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.
Related: You count them as influences.
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.)
Really, one is already too many.
Why is this still a thing?
Lookin' at you, Mumford & Sons.
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.