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Nobody's weirder than GG Allin.
And possibly less talented.

You have been warned.

Bands and artists without talent, or that just plain suck......could go for pages and pages. On the other hand strange bands and artists could do the same.

If the bands and artists are that bad and/or strange....what does that say about the masses that listen to them, or worse yet....follow them.

How about a golden oldie?
Yoko Ono

I heartily recommend "Songs in the Key of Z", a book and companion CD compiled by DJ Irwin Chusid, that covers a whole host of "outsider" musicians, for anyone who's curious about the far fringes of music.

Looks like the book's sold out on Amazon, but here's a good CD version.

They Might Be Giants

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How about a golden oldie?
Yoko Ono

While you've got the Wayback machine revved up, consider the Shaggs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tscjQboAITs

http://www.shaggs.com/meet_the_shaggs.html

For someone who was not borderline psycho, but clinical, recall Wild Man Fischer.

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My vote goes to Sunn 0))).

Can anyone explain what this is supposed to be????

I've seen plenty of crap like that here, except here they don't have an audience or the budget for good equipment.

Here's a U.S. band (Oxbow) that can hardly get a gig here, but are fairly big in Europe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBzBl9qrhtM&feature=related

Good grief, Tongy mentioned Nash the Slash - a concert standard violinist, wrapped up in bandages, wearing a top hat and playing avant-garde post-punk pseudo-electronica on his fiddle. Sounds fair.

Focus - Dutch Seventies rock band playing far too fast with piano, flute, whistling, gibberish and yodelling by Thijs van Leer.

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Good grief, Tongy mentioned Nash the Slash - a concert standard violinist, wrapped up in bandages, wearing a top hat and playing avant-garde post-punk pseudo-electronica on his fiddle. Sounds fair.

Focus - Dutch Seventies rock band playing far too fast with piano, flute, whistling, gibberish and yodelling by Thijs van Leer.

Silvia remains one of the best instrumentals ever recorded. Close behind House Of The King.

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Good grief, Tongy mentioned Nash the Slash - a concert standard violinist, wrapped up in bandages, wearing a top hat and playing avant-garde post-punk pseudo-electronica on his fiddle. Sounds fair.

Focus - Dutch Seventies rock band playing far too fast with piano, flute, whistling, gibberish and yodelling by Thijs van Leer.

Silvia remains one of the best instrumentals ever recorded. Close behind House Of The King.

I love Sylvia but it doesn't come under Strange, whilst Hocus Pocus patently does. Is it an instrumental if you have a mad Dutchman sort of singing on it?

No -est, by here's a strange vid, by a strange band with strange lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/user/triclopsband
Love Song For the Botfly - Triclops
(Music comes in around the 2 1/2 minute mark.)

The New Duncan Imperials. Definitely strange in my book.

Frank Zappa. Strange in a fun way.

William Hung. Strange in a bad way.

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Captain Beefheart

Here's the lyrics to Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee. Nuff said.

The Village Fugs, a rock/protest band from the late 1960s. Made Zappa and Dylan seem like Christian rock. One of their "hits" was the classic ballad, "I Feel Like Home Made Sh*t."

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Frank Zappa. Strange in a fun way.

And in a genius way as well. A listen to the "Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar" and "Guitar" series confirms that.

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They Might Be Giants

Really? Quirky yes but not strange in my book.

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They Might Be Giants

Really? Quirky yes but not strange in my book.

and your point is...?

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They Might Be Giants

Really? Quirky yes but not strange in my book.

Mimik-
I am a big fan of the band and I think that most of their lyrics are very strange indeed. It is part of the allure for me.

TBird!

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Good call on that one. He was one weird dude (RIP).

How bout DEVO?

Plus theres this crazy asian band that runs around in spandex and throws spaghetti at the crowd while hitting things and doing gymnastics type flips and stuff. Can't remember their name for some reason... anyone... anyone?

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Also, my buddy and his brother were headbutted by him backstage at one of his shows... several times.

I was listening to the adorable and ever so slightly bonkers Lene Lovich the other day. She's not really strange just a typical eccentric that the British adore. She did a straightforward version of "I Think We're Alone Now" many years before Tiffany but couldn't help putting in whispers, heavy breathing and a finale of operatic screaming.

Black lace, boggly eyes, plaits - my kind of woman.