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** The band's name itself is inspired by the novel ''Literature/SongOfSolomon', where the main character, Macon Dead III, is nicknamed Milkman.

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** The band's name itself is inspired by the novel ''Literature/SongOfSolomon', ''Literature/SongOfSolomon'', where the main character, Macon Dead III, is nicknamed Milkman.
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** The band's name itself is inspired by the novel ''{{Literature/SongOfSolomon}}'', where the main character, Macon Dead III, is nicknamed Milkman.

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** The band's name itself is inspired by the novel ''{{Literature/SongOfSolomon}}'', ''Literature/SongOfSolomon', where the main character, Macon Dead III, is nicknamed Milkman.
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** The band's name itself is inspired by the novel ''{{Literature/SongOfSolomon}}'', where the main character, Macon Dead III, is nicknamed Milkman.
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** "If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire" was titled as a play on {{Music/Sting}}'s "If You Love Somebody, Set Them '''Free'''".
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the music video for "Punk Rock Girl," just about every time it shows the band "playing," it's usually just Joe Jack singing and playing guitar while his bandmates goof off behind him. They actually get Joe Jack visibly {{corpsing}} at their antics at times.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the music video for "Punk Rock Girl," just about every time it shows the band "playing," it's usually just Joe Jack singing and playing guitar while his bandmates goof off behind him. They actually get Joe Jack visibly {{corpsing}} at their antics at times. Also, even when Rodney isn't goofing off, he's standing in the background reading a newspaper instead of miming bass - this may be a CreatorInJoke because Rodney has claimed in interviews that, despite being credited, he didn't get to actually participate in the studio recording of the song.
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* RunningGag: For a while, they had one with Dave Blood dressing in drag in their music videos - He played a waitress in "Punk Rock Girl", a female [[HumanAliens human alien]] in "The Secret Of Life", and a go-go dancer in "Smokin' Banana Peels".

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* RunningGag: For a while, they had one with Dave Blood dressing in drag to play {{Cross Cast Role}}s in their music videos - He played portrayed a waitress in "Punk Rock Girl", a female [[HumanAliens human alien]] in "The Secret Of Life", and a go-go dancer in "Smokin' Banana Peels".
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* StylisticSuck: The deliberately out of key guitar solo in "Punk Rock Girl."

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* StylisticSuck: The Joe Jack's solos were given towards this, from the deliberately out of key guitar solo in out-of-tune, overly simple "Punk Rock Girl."Girl" to the outright clamorous "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything)" in which he parodied Art Rock guitarists.

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In 2008 they reunited with a new bassist, Dan Stevens, as founding member Dave Blood passed away in 2004. Their latest album, ''Pretty Music for Pretty People,'' was released in 2014.


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In 2008 they reunited with a new bassist, Dan Stevens, as founding member Dave Blood passed away in 2004. Their latest album, ''Pretty Music for Pretty People,'' ''Quaker City Quiet Pills,'' was released in 2014.

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* ProductPlacement: "Tacoland" is a completely sincere endorsement of the namesake punk rock venue, and even ends by telling the listener how to get to it by car (at least, back when it was open).
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** From "Smokin' Banana Peels"
--> "Talk to me about [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]]".

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** From [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] in "Graceland" (obviously) and also in "Smokin' Banana Peels"
--> "Talk to me about [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]]".Elvis."
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** The speaker in "All Around The World" claims that people "all around the world" want to kill him because he HeKnowsTooMuch about the [=UFOs=], and also mentions having a radio wired to his brain.

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** The speaker in "All Around The World" claims that people "all around the world" want to kill him because he because HeKnowsTooMuch about the [=UFOs=], [=UFOs=] and mind control, and also mentions having a radio wired to his brain.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl" attribute "California Dreamin'" to Music/TheBeachBoys, which has been called an error made by either the band themselves or the characters in the song. However, while the original version was by The Mamas And The Papas, The Beach Boys actually did release a CoverVersion of "California Dreamin'" as a single in 1986, just two years before "Punk Rock Girl" was released.
** [[http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2011/10/joe_jack_talcum_interview.php Confirmed by Talcum.]] It was referring to the cover version.
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** The speaker in "All Around The World" claims that people "all around the world" want to kill him because he HeKnowsTooMuch about the [=UFOs=], and also mentions having a radio wired to his brain.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl" attribute "California Dreamin'" to Music/TheBeachBoys. This has been called an error made by either the band themselves or the characters in the song. However, while the original version was by The Mamas And The Papas, The Beach Boys actually did release a CoverVersion of "California Dreamin'" as a single in 1986, so their version could have been playing on a jukebox a few years later when "Punk Rock Girl" was written.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl" attribute "California Dreamin'" to Music/TheBeachBoys. This Music/TheBeachBoys, which has been called an error made by either the band themselves or the characters in the song. However, while the original version was by The Mamas And The Papas, The Beach Boys actually did release a CoverVersion of "California Dreamin'" as a single in 1986, so their version could have been playing on a jukebox a few just two years later when before "Punk Rock Girl" was written.released.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl" identify "California Dreamin'" as "a Music/TheBeachBoys song" (when in fact it's by The Mamas And The Papas). This has been called a [[MisattributedSong misattribution]] made by either the band themselves or the characters in the song. However, the Beach Boys actually did release a CoverVersion of "California Dreamin'" as a single in 1986, so their version could have been playing on a jukebox a few years later when "Punk Rock Girl" was written.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl" identify attribute "California Dreamin'" as "a Music/TheBeachBoys song" (when in fact it's by The Mamas And The Papas). to Music/TheBeachBoys. This has been called a [[MisattributedSong misattribution]] an error made by either the band themselves or the characters in the song. However, while the original version was by The Mamas And The Papas, The Beach Boys actually did release a CoverVersion of "California Dreamin'" as a single in 1986, so their version could have been playing on a jukebox a few years later when "Punk Rock Girl" was written.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl" identify "California Dreamin'" as "a Music/TheBeachBoys song" (when in fact it's by The Mamas And The Papas). This has been called a [[MisattributedSong misattribution]] made by either the band themselves or the characters in the song. However, the Beach Boys actually did release a CoverVersion of "California Dreamin'" as a single in 1985, so their version could have been playing on a jukebox a few years later when "Punk Rock Girl" was written.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl" identify "California Dreamin'" as "a Music/TheBeachBoys song" (when in fact it's by The Mamas And The Papas). This has been called a [[MisattributedSong misattribution]] made by either the band themselves or the characters in the song. However, the Beach Boys actually did release a CoverVersion of "California Dreamin'" as a single in 1985, 1986, so their version could have been playing on a jukebox a few years later when "Punk Rock Girl" was written.
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Fan Hater is In Universe Examples Only, so moved from the YMMV page

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* FanHater: The speaker in "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything)" hates the bands and hates the people who dance to them. Of course, the speaker is just jealous that a bunch of arty European bands are more popular than his decent, American music.

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