Image description of the meme: Two panels. First panel: Patrick from the TV show Spongebob Squarepants sits in the audience, raises his hand and asks "Is a chair an instrument?" Second panel: Squidward stands on stage. His head has been modified to be the face of Aphex Twin grinning. The face is the same as on the cover art of the album I Care Because You Do
He definitely enjoyed a good amount of popularity in the states at least in the electronic music scene: I bought at least 6 of his albums back when CDs were a thing.