.) but best known for their trio of Samuel Beckett like concept albums collectively called ''Morality'' These were the critically panned ''[[BlackAndWhiteMorality Black vs. White]]'', the more well received DarkerAndEdgier ''[[GreyAndGreyMorality Grey]]'', and the more bizarre, alien ''[[BlueAndOrangeMorality Blue to Oranges]]''. A fourth installment is said to come out soon called ''Chaotic/Neutral''.
* TheSnarkKnight: A trio of bass/vocals/drums playing a very stripped-down hybrid of PostPunk and PsychedelicRock. Notorious for their extremely insightful ([[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness and verbose]]) lyrical {{Take That}}s to ''everything''... [[TakeThatMe Including themselves.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: A gothic metal band whose lyrics calmly explain all the tortures they wish to inflict on others.
* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: A garage band that tries ''so hard'' to be the worst band on the entire planet, complete with an awful singer, an out-of-tune guitar, and a drummer who just bangs things randomly, pretending to be completely ignorant as to what a beat is. [[SpringTimeForHitler They end up gaining fans]] because the worst they can manage to get is SoBadItsGood. Take inspiration from the Shaggs.
* So Yeah: Indie-PowerPop based in Seattle but with two of four members from Vancouver (its fans debate whether they sound more like Music/OKGo or Music/TheNewPornographers). A fair number of their songs just kind of trail off without actually ''ending'', on the grounds that "you know where this is going, so why should we keep playing?" Most of these songs (and all of their albums) are references to Creator/EddieIzzard routines.
* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: Progressive Rock, interspersed with random trivia. At least once per song, at least one band member will implement whatever is in his/her pockets at the time.
* SomethingAboutARose: retro cocktail act with some stylistic similarities to Music/PinkMartini, who got their start doing Music/GunsNRoses covers.
** [[/index]]Alternately, four girls who are all ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fans who formed a tribute band. They dress up as the titular team at live concerts (lead singer/guitarist=Ruby, keyboardist=Weiss, bassist=Blake, drummer=Yang). They balance their repertoire between covers of existing RWBY songs, original songs about RWBY, and RWBY-themed parodies.[[index]]
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: Parody cover band that does covers of songs that they don't know half the lyrics to. Half the time, they just sing a few words of a song and mumble the rest. Some of their more famous "covers" include ones of "Heaven or Las Vegas", "We Didn't Start the Fire", and "Despacito".
* SongsOfSolace: AffectionateParody of late-2010s downtempo pop music. Their biggest hit "UnbrokenVigil" is based around a sample of [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]]'s exit theme.
* [[SorcerersApprentice The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]: Punk band whose five members dress as [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} sorcerer Mickey, brooms, and Yen Sid]] at concerts.
** Actual German Hard rock/Blues band. [[https://www.facebook.com/TheSorcerersApprenticeBand Here is their Facebook page]].
* SoulFragment: [[Franchise/HarryPotter Wizard rock]].
** Alternatively, a Music/CollectiveSoul cover band.
* SoullessBedroom: Downbeat vaporwave.
* SoundDefect: A StylisticSuck comedy band that specializes in adding {{Wacky Sound Effect}}s to their music, as well as other sound gags (the sound suddenly cutting out, an instrument suddenly detuning or seeming to break, etc.). A RunningGag involves them attempting to find the right sound effect for a song...and failing repeatedly.
* The SourPrudes: Parody band that act like [[GrumpyOldMan grumpy old]] MoralGuardians.
* SouthernBelle: Satirical heartland rock/southern rock group. The lead singer sings like Music/JohnMellencamp and he and the other members give all interviews in DeepSouth accents despite them all hailing from the Philadelphia suburbs.
* SpaceIsCold: Gothic Space-Rock.
* SpaceMarine: Leslie Fish meets Music/{{Sabaton}}. They sing power metal about war in space.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Parodies of StockAesops, often with a sci-fi theme.
* SpeakingSimlish: A pop-rock band that either speak a mash of foreign languages in each song, or just sing gibberish. [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Wider audiences claim they're actually singing in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and even Russian.]]
* {{Spexico}}: Indie-folk. They're from Nebraska and have absolutely no Latino members; they claim they met in Spanish class.
* SpikedBlood: Punk rock.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Affectionate parody of BlackMetal. Lots of [[HeavyMithril fantasy]] and TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} references in the lyrics.
* SpitefulWill: Stars a fictional man named Spiteful Will, who wants to get revenge on everyone who's wronged him in the past. Music is inspiring while simlultaneously bitter.
* SpitTrailKiss: A French DJ and vocalist duo mashing Electronica-House-Club-Trance-Jungle Bass genres.
* SpringtimeForHitler: A neo-Nazi rock band that keeps trying to get themselves pulled off the radio by singing praises for Hitler. The controversy just makes them even ''more'' popular.
* SpoonBending: PsychedelicRock group full of bell-like noises that the band members believe stimulate the brain in a manner similar to LSD with the intent of creating a race of Psychic humans.
* {{Squee}}: a Japanese pop band whose songs are incomprehensible, but the few understandable lyrics all relate to a SugarBowl world where [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles reign supreme.]]
* SquishyWizard: A group of self-admitted nerds with songs that spoof video-game tropes, such as the titular wizard.
* {{The Starscream}}s: Rival band and Decepticon counterpart to AutobotsRockOut Has more of a metal influence; harder, heavier, and darker, though by how much can vary wildly by song. Originally known as The Megatrons, but changed their name after the original lead singer's.... How shall I put it? ...Departure.
* StartToCorpse: As always with names like these, metal, probably some garage band who's a bit confused on their exact sub-genre, or what it actually means. Bassist wants to play Black metal, the drummer wants to play Death metal, the Guitarist wants to experiment, and the lead singer is still mesmerised by the idea of subgenres.
* SteamPunk: Symphonic metal band... with a twist! The band uses [[SchizoTech steam tractor with generator attached]] to power their instruments, the drummer uses a [[ClockPunk clockwork]] backpack with [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six extra arms]] to maximize efficency. Some songs use [[HomemadeInventions overhauled]] string instruments, brass instruments (steam-powered,natch), and a freakin' ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill pipe organ]]''. A [[ShockAndAwe Tesla Coil]] and low-temperature steam provide on-stage effects, musicans dress as Victorian-era gentlemen, [[BlingOfWar soldiers]], and {{Mad Scientist}}s. And you know how they haul all their perephirals around? [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld With the help of their blimp]]. Currently on tour with RaygunGothic.
* SteelDrumsAndSunshine: Feel-good calypso band. Their tracks are named after shades of yellow or blue.
* SteelEarDrums: A western rock band infamous for ending all their songs by shooting in the air with revolvers. Has received numerous lawsuits due to their albums causing temporary hearing loss to their listeners.
* StepfordSmiler: A pop rock Band Who Plays very Happy music, But lyrically They talk about Suicide and depression and Murder. Basically LyricalDissonance to the core.
* StingyJack: An IndustrialMetal band made to be a mocking burlesque of Music/RobZombie's work, complete with a guy dressed in a pumpkin-headed scarecrow costume dancing around on stage.
* StockSlasher and the DeviousDaggers: Thrash metal.
* StockPuzzle: A sound crew remixes popular music that you've already heard several hundred times.
* StopHavingFunGuys: A classical music group made up of Wikipedia admins. Their only hit (and original; as their entire repertoire aside from it is music by Mozart and other composers like him) song was "Notablity Guidelines", which was written after fans of Music/DosGringos and ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' were angered by their respective Wikipedia pages being deleted for being "non-notable".
* StoppedCaring: Vaporwave album appealing towards 90s nostalgia. Their first EP is "[[NoHelpIsComing ＮｏＨｅｌｐＩｓＣｏｍｉｎｇ]]".
* StrictlyFormula: A pop rock band who uses every riff, lyric and melody that you've heard in every other song on the radio.
* StupidJetpackHitler: A fringish rock band with lyrics which are either profound or nonsensical (nobody agrees). Not for the easily offended.
* StupidSexyFlanders: Tribute band to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* Stupid Statement Dance Mix (now defunct): Remixing internet memes or creating new ones. Most fans are nerds. Their most popular song to date is "''I Killed a Guy (with a trident).''", a Music/KatyPerry parody made up entirely of [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy Brick Tamland]] quotes. Broke up when the trend died out.
* SturgeonsLaw: An experimental rock group that only puts effort into one out of ten songs on each of their albums.
* SubspaceAnsible: Sci-fi prog rock. Don't like being called Subspace Ensemble.
* SuckingInLines: Emo alternative rock.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: {{Call And Response Song}}s between a {{Keet}} and a {{Kuudere}}.
* [[SugarWiki/SweetExists Sugar Wiki]]: A [[GlamRock Glam]]-{{Pop}}-[[GrooveMetal Groove]]-{{Funk}}-[[ProgressiveMetal Progressive]] Rock group with HippieJesus on guitar, SantaClaus on drums, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the White]] on bass, Amaterasu Omikami on the fiddle, a sentient rainbow doing the lights, a unicorn that farts rose-scented bubbles on pyrotechnics, [[Characters/HarryPotterAlbusDumbledore Albus Dumbledore]] as their manager, Creator/WilliamShakespeare as their songwriter and [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse Steven Universe]] and [[Literature/AmericanGods Shadow Moon]] as their roadies. All of their songs are ballads created to sow peace and love to the world. Exposure to it alleviates stress and promotes productivity in the general wellbeing in the universe. Prolonged exposure can lead to intense feelings of happiness and an expanded capacity of compassion for one's fellow man that have led to them being banned in the United States, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.
* {{Supergroup}}: An AlternativeMetal band whose members were members of ''other'' Supergroups; they took one look at what they were, [[AGoodNameForARockBand realized how cool that sounded]], and ran with it.
* SupernaturalTeam: A HardRock band with their own licensed comic book portraying the band members as a group of free-lance exorcists that fight demons and ghostly supervillains.
* SupremeChef: Pop music. Their singer, the Supreme Chef, is a [[TheStoic no-nonsense, unemotive]] chef who [[{{Workaholic}} lives to work]] and is super good at his job. His first album is ''ChefOfIron''. A turning point for his music is ''ThroughHisStomach'', which follows a story of him becoming the boyfriend of one of The {{Sweet Baker}}s. By the end, they're an OfficialCouple; fans went crazy and love it. During their ''ASideOrderOfRomance'' tour, the Supreme Chef [[DefrostingIceQueen slowly becomes more open about showing his affection for his girlfriend]]; the fanbase ''exploded''.
* [[WordSaladTitle Super Punk Octo Pudding Gas Mark Seven]]: Japanese singers who sing entirely in "[[GratuitousEnglish English]]".
* SurroundedBySmartPeople: Lead singer is a regular guy who somehow ended up with a bunch of astrophysicists. They mostly play math rock and nerdcore to confuse the living daylights of their lead.
