Giant Squid in Popular Culture - Music

Music

• A giant squid fighting a sperm whale in space is shown on the album cover of They Might Be Giants' Apollo 18.
• A song by the heavy metal group "Tourniquet" titled "Architeuthis" is about the mysteries of the giant squid.
• The indie group Modest Mouse sold shirts on tour in the year 2001 featuring a giant squid fighting a sperm whale.
• Folk Rock Singer/Songwriter Jonathan Coulton's EP Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow includes a song, "I Crush Everything," about a remorseful giant squid.
• Squid in general - and giant squid in particular - are mentioned in several songs written by Robyn Hitchcock, notably the Soft Boys' song Underwater Moonlight
• The post-metal band Giant Squid takes its name from the animal.
• The Wizard Rock band "The Giant Squidstravaganza" takes its name from the animal, and its appearance in the Harry Potter series, and sings songs exclusively from the point of view of that specific giant squid, often expressing his love for toast.
• Metal band "Engorged" have a song entitled "Architeuthis" from the album Where Monsters Dwell.
• Deathcore band "Here Comes the Kraken" refers to a giant squid.
• The artist " Allergic to Shellfishness" has written and recorded a song "The Great Vampire Squid"
• Scottish pirate metal band Alestorm has a song on their 2011 album "Back Through Time" called "Death Throes of the Terrorsquid" about a band of pirates fighting a giant squid.