Check out these ironic Millionaires covers

Ironic covers of top 40 pop songs are a cornerstone of the metalcore/screamo/crunkcore scenes [RIP crunkcore]. Whether it's Miss May I doing "Swing," Brokencyde doing "Low" or T-Mills doing "Tik Tok," riding the coattails of successful artists who actually know how to write catchy songs is one of the lowest-hanging fruit for upcoming scene bands who are hungry for Youtube views/Facebook likes/Myspace friends [RIP Myspace].

While the bands weren't joking (they always hit you up to buy the song on iTunes), it was always tongue in cheek, like "HAY GUISE THIS SONG IS SO GAY BUT LOL ITS KIND OF CATCHY RITE?!", and the targets were always safely outside the walls of Hot Topic. The scene has stopped short of cannibalizing itself in its ravenous hunger for attention... until now. In what might be the birth of 'postmodern scene', ironic Millionaires covers have been springing up all over Youtube.

Some chubby indie rockers called Caspermask do an ironic cover of "Party Like A Millionaire." Basically the 2K10s equivalent of all those stupid lounge jazz versions of Metallica and The Offspring back in the 90s.

Really, really awful metalcore cover of "Alcohol." They are pretending it's a joke, but you and I know better-- it's like the old days, where you had to pretend you only liked mainstream bands 'for a joke.' Hang in there dudes, soon enough it will be socially acceptable for moshcore bros to non-ironically like Millionaires.

Some dipshit doing an extra-awful vocal cover of "In My Bed" in the living room of his parents' house in what looks to be Fort Lauderdale or something. Bonus points for choosing an old-school Millionaires track off the demo, major demerits for singing into your fist as though you were holding an actual microphone.

What does this all mean?? It could signify that Millionaires have arrived as semi-mainstream pop artists-- possible, especially since their newer songs are pretty damn good ("Stay The Night" is my favorite). Or it could simply be evidence that post-Myspace scene kiddies are out of ideas, and that we'll be seeing nonsense like 'ironic screamo covers' of screamo bands... screamo Chiodos covers, anyone??

Are there any more good EASYCORE bands??

Mirin ur DIY easycore hat, brah

It's hard to remember that long ago, but back in 2010 I had high hopes for easycore. But after being disappointed by the latest releases from ADTR, Set Your Goals, and The Wonder Years, I'm beginning to wonder if the genre has run its course-- too many 21 year-old fat kids with beards, an appetite for Goonies references and recycled New Found Glory riffs, not enough good bands.

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Don't get me wrong, there are still a few decent bands left- Chunk No Captain Chunk and Me Vs Hero are my current favorites- but most of the newer ones don't do a lot for me. Aside from the abundance of pot bellies and beards, the main issue I have is that most of the newer bands sound more or less like shitty, generic 90s pop punk bands (like the stuff Fearless Records put out before they became a scene label) with equally shitty, generic breakdowns arbitrarily inserted. That's not easycore, that's a shit sandwich.

Typical easycore fan- 30 lbs overweight, taking MySpace pictures in the bathroom of his parents' townhouse, dressed like a spread from the Hot Topic catalog. Will most likely be a stoner or Municipal Waste-style "thrash kid" within two years.

I miss the salad days of 2009, when easycore was fresh and new, when it seemed like there the possibilities were endless... when A Day To Remember didn't sound like Rise Against. Was it all just a fluke? Will we look back on "Downfall Of Us All" as the apex of the genre, the history books recording that song as the moment at which easycore peaked? Is it all downhill from there? I don't want to get all emo, bros, but I'm a little bummed. I thought easycore was special, but maybe I was wrong... miss u easycore. RIP "Homesick."

What new easycore bands are you excited about?? Why are there so many fat kids who listen to Four Year Strong? Why would a 21 year-old kid want to grow a beard????

YES, THERE ARE STILL "IRONIC" SCREAMO COVERS HAPPENING

Ugh, yawn, it's so 2009 but here's another ironic screamo cover by Eskimo Callboy. They cover a Katy Perry song that is only recognizable by a chorus. Maybe it's fresh because there are some quasi-pig squeals? Woah dude, Katy Perry is totally gonna freak when she hears this!!!!

They're from Denmark, so as Europeans they are naturally 2 years behind America in everything. I guess nobody told them that this style of music isn't even cool amongst teenagers over here anymore.




Here is a bonus IYAZ cover that is equally as played out- frankly if you aren't covering a single that came out like a week ago I'm already over it.