# Band Name Synonym Game!!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607>\
**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\
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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:** [May 26, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/21 "2001-05-26T19:13:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Monstre \*  
> Plasma Perspiration and Drops

Blood Sweat and Tears

Here’s another new one:  
The Twists

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/22 "2001-05-26T19:20:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Monstre \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by HalberMensch242 \*  
> > **How About…Fast Fashion?**
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> Depeche Mode
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> Un-fezzed males? \*\*

Violent Femmes!

Uh - I can’t think of any.

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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:** [May 26, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/23 "2001-05-26T19:22:46Z")

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That’s OK, **Ginger** , I thought one up for you:

Smooch

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**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 26, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/24 "2001-05-26T19:24:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \*  
> **Here’s another new one:  
> The Twists**

=The Kinks

How about Sauropod the Second…

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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:** [May 26, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/25 "2001-05-26T19:24:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \*  
> I’ve turned into a posting pig.

But welcome to the SDMB all the same!

Oink.

HRH and the Turnaround.

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/26 "2001-05-26T19:25:35Z")

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_Violent Femmes_

Nope. Sorry, **Ginger** , tevya got it. 🙂  
How about…  
Horizontal Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

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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:** [May 26, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/27 "2001-05-26T19:26:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by pink kitten \*  
> How about Sauropod the Second…

Only guess I have is T.Rex

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**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/28 "2001-05-26T19:30:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by pink kitten \*  
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> How about Sauropod the Second…
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Dinosaur Jr.

How about: The Burning Mouth

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**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 26, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/29 "2001-05-26T19:40:52Z")

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> Horizontal Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

Level 42

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> HRH and the Turnaround

Prince and the Revolution  
How about:

Big Dig Town

The Doubled-Up Kettles

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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:** [May 26, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/30 "2001-05-26T19:41:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DMC \*  
> Big Dig Town

Boston

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/31 "2001-05-26T19:46:37Z")

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How 'bout this one:

The British Rhythm

Ginger

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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:** [May 26, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/32 "2001-05-26T19:48:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \*  
> The British Rhythm

The English Beat

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**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 26, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/33 "2001-05-26T19:49:04Z")

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You folks are getting all obscure on me. 🙂  
The Burning Mouth = Flaming Lips

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/34 "2001-05-26T19:49:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \*  
> Smooch

KISS!

**The Entryways**

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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:** [May 26, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/35 "2001-05-26T19:53:36Z")

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The Doors  
For the record, these haven’t been answered:  
Sadistic Vamps  
Easy Intellects  
Bisexual  
Charles Monroe  
The Doubled-Up Kettles

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/36 "2001-05-26T19:54:35Z")

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Ok, that’s not obscure, just old. Like me 😃

Rock flowers.

Ginger

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/37 "2001-05-26T19:56:20Z")

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\*Rock flowers. \*

The Stone Roses

* * *

The WhatToDoOnAGreenLight-WhatToDoOnAGreenLights

(okay, yes, I’m stretching here… 😉 )

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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:** [May 26, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/38 "2001-05-26T19:56:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \*  
> Ok, that’s not obscure, just old. Like me 😃

[hijack]  
[flirt]  
30 years in the same body and you’re old?  
Come on over hear and show me your lifeclock, girlie.  
[/flirt]  
[/hijack]

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/39 "2001-05-26T19:56:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \*  
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> Easy Intellects  
> Bisexual  
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Simple Minds  
AC/DC

Ginger

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/40 "2001-05-26T19:57:28Z")

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Easy Intellects = Simple Minds

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