* The {{Sweet Baker}}s: Very {{Moe}} all-female band who sing about their love of food. During concerts, they all wear aprons with cute saying on them. People who meet them outside of concerts can confirm that they're just as nice as they seem. One of them is now the boyfriend of the SupremeChef.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Heavy metal band that largely worships Satan. Scored their first hit by covering [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand the song they are named after]] on their [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled debut album]].
* TheSyndicate: The Italian-American answer to the Dropkick Murphies, singing folk-punk, the folk part coming from traditional Southern Italian music. Occasionally sing covers of songs from Music/FrankSinatra, Music/BruceSpringsteen and Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons just to fuck with people--although to be fair, they are from [[{{Joisey}} North Jersey]] and the drummer is even from Hoboken.
* Administrivia/TakeItToTheForums: Smashcore clusterjam wreck-rock. Live performances banned in 11 countries.
* TakeThat: The same band as AccentuateTheNegative. Naturally, these two bands ''loathe'' each other. Not to be confused with the [[strike:boy]] [[Music/TakeThatBand middle aged man band led by Gary Barlow]].
* TakeThatAudience: A hardcore punk band whose songs are filled with insults towards their listeners, critizing every single aspect in their lives, including the fact that they are buying their albums in the first place. Funnily enough, this doesn’t stop them from [[SpringtimeForHitler being a fan favorite in the scene]]
* TakeThatScrappy: Tribute band to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' where all the songs have something bad happen to Scrappy.
* TalkingHeads: NewWaveMusic, no-drama, a bit arty but maybe a bit funky... [[Music/TalkingHeads Wait...]]
* TearsOfFear: Blues and metal hybrid.
* TechnoBabble: Vocal samples over a drum machine beat, not recommended as backgorund music for crowded places. Features lengthy rap sessions by a [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito Corleone]] impersonator.
* TeamKids: Indie pop punk.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: A group of blind old people who use electronic instruments.
* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: A HardRock band thematically based around [[TheEighties 80's]] Nostalgia. They dress in Punk attire, their clothes and instruments are in [[SicklyGreenGlow glow-and-the-dark green paint]] to evoke MutagenicGoo, and they have come out with many songs and concept albums that evoke UsefulNotes/The8bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames, {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, stereotypically manly {{Action Hero}}es, Reagan-era action-figures, aerobics, {{Slasher Movie}}s set in the woods, {{Mutant}}s, CassetteFuturism, ClimateChange and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. While they played opening acts for a lot of most famous bands, their big break came when Creator/LloydKaufman asked them to cameo in Creator/{{Troma}}'s latest movie, their band becoming an official part of Tromaville lore.
* TeensAreMonsters: A [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag]] GarageBand trio of misfit teenage girls [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic blasting their hearts out on cheap instruments.]] Their lyrics are generally [[TheSnarkKnight sardonic, snarky, darkly humorous reflections and observations on the follies of teenage life]]. Their music is usually categorized as "alternative rock," but it is also influenced by hardcore punk, punk pop, and progressive rock. They performed their first gig when they crashed a talent show at their high school, setting up in record time and performing part of the song "Pep Rally Purgatory" before the administration caught on and forcibly removed them from the stage. They later released their debut album ''BrainlessBeauty'' and began a tour in a [[WhatAPieceOfJunk converted family minivan]], playing guerilla gigs across the country and building up a fanbase of various teenage freaks. They are currently on tour with HornyVikings ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial their gigs together are totally not]] ''Film/ProjectX'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial -esque teen house parties]]). The band members are:
** A [[TheSnarkKnight Daria-esque]] guitarist/cellist/lead singer who writes most of the lyrics and sings most of the songs.
** A keyboardist/violinist/occasional lead vocalist and lyricist who dresses like a stereotypical {{Goth}} but is actually more like a ShrinkingViolet [[HollywoodHomely nerd]].
** A drummer/percussionist who has the reputation of being the most [[GenkiGirl energetic]] and [[CloudCuckooLander out]]-[[CrazyIsCool there]] of the three, due to stunts like tossing candy into the audience, punching out bouncers at venues, and soloing until becoming too exhausted to play.
* TelepathicSpacemen: A PsychedelicRock[=/=]ProgressiveRock[=/=]Space Rock[=/=]{{Shoegazing}}[=/=]DreamPop[=/=]AlternativeMetal band who don't need instruments since they play everything in their heads and just use special amplifiers to translate it into sounds. This can make their concerts rather boring since they spend them staring at their shoes.
* TeleporterAccident: Thrashing grindcore, but with a faint yet persistent techno beat.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: Alternative rock, politically infused lyrics against The Man.
** The first-ever indie act out of Idlib.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Blatant parody heavy metal band, with hilarious lyrics. Rivals of RatedMForManly, despite frequently being confused with them.
* TestSubjectForHire: Alternative rock with a [[HollywoodPsych very bad understand of psychology ethics]].
* ThemedWedding: A ''Music/PostmodernJukebox''-esq. Tribute band that creates renditions of famous love songs, usually switching genres to be at their most ironic (like "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley redone to sound like "Monster Mash").
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: A band that parodies angsty emo. All of the members are covered with fake pimples, the lead singer's voice is deliberately whiny and scratchy (he has formal practice on how to emulate voice cracks), and most of their songs revolve around [[GirlsHaveCooties how to avoid the cooties]].
* ThereIsAGod: Purely Christian band.
* ThereIsNoCure: Music/TheCure hate band.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: ''More'' Dakka! Speed/power metal in all it's glory. Play only on eleventh volume (their concerts are not unlike Space Shuttle takeoff), use largest and loudest tech available. Frequently perform in improbable locations: over the erupting volcanoes, in the storms' eyes,and ''[[DetonationMoon on the moon]]'', among other places. Rivals with MoreDakka.
* Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability: Nerdcore, but all the references are very obscure. Generally considered to be Wikipedia admins' second-worse nightmare.
* TheSchizophreniaConspiracy: An alternative rock band whose songs all deal with insanity. [[OnlySaneMan With the exception of the bassist]], every member has spent some time institutionalized.
* ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The hardest and blackest of the metal bands. No, blacker than that.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Named after the [[PrecisionFStrike Precision B-Strike]] from their debut album.
-->''This is for emphasis, '''[=BIIIIIiIiIiIiIiIiIiITCH=]'''!''
* ThisIsMySide: Hard rock that insults targets that are off-limits. Fans defend them by saying that if you're getting offended, just don't listen to their music.
* Administrivia/ThisTroper: A band that exists only in rumours spread along various internet forums (and wikis) by some frustrated nerd that would like to convince people it's a real thing; alas nobody takes him seriously.
* ThongOfShielding: all-female pop/rock. Perform only in lingere' with g-string panties. Songs are about skimpy underthings and protecting loved ones. Currently on tour with NippleAndDimed.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Wacky nerd-humor band. Or at least, WANNABE wacky nerd humor band. They're not actually nerds, and they're really just playing along with the record company to try and capitalize on the success of Weird Al's "White and Nerdy." Yes, they're ''poser nerds.''
* ThoseWackyNazis: Who've constructed an elaborate stage persona of vicious, totally unironic-sounding neo-fascists from which they never deviate, and endeavour to keep their real lives (especially speculation as to whether they're Jewish, as often claimed) secret. As noted above, ''metal'', playing gigs with the DirtyCommunists to play off their rivalry. The fact that both ThoseWackyNazis and the DirtyCommunists ''hate'' PuttingOnTheReich has led some fans to joke that the two bands are actually just two faces of a larger project, The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In reality, all three bands were created by a history teacher as an excuse to perform novelty songs based off various subjects he teaches his high school class.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Parody {{Grunge}} band who claim to have failed to gain mainstream success or recognition as TrueArt during the early-to-mid-90s, and are making up for it. Think of them as Music/SteelPanther for the Grunge era. The music they produce is an AffectionateParody of both the best (powerful riffs, deep messages) and worst (unintelligible singing, unpolished sound, much pretentiousness) bits of Grunge.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Dronecore/ambient electronic, with a lot of references to going mad in the lyrics. Their first album and single are also titled ''Through the Eyes of Madness''.
* {{Tilesweeper}}: A disco band with a soldier theme.
* TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: A PowerMetal group who's gimmick is that they will sometimes stop playing in the middle of the song and chat to each other casual, maybe one member of the band helps him/herself to a drink of water, before resuming the song as if nothing happened.
* TimeStandsStill: A PowerMetal group who’s gimmick is that they will sometimes freeze in-place at random points in the song, allowing the echoes of their previous note and their audience’s shouting carry before resuming the song.
* To the Bat-Noun (now defunct): Another SuperHero tribute rock band. This band's members dress up as member of the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}: Franchise/{{Batman}} (lead singer), Franchise/{{Superman}} (keyboard), Franchise/WonderWoman (guitar), Green Arrow (bass), and Franchise/TheFlash (drums). They are bitter rivals with AdamWesting.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Punk rock band with DeadpanSnarker vocal delivery. May not actually be from Tokyo.
* TomatoSurprise: Performs usually-creepy songs where the last line completely changes what you thought the song was about.
* TooCoolToLive: Nihilistic party metal. From the "live fast, die young" school of thought.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Parodic reggaeton by a set of three Latino nerds (two Puerto Ricans and a Mexican).
* TouchOfTheMonster: Goth band with aesthetic and lyrical focus on InterspeciesRomance, often involving vampires.
* ToxicDinosaur: Aggressive garage rock.
* {{Tradesnark}}: Happy-go-lucky punk pop along the lines of Aquabats. All their songs parody recognizable corporations and all of their policies and controversy.
* JustForFun/TropeNamesForABand: Nerd/indie with lyrics that take meta humor just a bit too far...
* Administrivia/TropeRepairShop: A blues band made up of middle-aged mechanics and do-it-yourself repairmen.
* {{Troperiffic}}: TV Tropes' own band. Every song is about a trope. By far their most popular download is "MajorGeneralSong". Broke up after trope re-namings became common.
* [[{{Tsundere}} The Tsunderes]]: a feminist rock band that sings incredibly catchy songs about controversial women's issues such as extreme beauty ideals and female genital mutilation.
* [[ThreeAmigos The Three Amigos]]: Three high school friends who decided on a whim to start a band. Two girls and a guy.
* TranquilFury: A HeavyMetal band whose angriest lyrics are sung without raising any voices.
* TrappedByMountainLions: Emo and jungle fusion. Their lead single is "AnimalsHateHim".
* TrueArt: A musical collective, kind of like Parliament-Funkadelic, consisting of eight different bands. When joined together, they sound like [[GenreMashup clumsily-performed bluesy post-rock with angsty lyrics in a foreign language about gore and how much the current establishment sucks sung by chipper middle school assembly performers.]]
** TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Ambient post-rock like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, with a penchant for WordSaladLyrics, unusual instruments, and the TruckDriversGearChange.
** TrueArtIsAngsty: 90s-style {{grunge}} who's members dress in flannel and play vintage 60s guitars and sing songs with angsty lyrics about wanting to die. Always name-dropped by wannabe music critics and people who never got the hint that grunge died along with [[Music/KurtCobain Kurt]].
