MelatoninThe Offspring, The Beastie Boys, Van Halen w/DLR, and the B52s. Give me some other bands that rock but also are often silly/goofy and funny.
kersplooshThe Presidents of the United States of America
Unlike the other bands listed in this thread, Weird Al manages to rock even when he’s covering other musical genres!
Snot FlickermanWeird Al has literally done covers including style covers of many of the bands listed in this thread!
Presidents of the USA cover: Gump
They Might Be Giants style cover: Everything You Know Is Wrong
Devo style cover: Dare To Be Stupid
I’m sure there’s more, that’s off the top of my head.
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Gump (Parody of "Lump" - Official Video)
There’s also songs that may have been initially inspired by a certain other artist but strayed far enough to be basically completely original, such as Albuquerque and (possibly my favorite Weird Al song of them all) Hardware Store.
Not to mention the polkas, which is what I really had in mind when I was talking about him making other genres rock.
