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Topic: wierd names
Posted By: dude
Subject: wierd names
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 08:23
a recent bit of humourus byplay between Peter Rideout and myself had me thinking("AN HISTORIC MOMENT" I HEAR YOU ALL SAY)...What are some of the wierdest band names you can think of?...It deos not have to be ProgRock it can be any genre.For instance does anyone remember "THROBBING GRISTLE" an English band of the seventies or how about "THE BONZO DOG DOODAH BAND" it can be local bands,for instance in my home town in the seventies there was a local band called "FALCON HELL" (Think about it!) what about foreign language bands with really strange english translations? what can you come up with
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Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 08:27
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Prefab Sprout Spocks Beard Transvision Vamp
This could turn into a very long thread you know. ------------- 
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 08:29
i hope so What one considers wierd is of course a little subjective,but i will bet there are some REAL gems!!!
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 09:53
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Isn't there a band that's called the Super Furry Animals? |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 12:45
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Butthole Surfers. I gasped when I heard that one.
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Posted By: will
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 13:12
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I've heard of some strange bands but these have to be the weirdest band names (i've heard of) by far: Biff Hitler and the Violent Mood Swings, Albino Toilet Boys, The Band Formerly Known As Sausageand Hitler's Bikini.
------------- Long live progression. Will |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 15:58
| Wet Willie, Mom's Apple Pie (famous cover?) |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 16:40
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- Mental as Anything ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
(later just KTP)
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 16:40
Yes. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Joren wrote:Posted By: elfangio
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 16:51
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I think there's a band called No Need For A Name (I have no idea what style they play, but I don't think it sounds great...) ------------- Great shredding is cheddar cheese on a taco (Ron Thal). "Mr Neal Morse from Mars, by way of Las Vegas and Nashville" |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 21:28
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THEN OF COURSE THERES "CHOCOLATE STARFISH"
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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 22:21
| Neutral Milk Hotel |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 03:17
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Tonto's expanding head-band
The The (excellent band, by the way) Noddy's Puncture And that really odd one - Emerson, Lake and Powell 
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 07:37
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Just saw a poster from a dutch band, EL sh*t wow grumble |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 07:42
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Slightly weird band name (and a pretty darned good rock band as well) - THE TRAGICALLY HIP |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 11:01
Yeah, TTH is great. "Courage" is sooo good. I've really got to hunt some more of their stuff down. I had Fully Completely, but I lost it in a divorce settlement. |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 22:13
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How about the Beatles? that has to be one of the worst puns I have ever heard. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 22:55
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Inspired by Buddy Holly and the Crickets (& incorporating the "beat" pun). Lennon was a huge Holly fan. Quote: "If rock and roll had another name, it would be Buddy Holly."Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 07 2004 at 18:36
| Elvis Hitler, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Hole, Sonic Violence, The Dead Milkmen, Edgar Allan Poe (an Italian Prog band with one album!) |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 07 2004 at 20:42
Are you saying that they are beatnicks? |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 07 2004 at 22:39
| THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 08 2004 at 01:36
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(Is that related to "wristwatch Crisco ?") ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Ooh Stormy! Naughty naughty! I'm telling Mom!
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 07:15
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VIBRATIONBABY MENTIONED "EDGER ALLEN POE" There was also a minor American band from the late 60's called "H.P LOVECRAFT" But i have not heard any of thier music(might be interesting) there is also of course "LOTHAR AND THE HAND PEOPLE"!!!!
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Posted By: Hambone
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 21:45
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Green Squirral and the Rag Time Bubble Blowers ------------- You've just had a heavy session of electro-shock theray and you're more relaxed then you've been in weeks. All those childhood tramas magically wiped away along with most of your personality. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 11 2004 at 19:04
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There was a seventies soul band called The Floaters.That one always amused me.Plus : Atomic Rooster Blodwyn Pig Disco-tex and the sexolettes Showaddawaddy (enough 'D's in there??) Dumpies Rusty Nuts (I might have imagined that one) Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 11:38
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Flock of Seagulls Uncle Freaky's Urban Stinkos Citizen Fish (great band - previously Culture Shock, previously SubHumanz) Chocolate Teapot
There used to be a couple of local bands with odd names; Elvis Has Left The Building and Rubber Rubber Vortex
and 3 bands I was in; Original Gravity (on every beer bottle!) Under the Influence TrancePlant
We supported the Magic Mushroom Band, Ozric Tentacles and Here and Now at an event called "Doris's 20th Birthday Party in 1984. Only claim to fame |
Posted By: raggy
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 15:37
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No you didn't. Brummie Biker Rock, very early 80's. Obese singer. Scary looking bass player (as I recall, I saw them play in a pub once, 83ish) and an album called "Bestiality". Only real media break: a session for BBC's Friday Rock Show, with Tommy Vance (oh the memories!) The Dukes Of Stratospheare (XTC's alter ego) Principle Edwards Magik Theatre. (folk prog, should be on these pages but isn't.) Sensayuma. (say it outloud) Chumba Wumba Fred Zeppelin Dread Zeppelin Warm Dust (wierd proto-prog, also missing from these pages) ------------- Now is tomorrow afternoon |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 22:52
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DISCO TEX AND THE SEXOLETTES........DODA DODA DO DADA DODA DODA DO DADA.....GET DANCINDANCINDANCIN!!! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 23:01
Careful there Dude! Poor Jim will be dancing around the office -- most unseemly, wot wot? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 16 2004 at 13:47
| There was a punk band called Dead German Tourist from Florida. The kid next door is in his heavy metal phase of his musical life he's got all kinds of crazy stuff, Rotting Corpse, Exorcist etc. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 16 2004 at 13:54
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Nice..... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 17 2004 at 03:51
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Crash Test Dummies Splodgenessabounds (not sure about the spelling!) Attila The Stockbroker The Frantic Elevators
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 17 2004 at 13:40
Is it a tribute band to Zappa ? ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 18 2004 at 07:33
Good god Raggy - you've just bought back some serious memories - the band you're describing there (scary bass guitarist/obese vocalist) isn't Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, but a Brummie band called The Handsome Beasts - and I have the album......... They were a superb pub rock band with a very strange sense of humour, I must've seen them 4/5 times. Dumpy's Rusty Nuts were, again, an excellent pub blues/rock band in the early '80s & they're still thrashing around the biker circuit (now just called Dumpy's).. Ah, the memories -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 18 2004 at 07:36
Even more embarrasing, Peter - I'm frooging my way around the house at the moment (thought I'd do some of this stuff from home, as opposed to sneaking in the odd missive between threatening major companies at work). Now, were's that black shirt & medallion????? -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 20 2004 at 10:04
| I THINK THEY ARE NEXT TO THE PLATFORM SHEOS AND CURLY WIG..WHERE YOU LEFT EM!!! |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: April 23 2004 at 21:09
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In NYC, we have always had a huge "underground" movement, and some of the names are priceless. Some you've heard of, most you haven't. no one has mentioned "Dead Kennedys" yet. However, of all the band names (including Butthole Surfers, and Elvis Hitler, both of whom I've seen...), my favorite of all time is: Abraham's Foreskin. Peace. |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 23 2004 at 21:54
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OUCH |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 23 2004 at 22:37
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I'll bet somebody, somewhere was offended by that name.
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Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: April 26 2004 at 14:38
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Grobschnitt ("big cut" in german) Aufklärung (Italiand prog band, with lyrics in english!) and how 'bout one of my fav bands, Anglagard!!!? ------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: April 26 2004 at 15:47
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Some Dutch band called NICE BEAVER Bring on the taboo-police
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