** True Art Is Offensive: Grindcore band similar to Napalm Death, with horrifying lyrics about gore and rape. All the members are currently on death row after the bassist shot the drummer eighty times and had sex with his corpse during a live show.
** True Art Is Foreign: Indie rock whose lyrics are never sung in English, instead switching between a lot of different languages (sometimes in the same song). Disbanded when all the members decided all their songs should be in one language, but they couldn't agree on which one. However, the lead singer will occasionally scream in Esperanto as a live member of TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.
** True Art Sticks It To The Man: Consists entirely of one guy yelling about how much the current establishment sucks over a BrownNote. Currently on hiatus after said guy was arrested during a performance of his 27-minute brown note rant rock epic "Every President That Has Ever Sat In Office Or Ever Will Sucks, And Here Is A Bullet-Pointed List To Explain Why". He has since released the song "You Guys Suck, Man! You Should Have Petitioned For My Release!"
** TrueArtIsAncient: Blues-rock played by eighty-year-old nursing home residents.
** TrueArtIsBoring: A classical music covers group that add lyrics to classical music pieces that are sung by chipper middle school assembly performers. Considered boring by the majority of their "audiences".
** [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth True Art Is Simple/Unpolished]]: Clumsily-performed indie/alternative rock with a penchant for ThrowItIn and TheShowMustGoOn. Receives rave reviews from ''Pitchfork'' in the U.S. and ''[=NME=]'' in the U.K. and is always name-dropped by indier-than-thou hipsters, yet is ignored by everybody else.
* TrueLoveIsAKink: A Punk band that uses a lot of Neon Pink. They may or may not be made up exclusively of gay men, but it is clear that gay men make up most of their audience.
* TrophyViolence: Sings intense {{Bragging Theme Tune}}s for each of their band members. Claims that they will crush all in their path, but died out after the singer and drummer got into a petty feud and refused to speak to each other.
* TroubledProduction: A ''insane'' ThrashMetal band based out of the KCMO area, played by five people: vocals, two guitars, bass, and drums. Did a lot of live shows, until their career was cut short after the drummer was murdered by a light technician for VodkaDrunkenski following their ''MurderDotCom'' tour. As of 2017, they have released a new album with a new drummer called ''Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking''.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: A cover band who celebrate everything that embodied the 2000s. They mostly do covers of songs by artists who were huge during the 2000s (e.g. Music/NellyFurtado, Music/{{Ashanti}}, Music/FiftyCent, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/TheBlackEyedPeas, Music/TheWhiteStripes, Music/MyChemicalRomance, etc.) and the theme songs to iconic 2000s TV shows (e.g. the ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' theme, "Superman" from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''). The male members dress like pre-Recession college frat boys on spring break while the female members dress in outfits typical of the time. Their live performances include iconic imagery from 2000s films, TV shows and news events being projected behind them on a screen, handing out 2000s snacks like Gripz and Oreo [=Cakesters=] to audience members at concessions, and 2000s trivia contests. Insist that their shows are advertised as "parties".
* TuttiFruttiHat: Samba music.
* Website/TVTropes: Some casual indie band. [[BitingTheHandHumor You listen to their songs every now and then, but they're not all that engaging.]]
* UncertainDoom: Self-conscious, neurotic teenagers play black metal.
* UncertifiedExpert: Comedy band. Each song has the members act as a "professional" in a different field, with the lyrics full of crazy misconceptions.
* UncleTomfoolery: An all-Black Hardcore Punk group famous for their fast and fierce musical style best displayed in their first two albums ''MagicalNegro'' (1982) and ''ScaryBlackMan'' (1983).
* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: A hardcore death metal/electronica band. Nobody takes them seriously.
* UltraSuperHappyCuteBabyFestFarmer3000: A DeconstructiveParody of bubblegum pop, with an electronic influence.
* UnfortunateImplications: Lo-fi rock band whose lyrics do, in fact, have UnfortunateImplications.
* UnmovingPlaid: Dance-pop band that [[DiscoDan refuses to move on with the times]].
* UnsoundEffect: Experimental art-rock band that makes "music" with random objects. Kind of a Steve Reich meets early Residents sound.
** Alternatively, a rap group whose song lyrics consist of absolutely nothing but various onomotopieas.
* UnstablePoweredChild: PoweredByAForsakenChild in the style of MaximumFunChamber.
* UnstoppableRage: A thrash metal band with songs dealing with anger and multiple ways it's unleashed.
* UnstoppableMailman: Nothing prevents these couriers from the swift delivery of sick beats. Their first album, ''Return to Sender'', was a hit with tracks like "Gloom of Night" and "Dead Letters". In concert, all the members dress in blue postal service uniforms, and will take a break during shows to open fan mail.
* TheUnwittingComedian: An Urban {{Blues}} music-group that creates songs about how their dreams of making it big as musicians have been crushed, interspersing their lyrics with jokes at their own expense.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A sludge metal band following a concept dealing with a group of people who unintentionally bring about the destruction of their homeland and end up having to deal with the consequences of said destruction.
* UriahGambit: Music/UriahHeep cover band. Mick Box, Trevor Bolder and Bernie Shaw have actually enjoyed listening to their covers, some of which feature Phil Lanzon as a session musician.
* UselessBoyfriend: Band led by a female singer that mainly sings songs against love. Word has it that she actually ''does'' have a boyfriend; he's in on the joke.
* UselessWithoutCellPhones: A {{Dubstep}} group that will often come on stage an hour late because they were busy texting.
* VaderBreath: some sub-set of HeavyMetal. Wear death-masks hooked up with forced-air respirators (which they're never seen without, like Daft Punk and their mirrored masks). Sing through voice changers that give them a deep, mechanical grate. Tracks are interspersed with-what else-deep, rhythmic breathing. Doctors are on stage at every show to make sure they never accidentally suffocate in those masks, [[NiceToTheWaiter and hospital staff and EMTs are given the best seats at their concerts]].
* VengefulVendingMachine: A heavy metal band, the meanings of their lyrics always just out of reach.
* VideoSource: A J-Pop group famous for their big-budget music videos. They were in a threeway rivalry with QuoteSource and ImageSource. Disbanded when the videos ended up becoming too expensive to keep producing.
* VirtualGhost: Alternates between Punk and Techno music.
* VisibleSilence: Quiet-yet-menacing slow rock, with a lot of acoustic instruments ''a la'' early Days of the New.
* VivaLasVegas: A Music/CocteauTwins tribute act spearheaded by a devout Christian lady who got stuck in Las Vegas after she missed her flight, and started the band to fund her trip back home.
* VocalTagTeam: Rock band that prides itself in their vocal talents, with each member trading verses/choruses.
* VodkaDrunkenski: Russian rock, formed by two brothers from Moscow and their cousins in New York. By their own account, they're political rock criticizing the state of [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia modern Russia]]; by other people's account, they sing an awful lot of [[OdeToIntoxication odes to vodka]], and Cousin Vova, the lead singer, always seems to be drunk at gigs.
* VoodooShark: A gothic rock band with lyrics about ancient African witch doctors.
* WalkingTheEarth: Country metal. Their fans ("Walkers") insist it's better than it sounds.
* The WalletMoths: Indie rock. Currently busking.
* {{Wangst}}: Supergroup formed by all the members of FaceFullOfAlienWingWong, FengSchwing, and GRatedSex, as well as the drummer from JustForFun/XMeetsY and the vocalists from PartyInMyPocket. NSFC, NSFT, NSFSC... hell, not safe for ANYBODY.
** Alternatively, an emo parody band.
* WarFromAnotherWorld: Hardcore rock that describes a battle between different worlds. Each "world" is represented by another band. The consistent hero is HurtingHero's mascot. The various worlds can be seen in music videos by ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill, SpikedBlood, and BadFuture. ActionGirl or LittleMissBadass show up during particularly intense battles, and you may even catch SirCameosALot in the background!
* WarmWaterWhiz: All the band members are dressed in swimwear and their instruments are themed after bath toys. Their songs tend to be [[GrossoutShow gross]] and [[VulgarHumor vulgar]]. Their music video for "PuttingThePeeInPool" is not for the easily disgusted.
* WashyWatchy: A variety of genres, but it's all good, clean fun, lyrics never stronger than PG-rated at worst. Be sure to watch the music videos for maximum fun.
* WaveOfBabies: A {{bishonen}} j-pop band
* Welcome to the Caribbean, Mon! (now defunct): Reggae, mon.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: All woman punk band that sings gritty songs about how they hate débutantes and Ivy Leaguers.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Progressive Power Metal two-man band. Their sound is epic and thunderous, but with subtle love song-like violin pieces. The members dress up as famous historical people who opposed each other. Heavy AudienceParticipation is one of the things they're renowned for.
* WhatTheHellHero: A punk band that sings songs about famous heroic historical figures and the most vile things they have ever done. While they pretend to be bitter enemies with PaintTheHeroBlack it's all scripted for laughs.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Grindcore band whose lyrics are all entirely child-friendly (when you can understand them).
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Psychedelic rock group [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin that makes music on drugs]]. Formed from members of DisneyAcidSequence and MushroomSamba when both broke up, the others forming GRatedDrug.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: A synthrock band who's (male) members wear masks that present them as female, otherwise known as female masking. Originally the members dressed in female animegao kigurumi (aka doller) costumes but said costumes were destroyed in [[Main/{{NoodleIncident}} a freak accident involving one of the band members and a pissed-off Christian fundamentalist.]]
* Administrivia/WickNamespaceMigration: A [[GenreMashup polka-influenced alternative rock band]] from Nebraska. Has a rivarly with ImpossiblePickleJar.
* Administrivia/WikiWord: The lyrics of all their songs are freely available online and anyone can edit them. In live performances they only play the instrumental and encourages the audience to sing the songs, one of the band members is possibly Jimmy Wales in disguise...
* AWizardDidIt: Their lyrics are full of ''Dungeons and Dragons'' references. Inexplicably successful, which they credit to an omnipotent magical figure that is most likely a hallucination caused by drugs.
* {{The Woobie}}s: A ShallowParody of emo.
* Administrivia/WordCruft: Crunk trio from Louisville, Kentucky known for heavy amounts of AudienceParticipation and their pop culture reference-laden lyrics.
* WorldHealingWave: Electronica group, mainly focusing on {{Trance}}, with a profound environmentalist message weaved into their songs. Has a playful rivalry with a hardcore group coincidentally called WorldWreckingWave (at first is was mostly their respective fans, before both groups started [[AscendedFanon running with it]]).
* WouldNotShootACivilian: A 1960s British psychedelic rock band that was most notable for their anti-authoritarian pacifist streak and vehement opposition to America's Vietnamese intervention. Their first album, ''SchoolIsForLosers'' (1965, #5), barely had a release outside of Britain at all. It famously split while in collective police custody following an out-of-control anti-war rally in Swindon. Reunited in the 1980s, and have been together since. Their first album since their split up, ''We're Still Relevant Dammit'' (1984, #1) is a CultClassic to many.
