# Band Name Synonym Game!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607 "2001-05-26T18:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/261 "2001-05-27T04:59:32Z")
More: Prostitutes for Nazis Wordprocessing Pioneer “Journalist” Island of the mists Highfalutin Herb Canada, or maybe Russia The Lonely Whiplash Nun Divinity Craving ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/262 "2001-05-27T05:00:48Z")
**DOH!** And you know the worst part of this is that I am two hours _earlier_ than most of you… _Sigh_ ::and I really did smack myself on the forehead when I read that post:: ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/263 "2001-05-27T05:06:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > \*\*Divinity Craving \*\* Godsmack? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/264 "2001-05-27T05:09:27Z")
Island of the mists = Skye Canada, or maybe Russia = Big Country ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/265 "2001-05-27T05:13:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Protesilaus \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > > \*\*Divinity Craving \*\* > > Godsmack? \*\* Not even close \. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/266 "2001-05-27T05:14:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*Island of the mists = Skye > Canada, or maybe Russia = Big Country > \*\* Wrong island - but right Country. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/267 "2001-05-27T05:17:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMC \* > \*\*New page, so here’s the list of unsolved groups: > > That’s a goofy name for a penis, you vicious punk. > \*\* Sex Pistols ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/268 "2001-05-27T05:17:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > \*\* > Wrong island - but right Country. \*\* Sorry, but Islay doesn’t register. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/269 "2001-05-27T05:18:21Z")
whiplash nun = twisted sister? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/270 "2001-05-27T05:20:59Z")
\<\\> Shaggy ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/271 "2001-05-27T05:23:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* > \*\*whiplash nun = twisted sister? \*\* yup! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/272 "2001-05-27T05:23:55Z")
\<\\> I would say “I Want Candy”, but that’s a song, isn’t it? Not a band. (Is this closer than Godsmack?) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/273 "2001-05-27T05:25:13Z")
“I want Candy” was a song by Bow Wow Wow, which was one of Malcolm McLaren’s projects. Just as Sex Pistols was. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/274 "2001-05-27T05:29:38Z")
Actually, you’re closer with Godsmack (a band with which I’m completely unfamiliar). I am not speaking of nougat, here… Oh, and Prostitutes for Nazis is a repeat, I’m afraid, and a highly literal-minded one. It’s Joy Division. The other synonym was posted while I was thinking… Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/275 "2001-05-27T05:33:09Z")
I got it!!! Jesus Jones! Thank you, thank you. I’m here all week… ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/276 "2001-05-27T05:36:28Z")
Oh, that’s a good one, and so goddamn close… ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/277 "2001-05-27T05:37:52Z")
Well, I’ll let you work on it. I’m going out nightclubbing. 'Bye! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/278 "2001-05-27T05:38:22Z")
If that’s not it, then what is it? ---
**Author:** ![pink\_kitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pink\_kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pink_kitten)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/279 "2001-05-27T08:49:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Protesilaus \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Monstre \* > > \*\*Hurry Last Poster \*\* > > Run DMC > > Some more: > Mr. Fallon’s House of Poultry\*\* It’s Jimmy Chicken Shack?.. ---
**Author:** ![pink\_kitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pink\_kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pink_kitten)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/280 "2001-05-27T08:51:09Z")
I mean Jimmy’s Chicken Shack [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607.md?page=15)