# Band Name Synonyms Part II **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779 "2001-05-28T15:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/61 "2001-06-02T06:30:28Z")
I guess I should provide some clues for the two bands of mine that haven’t been solved yet. The enticements (Motown group) [name] and the Item offered for sale to those who’ll believe anything (The item’s in New York. It’s really big and immobile.) ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/62 "2001-06-02T11:49:13Z")
i suspect that whoever identified the “Tinkerbells” as the Fairies was slightly off, since i’ve never heard of a band called the Fairies. maybe it’s just me. but i was thinking Pixies. the clue for the [name] and item offered for sale to those who believe anything gave it away, although i’ve also never heard of a band named (someone) and the brooklyn bridge. it is the brooklyn one, isnt it? all i can remember hearing about is “well, if you believe that, then i’ve got a bridge in New York i can sell ya…” here’s a couple. i have no idea how yall’s musical tastes run, so bear with me. i thought of some more that are way too easy to list. Retiring Rodent Asphalt ---
**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:** [June 2, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/63 "2001-06-02T18:58:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Nope. A hint – Two separate words. A relatively recent band (90’s, I think). Not an obscure one. You could hear them on the radio. On the radio? Then I have no chance. Asphalt=Pavement ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/64 "2001-06-02T19:33:51Z")
> [@](#): > > On the radio? Then I have no chance. Heh heh… For the life of me, I didn’t think this one would be that hard. I looked them up – they are a 90’s band. Not pop/top40/Britney-Spears-ish radio, by the way – they would be on a rock station. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/65 "2001-06-02T19:52:05Z")
Hey, if you told me **Big Score Pleasantry** would be the last of mine unsolved, I wouldn’t have believed you either! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/66 "2001-06-04T18:50:57Z")
Robert Island and the Werewolf Killer Group The Blue Ballplayers Brady & Wormer The Temperamental Gloomies Cleveland Outfielder Quintuplet A belief renewal in a Florida city Water Vapor Zane Grey The $10 Gold Coins ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/67 "2001-06-05T05:54:20Z")
## Robert Island and the Werewolf Killer Group = Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band The Temperamental Gloomies = The Moody Blues A belief renewal in a Florida city = Creedence Clearwater Revival Cleveland Outfielder Quintuplet = Jackson Five? Water Vapor = Steam? Monstre \<— noting to **eunioa** that my last post had another hidden clue in it… almost sophomoric, but not quite. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/68 "2001-06-05T13:23:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Robert Island and the Werewolf Killer Group = Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band > The Temperamental Gloomies = The Moody Blues > A belief renewal in a Florida city = Creedence Clearwater Revival > Cleveland Outfielder Quintuplet = Jackson Five? > Water Vapor = Steam? Right! Right! Right! Works, but I had more recent player in mind. Right! Here’s more: Contained Warmth Catnip’s Adversary’s Recluses A simple man & almost a department store ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/69 "2001-06-05T15:20:22Z")
**Highfalutin Herb** –\>_Nothing But Oregano_? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/70 "2001-06-05T18:57:32Z")
Energy Conduit=Power Station? (gonnnnnngggggg, goes my enlightened mind) Brady and Wormer=Jan and Dean…cute. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/71 "2001-06-06T04:35:26Z")
## Contained Warmth = Caged Heat? Catnip’s Adversary’s Recluses = Herman’s Hermits? **eunoia** \*Energy Conduit=Power Station? (gonnnnnngggggg, goes my enlightened mind) \* Is that your final answer? 😛 Monstre \<— noting that his last post had yet another clue… and whose successive clues are not so fresh any more… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/72 "2001-06-06T06:03:51Z")
Contained Warmth … I believe is **Canned Heat**. Energy Conduit … I think I’ve cracked this one … **Verve Pipe** ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/73 "2001-06-06T06:12:48Z")
What is wrong with you people? - you are wrecking these really cool band names and changing them to existing band names. I hope you never get at Annabald Girdle and the Fishfinger Deadfries or Hot Cottage Biscuitpeel or The John Smith Trio (all 4 of them). Something preserve us. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/74 "2001-06-06T06:14:44Z")
In honor of my top notch coding - I shall offer some more of my own (I’ll try to make them easy in case I can’t check back to hint you along). Rats with Wings - Lots of ‘em Ebony Tree Razorback State Hitchikers of the Indigo Seer Heavenly Fewer than La Motta Froggies’ Cousins Coffee Strainer Spool Large Sturgeons The Walking Deads The Cove Metropolis Curlers ---
**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:** [June 6, 2001, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/75 "2001-06-06T07:04:57Z")
Congratulations to eunoia and Monstre for solving **Don Ho** , who actually played for my elementary school one mayday in Hawaii. **Monstre** Lou Reed is correct… \*Proper You and I=Au Pairs? This is a one word band name \* Is there a band called **We**? (just checking…) [/QUOTE] If there is a band called **We** I don’t know of 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:** [June 6, 2001, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/76 "2001-06-06T07:14:56Z")
Oh yeah… **Jeff Olsen** Zane Gray=Billy Squire perhaps? Also… Hitchikers of the Indigo Seer=Riders of the Purple Sage Fewer than La Motta=Less Than Jake Froggies’ Cousins=Toad? Coffee Strainer=Filter The Cove Metropolis Curlers=The Bay City Rollers ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/77 "2001-06-06T14:42:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Zane Gray=Billy Squire perhaps? Close. Yes on Jan and Dean, Canned Heat, and Herman’s Hermits. Yet to be solved: > [@](#): > > The Blue Ballplayers > Cleveland Outfielder Quintuplet > Zane Grey > The $10 Gold Coins > A simple man & almost a department store The Blue Ballplayers could also be The Blue Defender Guys. The Cleveland Outfielder Quintuplet is British. Zane Grey plays the piano, man. The $10 Gold Coins are good for a spending a night in LA, just don’t drink too much tequila or you’ll be sorry in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/78 "2001-06-06T15:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The Blue Ballplayers > Cleveland Outfielder Quintuplet > Zane Grey > The $10 Gold Coins > A simple man & almost a department store Cleveland Outfielder Quintuplet - The Dave Clark 5? Zane Grey - Billy Joel? (If so, this was a good one…) A simple man & almost a department store - Simon & Garfunkel Here’s a couple to ponder… Wonderland Girl in Bondage Gear (man that makes me laugh!) Ghastly Male Children Overpopulated Residence Shrub Prehistoric creature the Second Bludgeoning Holiday fruit ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/79 "2001-06-06T20:23:55Z")
\*\* Wonderland Girl in Bondage Gear (man that makes me laugh!)\*\* Alice in Chains \*\* Ghastly Male Children\*\* Beasty Boys\*\* Overpopulated Residence\*\* Crowded House\*\* Shrub\*\* Bush\*\* Prehistoric creature the Second\*\* Dinosaur Jr.\*\* Bludgeoning Holiday fruit \*\* Smashing Pumpkins. And if someone hadn’t already gotten it, The Enticements is The Temptations. Here are a few: Certainty Vertebral Dance-form Satsuma Figment Cheeze Job Nordstrom Halftone Wedding Cisterns The-baptist Southern-general Prostitute ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779/80 "2001-06-06T21:29:45Z")
Good job, **Skerri**! Now there are only two of mine left. I tried solving others’, but it just gives me a headache. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonyms-part-ii/66779.md?page=5)