* WrestlingDoesntPay:
** A cover band who play wrestler entrance themes and dress up as famed professional wrestlers of the past.
** Alternativly, a group of professional wrestlers forming a band for reasons explained in the name.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Their songs all have to do with human biology. In an ''extremely'' creepy way. Alternately, pop rock.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: A rap/hip hop band with completely unoriginal songs that are usually covers for other rap artists. Well, except for the fact that they have Xtremelee Kool Leerix Wyth Phunkee Letterz.
* {{Yandere}}: All female band whose love songs alternate between pop music and death metal.
* YokoOhNo: All-female J-pop group that does covers of [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs.
* YouSquared: Post-modern future bass.
* YouWannaGetSued: Alternative band that only does covers and remixes. Currently has some legal troubles.
* YourMakeupIsRunning: GothMetal band that often [[MoodWhiplash alternates between depressing and sexual without warning]], fronted by a gorgeous PerkyGoth who wears a [[SexyWhateverOutfit skimpier take on a funeral dress]] during live performances. MoralGuardians claim that they promote DomesticAbuse, sexual abuse, and rape, even though they rarely (if ever) discuss such topics. The closest they got to the last one was with their controversial hit-single "''ArentYouGoingToRavishMe''", which describes an interaction between a young woman who wants to take part in a rape fantasy, and a guy who was initially uncomfortable with it, but slowly gets talked into it.
* YoureCuteWhenYoureAngry: An all-girl trio of {{Cute Bookworm}}s. At one point in most of their songs, they get upset, but it just comes off as adorable instead. Usually involves a desperate shout of "YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry!" and then frustrated {{Angrish}}.
* YourMindMakesItReal: They stand on stage with their instruments, but don't actually play them. The audience lies back and imagines them playing and singing dialogue from ''Film/TheMatrix''.
* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: Post-modern alternative rock.
* ZergRush: SciFi speed metal from Seoul.
* ZettaiRyouiki: All female tribute to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' sporting short skirts and high socks.
* ZombieApocalypse: Death Metal. Nobody is quite sure if they're serious.
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* TheQueenWillBeWatching: The band members are dressed as medieval peasants, except the lead singer, who's an [[EvilIsCool cool, evil queen]]. Songs tend to be a call-and-response between the queen and her evil deeds, and the peasants planning their rebellion. Their SignatureSong: "GodSaveUsFromTheQueen"
* QuoteSource: A J-Pop group famous for their profound lyrics. They are in a rivalry with ImageSource.
* RabbitMagician: A one-man IndustrialMetal group/PerformanceArtist that forgoes the usual {{Cyberpunk}}/political edge of the genre and instead favors PostModernMagik[=/=]UrbanFantasy, doing high-octane [[StageMagician acts of prestidigitation]] on-stage while the instrumentals play in the background, said tricks usually involving an ironic twist to them (SawAWomanInHalf with blood and live doves coming out of the two halves, [[PullARabbitOutOfMyHat getting pulled through the hat instead of pulling a rabbit out]], etc).
* RageAgainstTheReflection: An American Christian metalcore band whose lyrics are about their brushes with depression and suicide and eventual turning to Christ. The band are suprisingly not conservative for "mainstream" Christians, and LGBTQ+ rights, science, and fantasy works are not classified as the devil's creations (the drummer is bisexual and has a boyfriend, the bassist is a huge ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' fan, and the rhythm guitarist has a degree in biology).
* RageQuit: A metal band. At their live shows, the guitarist always makes a mistake about halfway through the fifth song, and his playing just gets worse from that point on until he gives up and walks off stage. Currently looking for a new guitarist.
* RailroadBaron: A thrash metal band from Texas made up of [[Main/RailEnthusiast railfans]]. The lead singer dresses up as, well, a railroad baron and the other members dress up as stereotypical railroad employees. Think of them as being Music/{{Alestorm}} if they sung about railroading history and railfan culture instead of pirates. Contrary to popular belief, the band-members are good friends with those of RailroadEmployeeRoundhouse and the two bands are currently touring together.
* RailroadEmployeeRoundhouse: A British railroading-themed thrash metal band. Started off as a drone metal band but gave up after two albums in that genre and switched to thrash metal with a railroading theme by the time their third album dropped. Currently touring with RailroadBaron.
* RainbowsAndUnicorns: Saccharine pop music aimed at young girls.
* RaisingTheSteaks: A glam metal band that draws inspiration from bands like {{Music/Ratt}}, {{Music/Dokken}}, glam-era {{Music/Pantera}}, {{Music/Poison}}, {{Music/Def Leppard}}, {{Music/Lion}}, Music/VinnieVincentInvasion, {{Music/Slaughter}}, Music/SkidRow, Music/MotleyCrue, {{Music/Odin}}, {{Music/Thor}}, Music/QuietRiot, {{Music/Extreme}}, {{Music/Warrant}}, {{Music/Tesla}}, ''Turbo''-era Music/JudasPriest, {{Music/Whitesnake}}, Music/DamnYankees, and {{Music/Cinderella}}. Currently on tour with RideTheRainbow and FairyGodmother.
* RatedMForManly: On the surface, Heavy Metal. Actually a brilliantly done StealthParody of the genre. Lots of argument amongst fans if their music is intentionally SoBadItsGood, unintentionally SoBadItsGood, SoGoodItsBad, So Bad It's Horrible, or just plain Good. Rivals of TestosteronePoisoning.
* The RazorApples: A group of former lunchladies make a rock band. Never caught on.
* RaygunGothic: Power/prog metal. Their albums all tell the ''CrystalSpiresAndTogas'' science fiction saga. They are faster than Music/DragonForce and more complex than Music/DreamTheater, and their ultimate goal is to create the most difficult-to-play piece of music ever.
* ARealManIsAKiller: Either a blackened thrash metal band with experimental influences from Oslo, Montana, or a hardcore rap group focusing on crime and war in their lyrics. Or possibly both.
* RealMenLoveJesus: A ChristianMetal band with tons of TestosteronePoisoning (the trope).
* RealMoneyTrade: Political rap that discusses social-economical issues. Once appeared in a PremiumCurrency song.
* RealMenTakeItBlack: A side project by rapper SassyBlackWoman. In bold [[ClusterFBomb wording]] and imagery she sings about being a strong woman who likes strong coffee and strong men who can handle strong women and strong coffee. 10% joke, 70% filthy, 20% waxing lyrical about caffeine. Known for the hit "YouGetMeCoffee", about how what women really want is coffee when they want it.
* RealMenWearPink: A pop-punk band who have all of their band tee's in pink and often joke about being gay when really they do this to get a female fanbase and thus chicks.
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: all-girl punk band where every member wears pants.
* RedemptionRejection: A Music/SexPistols/Music/PublicImageLtd tribute band founded by an ex-anarchist who was unable to find work after he was paroled from prison and founded the band to have a full-time "job".
* RedOniBlueOni: More Japanese singers. These ones, for no discernible reason, sing Japanese mythology (and occasionally other mythology) translated to Portuguese through French, with a Punk tune. Nobody has ''any'' idea whose idea it was to start this band.
* RedShirtArmy: A Franchise/StarTrek band in the style of TheNthDoctor, BigDamnHeroes, and AdamWesting. Bitter rivals with KirksRock.
* RefusedReunion: Blues band.
* RefugeInAudacity: Punk comedy band that uses a lot of [[BlackComedy Dead Baby lyrics]].
* ResurrectedMurderer: Thrash metal.
* {{Retcon}}: a cheesy pop/R&B fusion band, which tries to play up its edginess.
* RideTheRainbow: A glam/hair/power-metal band with the fashion sense of Music/TwistedSister, the color palette of a five-year old girl's ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite''-themed birthday party, the upbeat tempo of Music/{{Neonfly}} and is consistently picketed by Moral Guardians for corrupting their youth in-spite of the overwhelmingly upbeat love-ballads that make up most of their albums.
* RightfulKingReturns: The lead singer is an Elvis impersonator. Nead we say more?
* TheRoadie: An American FolkMetal band named after its lead singer, who just so happened to be a former Roadie, his first album comprised mainly of love-letters tot he unsung heroes of the Rocking industry.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A death metal band with lyrics about people who become [[PersonOfMassDestruction people]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of]] [[UnstoppableRage mass]] [[BerserkButton destruction]] after either [[RageBreakingPoint having had enough of this or that]] or [[ItsPersonal after losing someone or something very close to them]].
* RobotBuddy: Upbeat electropop about a young kid and his amazing robot friend. Often plays alongside CheerfulAI and may be connected to PoweredByAForsakenChild.
* RoboSpeak: The "vocals" are performed on a Mac speech synth, like MC Hawking.
* RockersSmashGuitars: Not a "band" so much as a postmodern art display. Their performances consist of the members walking up to stacks of guitars and smashing them with sledgehammers. The guitars they wreck the least (or ''the most'') are sold for thousands of dollars on eBay. Currently on hiatus [[TooDumbToLive after they tried to smash live guitars with another, plugged-in live guitar]].
* RockMeAmadeus: Neoclassical Metal, do a lot of covers of classical symphonies, mostly Mozart.
* RockMeAsmodeus: A hardcore thrash band, but not really black or death metal.
* RockOfLimitlessWater: Pirate shanties combined with hard rock. [[AudienceAlienatingPremise Hasn't gathered a very large following.]]
* RocksFallEveryoneDies: The band formed by a disgruntled former member of KirksRock, which only lasted two months before the other members left. Currently looking for members.
* RockStarSong: A PostModernism band who songs are all {{Trope Name}}s and/or {{Take That}}s against other bands or songs. They'd have a sort of Emo/Ska sound if they didn't deny categorization because they hate all genres equally. Currently on hiatus after the singer quit because he felt the band's schtick went too far.
* RoommateDrama: Their title album tells the story of a [[TheStoic stoic, emotionless]] detective who lives with an [[NiceGuy upbeat nice guy]]. They don't have much in common, and are troubled by their distant relationship. The lead track, "I Just Don't Understand You", is their SignatureSong.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Cutesy pop music for elementary schoolers.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: A screwed up experimental/avantgarde rock/metal project probably featuring Mike Patton.
* RoguesGallery: Heavy metal group that only sings about true crime. Often tour with StartToCorpse.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Symphonic death metal.
* RoyalBlood: English two-piece HardRock band, with no official guitarist... [[Music/RoyalBlood wait a minute]]...
* RPGElements: Filk band. Members are named after the Classic elements, and their lyric booklets give the band members {{Character Level}}s.
* DarthWiki/RuinedForever: Dark metal band from Iceland. Have occasionally played festivals with Administrivia/TropeRepairShop ([[SelfDeprecation get it?]]).
* TheRuinsICaused: Symphonic metal, soaring violins backed with growling electric guitars, thunderous drums, and the occasional air-raid siren. Best known for "Ragnarock", which they describe as "a post-apocalytic jam session".
