25 People At A Song Parody Convention Share Their Musical Tastes

    I asked people at FuMPFest, a convention for funny music, who their favorite funny and non-funny artists are. Read more about FuMPFest here.

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    Matt Griffo, one of the performers at FuMPFest. For more about Tom Lehrer, the reclusive '60s music comedian, check out Looking For Tom Lehrer, Comedy’s Mysterious Genius.

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    This guy was just dressed as a vampire. No biggie.

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    This guy's perfect song in the world must be Weird Al's parody of "Nevermind".

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    Power Salad was one of the performers at FuMPFest.

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    In fact, here is Power Salad himself! His choice, Barnes & Barnes is the group that sings "Fish Heads". Read more about Bill Paxton's involvement with the video for "Fish Heads" here.

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    Robert Lund, performer. Please note he is wearing a visor with built-in spiky hair at the top.

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    Seamonkey, performer. Please listen to his song "Poo Poo Stains", it's a masterpiece.

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    This guy was being a reeeeeaaaaall comedian here by saying Seamonkey (a funny musician) was the non-funny choice. He had weirdly jacked arms and I didn't mind so it's ok.

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    One thing I noticed is that a lot of the favorite non-funny bands are actually *kinda* funny. Like The Cramps... they're sort of on the edge of being a funny band, right?

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    This guy played guitar along with Matt Griffo. They sort of stood out as "normal" looking young people at FuMPFest, which was mostly older and definitely weirder.

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    Allan Sherman is the guy who sings the "Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder" about summer camp.

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    Insane Ian, emcee of FuMPFest and performer.

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    The Aquabats rule, excellent choice.

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    Please note that he listed the Insane Clown Posse as his favorite regular band, not a joke band. This is surprising not because ICP is bad or anything, but because they're kind of funny.

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    Jeff Kurtenacker is the composer for the score of her favorite video game, Wildstar. She was wearing a skirt she designed herself based on the video game.

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    Worm Quartet, performer. He played the keytar and was pretty great.

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    This guy loves Worm Quartet.

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    Another big Worm Quartet fan.

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    1/2 of rap group Garden Fresh. Who says the The Lemonheads are their favorite band? That's nuts! Sure, lots of people like The Lemondheads, but to say it's their FAVORITE? Bananas.

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    The other half of Garden Fresh, who is a classically trained musician.

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    Repping for Garden Fresh here. She is wearing a one of the event volunteer t-shirts, but she had previously been wearing a Tool tee.

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    Luke Ski, performer and rapper.

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    Here's Luke's biggest fan.

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    This guy played with Matt Griffo and also acted as the DJ for Garden Fresh.

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    Or is THIS his biggest fan? Let's call it a tie. Everyone loves Luke.

    All photos by Katie Notopoulos for BuzzFeed.