“I play in a band called ‘Paper.’ We cover rock”

Rock music has nothing to do with the game of “rock-paper-scissors,” but there are jokes.
 
“I play in a band called ‘Paper’. We cover rock” was posted on Facebook by Adam Magee on April 29, 2011. The joke has two puns, on the double meanings of “rock” and “cover.”
 
“Are you ready to rock…paper, scissors?” and “What kind of music are scissors afraid of?”/“Rock music” are related jokes.
 
 
Wikipedia: Rock paper scissors
Rock paper scissors (also known by several other names and word orders) is an intransitive hand game, usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand. These shapes are “rock” (a closed fist: ✊), “paper” (a flat hand: ✋), and “scissors” (a fist with the index finger and middle finger extended, forming a V: ✌️).
   
Facebook
Adam Magee
April 29, 2011 at 9:46 PM ·
I play in a band called ‘Paper’. We cover rock
 
Facebook
Vivek Chellath
April 30, 2011 at 12:22 PM ·
I play in a band called ‘Paper’.
We cover rock. 😃
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I play in a band called ‘Paper’.
We cover rock.
10:30 AM · Mar 28, 2012
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I play in a band called ‘Paper’.
We cover rock.
6:34 PM · Jun 5, 2012
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
whmullally—June 23, 2014
My cover band would be called Paper because we’d only cover rock.
 
Reddit—CrazyIdeas
Curlaub—September 8, 2015
A rock cover band called Paper, because they cover rock.
 
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SickTees
@SICKTEESUK
I play in a band called ‘Paper’.
We cover rock!
5:00 PM · Jan 14, 2016
 
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
I’ve just started a new band called Paper.
We cover rock.
7:54 AM · Aug 6, 2026