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    Posted: August 22 2005 at 14:13
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Heaven & Hell in Italy:

Paradiso A Basso Prezzo = Low-priced Paradise

Biglietto per l'Inferno = Ticket to Hell
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oh yeah; once when I was browsing the metal section of the local CD store, I came across a band called 'Dying Fetus'

also, I heard that Finger Eleven used to be called 'The Rainbow Buttmonkeys', but they changed their name because "no one took then seriously"


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The String Cheese Incident.

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Anal Phelgm
Anal c**t

2 horrible punk-type bands!!
"...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine."
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Hapshash and the Colored Coat (featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids) could be mentioned too.

In the Cologne scene there were a few short-lived bands (who never made an album), like Coitus Interruptus, Urinprobe or X-Prep (a heavy laxative).


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Men with Deckchairs up their Noses.

I'm serious, they're an Aussie band.
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Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's Dead were a band in the mid-to-late 90s.  They had a song with a similar name.  They were bloody awful!
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Ethel The Frog were a Scandanavian band I believe- quite why they would be on something that was meant to be a sampler for the UK metal scene baffles me!

I've read some of the reviews of that Metal For Muthas fiasco (I wasn't even born at the time), from people like Geoff Barton, who (rightly I feel) criticised the track selection; there were only a few genuine NWOBHM bands on it, and some of the best- Diamond Head and Saxon- weren't represented. Mind you, the best track of Angelwitch- 'Baphomet'- was; it's a shame their album wasn't as good as that (I still like it though) And Sledgehammer is brilliant!

Some more fun band names eh?

Fuzzy Duck- (apparently named after an alcoholic cocktail....they featured ex members of Atomic Rooster I think, and did an album for MAM records- yes the same label that had Gilbert O' Sullivan)

I'll think of some more...
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2005 at 03:41
Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

Toad The Wet Sprocket- (anyone remember the UK metal sampler 'Metal For Muthas'? Well they provided an alarmingly dull pub rocker called 'Blues In A'.)

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts (have a Hawkwind connection...that's about all I know...)


Good God, Salmacis, you have 'Metal For Muthas' too? You must therefore remember that other great metallic legend Ethel The Frog...

As far as Dumpy's goes - saw them many times in the 1980s, good pub rock without pretentions, changed their name briefly to Dumpy's Rusty Bolts in an attempt to broaden their appeal (failed, DOH! ); still thrashing around on the UK bike rally circuit.

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Shpongle


Now, Mike, did you just dig that name off the net, or are you actually a fan of their superb brand of chill...?


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Toad The Wet Sprocket- (anyone remember the UK metal sampler 'Metal For Muthas'? Well they provided an alarmingly dull pub rocker called 'Blues In A'.)

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts (have a Hawkwind connection...that's about all I know...)

Toe Fat (actually a very good 70s rock act with Cliff Bennett as singer, and various members of Uriah Heep/ Jethro Tull)

Blossom Toes (another great band- 60s psych/proto prog- did 2 albums)

Heavy Jelly (actually a pseudonym for psych popsters Skip Bifferty- did a song called 'I Keep Singing That Same Old Song' which was on the Island sampler 'Nice Enough To Eat')

 
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Points: 20033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2005 at 15:17
My favourite band name is Crispy Ambulance, but that's not as funny as "The helicopter is vomiting".
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Points: 4928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2005 at 15:23

Originally posted by spectral spectral wrote:

Dream Theater is an absolutely hilarious band name!

Ummm... yeah, right...
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Dream Theater is an absolutely hilarious band name!
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2005 at 12:12

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Points: 758 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2005 at 11:17
...To something like the Non-prog music section.

Anyways, The Johnny depp thing reminds me of another actor whose name sounds funny in Swedish, namely:

Brad Pitt (Brad Dick)
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Points: 758 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2005 at 11:13
Seems like this topic needs to be moved from the Prog Music Lounge...
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Points: 4928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2005 at 11:04
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

These two band/artist names sound really funny to Germans:

  • Richie Kotzen (Richie Puke)
  • Johnny Depp (Johnny Idiot)

 

heh, I allways laught about Johhny Depp a lot becouse of that. Not sure, but I think the word Dussel is also a way to express a moron? Vide Dusseldorf

Vilige of Idiots?



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