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Frasse 
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 09:30 |
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I've translated (poorly) some of the names of swedish bands from the 70s:
Samla Mammas Manna = Collect Mums Mana
Fläsket Brinner = The Pork is Burning
Måsen Svider = The Gull is aching
Helikoptern Kräks = The helicopter is vomiting (Is this a joke or a real band, anyone who knows?)
Elda med höns = Burning with Chickens
Risken Finns = The Risk exists
There's probably more...
Anyone knowing some bands with funny names?
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 09:37 |
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colonel claypools bucket of bernie brains
thats all ive got and it isnt really that funny
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 09:41 |
A polsih band thats called "Big Fat Mumma"...
Also another polish band thats called "Super Power Turbo Metal"...
and of course there is "The Gówno" - (gówno = sh!t)
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 09:56 |
Paprika Korps 
El Dupa (El Ass)
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 10:04 |
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In Germany there was a band named "Scheiss die Wand an!" ("sh*t against the wall!"). Drummer and keyboarder Freddy Setz of Aera and the Roman Bunka Band played in it. As far as I know they never made any records though.
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 10:20 |
There was a local band here in the early 90's called The Wandering Wienerbiters...odd...
There's a punk band here in Canada called DOA whose member's names include Joey Sh*thead, Chuck Biscuits, Sonny Boy Roy, and Dimwit, among others (I know the thread is band names, but I had to mention these guys...)
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 10:28 |
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Well, DOA is a somewhat strange band name too (and rather macabre).
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 10:55 |
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alamaailman vasarat means hammers of the underworld...
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We want... a shrubbery!
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 10:57 |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 11:01 |
These two band/artist names sound really funny to Germans:
- Richie Kotzen (Richie Puke)
- Johnny Depp (Johnny Idiot)
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 11:04 |
 MikeEnRegalia wrote:
These two band/artist names sound really funny to Germans:
- Richie Kotzen (Richie Puke)
- Johnny Depp (Johnny Idiot)
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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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Frasse
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 11:13 |
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Seems like this topic needs to be moved from the Prog Music Lounge...
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 11:17 |
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...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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Posted: August 13 2005 at 15:07 |
Dream Theater is an absolutely hilarious band name! 
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 15:23 |
spectral wrote:
Dream Theater is an absolutely hilarious band name! |
Ummm... yeah, right...
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 15:17 |
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My favourite band name is Crispy Ambulance, but that's not as funny as "The helicopter is vomiting".
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 16:25 |
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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Posted: August 17 2005 at 16:43 |
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Shpongle.
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Posted: August 18 2005 at 03:41 |
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.
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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