Comedy rock

Comedy rock is a term used to describe rock music that mixes the music with satire or other forms of comedy. This tradition can be traced back to the earliest days of rock n roll itself, the most notable early examples being Stan Freberg and The Coasters. Such artists include Gnarkill, Adam Sandler, Barenaked Ladies, Bonzo Dog Band, Bloodhound Gang, Bowling For Soup, Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, Frank Zappa, Gigatron, Hot and Heavy, Stephen Lynch, NOFX, Strong Bad, The Vandals, "Weird Al" Yankovic, UFO Phil, Primus, Tenacious D, The Paul Stanleys, The Torch Marauder, Hot Waffles, Braal, Worm Quartet, Limozeen, Raymond And Scum, Green Jelly, The Dan Band, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Cake, Scatterbrain, Able Bodied Seamen, The Irregars, DVDA, Ween, GWAR, The Offspring, Mamonas Assassinas, Jake Waters, Denis Leary, The Frogs, Dave and Brian, Throwing Toasters, The Fresh and Country Teasers.

Some comedy rock groups, such as Frank Zappa and Tenacious D, often poke fun at the norms of different rock genres through their lyrics, actions, or imitations of the other genres. Most comedy rockers, however, mainly just create rock and roll with amusing, witty, or over the top lyrics about topics usually not covered by mainstream rock artists.

Rock has been the target of many spoofs and several spoof bands have gone on to have actual hit records and perform live, most notably The Hee Bee Gee Bees and subsequently Spinal Tap in the U.S. and Bad News in the U.K.

Some bands known for geek rock also play humor-intended songs, such as They Might Be Giants.