"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, musician-parodist artist, record producer, satirist, music video director, film producer, actor, and author. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards and a further 11 nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture, the song's original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scene-for-scene in some cases. He directed later videos himself and went on to direct for other artists including Ben Folds, Hanson, The Black Crowes, and The Presidents of the United States of America. In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic wrote and starred in the film UHF and The Weird Al Show. He has also made guest appearances on many television shows, in addition to starring in Al TV specials on MTV.
==Links To Peel==
Peel played "Weird Al" Yankovic's version of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit called "Smells Like Nirvana" on his BBC Radio One show on 13 June 1992 and thought the record was:
"Reasonably funny and worth a play I think"
There has been no record of Peel playing any other "Weird Al" Yankovic records on his show, but Yankovic did play accordian on MC Lar's 2008 track "True Player For Real", whose lyrics include the words:
"Piss off the British press when I’m like, “Who’s John Peel?”
==Shows Played==
thumb|right|335px|Kurt Cobain of Nirvana apparently loved "Weird Al" Yankovic's version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which Yankovic called "Smells Like Nirvana"
;1992
*13 June 1992: 'Smells Like Nirvana (LP-Off The Deep End)' (Scotti Bros) (JP: 'Reasonably funny and worth a play I think')    
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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