# Band names: a taxonomic progression. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469 "2004-04-06T01:14:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/21 "2004-04-09T05:31:19Z")
Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Ponies Pussycat. The Dixie Chicks (okay- taking some liberties) The Bee Gees Blue Mink The Honeydrippers (big liberties) I am revealing my record collections. I don’t have any Dixie Chicks, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/22 "2004-04-09T13:33:46Z")
One more for the flora: **Ivy** ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/23 "2004-04-09T14:11:09Z")
I believe the name “Albert Speer’s Giant Squid” is still available. No, scratch that, I’m using it. Ha. Ha. Ha. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/24 "2004-04-09T14:48:08Z")
Smashing **Orange** Screeching **Weasel** **The Animals** Def **Leppard** Sprung **Monkey** **Robyn** Hitchcock and the Egyptians Sounds like fictional animals: Dishwalla. Moby. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/25 "2004-04-09T16:49:07Z")
**Equine** Crazy Horse **Reptilian** the Stray Gators Oddly enough, both associated with Neil Young ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/26 "2004-04-09T21:21:24Z")
If Ludovic has Def Lepperd, I want Steppenwolf! And also Noosha Fox- S-S-Single Bed There was also a band called The Teddybears with ‘To Know Him is To Love Him’. And, I am told there was a New York band called ‘Clockwork Orange’- before the movie. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/27 "2004-04-09T21:38:39Z")
Insects: **Iron Butterfly** Ungulates(sorta): **Captain Beefheart** Rodenta: **Mouse and the Traps** ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/28 "2004-04-09T21:40:00Z")
Apparently there’s a band called Silverfish, and silverfish are insects. I only know abou the band because someone on a different messageboard thought I might be named after them. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/29 "2004-04-09T22:30:12Z")
How about **Tripping Daisy** and the **Aquabats**? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/30 "2004-04-09T23:38:46Z")
Heh heh- clutching at straws here. Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/31 "2004-04-09T23:52:58Z")
Lee Hazlewood Hall and Oats. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/32 "2004-04-09T23:53:11Z")
\*\*Wolfstone The Oyster Band\*\* **Monty Python** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/33 "2004-04-10T00:00:50Z")
**Mammals, Canine:** Bonzo Dog Band ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/34 "2004-04-10T01:02:05Z")
Ooo. Forgot the Rainbow Butt Monkeys (now Finger 11). ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/35 "2004-04-10T01:33:39Z")
Alright, I went through my CD list and found more: Fig Dish For Squirrels Hagfish Klover Korn Pantera Pig Pigface Skunk Anansie Soulfly Soup Dragons Temple of the Dog Toadies Whale ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/36 "2004-04-10T02:16:20Z")
Another update to our teeming “Soundgarden”: 🙂 **Flora:** Downy Mildew The Magic Mushrooms Rusted Root The Seeds Prefab Sprout The Grass Roots Supergrass Klover Leaves The Leaves The Vines Ivy Operation Ivy The Honeydrippers The Screaming Trees 63 Trees Black Oak Arkansas Buckwheat Zydeco Korn Tripping Daisy Indigo Girls Iris Pansy Division The Posies Guns 'n Roses Madder Rose Stone Roses The Lilac Time Lilys Red Hot Chili Peppers Salt & Pepa Black Eyed Peas The Electric Prunes The Raspberries The Strawbs Strawberry Alarm Clock Strawberry Switchblade Wild Cherry Blind Melon Smashing Pumpkins The Mighty Lemon Drops The Lemonheads Modey Lemon The Lemon Pipers Orange Peels Oranges Band Clockwork Orange Smashing Orange Olive Black Grape The Cranberries Apples In Stereo The Silver Apples Fig Dish Bananarama Kid Creole and the Coconuts The Yohimbe Brothers **Fauna :** (The Animals) The Lower Invertebrates (band name!), marine division: The Coral Sponge The Oyster Band Blue Oyster Cult Jellyfish Manowar Marine Vertebrates: The Seahorses Eels Phish Fishbone Babel Fish Hagfish Hootie & the Blowfish Reel Big Fish Eva Trout Hot Tuna Sharks Keep Moving Great White Insects & other lower invertebrates, land division: The Arrogant Worms The Nightcrawlers The Beatles Adam and the Ants Silverfish The Crickets Iron Butterfly Soulfly The Bees The Bee Gees The Honeybees Voice of the Beehive Yellowjackets Dinosaurs: Dinosaur Jr. T-Rex Reptiles: The Chameleons Jesus Lizard Lizard Music Tortoise The Turtles The Mock Turtles Snake River Conspiracy Hot Snakes The Detroit Cobras Monty Python Whitesnake The Stray Gators Amphibians: Frog Pond Toadies Toad the Wet Sprocket Avians: The Byrds Blackbird The Mexican Blackbirds Cock Robin Doves Soiled Doves The Housemartins The Orioles Black Crows Counting Crows Finch The Skylarks The Wrens Owls The Dixie Chicks The Partridge Family The Yardbirds A Flock of Seagulls Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her The Penguins Two Loons for Tea Swans The Wild Swans The Flamingos Hawkwind The Jayhawks The Eagles Eagles of Death Metal \*\*Mammals: \*\* (Super Furry Animals; The Buck Pets) Rodentia & similar – Mouse Modest Mouse Mouse & the Traps Ratt For Squirrels Squirrel Nut Zippers Aquabats The Judybats Echo & the Bunnymen Possum Dixon The Ferrets Screaming Weasel Skunk Anansie Noosha Fox Blue Mink Ungulates & similar – Lamb Ram Jam Mule Gov’t Mule The High Llamas Cows Captain Beefheart Grant Lee Buffalo Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Tom Corky & the Juice Pigs Pig Pigface Spacehog Babe the Blue Ox Crazy Horse Equine The Golden Palominos 16 Horsepower Snowpony Sparklehorse Stealing Horses The Telstar Ponies Zebrahead The Hippos Felines – Cat Power Cat Stevens Black Cat Music Hepcat Josie and the Pussycats Pussycat The Stray Cats Richard & The Young Lions White Lion Le Tigre Los Tigres del Norte Def Leppard Pantera Tiger Army Canines – Skinny Puppy Afghan Whigs Bonzo Dog Band The Cavedogs Snoop Dogg that dog. Three Dog Night Pugs The Laughing Dogs The Fabulous Poodles Poi Dog Pondering Temple of the Dog Bloodhound Gang Los Lobos Howlin’ Wolf Steppenwolf Wolfstone Ursine – The Bears The Teddybears Marine Mammals (Cetaceans & similar) – Seal Whale Primates, lower & higher – The Monkees The Blow Monkeys The Rainbow Butt Monkeys Red Monkey Sprung Monkey Gorillaz The Human Beinz The Human League Man…Or Astro-Man? Fantasy Creatures – Pixies Soup Dragons ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/37 "2004-04-10T02:42:36Z")
Cranes. Lambchop. ---
**Author:** ![Winterwren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Winterwren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winterwren)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469/38 "2004-04-10T16:55:13Z")
For fantasy creatures: Aslan Phoenyx for Flora: Heavy Vegetable The Laurels for insects: The Mayflies For animals: Bunnygrunt Cats Laughing Caveman Shoestore Henry Cow (?) The Frogs The Gerbils Livehuman Lounge Lizards Mice Parade Matching Mole Swan Dive Circle [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-a-taxonomic-progression/238469.md?page=1)