Nerf Herder songs Gripp's band Nerf Herder performs comedic, juvenile, and pop culture-referencing lyrics coming off the
pop-punk movement while pioneering
geek rock. Nerf Herder songs use references from various franchises to relate to real-life experiences, like how the song "Ghostbusters III" uses the third installment of the
Ghostbusters franchise that was never going to happen as a metaphor for his romantic dreams ever coming true. For instruments, these songs commonly use a typical bass-heavy punk arrangement with integrated
synthesizers spread throughout the song. Gripp has collaborated with
nerdcore rappers
MC Lars and
MC Frontalot.
False jingles and other novelty songs As a songwriter, Gripp creates fake jingles, as in his 2005 solo album
For Those About to Shop, We Salute You – a 51-track concept album mimicking various musical styles as product commercials. It does not have one single concept; it goes through many various concept suites, such as trucks,
beer, and
insomnia. He also maintained a song-of-the-week website in December 2007 and a
YouTube channel on August 12, 2006, in which he creates soundtracks to
internet memes, as well as music videos for his own
novelty songs.
The Wawa and Hallmark connections Along with his false jingles, Gripp also has created some true advertising music, such as a series of
Beatles-inspired tunes promoting the
Wawa Food Markets' summertime Hoagiefests and songs for the
Hallmark Cards e-characters
Hoops & Yoyo.
Television theme songs Gripp performs
The Super Hero Squad Show, Ben 10: Omniverse, The 7D, and
StoryBots Super Songs theme songs. He joined forces with
MC Lars to perform some of the vocals, including the chorus to "Guitar Hero Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Doesn't Make You Slash)", a song commenting on the notion that video games like
Guitar Hero take kids away from playing in bands and actually learning their instruments. On July 9, 2009, Gripp debuted a new song called "The Girl at the Video Game Store" for the 1000th episode of the
G4 TV program
Attack of the Show! The video features the show's hosts
Olivia Munn as the title character and
Kevin Pereira on drums. In April 2013, Gripp recorded the song "Backyard Hodge Podge" for the episode of the same name for the children's television show
Phineas and Ferb, and he also appeared in the episode in animated form. In October 2016, Gripp performed and wrote the theme song for the
Netflix children's show
StoryBots Super Songs, a spin-off for
Ask the StoryBots. He also started performing and writing songs for both shows. He performed the latter song himself, as well as the song "Monster Fighting Time" for the "
Bad Luck Jack"
ZooPhobia short, also by Medrano.
Children's music Gripp writes songs for children, with over 232 appearing on his YouTube channel, with over 523 million views. He has released five albums for children;
Do You Like Waffles?,
Fuzzy Fuzzy Cute Cute, Vol. 1,
Mega-Party,
Jingle Burgers, and
For Kids About to Rock. Between 2014 and late 2019, Gripp's "
Raining Tacos" went viral online due to its popularity within
Roblox's player base. It was also used by the city of
West Palm Beach to deter homeless people from congregating in some areas, along with the song "
Baby Shark". Gripp requested they remove his title from their playlist and made donations to local homeless shelters. "It's Raining Tacos" was featured in an
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