** RuinsForRuinsSake: Their most devoted fandom.
* RuleOfCool: A popular band that specializes in fast paced Rock music. Known for their hit single, "Instant Awesome: Just Add [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ninja Pirate Zombie Robots]]".
* RuleOfFunny: A comedy parody/tribute band to RuleOfCool.
* Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment: An avant-garde electronic rock band similar to Trio (the band who performed "Da Da Da") made up of [=TVTropes=] moderators.
* RunForTheBorder: A glam metal cover band themed after the criminal lifestyle. Their music videos are known for their well, RunForTheBorder themes and the endings usually being a TropicalEpilogue. Have covered songs based on or themed after literally every commitable crime known to man.
* RunningGag: In each of their albums, there's one theme or joke that ends up appearing in every song. Gained the nickname OverusedRunningGag when fans complained that [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks their gimmick was getting predictable and stale]]. As part of their GrandFinale, "RunningGagged", every single recurring joke they've made is brought back for a single song. They broke up, but the drummer ended up joining BrickJoke.
* RunsOnIgnorance: A punk band, where no members of the band have any idea of how they're supposed to use their instruments. Somehow, they made three hit singles before they had to break up, because they learned how to use their instruments properly, and couldn't match their old performance.
* SadClown: A costumed Cabaret clown singing emotional love-ballads and depressing songs.
* SailorEarth: All-girl punk band with five members who dress like the girls from Franchise/SailorMoon in concert, the lead singer (who is also the rhythm guitarist) appearing as the title character. Their first album, ''InTheNameOfTheMoon'' (1994), has "Sailor Earth", "In the Name of the Moon" and a cover of "Moonshadow" that even Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam appreciates. A former drummer went on to form the ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''-themed MegaNeko.
* [[/index]]UsefulNotes/SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines: An Afro-Caribbean music group from the country of the same name.[[index]]
* SamuraiShinobi: A Melodic Death/Power Metal band comprised of {{Otaku}}s who met in their High School manga and anime club. Their main lyrical themes include Shintoism, Buddhism, Youkai and basic Japanese history. One of their concept albums details the life of famed samurai and ninja UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo.
* SamusIsAGirl: A glam punk band whose members are all drag queens and kings.
* SanitySlippage: A doom metal band with lyrical themes dealing with dangerous mental illnesses and people with said mental illnesses.
* {{Santabomination}}: A Death Metal Band (as well as an album named Santabomination) that releases Christmas albums.
* SassyBlackWoman: Woman rapper, raps mostly about men, the pains in the ass of everyday life and why politicians are idiots who should be taken out and shot. Brutally true, hilarious and outrageously filthy.
* SatelliteFamilyMember: Classic and electronic fusion, with lyrics about the sanctity of family relationships.
* ScareEmStraight: MoralGuardians-endorsed band that tells you the terrible things that could happen if you do drugs, don't eat your vegetables, or go to bed too late. The consequences listed are soo unrealistic that they cross into {{Narm}} territory.
* ScaryBlackMan: Politically-minded rapper. He legally changed his name to this. Sings about his experiences growing up in a predominantly white region of Chicago.
* SchizoTech: Alternative rock, using instruments such as violins, electric guitars, trombones, synthesizers, banjos, and amplifiers. An extremely unique sound.
* The ScoobyDoobyDoors: A [[Music/TheDoors Doors]] tribute band consisting of two men and two women. They are best known for their [[GreatBallsOfFire elaborate concerts]] that follow [[StrictlyFormula the typical SD episode setup]]. The members dress as ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' characters (Fred on vocals, Velma on keys, Shaggy on drums, and Daphne on guitar), and in-between songs they perform skits with an overarching story involving them solving a mystery (which is different depending on the city they're performing in). Scooby (and, when he appears, [[TheScrappy Scrappy]]) are represented by hand puppets performed by the drummer and guitarist, respectively, while the suspects and other characters are played by their backup dancers. They have a FandomRivalry with fellow ''Scooby'' tribute band TakeThatScrappy, though both bands are good friends with one-another.
* ScoringPoints: 80s-themed chiptune band that mainly composes for indie games.
* {{Scotireland}}: A celtic/folk punk band whose lyrics takes influences from Irish/Scottish history and culture.
* TheScrappy: A goth/emo metal band that focuses on worthlessness and trash. Songs include "Piece of Junk", "Useless", and "Bound for the Dump".
* SelfOffense: Alternative rock band with lyrics about self-loathing.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** Rock and Roll. They sound almost exactly like Music/TheBeatles, but everybody's tired of the same old songs about love.
** Alternatively, a {{Series/Seinfeld}} nerd rock band whose members dress as characters from the show during concerts (similar to AdamWesting or TheNthDoctor), with Jerry on vocals, George on guitar, Elaine on drums, Kramer on keyboards, and Newman on bass. Several of their songs discuss the several ways that [[SelfDeprecation the show]] [[TitleDrop is unfunny.]]
* SerialEscalation: A band that goes to ridiculous lengths to one-up every other band. Their guitarist plays fast enough to put Music/DragonForce to shame... ''with his teeth'', the lead singer incorporates spontaneous glass breakage into their concerts, their drummer is a zombie Keith Moon. Their pyrotechnics must be seen to be believed. They played with SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome once. The show got sold out ''3 seconds'' after tickets went on sale.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Rapper with a tendency to write really, reeeally complicated lyrics. Occasionally uses words that take up an entire bar to pronounce.
* ShadowGovernment: {{Black|Metal}}-IndustrialMetal band with themes of war, crony-capitalism, corrupt religion, and cryptids. Their mascot is a tall [[TheGreys Grey-Alien]] in a [[TheMenInBlack black suit]]. Fans who've analyzed their most critically acclaimed album -- "EyeOfProvidence" -- think that the reason why their production quality had fallen in later albums is because the various antagonists in their more story-heavy songs are deliberately based off of specific people in their own record-company.
* ShadyScalper: Horrorcore PlayedForLaughs. It deals with the nightmares of nerds and collectors everywhere.
* ShapedLikeItself: No-one can really pinpoint their style, only agree that the band sounds like itself.
* ShesAManInJapan: American band, none of whom have been to Japan.
* ShinyNewAustralia: Aussie indie rock with aboriginal influences, notable for the fact that the band was originally started by two immigrants: one German, another Mongolian. Nevertheless, it enjoys appreciable acclaim in UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, UsefulNotes/NewZealand, [[PeripheryDemographic and with North Rhine-Westphalia]] {{hipster}}s. Their most popular album is ''[[Film/MadMax Madness to the Max]]'', and their most critically acclaimed, as well as most divisive one is ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}} [[ShoutOut Management]]''.
* ShockAndAwe: AC/DC-influenced band, with some elements of power metal.
* ShoePhone: Punk rock band formed in 1978 by three guys and two girls with many songs and albums deriving from ''Series/GetSmart''. Scored their first hit with "Missed It By That Much" (1981, #1) from their debut album, ''I Asked You Not To Tell Me That'' (1982, #1). Sailed into TheyChangedItNowItSucks territory with the failed synth-pop-meets-punk-rock experiment known as ''Siegfried's Capture and the Collapse of [=KAOS=]'' (1985, #35), providing CanonDiscontinuity (and FanonDiscontinuity) on it and its single, "Siegfried on Series/TheLoveBoat" (1984, #30). Regained fans with "Six Destroyers" (1989, #1) from their final album, ''In [=CONTROL=]'' (1992, #1), which was nevertheless a CreatorKiller because of CreatorBreakdown and TroubledProduction. Qualifies as LongRunnerLineup Class 1: LogicalExtreme. Later formed UriahGambit and OneSteveLimit.
* SilkHidingSteel: A four-girl group whose members are all accomplished fencers. Best known for the beautifully choreographed duel in the music video for their hit single ''Sword Lily.''
* SinEater: A satanic black metal band whose gimmick is eating the food from the garbage can that they bring in the stage bafore playing.
* SirCameosALot: He always appears in the background of music videos, but doesn't put out much himself. Has brought popularity to obscure bands, with his fans [[JustHereForGodzilla watching their music videos just to see if they can spot him]].
* [[ASimplePlan Simple Plan]]: Pop-punk, maybe from Cana- [[Music/SimplePlan wait...]]
* TheSingingMute: A generic {{Hipster}} AlternativeIndie FolkMusic band that tries using an oxymoronic name.
* SmashingWatermelons: Tropical covers of Music/TheSmashingPumpkins songs.
* SlasherSmile: [[LyricalDissonance Incredibly disturbing and violent lyrics set to catchy, cheerful pop rock.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Well respected and loved pop/punk band featuring dueling violins and synthesizers as well as philosophical lyrics about opposites. The name is usually shortened to Sliding Scale. Have released many singles, (see [[SortingAlgorithmOfTropes here]] for full list. Scroll down to Sliding Scale. The band's singles discography is there.) but best known for their trio of Samuel Beckett like concept albums collectively called ''Morality'' These were the critically panned ''[[BlackAndWhiteMorality Black vs. White]]'', the more well received DarkerAndEdgier ''[[GreyAndGreyMorality Grey]]'', and the more bizarre, alien ''[[BlueAndOrangeMorality Blue to Oranges]]''. A fourth installment is said to come out soon called ''Chaotic/Neutral''.
* TheSnarkKnight: A trio of bass/vocals/drums playing a very stripped-down hybrid of PostPunk and PsychedelicRock. Notorious for their extremely insightful ([[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness and verbose]]) lyrical {{Take That}}s to ''everything''... [[TakeThatMe Including themselves.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: A gothic metal band whose lyrics calmly explain all the tortures they wish to inflict on others.
* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: A garage band that tries ''so hard'' to be the worst band on the entire planet, complete with an awful singer, an out-of-tune guitar, and a drummer who just bangs things randomly, pretending to be completely ignorant as to what a beat is. [[SpringTimeForHitler They end up gaining fans]] because the worst they can manage to get is SoBadItsGood. Take inspiration from the Shaggs.
* So Yeah: Indie-PowerPop based in Seattle but with two of four members from Vancouver (its fans debate whether they sound more like Music/OKGo or Music/TheNewPornographers). A fair number of their songs just kind of trail off without actually ''ending'', on the grounds that "you know where this is going, so why should we keep playing?" Most of these songs (and all of their albums) are references to Creator/EddieIzzard routines.
* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: Progressive Rock, interspersed with random trivia. At least once per song, at least one band member will implement whatever is in his/her pockets at the time.
* SomethingAboutARose: retro cocktail act with some stylistic similarities to Music/PinkMartini, who got their start doing Music/GunsNRoses covers.
** [[/index]]Alternately, four girls who are all ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fans who formed a tribute band. They dress up as the titular team at live concerts (lead singer/guitarist=Ruby, keyboardist=Weiss, bassist=Blake, drummer=Yang). They balance their repertoire between covers of existing RWBY songs, original songs about RWBY, and RWBY-themed parodies.[[index]]
* SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: Parody cover band that does covers of songs that they don't know half the lyrics to. Half the time, they just sing a few words of a song and mumble the rest. Some of their more famous "covers" include ones of "Heaven or Las Vegas", "We Didn't Start the Fire", and "Despacito".
