rock and roll

Last week we started noticing some memes floating around that hail the discovery of a Mambo #6. For all you Zoomers, that's a reference to Lou Bega's "one hit wonder" from 1999. This week we realized that the Mambo #6 memes inspired a host of pun-tastic music memes that imagine the upgrades of popular artists and bands. The meme is honestly a dad joke-lover's dream, and the memes are so easy to come up with that you can't help but join the fun. We've put together our favorites, but you can read all about these referential wonders at Know Your Meme.

We love dumb memes as much as the "smart" ones, and can't get enough music memes. So you can imagine our delight when we discovered that Foo Fighters are the unlikely stars of the latest stupidly funny meme trend. This format celebrates the Dave Grohl-helmed band's valiant efforts at defeating the dangerous threat of "Foo". The absurd hilarity of the joke really jives with us, and we hope you enjoy it too. 

'90s alt rockers Rage Against The Machine just announced their European tour, and the London Review Bookshop was extremely surprised to find that the band was slated to play their modest store on August 14th. While some business might simply inform the tour managers of the error, this particular bookstore decided to roll with the hilarity on Twitter. And we're extremely glad they did. The whole debacle turned into a delightful thread filled with book puns, Rage Against the Machine references, and some serious impressive wit on the part of whomever runs the account. We've included the highlights in this gallery, but you can see more of the bookish antics right here on the thread. 

And for you English Rage fans that are worried about going to a show at a prim and proper book shop, fear not: the correct venue is Review Bookshop in Peckham.  Which we hope has planned for the rockers' set. 

Being a musician is often a struggle - and no meme page sums the struggle up quite like @bandmemes666. Their perfect mix of musician humor and music memes makes for some seriously quality scrollin'. 

We love a good music joke and the Red Hot Chili Peppers make it so easy. Started by a fan, but featuring a nice mix of positive and mocking memes, @nothcpmemes is a treasure trove of RHCP hilarity. 

It's been a while since there was a really good hashtag game, but this one will appeal to both lovers of music AND wordplay. Come up with your own dull-ified band name if you dare! 

Somebody just lost their job.

Third Eye Blind was asked to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland before GOP convention attendees and the band didn't hold back from voicing their opinions on the Republican platform.

"Who here believes in science?" and other pro-LGBT statements were muttered to the audience, followed by a crowd of boos. Third Eye Blind went deep into their archive to pull out their most Republican rage-fueled songs packed with the most obscure lyrics.