From drug use to various bodily functions, Knoxville’s only adult comedy band, Knox By Night Band, blends stand up, sketch, props and music to show audiences a good time.

The group not only creates parodies and original music but also get on stage to make fun of themselves.

The band consists of vocalists and guitarists Chris Rodgers and Carter Watson and percussionist Patrick Everett. While the group has only been performing as a comedy band since March of this year, the three have been involved with music and a sketch comedy group for a while.

“(Our music) is certainly not for everybody, because people can get offended by things that aren’t meant to be necessarily offensive,” Watson said. “Our songs are just meant to be funny.”

The trio is still part of their sketch comedy group called Knox By Night Show. The group started in 2010 and has over 100 sketch videos on YouTube. Consisting of 11 regular comedians and six supporting cast members, the show has gained a large following, which has earned the band some support.

“We were musicians long before Knox By Night, and we started doing parody songs with the larger group,” Rodgers said. “So we thought ‘hey let’s try to do this thing live,’ and it’s actually gone over pretty well.”

The band often spends time making fun of themselves.

“We put ourselves in those situations, so it might be risque, but it’s us,” Rodgers said. “Or it’s Patrick, we blame it all on him.”

The group has long been inspired by big groups and artists like Weird Al Yankovic, Flight of the Conchords and Tenacious D. As childhood friends, Watson and Rodgers would camp out in Watson’s backyard and just play Weird Al tapes.

“Weird Al has a good idea doing parodies, because everyone else did all the work, and all he had to do was add something about food,” Rodgers said.

Knoxville has a well-established comedy scene that includes improv and stand up comedy, but Knox By Night is the only local musical comedy group. But the trio doesn’t let that separate themselves from the rest of the scene as they often do crossovers with other comedians or have stand up comedians open their shows. The band even participated in South Carolina’s New South Comedy Festival, which featured over 300 performers, but even there they were one of three musical acts.

“We recently did a variety show with local comedians,” Rodgers said. “We’ve worked with a guy in Oak Ridge who is a magician, and we worked with burlesque performers in Oak Ridge.”

Knox By Night Band plays gigs at local craft breweries like Last Days of Autumn, but they’ve also had shows at The Birdhouse and play monthly at Hexagon Brewing.

“It’s interesting because it’s never the same crowd, so there’s a certain shock value for people who come and don’t know what they’re getting into,” Watson said. “We have a couple of songs that are geared that way; they start off kinda normal and take a southward turn fast.”

Rodgers, Watson and Everett all have families and full-time jobs, so in the upcoming months they plan to take a short time off to put together new material and expand the show, but after over a dozen shows since starting in March, the group doesn’t intend to slow down.

“Knoxville’s got a really good comedy scene, and we’ve gotten to know a lot of these people,” Rodgers said. “But (for our future,) I want to incorporate more stand up in our shows since we’ve got such great banter between us.”