* SongsOfSolace: AffectionateParody of late-2010s downtempo pop music. Their biggest hit "UnbrokenVigil" is based around a sample of [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]]'s exit theme.
* [[SorcerersApprentice The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]: Punk band whose five members dress as [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} sorcerer Mickey, brooms, and Yen Sid]] at concerts.
** Actual German Hard rock/Blues band. [[https://www.facebook.com/TheSorcerersApprenticeBand Here is their Facebook page]].
* SoulFragment: [[Franchise/HarryPotter Wizard rock]].
** Alternatively, a Music/CollectiveSoul cover band.
* SoullessBedroom: Downbeat vaporwave.
* SoundDefect: A StylisticSuck comedy band that specializes in adding {{Wacky Sound Effect}}s to their music, as well as other sound gags (the sound suddenly cutting out, an instrument suddenly detuning or seeming to break, etc.). A RunningGag involves them attempting to find the right sound effect for a song...and failing repeatedly.
* The SourPrudes: Parody band that act like [[GrumpyOldMan grumpy old]] MoralGuardians.
* SouthernBelle: Satirical heartland rock/southern rock group. The lead singer sings like Music/JohnMellencamp and he and the other members give all interviews in DeepSouth accents despite them all hailing from the Philadelphia suburbs.
* SpaceIsCold: Gothic Space-Rock.
* SpaceMarine: Leslie Fish meets Music/{{Sabaton}}. They sing power metal about war in space.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Parodies of StockAesops, often with a sci-fi theme.
* SpeakingSimlish: A pop-rock band that either speak a mash of foreign languages in each song, or just sing gibberish. [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Wider audiences claim they're actually singing in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and even Russian.]]
* {{Spexico}}: Indie-folk. They're from Nebraska and have absolutely no Latino members; they claim they met in Spanish class.
* SpikedBlood: Punk rock.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Affectionate parody of BlackMetal. Lots of [[HeavyMithril fantasy]] and TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} references in the lyrics.
* SpitefulWill: Stars a fictional man named Spiteful Will, who wants to get revenge on everyone who's wronged him in the past. Music is inspiring while simlultaneously bitter.
* SpitTrailKiss: A French DJ and vocalist duo mashing Electronica-House-Club-Trance-Jungle Bass genres.
* SpringtimeForHitler: A neo-Nazi rock band that keeps trying to get themselves pulled off the radio by singing praises for Hitler. The controversy just makes them even ''more'' popular.
* SpoonBending: PsychedelicRock group full of bell-like noises that the band members believe stimulate the brain in a manner similar to LSD with the intent of creating a race of Psychic humans.
* {{Squee}}: a Japanese pop band whose songs are incomprehensible, but the few understandable lyrics all relate to a SugarBowl world where [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles reign supreme.]]
* SquishyWizard: A group of self-admitted nerds with songs that spoof video-game tropes, such as the titular wizard.
* {{The Starscream}}s: Rival band and Decepticon counterpart to AutobotsRockOut Has more of a metal influence; harder, heavier, and darker, though by how much can vary wildly by song. Originally known as The Megatrons, but changed their name after the original lead singer's.... How shall I put it? ...Departure.
* StartToCorpse: As always with names like these, metal, probably some garage band who's a bit confused on their exact sub-genre, or what it actually means. Bassist wants to play Black metal, the drummer wants to play Death metal, the Guitarist wants to experiment, and the lead singer is still mesmerised by the idea of subgenres.
* SteamPunk: Symphonic metal band... with a twist! The band uses [[SchizoTech steam tractor with generator attached]] to power their instruments, the drummer uses a [[ClockPunk clockwork]] backpack with [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six extra arms]] to maximize efficency. Some songs use [[HomemadeInventions overhauled]] string instruments, brass instruments (steam-powered,natch), and a freakin' ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill pipe organ]]''. A [[ShockAndAwe Tesla Coil]] and low-temperature steam provide on-stage effects, musicans dress as Victorian-era gentlemen, [[BlingOfWar soldiers]], and {{Mad Scientist}}s. And you know how they haul all their perephirals around? [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld With the help of their blimp]]. Currently on tour with RaygunGothic.
* SteelDrumsAndSunshine: Feel-good calypso band. Their tracks are named after shades of yellow or blue.
* SteelEarDrums: A western rock band infamous for ending all their songs by shooting in the air with revolvers. Has received numerous lawsuits due to their albums causing temporary hearing loss to their listeners.
* StepfordSmiler: A pop rock Band Who Plays very Happy music, But lyrically They talk about Suicide and depression and Murder. Basically LyricalDissonance to the core.
* StingyJack: An IndustrialMetal band made to be a mocking burlesque of Music/RobZombie's work, complete with a guy dressed in a pumpkin-headed scarecrow costume dancing around on stage.
* StockSlasher and the DeviousDaggers: Thrash metal.
* StockPuzzle: A sound crew remixes popular music that you've already heard several hundred times.
* StopHavingFunGuys: A classical music group made up of Wikipedia admins. Their only hit (and original; as their entire repertoire aside from it is music by Mozart and other composers like him) song was "Notablity Guidelines", which was written after fans of Music/DosGringos and ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' were angered by their respective Wikipedia pages being deleted for being "non-notable".
* StoppedCaring: Vaporwave album appealing towards 90s nostalgia. Their first EP is "[[NoHelpIsComing ＮｏＨｅｌｐＩｓＣｏｍｉｎｇ]]".
* StrictlyFormula: A pop rock band who uses every riff, lyric and melody that you've heard in every other song on the radio.
* StupidJetpackHitler: A fringish rock band with lyrics which are either profound or nonsensical (nobody agrees). Not for the easily offended.
* StupidSexyFlanders: Tribute band to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* Stupid Statement Dance Mix (now defunct): Remixing internet memes or creating new ones. Most fans are nerds. Their most popular song to date is "''I Killed a Guy (with a trident).''", a Music/KatyPerry parody made up entirely of [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy Brick Tamland]] quotes. Broke up when the trend died out.
* SturgeonsLaw: An experimental rock group that only puts effort into one out of ten songs on each of their albums.
* SubspaceAnsible: Sci-fi prog rock. Don't like being called Subspace Ensemble.
* SuckingInLines: Emo alternative rock.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: {{Call And Response Song}}s between a {{Keet}} and a {{Kuudere}}.
* [[SugarWiki/SweetExists Sugar Wiki]]: A [[GlamRock Glam]]-{{Pop}}-[[GrooveMetal Groove]]-{{Funk}}-[[ProgressiveMetal Progressive]] Rock group with HippieJesus on guitar, SantaClaus on drums, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the White]] on bass, Amaterasu Omikami on the fiddle, a sentient rainbow doing the lights, a unicorn that farts rose-scented bubbles on pyrotechnics, [[Characters/HarryPotterAlbusDumbledore Albus Dumbledore]] as their manager, Creator/WilliamShakespeare as their songwriter and [[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse Steven Universe]] and [[Literature/AmericanGods Shadow Moon]] as their roadies. All of their songs are ballads created to sow peace and love to the world. Exposure to it alleviates stress and promotes productivity in the general wellbeing in the universe. Prolonged exposure can lead to intense feelings of happiness and an expanded capacity of compassion for one's fellow man that have led to them being banned in the United States, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.
* {{Supergroup}}: An AlternativeMetal band whose members were members of ''other'' Supergroups; they took one look at what they were, [[AGoodNameForARockBand realized how cool that sounded]], and ran with it.
* SupernaturalTeam: A HardRock band with their own licensed comic book portraying the band members as a group of free-lance exorcists that fight demons and ghostly supervillains.
* SupremeChef: Pop music. Their singer, the Supreme Chef, is a [[TheStoic no-nonsense, unemotive]] chef who [[{{Workaholic}} lives to work]] and is super good at his job. His first album is ''ChefOfIron''. A turning point for his music is ''ThroughHisStomach'', which follows a story of him becoming the boyfriend of one of The {{Sweet Baker}}s. By the end, they're an OfficialCouple; fans went crazy and love it. During their ''ASideOrderOfRomance'' tour, the Supreme Chef [[DefrostingIceQueen slowly becomes more open about showing his affection for his girlfriend]]; the fanbase ''exploded''.
* [[WordSaladTitle Super Punk Octo Pudding Gas Mark Seven]]: Japanese singers who sing entirely in "[[GratuitousEnglish English]]".
* SurroundedBySmartPeople: Lead singer is a regular guy who somehow ended up with a bunch of astrophysicists. They mostly play math rock and nerdcore to confuse the living daylights of their lead.
* The {{Sweet Baker}}s: Very {{Moe}} all-female band who sing about their love of food. During concerts, they all wear aprons with cute saying on them. People who meet them outside of concerts can confirm that they're just as nice as they seem. One of them is now the boyfriend of the SupremeChef.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Heavy metal band that largely worships Satan. Scored their first hit by covering [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand the song they are named after]] on their [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled debut album]].
* TheSyndicate: The Italian-American answer to the Dropkick Murphies, singing folk-punk, the folk part coming from traditional Southern Italian music. Occasionally sing covers of songs from Music/FrankSinatra, Music/BruceSpringsteen and Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons just to fuck with people--although to be fair, they are from [[{{Joisey}} North Jersey]] and the drummer is even from Hoboken.
* Administrivia/TakeItToTheForums: Smashcore clusterjam wreck-rock. Live performances banned in 11 countries.
* TakeThat: The same band as AccentuateTheNegative. Naturally, these two bands ''loathe'' each other. Not to be confused with the [[strike:boy]] [[Music/TakeThatBand middle aged man band led by Gary Barlow]].
* TakeThatAudience: A hardcore punk band whose songs are filled with insults towards their listeners, critizing every single aspect in their lives, including the fact that they are buying their albums in the first place. Funnily enough, this doesn’t stop them from [[SpringtimeForHitler being a fan favorite in the scene]]
* TakeThatScrappy: Tribute band to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' where all the songs have something bad happen to Scrappy.
* TalkingHeads: NewWaveMusic, no-drama, a bit arty but maybe a bit funky... [[Music/TalkingHeads Wait...]]
* TearsOfFear: Blues and metal hybrid.
* TechnoBabble: Vocal samples over a drum machine beat, not recommended as backgorund music for crowded places. Features lengthy rap sessions by a [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito Corleone]] impersonator.
* TeamKids: Indie pop punk.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: A group of blind old people who use electronic instruments.
* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: A HardRock band thematically based around [[TheEighties 80's]] Nostalgia. They dress in Punk attire, their clothes and instruments are in [[SicklyGreenGlow glow-and-the-dark green paint]] to evoke MutagenicGoo, and they have come out with many songs and concept albums that evoke UsefulNotes/The8bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames, {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s, stereotypically manly {{Action Hero}}es, Reagan-era action-figures, aerobics, {{Slasher Movie}}s set in the woods, {{Mutant}}s, CassetteFuturism, ClimateChange and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. While they played opening acts for a lot of most famous bands, their big break came when Creator/LloydKaufman asked them to cameo in Creator/{{Troma}}'s latest movie, their band becoming an official part of Tromaville lore.
