WHY NOVELTY METAL BANDS ARE AWFUL (or awesome???)

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2. I would like gwar if it weren't for the image and stage antics. I couldn't see them live without feeling ridiculous and I couldn't tell people that I listen to them without feeling goofy and corny af. The music is pretty solid, nothing amazing or anything, but the costumes are just too cringe.

3. The D is the truth. Hail Satan.

4. There are bandswho rely on good looking musicians, lot's of good looking singers with one hit that are then forgotten. But there are also bands that look theatricalaf and make great music, and the theatre just fits all they do musically. Visuals can make the whole experience make deeper than a dude in a checked shirt and jeans. Doens't mean I won't listen to the plain shirt guy if he makes great music, not everybody needs to be interested in fashion/theatre🤷‍♀

5. I would never listen to Babymetal if I couldn’t also see them

6. Steel Panther is metal "Weird Al" Yankovic.
   Edit: the giant foam rubber dick has a name; the Cuttlefish of Cthulu.

7. Ghost, Babymetal, Gwar, Mac Sabbath, Steel Panther, and Alestorm are garbage. Wait…that's pretty much every band you covered.

8. and Nekrogoblikon ?

9. Mindless Self Indulgence!!!

10. I'd never even heard of Sleep Token but they don't sound too bad. A fair few of the others are bands that i listen to regularly lol.

11. Sometimes Rock and Roll is about the FUN.

12. Bad take on Tenacious D … I listen to "The Metal" at least twice a week

13. What do you think of Eskimo Callboy? i think they're fun and have some pretty catchy songs

14. how did we not give The Pizza Underground an honorable mention?

15. I didn't expect you to talk about Sleep Token. I'm not so much into the lore and hidden identities but this band has changed my music experience. Their songs are ethereal and so vulnerable but heavy when they need to be. There's only ever been one song that has actually made me cry and that song came from Sleep Token. I'm so glad this band exists.

16. Shoutout to Batushka!

17. Ghost has turned into “Tobias Forge with hired guns” but the original band was actually a band. Simon Soderberg (Alpha) and Martin Persner (Omega) were awesome on guitar and a big part of their sound and stage image. Their music stands out to me even without the gimmicky but I’ve begun to lose interest with their latest record. It’s just not the same when one person becomes the whole band.

18. You should watch the Tenacious D HBO show. Along with Mr. Show it's some of the best, weird 90s sketch comedy. And Jack and Kyle are excellent musicians.

19. what about brojob?

20. What are your thoughts on Beatallica (a blend of Beatles songs and Metallica)? I think it's pretty well done…

21. I guess Dread Zeppelin is long gone from the scene.

22. not a gatekeeper but i hate baby metal they are industry plants

23. Massacration! Best joke band ever

24. somehow i feel like this is missing the pretty fucking huge subgenre of troll metal that Finntroll (and maybe Korpiklaani?) started. i can't remember any other bands than Trollfest but i remember i used to listen to like 4-5 other troll metal bands 15-20 years ago.

    The lyrical lore stuff of Finntroll is a fun take on anti-religion lyrics, using trolls instead of satanism/demons as the enemy of christianity. Trolls eating christians? sign me up lol

25. I've said this before, but I like everything about Ghost but their music. It's BOC but worse

26. You should look into an old Japanese band called Seikima II (pronounced 'say key mat soo'). Their entire gimmick revolved around them being actual demons from the hell world of Makai, here to usher in the end of the world at the turn of the century (They formed in 1982). While some of the members look like low rent roadshow versions of Kiss, the Vocalist and Bassist are different. (They're also the coolest looking and named members of the group.

    The bassist is Xenon Ishikawa, hides his face under the shaggiest wig ever, and depending on what year you see him perform, sometimes the biggest man in the band. He's also a great bassist.

    The vocalist was originally Demon Kogure, but due to legal disputes, changed it to Demon Kakka ("His Excellency Demon") in the 90s. He has a distinctive face paint and has become a fixture of Japanese pop culture. He's an awesome singer, can speak and sing in English, but prefers Japanese. Finally, he made an appearance on Larry King that can be seen on YouTube.

