Band names: a taxonomic progression.

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.

:wink:

One more for the flora:

Ivy

I believe the name “Albert Speer’s Giant Squid” is still available.

No, scratch that, I’m using it. Ha. Ha. Ha.

Smashing Orange
Screeching Weasel
The Animals
Def Leppard
Sprung Monkey
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians

Sounds like fictional animals:
Dishwalla.
Moby.

Equine

Crazy Horse

Reptilian

the Stray Gators

Oddly enough, both associated with Neil Young

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.

Insects:
Iron Butterfly

Ungulates(sorta):
Captain Beefheart

Rodenta:
Mouse and the Traps

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.

How about Tripping Daisy and the Aquabats?

Heh heh- clutching at straws here.

Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass.

Lee Hazlewood
Hall and Oats.

**Wolfstone

The Oyster Band**

Monty Python :smiley:

Mammals, Canine:

Bonzo Dog Band

Ooo. Forgot the Rainbow Butt Monkeys (now Finger 11).

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

Another update to our teeming “Soundgarden”: :slight_smile:

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

Cranes.
Lambchop.

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