* TeensAreMonsters: A [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits ragtag]] GarageBand trio of misfit teenage girls [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic blasting their hearts out on cheap instruments.]] Their lyrics are generally [[TheSnarkKnight sardonic, snarky, darkly humorous reflections and observations on the follies of teenage life]]. Their music is usually categorized as "alternative rock," but it is also influenced by hardcore punk, punk pop, and progressive rock. They performed their first gig when they crashed a talent show at their high school, setting up in record time and performing part of the song "Pep Rally Purgatory" before the administration caught on and forcibly removed them from the stage. They later released their debut album ''BrainlessBeauty'' and began a tour in a [[WhatAPieceOfJunk converted family minivan]], playing guerilla gigs across the country and building up a fanbase of various teenage freaks. They are currently on tour with HornyVikings ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial their gigs together are totally not]] ''Film/ProjectX'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial -esque teen house parties]]). The band members are:
** A [[TheSnarkKnight Daria-esque]] guitarist/cellist/lead singer who writes most of the lyrics and sings most of the songs.
** A keyboardist/violinist/occasional lead vocalist and lyricist who dresses like a stereotypical {{Goth}} but is actually more like a ShrinkingViolet [[HollywoodHomely nerd]].
** A drummer/percussionist who has the reputation of being the most [[GenkiGirl energetic]] and [[CloudCuckooLander out]]-[[CrazyIsCool there]] of the three, due to stunts like tossing candy into the audience, punching out bouncers at venues, and soloing until becoming too exhausted to play.
* TelepathicSpacemen: A PsychedelicRock[=/=]ProgressiveRock[=/=]Space Rock[=/=]{{Shoegazing}}[=/=]DreamPop[=/=]AlternativeMetal band who don't need instruments since they play everything in their heads and just use special amplifiers to translate it into sounds. This can make their concerts rather boring since they spend them staring at their shoes.
* TeleporterAccident: Thrashing grindcore, but with a faint yet persistent techno beat.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: Alternative rock, politically infused lyrics against The Man.
** The first-ever indie act out of Idlib.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Blatant parody heavy metal band, with hilarious lyrics. Rivals of RatedMForManly, despite frequently being confused with them.
* TestSubjectForHire: Alternative rock with a [[HollywoodPsych very bad understand of psychology ethics]].
* ThemedWedding: A ''Music/PostmodernJukebox''-esq. Tribute band that creates renditions of famous love songs, usually switching genres to be at their most ironic (like "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley redone to sound like "Monster Mash").
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: A band that parodies angsty emo. All of the members are covered with fake pimples, the lead singer's voice is deliberately whiny and scratchy (he has formal practice on how to emulate voice cracks), and most of their songs revolve around [[GirlsHaveCooties how to avoid the cooties]].
* ThereIsAGod: Purely Christian band.
* ThereIsNoCure: Music/TheCure hate band.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: ''More'' Dakka! Speed/power metal in all it's glory. Play only on eleventh volume (their concerts are not unlike Space Shuttle takeoff), use largest and loudest tech available. Frequently perform in improbable locations: over the erupting volcanoes, in the storms' eyes,and ''[[DetonationMoon on the moon]]'', among other places. Rivals with MoreDakka.
* Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability: Nerdcore, but all the references are very obscure. Generally considered to be Wikipedia admins' second-worse nightmare.
* TheSchizophreniaConspiracy: An alternative rock band whose songs all deal with insanity. [[OnlySaneMan With the exception of the bassist]], every member has spent some time institutionalized.
* ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The hardest and blackest of the metal bands. No, blacker than that.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Named after the [[PrecisionFStrike Precision B-Strike]] from their debut album.
-->''This is for emphasis, '''[=BIIIIIiIiIiIiIiIiIiITCH=]'''!''
* ThisIsMySide: Hard rock that insults targets that are off-limits. Fans defend them by saying that if you're getting offended, just don't listen to their music.
* Administrivia/ThisTroper: A band that exists only in rumours spread along various internet forums (and wikis) by some frustrated nerd that would like to convince people it's a real thing; alas nobody takes him seriously.
* ThongOfShielding: all-female pop/rock. Perform only in lingere' with g-string panties. Songs are about skimpy underthings and protecting loved ones. Currently on tour with NippleAndDimed.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Wacky nerd-humor band. Or at least, WANNABE wacky nerd humor band. They're not actually nerds, and they're really just playing along with the record company to try and capitalize on the success of Weird Al's "White and Nerdy." Yes, they're ''poser nerds.''
* ThoseWackyNazis: Who've constructed an elaborate stage persona of vicious, totally unironic-sounding neo-fascists from which they never deviate, and endeavour to keep their real lives (especially speculation as to whether they're Jewish, as often claimed) secret. As noted above, ''metal'', playing gigs with the DirtyCommunists to play off their rivalry. The fact that both ThoseWackyNazis and the DirtyCommunists ''hate'' PuttingOnTheReich has led some fans to joke that the two bands are actually just two faces of a larger project, The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In reality, all three bands were created by a history teacher as an excuse to perform novelty songs based off various subjects he teaches his high school class.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Parody {{Grunge}} band who claim to have failed to gain mainstream success or recognition as TrueArt during the early-to-mid-90s, and are making up for it. Think of them as Music/SteelPanther for the Grunge era. The music they produce is an AffectionateParody of both the best (powerful riffs, deep messages) and worst (unintelligible singing, unpolished sound, much pretentiousness) bits of Grunge.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Dronecore/ambient electronic, with a lot of references to going mad in the lyrics. Their first album and single are also titled ''Through the Eyes of Madness''.
* {{Tilesweeper}}: A disco band with a soldier theme.
* TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: A PowerMetal group who's gimmick is that they will sometimes stop playing in the middle of the song and chat to each other casual, maybe one member of the band helps him/herself to a drink of water, before resuming the song as if nothing happened.
* TimeStandsStill: A PowerMetal group who’s gimmick is that they will sometimes freeze in-place at random points in the song, allowing the echoes of their previous note and their audience’s shouting carry before resuming the song.
* To the Bat-Noun (now defunct): Another SuperHero tribute rock band. This band's members dress up as member of the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}: Franchise/{{Batman}} (lead singer), Franchise/{{Superman}} (keyboard), Franchise/WonderWoman (guitar), Green Arrow (bass), and Franchise/TheFlash (drums). They are bitter rivals with AdamWesting.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Punk rock band with DeadpanSnarker vocal delivery. May not actually be from Tokyo.
* TomatoSurprise: Performs usually-creepy songs where the last line completely changes what you thought the song was about.
* TooCoolToLive: Nihilistic party metal. From the "live fast, die young" school of thought.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Parodic reggaeton by a set of three Latino nerds (two Puerto Ricans and a Mexican).
* TouchOfTheMonster: Goth band with aesthetic and lyrical focus on InterspeciesRomance, often involving vampires.
* ToxicDinosaur: Aggressive garage rock.
* {{Tradesnark}}: Happy-go-lucky punk pop along the lines of Aquabats. All their songs parody recognizable corporations and all of their policies and controversy.
* JustForFun/TropeNamesForABand: Nerd/indie with lyrics that take meta humor just a bit too far...
* Administrivia/TropeRepairShop: A blues band made up of middle-aged mechanics and do-it-yourself repairmen.
* {{Troperiffic}}: TV Tropes' own band. Every song is about a trope. By far their most popular download is "MajorGeneralSong". Broke up after trope re-namings became common.
* [[{{Tsundere}} The Tsunderes]]: a feminist rock band that sings incredibly catchy songs about controversial women's issues such as extreme beauty ideals and female genital mutilation.
* [[ThreeAmigos The Three Amigos]]: Three high school friends who decided on a whim to start a band. Two girls and a guy.
* TranquilFury: A HeavyMetal band whose angriest lyrics are sung without raising any voices.
* TrappedByMountainLions: Emo and jungle fusion. Their lead single is "AnimalsHateHim".
* TrueArt: A musical collective, kind of like Parliament-Funkadelic, consisting of eight different bands. When joined together, they sound like [[GenreMashup clumsily-performed bluesy post-rock with angsty lyrics in a foreign language about gore and how much the current establishment sucks sung by chipper middle school assembly performers.]]
** TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Ambient post-rock like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, with a penchant for WordSaladLyrics, unusual instruments, and the TruckDriversGearChange.
** TrueArtIsAngsty: 90s-style {{grunge}} who's members dress in flannel and play vintage 60s guitars and sing songs with angsty lyrics about wanting to die. Always name-dropped by wannabe music critics and people who never got the hint that grunge died along with [[Music/KurtCobain Kurt]].
** True Art Is Offensive: Grindcore band similar to Napalm Death, with horrifying lyrics about gore and rape. All the members are currently on death row after the bassist shot the drummer eighty times and had sex with his corpse during a live show.
** True Art Is Foreign: Indie rock whose lyrics are never sung in English, instead switching between a lot of different languages (sometimes in the same song). Disbanded when all the members decided all their songs should be in one language, but they couldn't agree on which one. However, the lead singer will occasionally scream in Esperanto as a live member of TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.
** True Art Sticks It To The Man: Consists entirely of one guy yelling about how much the current establishment sucks over a BrownNote. Currently on hiatus after said guy was arrested during a performance of his 27-minute brown note rant rock epic "Every President That Has Ever Sat In Office Or Ever Will Sucks, And Here Is A Bullet-Pointed List To Explain Why". He has since released the song "You Guys Suck, Man! You Should Have Petitioned For My Release!"
** TrueArtIsAncient: Blues-rock played by eighty-year-old nursing home residents.
** TrueArtIsBoring: A classical music covers group that add lyrics to classical music pieces that are sung by chipper middle school assembly performers. Considered boring by the majority of their "audiences".
** [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth True Art Is Simple/Unpolished]]: Clumsily-performed indie/alternative rock with a penchant for ThrowItIn and TheShowMustGoOn. Receives rave reviews from ''Pitchfork'' in the U.S. and ''[=NME=]'' in the U.K. and is always name-dropped by indier-than-thou hipsters, yet is ignored by everybody else.
* TrueLoveIsAKink: A Punk band that uses a lot of Neon Pink. They may or may not be made up exclusively of gay men, but it is clear that gay men make up most of their audience.
* TrophyViolence: Sings intense {{Bragging Theme Tune}}s for each of their band members. Claims that they will crush all in their path, but died out after the singer and drummer got into a petty feud and refused to speak to each other.
