Are you feeling like a major Grinch this year? Are you a fan of heavy metal and pop punk, or everything in between? We’ve got a few alternative anti-Christmas songs for you!
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1. “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas” by Blink-182
There are quite a few alternative anti-Christmas songs in the pop-punk genre, but one of the most memorable has to be Blink-182’s “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas”. This track is about as relatable as it gets, especially the line “It’s time to be nice to the people you can’t stand all year / I’m growing tired of all this Christmas cheer.”
2. “Yule Shoot Your Eye Out” by Fall Out Boy
Another pop-punk addition to our list of alternative anti-Christmas songs, “Yule Shoot Your Eye Out” by Fall Out Boy is an upbeat anthem partly about Christmas, and partly about a cheating ex-partner. This track also appears on the 2003 compilation record A Santa Cause: It’s A Punk Rock Christmas, which was produced to support AIDS charities.
3. “American Jesus” by Bad Religion
Did you know that punk rock outfit Bad Religion produced a Christmas album? Christmas Songs features a number of covers of Christmas classics in good punk rock form, from “White Christmas” (mashed up with The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated”) to “Angels We Have Heard On High”. The record is closed out with a remix of Bad Religion’s famously critical song “American Jesus”. So, we’re including it on this list… even if it’s not necessarily a Christmas tune.
4. “Merry Christmas, Kiss My A**!” by All Time Low
These emo rockers recorded the perfect song for our alternative anti-Christmas songs list back in 2011. “Merry Christmas, Kiss My A**!” by All Time Low is all about going through a breakup and dealing with the aftermath when the holidays come around. The music video for this track is classic early 2010s emo camp, too.
5. “Christmas With The Devil” by Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap may be a fictional band, but this holiday-themed heavy metal track is very much real. Alternative anti-Christmas songs don’t get campier than this! Lyrics like “There’s a demon in my belly and a gremlin in my brain / There’s someone up the chimney hole / And Satan is his name” are just a few ridiculously funny lines from this 1984 heavy metal song.
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