History Main / MusicGenreDissonance

->And last but not least is Debbie from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', where her and her friends dance to Music/JoyDivision's "Love Will Tear Up Apart", which was honestly quite surprising, but refreshing, because they actually used an actual beloved song within the goth scene instead of playing a generic metal song, which you usually see happen, as some people wrongly believe that metal music is goth music.

* When RockAndRoll appeared in the late '40s, it soon started many different sub-genres until it was started to be called simply as Rock Music. It's very common for some Rock bands to label themselves as RockAndRoll despite playing another style of rock music. HardRock band ''Music/{{ACDC}}'' and PunkRock band ''Music/{{Ramones}}'' are notable examples.

* In [[https://youtu.be/Q4r_jn9Lrcg?t=50s this video]] depicting distinctly Israeli awkward moments, a obviously Ashkenazi upper-middle class grown man is listening to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizrahi_music Mizrakhi]] song in his car, when a group of young middle class Mizrakhim stop near him and stare in bewilderment. An American equivalent would be changing "Ashkenazi" to "WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant", "Mizrakhi" to "country", and "young middle class Mizrakhim" to "rednecks". At the end of the video, they are all carpooling together, listening to the same song.

* [=S4E21=] of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', "Mayhem on a Cross", concerned a murder within the BlackMetal scene. However, none of the music actually heard in the episode was actual black metal. For example, one of the real-life bands who guest-starred in the episode, Droid, plays GrooveMetal.

* S4E21 of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', "Mayhem on a Cross", concerned a murder within the Music/BlackMetal scene. However, none of the music actually heard in the episode was actual black metal. For example, one of the real-life bands who guest-starred in the episode, Droid, plays Music/GrooveMetal.

Note that this trope is part TruthInTelevision, since music genres are generally named by the press, and thus, the definitions of the style are very subjective. A band early associated with a genre may not seems like that by later standards.

* ''Fanfic/LoveIsAFunnyThing'' refers to Ths Stingers as a hard rock band. They're more pop than rock.

** Vanessa is punk, but she listens to HardRock, and her signature song, "[[IAmSong It's Me]]", is very hard sounding rock that does not sound at all like PunkRock.

* The Hex Girls from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' are a band of eco-friendly {{Perky Goth}}s; however, their music style isn't goth rock. The closest they've come to sounding gothic is "Trap of Love" from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.

* The Hex Girls from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' are a band of eco- friendly {{Perky Goth}}s; however, their music style isn't gothic rock. The closest they've come to sounding gothic is "Trap of Love" from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.

* The term "Deathrock" was coined in the 50's to refer to RockAndRoll and PopRock songs with lyrics that deal with dark themes such as death and depression. In the late 70's, a band named Christian Death, used that term to classify their music with influences of both GothRock and PunkRock. Now they are known as [[TropeCodifier codifiers]] of Deathrock.

Compare to ArtisticLicenseMusic.

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* A season three episode of Disney Channel's ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' ("Eat To The Beat") had Alex connive to get a heavy metal band named UGGH (Expy of real-life shock-rockers GWAR) to play mood music at her school's cafeteria during lunch. Another teenaged wizard surretuiously casts a spell to make them play smooth jazz, leading Alex to conclude, "You guys look hard but rock soft. Like cafeteria Mexican food."

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* When RockAndRoll appeared in the late 40's, it soon started many different sub-genres until it was started to be called simply as Rock Music. It's very common for some Rock bands to label themselves as RockAndRoll despite playing another style of rock music. HardRock band ''Music/{{ACDC}}'' and PunkRock band ''Music/{{Ramones}}'' are notable examples.

* In [[https://youtu.be/Q4r_jn9Lrcg?t=50s this video]] depicting distinctly Israeli awkward moments, a obviously Ashkenazi upper-middle class grown man is listening to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizrahi_music Mizrakhi]] song in his car, when a group of young middle class Mizrakhim stop near him and stare in bewilderment. An American equivalent would be changing 'Ashkenazi' to 'WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant', 'Mizrakhi' to 'country', and 'young middle class Mizrakhim' to 'rednecks'. At the end of the video, they are all carpooling together, listening to the same song.

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Do not confuse with ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic. Both tropes can overlap but the main difference is that this trope happens when said genre does not fit with the stated standards and the later is when a musician looks much hardcore than the music they play without necessarily saying that their style is different.

A season three episode of Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place ("Eat To The Beat") had Alex connive to get a heavy metal band named UGGH (Expy of real-life shock-rockers GWAR) to play mood music at her school's cafeteria during lunch. Another teenaged wizard surretuiously casts a spell to make them play smooth jazz, leading Alex to conclude, "You guys look hard but rock soft. Like cafeteria Mexican food."

Note that this trope is part TruthInTelevision, since music genres are generally named by the press, and thus, the definitions of the style are very [[SubjectiveTrope subjective]]. A band early associated with a genre may not seems like that by later standards.

** Vanessa is punk, but she listens to HardRock, and her signature song, "[[IAmSong It's Me]]", is very hard sounding rock that does not sound at all like GothRock.

* The band Tarantula in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' supposed to be a death metal band, but their song "Moving Very Slowly" sounds closer to doom metal or sludge metal.