* TroubledProduction: A ''insane'' ThrashMetal band based out of the KCMO area, played by five people: vocals, two guitars, bass, and drums. Did a lot of live shows, until their career was cut short after the drummer was murdered by a light technician for VodkaDrunkenski following their ''MurderDotCom'' tour. As of 2017, they have released a new album with a new drummer called ''Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking''.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: A cover band who celebrate everything that embodied the 2000s. They mostly do covers of songs by artists who were huge during the 2000s (e.g. Music/NellyFurtado, Music/{{Ashanti}}, Music/FiftyCent, Music/KellyClarkson, Music/TheBlackEyedPeas, Music/TheWhiteStripes, Music/MyChemicalRomance, etc.) and the theme songs to iconic 2000s TV shows (e.g. the ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' theme, "Superman" from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''). The male members dress like pre-Recession college frat boys on spring break while the female members dress in outfits typical of the time. Their live performances include iconic imagery from 2000s films, TV shows and news events being projected behind them on a screen, handing out 2000s snacks like Gripz and Oreo [=Cakesters=] to audience members at concessions, and 2000s trivia contests. Insist that their shows are advertised as "parties".
* TuttiFruttiHat: Samba music.
* Website/TVTropes: Some casual indie band. [[BitingTheHandHumor You listen to their songs every now and then, but they're not all that engaging.]]
* UncertainDoom: Self-conscious, neurotic teenagers play black metal.
* UncertifiedExpert: Comedy band. Each song has the members act as a "professional" in a different field, with the lyrics full of crazy misconceptions.
* UncleTomfoolery: An all-Black Hardcore Punk group famous for their fast and fierce musical style best displayed in their first two albums ''MagicalNegro'' (1982) and ''ScaryBlackMan'' (1983).
* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: A hardcore death metal/electronica band. Nobody takes them seriously.
* UltraSuperHappyCuteBabyFestFarmer3000: A DeconstructiveParody of bubblegum pop, with an electronic influence.
* UnfortunateImplications: Lo-fi rock band whose lyrics do, in fact, have UnfortunateImplications.
* UnmovingPlaid: Dance-pop band that [[DiscoDan refuses to move on with the times]].
* UnsoundEffect: Experimental art-rock band that makes "music" with random objects. Kind of a Steve Reich meets early Residents sound.
** Alternatively, a rap group whose song lyrics consist of absolutely nothing but various onomotopieas.
* UnstablePoweredChild: PoweredByAForsakenChild in the style of MaximumFunChamber.
* UnstoppableRage: A thrash metal band with songs dealing with anger and multiple ways it's unleashed.
* UnstoppableMailman: Nothing prevents these couriers from the swift delivery of sick beats. Their first album, ''Return to Sender'', was a hit with tracks like "Gloom of Night" and "Dead Letters". In concert, all the members dress in blue postal service uniforms, and will take a break during shows to open fan mail.
* TheUnwittingComedian: An Urban {{Blues}} music-group that creates songs about how their dreams of making it big as musicians have been crushed, interspersing their lyrics with jokes at their own expense.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A sludge metal band following a concept dealing with a group of people who unintentionally bring about the destruction of their homeland and end up having to deal with the consequences of said destruction.
* UriahGambit: Music/UriahHeep cover band. Mick Box, Trevor Bolder and Bernie Shaw have actually enjoyed listening to their covers, some of which feature Phil Lanzon as a session musician.
* UselessBoyfriend: Band led by a female singer that mainly sings songs against love. Word has it that she actually ''does'' have a boyfriend; he's in on the joke.
* UselessWithoutCellPhones: A {{Dubstep}} group that will often come on stage an hour late because they were busy texting.
* VaderBreath: some sub-set of HeavyMetal. Wear death-masks hooked up with forced-air respirators (which they're never seen without, like Daft Punk and their mirrored masks). Sing through voice changers that give them a deep, mechanical grate. Tracks are interspersed with-what else-deep, rhythmic breathing. Doctors are on stage at every show to make sure they never accidentally suffocate in those masks, [[NiceToTheWaiter and hospital staff and EMTs are given the best seats at their concerts]].
* VengefulVendingMachine: A heavy metal band, the meanings of their lyrics always just out of reach.
* VideoSource: A J-Pop group famous for their big-budget music videos. They were in a threeway rivalry with QuoteSource and ImageSource. Disbanded when the videos ended up becoming too expensive to keep producing.
* VirtualGhost: Alternates between Punk and Techno music.
* VisibleSilence: Quiet-yet-menacing slow rock, with a lot of acoustic instruments ''a la'' early Days of the New.
* VivaLasVegas: A Music/CocteauTwins tribute act spearheaded by a devout Christian lady who got stuck in Las Vegas after she missed her flight, and started the band to fund her trip back home.
* VocalTagTeam: Rock band that prides itself in their vocal talents, with each member trading verses/choruses.
* VodkaDrunkenski: Russian rock, formed by two brothers from Moscow and their cousins in New York. By their own account, they're political rock criticizing the state of [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia modern Russia]]; by other people's account, they sing an awful lot of [[OdeToIntoxication odes to vodka]], and Cousin Vova, the lead singer, always seems to be drunk at gigs.
* VoodooShark: A gothic rock band with lyrics about ancient African witch doctors.
* WalkingTheEarth: Country metal. Their fans ("Walkers") insist it's better than it sounds.
* The WalletMoths: Indie rock. Currently busking.
* {{Wangst}}: Supergroup formed by all the members of FaceFullOfAlienWingWong, FengSchwing, and GRatedSex, as well as the drummer from JustForFun/XMeetsY and the vocalists from PartyInMyPocket. NSFC, NSFT, NSFSC... hell, not safe for ANYBODY.
** Alternatively, an emo parody band.
* WarFromAnotherWorld: Hardcore rock that describes a battle between different worlds. Each "world" is represented by another band. The consistent hero is HurtingHero's mascot. The various worlds can be seen in music videos by ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill, SpikedBlood, and BadFuture. ActionGirl or LittleMissBadass show up during particularly intense battles, and you may even catch SirCameosALot in the background!
* WarmWaterWhiz: All the band members are dressed in swimwear and their instruments are themed after bath toys. Their songs tend to be [[GrossoutShow gross]] and [[VulgarHumor vulgar]]. Their music video for "PuttingThePeeInPool" is not for the easily disgusted.
* WashyWatchy: A variety of genres, but it's all good, clean fun, lyrics never stronger than PG-rated at worst. Be sure to watch the music videos for maximum fun.
* WaveOfBabies: A {{bishonen}} j-pop band
* Welcome to the Caribbean, Mon! (now defunct): Reggae, mon.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: All woman punk band that sings gritty songs about how they hate débutantes and Ivy Leaguers.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Progressive Power Metal two-man band. Their sound is epic and thunderous, but with subtle love song-like violin pieces. The members dress up as famous historical people who opposed each other. Heavy AudienceParticipation is one of the things they're renowned for.
* WhatTheHellHero: A punk band that sings songs about famous heroic historical figures and the most vile things they have ever done. While they pretend to be bitter enemies with PaintTheHeroBlack it's all scripted for laughs.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Grindcore band whose lyrics are all entirely child-friendly (when you can understand them).
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Psychedelic rock group [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin that makes music on drugs]]. Formed from members of DisneyAcidSequence and MushroomSamba when both broke up, the others forming GRatedDrug.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: A synthrock band who's (male) members wear masks that present them as female, otherwise known as female masking. Originally the members dressed in female animegao kigurumi (aka doller) costumes but said costumes were destroyed in [[Main/{{NoodleIncident}} a freak accident involving one of the band members and a pissed-off Christian fundamentalist.]]
* Administrivia/WickNamespaceMigration: A [[GenreMashup polka-influenced alternative rock band]] from Nebraska. Has a rivarly with ImpossiblePickleJar.
* Administrivia/WikiWord: The lyrics of all their songs are freely available online and anyone can edit them. In live performances they only play the instrumental and encourages the audience to sing the songs, one of the band members is possibly Jimmy Wales in disguise...
* AWizardDidIt: Their lyrics are full of ''Dungeons and Dragons'' references. Inexplicably successful, which they credit to an omnipotent magical figure that is most likely a hallucination caused by drugs.
* {{The Woobie}}s: A ShallowParody of emo.
* Administrivia/WordCruft: Crunk trio from Louisville, Kentucky known for heavy amounts of AudienceParticipation and their pop culture reference-laden lyrics.
* WorldHealingWave: Electronica group, mainly focusing on {{Trance}}, with a profound environmentalist message weaved into their songs. Has a playful rivalry with a hardcore group coincidentally called WorldWreckingWave (at first is was mostly their respective fans, before both groups started [[AscendedFanon running with it]]).
* WouldNotShootACivilian: A 1960s British psychedelic rock band that was most notable for their anti-authoritarian pacifist streak and vehement opposition to America's Vietnamese intervention. Their first album, ''SchoolIsForLosers'' (1965, #5), barely had a release outside of Britain at all. It famously split while in collective police custody following an out-of-control anti-war rally in Swindon. Reunited in the 1980s, and have been together since. Their first album since their split up, ''We're Still Relevant Dammit'' (1984, #1) is a CultClassic to many.
* WrestlingDoesntPay:
** A cover band who play wrestler entrance themes and dress up as famed professional wrestlers of the past.
** Alternativly, a group of professional wrestlers forming a band for reasons explained in the name.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Their songs all have to do with human biology. In an ''extremely'' creepy way. Alternately, pop rock.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: A rap/hip hop band with completely unoriginal songs that are usually covers for other rap artists. Well, except for the fact that they have Xtremelee Kool Leerix Wyth Phunkee Letterz.
* {{Yandere}}: All female band whose love songs alternate between pop music and death metal.
* YokoOhNo: All-female J-pop group that does covers of [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs.
* YouSquared: Post-modern future bass.
* YouWannaGetSued: Alternative band that only does covers and remixes. Currently has some legal troubles.
* YourMakeupIsRunning: GothMetal band that often [[MoodWhiplash alternates between depressing and sexual without warning]], fronted by a gorgeous PerkyGoth who wears a [[SexyWhateverOutfit skimpier take on a funeral dress]] during live performances. MoralGuardians claim that they promote DomesticAbuse, sexual abuse, and rape, even though they rarely (if ever) discuss such topics. The closest they got to the last one was with their controversial hit-single "''ArentYouGoingToRavishMe''", which describes an interaction between a young woman who wants to take part in a rape fantasy, and a guy who was initially uncomfortable with it, but slowly gets talked into it.
* YoureCuteWhenYoureAngry: An all-girl trio of {{Cute Bookworm}}s. At one point in most of their songs, they get upset, but it just comes off as adorable instead. Usually involves a desperate shout of "YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry!" and then frustrated {{Angrish}}.
* YourMindMakesItReal: They stand on stage with their instruments, but don't actually play them. The audience lies back and imagines them playing and singing dialogue from ''Film/TheMatrix''.
* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: Post-modern alternative rock.
* ZergRush: SciFi speed metal from Seoul.
* ZettaiRyouiki: All female tribute to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' sporting short skirts and high socks.
* ZombieApocalypse: Death Metal. Nobody is quite sure if they're serious.
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