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Parody & Comedy Music Guide Parody and Comedy: Bands and Artists Amazing Dixie Pricks! - Not sure we completely understand the joke... but they've got cool art and some fantastic stoner-rock music. ApologetiX - Specializes in biblical parodies of rock hits from the 60s through the 90s and today. Arf! Arf! Records - Purveyors of '60s garage/psych, incredibly strange music, and radically fresh sounds. Bird and Macdonald - Biography and sound files. Bobby "Boris" Picket - One-hit wonder known for ghoulish "The Monster Mash" in 1962 books appearances where he sings a medley of his hit, and offers autobiography and autographed merchandise for sale. Cab City Combo - New York City Novelty Rock - Weird with a beard. Dickie Goodman - Biographical article by Chuck Miller and discography of the artist who, with Bill Buchanan, developed break in or snippet songs. Includes a discography. Dr. Demento Web Site - Includes news, games, contests, and playlists. Jimi Homeless Experience - A street musician goes big time on the Internet. Photos of bedroll, shopping cart, a groupie and strangely familiar album cover - with kick-ass Jimi Hendrix parody cuts, lyrics, comics, videos and more. Created by Jon Kinyon John Cougarstein - California song parodist and satirist offers press comments, photos, CDs for sale and downloadable MP3s, with the humor column The Cougarstein Ramble. Kip Addotta - Back Stage - Home Page of the comedian who brought us "Wet Dream" a demented favorite. Lou and Peter Berryman Home Page - The Berryman stomping grounds Oscar Brand - The Official Home Page - Folk musician, songwriter, radio broadcaster, Broadway playwright, TV Host. The Rutles - From one of the creators of Monte Python came this bizarre and completely entertaining (ie, hilarious) parody of The Beatles. Spinal Tap - Official website of one of the loudest bands in the world. The Sponge Awareness Foundation - SAF is a comedy rock band made famous by Dr. Demento. This official site, explains its origins, lists concert and recording information, and provides audio files of hard to get recordings. Tenacious D . Com - Official site. Includes a tour diary, a chat room, FAQs, merchandise, a message board, pictures, and news items. Tom Ball / Kenny Sultan - America's Good Time Blues Ambassadors Washboard Jungle - Post-digital jug band from New York offers CDs "The Brown Album" and "The Wash Cycle" for sale, with history and links to band member sites. Weird Al Yankovic - The latest news, photos, insider information, FAQs, biography, trivia, and merchandise. Maintained by Al's drummer, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz. HISTORY OF COMEDY ROCK'N'ROLL! Early American examples include Stan Freberg , who lampooned artists such as Elvis Presley , Harry Belafonte and The Platters , and Sheb Wooley whose " Purple People Eater " reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart in 1958 and stayed there 6 weeks. In Britain during the 1950s and early 1960s comedians such as Charlie Drake and The Goons frequently appeared in the top ten with humorous rock 'n' roll records—the latter, along with Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear , were to influence the word-play of John Lennon 's lyrics. Later British groups specialised in comedy: these included The Scaffold , The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias . Later in Britain, in the 2000s, Mitch Benn released several studio albums that satirised current affairs using various musical genres, but mainly rock. His 2012 Breaking Strings album was critically acclaimed for its rock sensibility. Some comedy rock artists, such as Frank Zappa , and more recently Tenacious D , 15 Minutes of Fame and Flight of the Conchords create songs with amusing, witty, and/or over-the-top lyrics. Other acts such as Dread Zeppelin and Beatallica rely on unusual or intentionally contrasting genre-mixing for comic effect, while bands like GWAR and Rosemary's Billygoat utilize outrageous costumes and over-the-top stage shows. Dan Finnerty with his The Dan Band has made legendary comedy rock appearances in the Todd Phillips films Old School and The Hangover spoofing " Total Eclipse of the Heart " and " Candy Shop ", as well as his cult hit live show, which parodies female cover songs and was filmed as a one-hour TV special directed by McG and executive produced by Steven Spielberg . Many mainstream rock and punk rock bands are known to incorporate comedy songs in their work: Dead Kennedys , The Offspring , Bloodhound Gang , Blink-182 , Bowling For Soup , Reel Big Fish , Sublime , Primus , System of a Down , Green Jellÿ , Camper Van Beethoven , The Meatmen , The Mentors , They Might Be Giants , Psychostick , The Presidents of the United States of America , Andrew Jackson Jihad and Filipino bands Parokya ni Edgar and Halik Ni Gringo. The pop rock and folk rock band The Turtles released a comedy rock album, The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands , in 1968, though the band had previously incorporated humor into their songs. Two of its members, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman later performed more explicitly comedic songs as Flo & Eddie with their own band and with Frank Zappa. Rock has been the target of many spoofs and several spoof bands have gone on to have hit records, for example Spinal Tap in the U.S., and The Hee Bee Gee Bees and Bad News in the U.K. "Weird Al" Yankovic , now in his fourth decade of creating song parodies, has sold more than 12 million albums (more than any comedy act in history). The virtual band Dethklok is death metal spoof featured in the Adult Swim animated TV Show Metalocalypse and their album entitled The Dethalbum debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard Top 200 list. Other examples of metal mixed with comedy are Anthrax , Scatterbrain , M.O.D. , Nuclear Assault , Exodus and the Polish band Acid Drinkers which set them apart from the doom and gloom of their peers,such as the likes of Slayer and Metallica . The band Steel Panther , formerly known as Metal Skool, has become a fixture on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip with their spoof of 80s glam metal and their success has opened the doors for other Hollywood spoof bands such as The Jimi Homeless Experience . Punk rock has made its contribution to the comedy rock ranks, with such bands as The Dead Milkmen , The Aquabats , The Radioactive Chicken Heads , Jilted John and The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black . Sid Vicious 's cover of " My Way " is comedy rock of a more sardonic sort. THE JIMI HOMELESS EXPERIENCE Comedians: Music, Variety Ainsworth, Laura - Details of the singer and comedian's theatrical revue, "My Ship Has Sailed". Schedule and booking information, reviews, sound clips and weblog. Arieff, Rachel - Videos, music, biography, and schedule information for Los Angeles based performer. Bad Plumbing - Birmingham, England-based musical comedy group self-described as "sad, old and decrepit, but mildly amusing." Rock and pop styles. Songs and clips, album ordering, and lyrics. Bananas at Large - Wisconsin group that performs hunting-themed comedic songs. Barber-Q Quartet, The - An Australian musical comedy act. Site offers song samples and booking details. Barbutti, Pete - Musical comedian. Listed here are links to Real Audio jokes and video clips. Barlaston, Miss Emily - Although this British Prima Donna Dissoluta is officially retired, she likes to keep active by giving charming recitals of opera, musical comedy and singalong. Biography, song list, previous engagements and photos. Bedroom Philosopher, The - Contains discography, biography, photographs and weblog for art-folk humorist and musician Justin Heazlewood. Based in Melbourne, Australia. Blackledge, Dave - Schedule, photos and lyrics. Blair, Dennis - Music blended with standup comedy. Biography, tour dates, and album ordering. Bob Rivers Comedy Group - Responsible for songs like "Cheney's Got a Gun" - parody of Aerosmith's "Janie's Got a Gun" - brilliant! Bowden, Richard - Texas based musical comedian. Includes biography, discography, and CDs. Bulle...