# 80's sounding band name.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 17, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527 "2008-12-17T06:18:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527/1 "2008-12-17T06:18:37Z")

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Started a band, looking for a name, tentatively ‘Pretty in Person’  
Which isn’t bad, but I am not fond, any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527/2 "2008-12-17T06:37:50Z")

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Close shave 99

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527/3 "2008-12-17T07:08:22Z")

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What do you sound like?

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527/4 "2008-12-17T08:11:30Z")

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Da Loreans

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**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527/5 "2008-12-17T11:48:24Z")

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The Surreptitious Fabric.

The Where.

Panther That Can’t Hear Well.

Uranium Balloon.

Emperor Violet.

The Violet Creep Band.

Lt. Ginger Married Gents’ Band.

Howlie and the Fugu.

Midday Petrol.

Shortsighted Caretaker.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527/6 "2008-12-17T11:53:30Z")

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> [@TheVioletCreep](#):
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> Started a band, looking for a name, tentatively ‘Pretty in Person’  
> Which isn’t bad, but I am not fond, any suggestions?

I think your username would be good.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527/7 "2008-12-17T12:01:28Z")

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The Fulda Gap  
The Days After  
The Neon Bombs  
Laser Love  
White Dog Shit

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**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-sounding-band-name/477527/8 "2008-12-17T12:53:03Z")

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The Reagan Years

Preppie Murder Trial

Exploding Hairdos

Prissy Boots

Mumbly Jangly

The Skinny Ties

The Fake Handclaps

History Repeaters