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    Posted: August 13 2005 at 09:30
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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colonel claypools bucket of bernie brains

thats all ive got and it isnt really that funny
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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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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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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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Well, DOA is a somewhat strange band name too (and rather macabre).


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alamaailman vasarat means hammers of the underworld...
We want... a shrubbery!
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

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.

 The german version sounds great
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These two band/artist names sound really funny to Germans:

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

 



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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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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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...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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Dream Theater is an absolutely hilarious band name!
"...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine."
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Originally posted by spectral spectral wrote:

Dream Theater is an absolutely hilarious band name!

Ummm... yeah, right...
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Points: 20030 		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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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: 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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