# Band name! For real this time: help name a 70s rock cover band **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393 "2009-02-25T18:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/61 "2009-02-26T20:47:57Z")
The Wide Lapels C.K. and the Twilight Band Polyester Playthings Electric Light Quintet SALT Four Nixon Meets Mao Travolta’s White Suit Detente Angolan Freedom Fighters Saturday Night Yeast Infection Nixon Goes to Beijing (you know, like Frankie Goes to Hollywood) The Nixon Pardon Tricky Dick Tricky Dixie (if you were going for more of a rockabilly sound) I tell you, if you want to evoke the Seventies, there’s nothing like Tricky Dick! ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/62 "2009-02-26T22:15:24Z")
Flare To Dream ---
**Author:** ![Mymechi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@Mymechi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mymechi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/63 "2017-03-11T05:11:55Z")
Time Keepers Back to the Past Back in the Day Day Dreamers The Outfitters Time n Again Back to Life Past n Present Karma Livin in the Past Stuck in the Past Right in the Middle Memories Oldies but Goodies Merry Go Round 2nd Time Around Sound Off Check One Too Sound Checkers Bringin it Back Trust in US The Platforms The Pop Rocks\* I like this one!! The Twizzlers Rock Candy The Hazy Dukes ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/64 "2017-03-11T05:18:23Z")
The Dung Beatles Billy Rocca and the Rockabillies. HalfFlash (a play on "Quarterflash) Minstrel Cycle. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/65 "2017-03-11T05:51:50Z")
The Zombies! 😃 Aww shoot, that one’s already taken! ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/66 "2017-03-11T07:31:25Z")
People, people, people. You are soooo far off the mark. The correct answers are: - The Kissingers - The Big Hair Band - Steely Dandruff - Growing up Brady Rejected suggestions include: Empty V - a cunning word play for people who wanted, but couldn’t get MTV Spandex Generation - and other combos trying to pair clothing with terms like psychedelia Greg and Marsha’s Love Children Mutually Assured Destruction ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/67 "2017-03-11T13:20:07Z")
Too Late Jake. This thread is 8 years old. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/68 "2017-03-11T18:57:19Z")
Yeah, but it’s still fun to come up with band names… Metric Rejections Mood Ringers Pop Rockers Long National Nightmare Karen Carpenter’s Dietician ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/69 "2017-03-11T19:38:26Z")
Wednesday Manson Road Flare Lapels Maximum Naugahyde Hell Bent for Pleather Dr Jekyll and Naugahyde Pong Bong (or Rama-Lama-Pong-Bong) MIRVed Griffin (that might be more 1980s California Punk… ) Jesus Carpenter Carter’s Little Malaise Pills Canned Heep Annette Funicello’s Peacock (does anyone else still know Annette Peacock?) Mickey Manson Nixon’s Used Ford Dealership ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/70 "2017-03-11T19:51:14Z")
Squeaky Ford Up The Country Up With Peebles Dick Nixon’s Badass Song Avocado Velour ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/71 "2017-03-11T19:57:19Z")
[Stars On 45](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_on_45) ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/72 "2017-03-11T20:09:02Z")
K-Tel ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/73 "2017-03-12T02:27:37Z")
Cheery Garcia BAAB Arena Rock ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/74 "2017-03-12T04:02:10Z")
The Polling Bones Walking Deads Rank Sappa Reely Pan Hateful Bread The Trash Green P. Hex Fuzzrocks The Bars The Hand Heap Brick Malice Pooper Dee Cees Fire Grates Piss ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/75 "2017-03-12T04:52:16Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > … > Maximum Naugahyde > Hell Bent for Pleather > … > MIRVed Griffin … I _love_ these! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/76 "2017-03-12T10:36:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I _love_ these! Thank you. Hell Bent for Pleather could be a Judas Priest cover band, in specific. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/77 "2017-03-12T15:13:38Z")
Gerald Ford and the Pardon-Me’s. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393/78 "2017-03-12T16:05:09Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Thank you. Hell Bent for Pleather could be a Judas Priest cover band, in specific. and mine are tribute bands. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393.md?page=3)