The Weird List
Every weird band we’ve ever blogged about on TWBITW, ranked according to their all-time page views.*
Updated every Saturday (assuming one of us is in town). Last update: Mar. 6, 2010.
1. Max Normal – in South Africa, Normal is the new Weird
2. Die Antwoord – straight outta Cape Town
3. Throbbing Gristle – the tranny lead singer is the least weird part of it
4. Tragedy – Falsettos, tight pants, platform shoes…clearly, disco and hair metal were meant for each other
5. Yip-Yip – stroboscopic spazz-tronica so weird, it just gave us a seizure
6. Fool’s Gold – Afro-pop + Hebrew = awesome
7. Evelyn Evelyn – weird even by Amanda Palmer standards
8. Sparks – out-weirding the competition in every genre you can think of since 1968
9. The Metal Shakespeare Company – to be weird or not to be weird, that is the question
10. DEVO – are we not weird?
11. The Flaming Lips – because they don’t use jelly
12. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – because he’s fast and bulbous
13. The Residents – hey, who took my giant eyeball mask?
14. GWAR – crazy outfits, fake bodily fluids sprayed on the audience…oh yeah, and there’s music, too
15. The Minstrel Cycle – how many charisma points do I lose for being weird?
16. Caninus – can you make the sign of the devil with a paw?
17. Red Shadow – workers of the weird unite!
18. Barnes and Barnes – eat them up, yum!
19. Danielson – Jesus loves you, even if you’re weird
20. Quintron & Miss Pussycat – Drum Buddy + puppets = weird
21. Magma – how do you say “weird” in Kobaian?
22. Beatallica – yes, even cover bands can be weird
23. Dead Man’s Bones – this just in: Ryan Gosling is a weird dude
24. Scanner – you call it eavesdropping; he calls it art
25. Ponytail – if rock ‘n’ roll was an art class, they’d be the kids in the corner eating Crayons
26. Bang Camaro – because your retro metal band can never have too many lead singers
27. The Mutaytor – connecting the dots between Burning Man and Las Vegas
28. Hatebeak – spiking the bird seed with an extra dose of weird sauce
29. Dogs Die in Hot Cars – the world’s most interactive pop-rock band…or at least the most generous with their royalties
30. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott would not approve
31. Boredoms – everything’s weirder in Japan
32. Nous Non Plus – because your fake French band just isn’t fake enough
33. Previously on Lost – actually kinda makes more sense than the TV show
34. Matmos – a chance to cut is a chance to be weird
35. Birdy Nam Nam – four French DJs = one weird band
36. Tinted Windows – because Hanson and Smashing Pumpkins should not share this reality, let alone band members
37. Fantomas – weird even by Mike Patton standards
38. Schwarzenator – the “vee-yuhhdist” band in the world
39. Mojo Nixon – two-headed love children and tied-down peckers!
40. Mo Wolpert – we’re pretty sure “Heckeshorn” is German for “weird shit”
41. Sir Ivan – all we are saying is give weird a chance
*How many page views did each band get, you ask? Sorry, that’s classified. Also slightly embarrassing. If you like TWBITW, tell a friend, people! We can’t do this all by ourselves.
