# 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:** 15
**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, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/281 "2001-05-27T15:35:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > \*\*Well, I’ll let you work on it. I’m going out nightclubbing. 'Bye! \*\* That, my friends, was a BIG FAT HINT! GRACE Jones, whose best album (imho) was “Nightclubbing.” ---
**Author:** ![sliv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sliv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sliv)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/282 "2001-05-27T16:47:48Z")
Dang, I wish I’d seen this earlier. Party Drug Mad Croatian Inventor Hitler’s Dog The Darned The Iron Workers Animal companion store lads Sleeping ocular motion Very bad cow disease that humans need to be vaccinated against Mexican image capturer William Boast Domicile at over-capacity Nymph and the rabbitguys Mother of God Humungous Assault Great White Whale Fresh Queue Spawn King’s Wife Disgusting Roosters Person Group Native American and the Irish Spirits Insanity Middle of the Night Petrol Throttlers Presley Lou Definitive definitive Slightly more than Between a half-dozen and a dozen mementos excessive happiness Okay, no more. I’ve restrained myself, but this might be overkill. I’ve tried to stick to the ones that people might actually get. I was tempted to incluce some pretty damn obscure acts (I wanted to include “Domicile=A house”, but thought better of it.), but a lot of these I’m surprised haven’t come up yet. I don’t expect anybody to get the “Slightly more than…” group. Consider it extra credit. I’m also not so sure I got “Definitive Definitive” correct; grammar was never my strong suit. Hmm. “Excessive Happiness” might be a little hard to parse out too… Oh, and I believe “neon fetus” is “day-glo abortions”. ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/283 "2001-05-27T17:09:59Z")
Party Drug = XTC The Iron Workers = The Smiths Animal companion store lads = Pet Shop Boys Sleeping ocular motion = REM Mexican image capturer = Aztec Camera William Boast = Billy Bragg Domicile at over-capacity = Crowded House Nymph and the rabbitguys = Echo and the Bunnymen Mother of God = Madonna Fresh Queue = New Order King’s Wife = Queen Native American and the Irish Spirits = Siouxsie and the Banshees? Middle of the Night Petrol = Midnight Oil Presley Lou = Elvis Costello (I almost did this one earlier) All I had time for right now… 🙂 ---
**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, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/284 "2001-05-27T17:40:51Z")
The Darned = The Damned The Iron Workers = The Smiths Very bad cow disease that humans need to be vaccinated against = Anthrax - but I thought this was sheep? Mexican image capturer = Aztec Camera Humungous Assault = GBH (Greivous Bodily Harm) Great White Whale =Moby Throttlers = Beaters Definitive definitive = The The > [@](#): > > \*\* Oh, and I believe “neon fetus” is “day-glo abortions”.\*\* How come nobody got that one before? It should be obvious! :rollseyes: Ginger ---
**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:** [May 27, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/285 "2001-05-27T18:21:54Z")
I’ve completely lost track of what’s left unanswered so I’ll just pose a few new ones. To make things harder, these all refer only to the band part of Person & Band groups (like my “HRH and the Turnaround” earlier, but without the “HRH”). To get full credit, you have to give the full band name, with the individual. The [person] Thing to be Lived Through [person] and Twice as Difficult [person] and The English Sportscars ---
**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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/286 "2001-05-27T18:35:07Z")
Not fair. You’re two hours more awake than I. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/287 "2001-05-27T19:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*Not fair. You’re two hours more awake than I. \*\* :eek: And here I was thinking you hadn’t noticed! ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/288 "2001-05-27T20:01:09Z")
[person] and Twice as Difficult = Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble [person] and The English Sportscars = Booker T. and The MG’s Here’s one - Radiating Minister who hears Who’s ---
**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:** [May 27, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/289 "2001-05-27T20:02:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pink kitten \* > Here’s one - Radiating Minister who hears Who’s Very nice work. The Reverend Horton Heat ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/290 "2001-05-27T20:02:49Z")
Well, since you all seem to be awake again (I’m just barely there, myself), here’s the updated list of outstanding clues: Divided by septum Cadillac Helper, just add ground beef The poisonous berries Friend of one of those poisonous berries A Quartet of Shaved Head punks River Bed In Egypt Very Wide Supersonic Stealthy Blackbird Forefront Cafeteria Inferior to Bob’s son McNabb, Autry, and Akers Wordprocessing Pioneer “Journalist” Island of the mists Highfalutin Herb The Lonely Mad Croatian Inventor Hitler’s Dog Spawn Disgusting Roosters Person Group Insanity Slightly more than Between a half-dozen and a dozen mementos excessive happiness [person] and Twice as Difficult and two answers: The [person] Thing to be Lived Through = The Jimmy Hendrix Experience [person] and The English Sportscars = Booker T and the MGs Please, please, please answer some of these. The list is getting way too big. 😃 ---
**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, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/291 "2001-05-27T20:06:59Z")
Inferior to Bob’s son = Bob’s your Uncle? DMC… I’m thinking maybe YOUR turn to answer them. 🙂 ---
**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, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/292 "2001-05-27T20:07:36Z")
Supersonic Stealthy Blackbird = SR-71 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/293 "2001-05-27T20:10:01Z")
Very Wide = Rosemary Clooney 🙂 Supersonic Stealthy Blackbird = SR-71 Inferior to Bob’s son = Less than Jake (?) Insanity = Madness excessive happiness= Joy Oh, and it’s “Jimi,” but still, I thought that one would last longer. 🙂 ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/294 "2001-05-27T20:21:17Z")
Disgusting roosters - Revolting Cocks McNabb, Autry, and Akers - Eagles (I spent _so_ long trying to remember a group with Donovan and Darnell in the name ::sighs:: ) ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/295 "2001-05-27T20:23:25Z")
Here’s one more that is an oldie - familiar Lester, apostle, and virgin model T As for the others, I’m stumped 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/296 "2001-05-27T20:26:46Z")
familiar Lester, apostle, and virgin model T = Les Paul and Mary Ford Nice job, DynoSaur. I was trying to figure out if a band named: Donovan, Gene, and Karen existed. 🙂 ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/297 "2001-05-27T20:28:47Z")
I lied 😃 Here is one answer Spawn = The Offspring ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/298 "2001-05-27T20:30:00Z")
A Quartet of Shaved Head punks - Fourskins Disgusting Roosters - Revolting Cocks Person Group - Human League Insanity - Madness The Throttlers - Could also be The Stranglers Humongous Assault - Massive Attack Now for some more…(sliv and I have the same record collection) Seducer Vacuum Trepidation Plant Cement Airhead Defense Publications Habit Detached Stoners Vogue Contraption Clueless Symphonic Machinations Gossiproosters Big Score Pleasantry Tyne HURRY Mind-Altering Pelts Notes About Poon-Tang Profound Amethyst Appalling Isthmuses Pallet Argument Deviate Jazz Devotees Flesh Pummel Communique ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/299 "2001-05-27T20:31:01Z")
[author’s note: I only read 3 pages, hoping for no repeats] ## Person Suffering an Asthma Attack ## The Really, Really Shy People ## _Tres_ Entryways Below ## It’s Possible They’re Extensively Large ## River of the Greek Underworld ## Female Monarch ## Oyster Product Jelly ## Incredibly Powerful CEO Sounds ## Set On Fire x^2 + y^2 = R^2 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/300 "2001-05-27T20:34:01Z")
Good one, **pink kitten** , and nice work **DMC** in getting it. I’ve missed most of the middle of this, so forgive me if these have been touched on already: cardio-workout gullwing-car rectum aquatic sportsmen citrus fruit vision [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607.md?page=16)