    They had an anime based on them, and true to their gimmick, broke up the band at the end of 1999 after a farewell concert, having announced that their work was done. Of course, they've since reunited, and made a bunch of albums and reunion tours. Most of their earlier stuff is hit or miss musically, but the more recent work is solid hard rock (maybe a bit of old school metal).

27. How can you cover this subject without mentioning KISS, maybe the ones that started it all???

28. these advertising is just bad…

29. Shout out to Austrian Death Machine!

30. I always thought ghost was Italian

31. Pissed off all the wierd pirate motherfuckers in the comment section. Lmao

32. When I was in high school I was into metal and my friends were and for some reason we actually listened to and laughed at tenacious d.

33. I fuckin love me some Alestorm but yeah i am a massive dork, there's just something about the big heroic songs like 1741 and Sunset on the Golden Age that gets my blood up but then splice in some goofy shit like Mexico, Drink, Hangover and Fucked with an Anchor and i go from sad sack wall flower to fuckin party monster before you can say YOHO!! Also Diggy Diggy Hole is my jam!

34. deathmetal band PORTAL has a killer gimmic

35. Lmao. Was this video where you mildly critiqued Baby Metal and you got a ton of their fans mad at you? Because I didn’t hear anything negative about them. You were pretty generous lol

36. I really like ghost when I first started to listen to them I saw a lot of criticism about it not being "real rock" but whatever I think at some point you just stop caring what people think. I work and study all day, at the end of the day I don't have the energy to mind about others opinions I just want to have some fun. And Ghost is a fun band for me. I really don't know much about the others that you mentioned but i'll definitely check them out. Great video!👍

37. I don't hear any metal in Ghost… to me they are like Kiss, a pop-rock band looking like a metal band

38. You should have talked about Finntroll

39. All I pick up from this guy's videos is that he takes himself way too seriously and basically can't gel with anything that doesn't scream murica

40. I love BabyMetal and there is another similar band called LadyBaby which is 2 cute Japanese girls and this Australian guy with a beard and dress who growls out vocals over the girls singing. Their first album is actually pretty good.

41. Tbh if you want this gimmicky metal monster thing, just go with lordi. They're way better than gwar imo.

42. Where is dread zeppelin?!?!

43. This reminds me of when Jewdriver was around.

44. Wait, you have a "punk" and "hardcore" background and don't know who the fuck GWAR is?!?!?!

45. Well, metal has entire gimmick subgenres, like viking metal. Also, Sabaton squeezed every drop of their history nerd image.

46. Forgor bout Ice Nine Kills, totally bland gimmick band.

47. Steel Panther is the Dethklock of Hair Metal

48. I guess its entirely a taste thing, but I almost winced at the throw-away conclusion for Tenacious D. Their sound and singing is phenomenal! The goofy lyrics and odd rhythms for them is the only thing that has me think, "not today", but on the flip side it was noted to be a core with the band. Jack said roughly somewhere that he could not commit to a more serious design. Kinda like Steel Panther, they've got some raw power and effort behind them, but… the lyrics make it hard to listen to if you just want the sound and not the distracting humor.

    Alestorm and Babymetal side by side is kinda funny, as they are more of the pinnacle idea to me of this gimmick metal thing. They're good for dumb and quick fun, but could I just throw their songs up and jam like most metal music? Not even close. There's something shallow to them. Somewhere between the repetition of the basic song structure, and the long stretched out theme, these bands get very worn and old really fast. Its odd too, because I know a lot of Alestorm fans that take serious joy in the music. Maybe I'm just not "pirate" enough to stick with it, but its strictly a very small and in-the-moment novelty for me to enjoy on occasions. Then there's Okilly Dokilly, which… not even the music is good to me, and the whole joke just feels sour. Like, I get it, Ned Flanders wouldn't be expected to have band sound like that, but…. I can't even hear the lyrics or much of the persona in it, so its not even good at being a gimmick.

    … Now Sleep Token is one I never heard of, and I'm curious about that description. Going to have to check that one out.

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