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How do you know if your band is cheesy? (The bad kind – not good cheesy like Weird Al.) Here's a rule of thumb: if you're trying to be serious but nobody will take you seriously, then you've got a problem. And if any of the seven signs below apply, just... stop. As an act of kindness toward everyone on this earth, please stop.
1. You play covers of songs by any of the following bands: Staind, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Nickelback
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Related: You count them as influences.
2. You refuse to wear shirts onstage
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3. You're running a joke into the ground that was never that funny anyway
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Macaulay Culkin's pizza-themed Velvet Underground tribute band was funny for, like, five seconds. It should never have been a live band; many audiences who threw beer cans at multiple Pizza Underground shows seem to agree. (And yeah, unfortunately, they're still at it.)
4. Several of you are wearing fedoras
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Really, one is already too many.
5. You all have this haircut
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Why is this still a thing?
6. You take the old-timey theme a little too literally
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Lookin' at you, Mumford & Sons.
7. Your getup could be confused for a packaged "rock star" Halloween costume
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Those tattoo sleeves! Yikes. Does it come with the goatee too?
Jhoni Jackson is an Atlanta-bred music journalist currently based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she juggles owning a venue called Club 77, freelance writing and, of course, going to the beach as often as possible.
