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Other key punk pathetique bands included [[TV Personalities]], [[The Shapes]], [[The Adicts]] and the Gonads. Rather than the "ruck 'n' roll" of harder Oi! groups, Punk Pathetique focused lyrically on the [[ephemeral]] and the trivial. Max Splodge, of Splodgenessabounds, said: "The pathetique bands are the other side of Oi! We're working class too, only whereas some bands sing about prison and the dole, we sing about [[pilchard]]s and bums. The audience is the same."<ref name="Bushell"/>

Splodgenessabounds' stage show sometimes went to [[carnivalesque]] extremes. Police were frequenting their live shows by December 1979, due to reports of public nudity and "farting on demand" during renditions of "Michael Booth's Talking Bum", and "Blown Away Like A Fart In A Thunderstorm", during which "Max gets a blowjob onstage from his female singing partner."<ref>{{cite book | last = Gimarc | title = Punk Diary 1970-1982 | pages = 271}}</ref>

The group was prone to humorously grandiose press release claims, such as the announcement that their debut album would be a triple, including a side of "old material transcribed from their own cassettes, coupled with their 'Pathetic Movements Manifesto'", and including a free Christmas tree with every copy.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gimarc | title = Punk Diary 1970-1982 | pages = 386}}</ref>

[[Peter and the Test Tube Babies]] were first featured in ''Sounds'' in July 1980, and made their vinyl debut on Oi The Album later that year. They favoured absurd lyrics and strange titles, "The Queen Gives Good Blow Jobs" being a typical example.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gimarc | title = Punk Diary 1970-1982 | pages = 348}}</ref></blockquote>