Lyrical and performance style thumb|right|Kool Keith performing at Mezzanine in San Francisco, California during the 2009 Noise Pop Festival Thornton's lyrics are often abstract, surreal, and filled with non-sequiturs and profane humor. For example, "Technical Difficulties," from the album Dr. Octagonecologyst, contains the following lyrics: "Intestines, investments, hide money in your stomach / Who can stop Pepto-Bismol? Only a Gremlin eatin' in Larry Parker like Gizmo." Thornton is also known for an explicit style focusing on sexual themes, which Thornton has referred to as "pornocore". In a 2007 interview, Thornton claims to have "invented horrorcore".
Lyrical and performance style thumb|right|Kool Keith performing at Mezzanine in San Francisco, California during the 2009 Noise Pop Festival Thornton's lyrics are often abstract, surreal, and filled with non-sequiturs and profane humor. For example, "Technical Difficulties," from the album Dr. Octagonecologyst, contains the following lyrics: "Intestin,es, investments, hide money in your stomach / Who can stop Pepto-Bismol? Only a Gremlin eatin' in Larry Parker like Gizmo." Thornton is also known for an explicit style focusing on sexual themes which Thornton has referred to as "pornocore". In a 2007 interview, Thornton claims to have "invented horrorcore".