History Music / RelientK

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!!RelientK contains examples of:

* CreatorBreakdown: Matthew Thiessen's fiancee dumped him while he was writing ''Forgot And Not Slow Down'', which lead to what could possibly be called a positive CreatorBreakdown- the album is probably the better for it.

* CoverAlbum: The 14 songs on ''Is For Karaoke'' are all covers of artists from as far back as 1979 (TomPetty) and as recent as 2010 (JustinBieber).

Relient K is a band, founded in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, although their first full-length album was released in 2000. Starting out, they possessed a distinctly punk-pop sound and have a penchant for quirky lyrics, puns, and, early on especially, pop culture references. These days their sound is [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly folk-alt-rock-punk-something]] blend. Current members are Matthew Thiessen (vocals, guitar, and piano), Matthew Hoopes (backing vocals, guitar), Dave Douglas (drums, backing vocals) John Warne (more backing vocals, bass), Jon Schneck (guitar, banjo, bells, yet more backing vocals).[[note]]John and Jon did not participate in 2014's ''[=MMHMM=] 10th anniversary tour; it is unclear as of Jan. 2015 if they are still members or not.[[/note]] They are a ChristianRock band, although not always explicitly so.

Relient K is a band, founded in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, although their first full-length album was released in 2000. Starting out, they possessed a distinctly punk-pop sound and have a penchant for quirky lyrics, puns, and, early on especially, pop culture references. These days their sound is [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly folk-alt-rock-punk-something]] blend. Current members are comprised of Matthew Thiessen (vocals, guitar, and piano), Matthew Hoopes (backing vocals, guitar), John Warne (more backing vocals, bass), Jon Schneck (guitar, banjo, bells, yet more backing vocals), and Ethan Luck (drums, and yes, even more backing vocals). They are a ChristianRock band, although not always explicitly so.

** ''May the Horse Be With You'' and ''Bite My Tongue'' stand out in particular. The latter combines it with HurricaneOfEuphemisms.

* HurricaneOfPuns: Frequently. It's [[strike:practically]] part of their signature.

** ''Two Lefts Don't Make a Right... But Three Do": Technically untitled; referred to by fans as "Silly Shoes"
** ''MMHMM': The TitleTrack is hidden in the pregap

* BreakupSong: Most of "Forget and not Slow Down" is this due to Matthew's fiance' leaving him while he was writing it.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Shows up on the cover of [[ChristmasSongs Deck The Halls, Bruise Your Hands]]. Also, mysteriously, on the cover of a book they wrote.

* LongTitle: They've had a couple, including "Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care" and "The Only Thing Worse Than Beating A Dead Horse Is Betting One One." These usually also double as {{Non Appearing Title}}s.

* MetalScream: Had some epic ones on ''mmmhmmmm'', most noticeable in the song ''Life After Death and Taxes''. For this, they inlisted the help of the lead singer of [[ChristianRock Christian]] DeathMetal band The Showdown.

* NewSoundAlbum- Collapsible Lung. From self written Pop Rock to full on Cowritten top 40 style mainstream pop.
* NonindicativeName: Some of the songs, and the band themselves. Would the title suggest to you that they are a Christian rock band?
** It could be meant to invoke reliance on Jesus. In fact, that's technically what the song "K Car" is about... which would make the song a Stealth Pun.

* SingingSimlish: "Gibberish", which is comprised of mostly gibberish, outside of the chorus which basically says "[SpoofAesop don't talk to people in gibberish]".

* {{Adorkable}}: YMMV, but people generally agree that this applies to Matthew Thiessen.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Shows up on the cover of [[ChristmasSong Deck The Halls, Bruise Your Hands]]. Also, mysteriously, on the cover of a book they wrote.

* SingingSimlish: "Gibberish", which is comprised of mostly gibberish, outside of the chorus which basically says "don't talk to people in gibberish".

* EpicSong: "Deathbed"

Relient K is a band, founded in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, although their first full-length album was released in 2000. Starting out, they possessed a distinctly punk-pop sound and have a penchant for quirky lyrics, puns, and, early on especially, pop culture references. These days their sound is [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly folk-alt-rock-punk-something]] [[BetterThanItSounds blend]]. Current members are comprised of Matthew Thiessen (vocals, guitar, and piano), Matthew Hoopes (backing vocals, guitar), John Warne (more backing vocals, bass), Jon Schneck (guitar, banjo, bells, yet more backing vocals), and Ethan Luck (drums, and yes, even more backing vocals). They are a ChristianRock band, although not always explicitly so.

Relient K is a band, founded in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, although their first full-length album was released in 2000. Starting out, they possessed a distinctly punk-pop sound and have a penchant for quirky lyrics, puns, and, early on especially, pop culture references. These days their sound is [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly folk-alt-rock-punk-something]] [[BetterThanItSounds blend]]. Current members are comprised of Matthew Thiessen (vocals, guitar, and piano), Matthew Hoopes (backing vocals, guitar), John Warne (more backing vocals, bass), Jon Schneck (guitar, banjo, bells, yet more backing vocals), and Ethan Luck (drums, and yes, even more backing vocals). They are a ChristianRock band, although not always explicitly so; most of the references to Christianity in their most recent works are fairly subtle. Nevertheless, they are there. In addition to playing many Christian music festivals they've also occasionally toured with secular bands such as the Plain White T's and Hawthorne Heights. They also opened for Paramore's 2010 spring tour.

* SoBadItsGood: PlayedForLaughs with "Good King Wenceslas" from ''Let it Snow Baby...Let it Reindeer'', to the extent that one of them actually breaks into a laugh for a moment while singing on the recording.

* StealthPun: As you can probably tell, they really like their puns.