The Green Demons’ debut album, Outer Sex, introduces us to the dual guitar and vocals of Todd Voltz and Gwendolyn Knapp. Voltz is a long-haired actor who has appeared in Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, and the Comedy Central staple Waiting among other movies (he played the cook who spit in the food). He also fronted the hammy but heavy metal-esque band Hands of Nero. Voltz enjoys creating fiction and characters, here embodying a slightly less over-the-top persona than in Hands of Nero when he sings double entendres such as, “Tight spot! / You know I’m looking for one / every day and every night” on the song “Tight Spot.” One could probably assume Voltz also wrote the song “Life is Rich,” which he relates from the point of view of a pirate. And he surely came up with the title of the album—the cover of which features an amazing, naturalistic painting by renowned New Orleans artist Scott Guion, depicting the band being beamed up into a spaceship.

Miss Knapp, for her part, is more of a cool rock singer with a voice anyone would recognize as good, and lyrics that sometimes touch on her actual life here on Earth (“My momma never loved me until I was grown”). She met Voltz in an improv comedy troupe, so they share a strong sense of humor, and an attraction to horror movies, aliens and the surf rock that permeates their album.

The music they create with their talented, surprisingly solid band veers from goofy to something almost as serious as Bad Brains, with some of the Brains’ pummel traded out for twangy reverb, and all reggae purged in favor of Southern/country rock flourishes. The drums are pounding and flawless. Little bits of ear candy, like synth lines, and guitar solos with ’80s hair-metal personality pop in and out, giving the listener respite from the equally pounding guitars.

In the end, one could focus on the goofiness inherent in Outer Sex, but most are likely to dig the tight production, musicianship and creativity. Or just pump their fists and bang their stoned heads.