Line #6 Music/SkeletonStaff


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/solipsism.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[{{TinCanRobot}} Festus]], [[{{GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe}} Lucy]], [[{{TokenHuman}} Stanton]], [[{{CivilizedAnimal}} Godfrey]].]]
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5	-> "''Shout and sing''
6	-> ''And dance and''
7	-> ''La-a-augh!''
8	-> ''Come and hang''
9	-> ''With Skeleton''
10	-> ''Sta-a-aff!''"
11	-->'''--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEDHgEEjUGg&ab_channel=skeletonstaff "Skeleton Staff Theme Song, no. 1"]]'''
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13	Described as an "internationally ignored [[GenreMashup Psych-pop-folk-glam baroque'n'roll ensemble]]," Skeleton Staff is an Australian band that [[VirtualCelebrity lives in a comic strip]]. The band consists of Stanton (lead guitar/lead vocalist), Godfrey (bass guitar/vocalist), Lucy (keyboards), and Festus (percussion).
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16	!!'''Discography:'''
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18	* ''Solipsism'' (2010)
19	* ''Psychomorphism'' (2011)
20	* ''Kurfürstendammed'' (2016)
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22	!!Tropes related to their work:
23	* BaitAndSwitch: One comic strip has Stanton telling Godfrey and Festus that Lucy asked him to take off her top and skirt...and then she kicked him out of her room and told him to [[CreepyCrossdresser never try her clothes on again]].
24	* {{Main/Beatnik}}: Godfrey.
25	* BritishRockStar: Stanton acts like this, even though he's actually Australian.
26	* CoverVersion: They've posted a few covers on their [=YouTube=] page. Examples include:
27	** Stanton singing [[Music/NickiMinaj "Chun Li"]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JarO7nPT_Go piano accompaniment]].
28	** An Electro-Dixie/Zydeco version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk_D04P_yUU "Big Girls (You Are Beautiful)"]] by {{Music/MIKA}}.
29	** An a capella version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyBNn7HearE "Waterloo Sunset"]] by {{Music/The Kinks}}.
30	** {{Music/ACDC}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJxSlMgz7SA "Thunderstruck"]] for two mandolins...and a chorus of [[BuffySpeak stompy bastards]].
31	* DealWithTheDevil: The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww3FAgso33c&ab_channel=skeletonstaff "Harlots"]] tells the story of the Devil (played by Festus in the lyric video) appearing to a fiddler (Stanton) and trying to tempt him to sign a contract in exchange for fame and fortune, claiming that anyone else would take the deal because "We're all [[TitleDrop harlots]]." [[spoiler: The fiddler doesn't take the deal.]]
32	* DownerEnding: The lyric video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKS3tRSANxM&ab_channel=skeletonstaff "The Heart of the Sun"]] ends with Stanton's future self [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dying in his arms]], and the spaceship the band is on flying into the sun, [[EverybodyDiesEnding killing everyone]] onboard [[AmbiguousSituation (except maybe Festus)]].
33	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Stanton. One comic strip has a bodyguard mistake him for a woman, and in the video for "Art Girl," the titular girl Godfrey finally musters up the courage to talk to turns out to be [[WholesomeCrossdresser Stanton in a wig and a skirt]]. Then they both see an actual art girl walk by, [[HereWeGoAgain and are immediately smitten]].
34	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEDHgEEjUGg&ab_channel=skeletonstaff The theme song]] animation tells you everything you need to know about the band members. Stanton [[BritishRockStar throws his guitar]] into Festus's drums, Festus promptly starts [[HairTriggerTemper beating up Stanton]] for wrecking his drum set, Godfrey is cringing because he nearly got hit with one of Festus's cymbals, and Lucy is off to the side [[OnlySaneMan facepalming at the scene in front of her.]]
35	* GoldDigger: The subject of "I Told You I Was Poor" is a woman who spends all of the singer's money on stuff for herself, and then promptly dumps him once he's flat broke.
36	* HairTriggerTemper: The first twelve seconds of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sduAj4-O7c&ab_channel=skeletonstaff "Is This Thing Gonna Work Out?"]] is of Festus screaming at traffic, much to Godfrey's annoyance.
37	* ImplacableMan: The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHbZCdGayP0&ab_channel=skeletonstaff "Paranoia Strikes"]] portrays paranoia itself as this, with the singer describing how it always finds him no matter how hard he tries to get away; in turn, the paranoia claims it's only trying to [[BlatantLies "help."]] In the lyric video, the paranoia is portrayed as a large, faceless figure that relentlessly chases Stanton.
38	* KillerRobot: In the "I Told You I Was Poor" video, Festus plays the sheriff who intends to send Stanton, Lucy, and Godfrey to the guillotine.
39	* NonIndicativeName: In a band named "Skeleton Staff", none of them are actually skeletons.
40	* ReallyGetsAround: Stanton. He's had a lot of different girlfriends...and he's been dumped a lot.
41	* ShoutOut: The band make some very {{Music/Queen}}-esque poses in the "I Told You I Was Poor" video.
42	** The "Art Girl" video has the band briefly dressed up as members of {{Music/The Village People}}. Also, the [[ItMakesSenseInContext dancing heart]] is clearly based on [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Michigan J. Frog]].
43	* SingingVoiceDissonance: Stanton's speaking voice: high-pitched and nasally. Stanton's singing voice: a smooth baritone.
44	* TakeOverTheWorld: Apparently Festus wants to, as hinted in one strip.
45	-->'''Man:''' Wouldn't you love to live in a world that was free of war, weapons and violence?
46	-->'''Festus:''' My flamin' ''oath'' I would! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Can you imagine how easy it would be to]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint take]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint a world like that?]]
47	* TokenEvilTeammate: Festus. He's a {{Tin Can Robot}} with [[HairTriggerTemper a horrible temper]], and he wants to {{Take Over The World}}. He also plays the antagonist in two different videos.

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