# Band names in other words **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 11, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596 "2013-09-11T19:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/1 "2013-09-11T19:43:50Z")
Let’s see how many bands we can describe in other words. How it’ll work: 1st post give name of band in other words, 2nd poster IDs band give own example, and so on. I’ll start: Paul Hewson and Friends ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/2 "2013-09-11T19:46:28Z")
U2. My turn; The penalty awarded in Major League Hockey to players engaged in fisticuffs during a game. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/3 "2013-09-11T19:55:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The penalty awarded in Major League Hockey to players engaged in fisticuffs during a game. Five for Fighting. “That group.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/4 "2013-09-11T20:23:01Z")
The Band? If that’s right: 87.75 MHz on the FM dial (in North America, at least) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/5 "2013-09-11T20:34:54Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > The Band? If that’s right: Yes, that’s right. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/6 "2013-09-11T20:44:02Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > 87.75 MHz on the FM dial (in North America, at least) …Channel 6? I don’t know if that’s actually a band, but it’s my understanding that that frequency was (back in the day, at least) an audio simulcast of whatever TV channel was airing on 6. In any event, here’s another one; A ritual in which one observes the number of black-coated scavenging birds flying overhead by which to discern one’s fortune. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/7 "2013-09-11T20:48:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > …Channel 6? I don’t know if that’s actually a band, but it’s my understanding that that frequency was (back in the day, at least) an audio simulcast of whatever TV channel was airing on 6. :sidejack: It still is around here. Nothing beats listening to The Simpsons while driving home from work. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/8 "2013-09-11T20:58:55Z")
Sounds like Counting Crows. Let’s see, Dagwood’s Comic would be too easy, how about… State of Ultimate Peril. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/9 "2013-09-11T21:07:00Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Sounds like Counting Crows. Correct. > [@](#): > > Dagwood’s Comic… Blondie, of course. (Got no clue on the other one.) Next submission; Persons who appear on news TV in order to advocate for a given point of view, typically in contrast to other persons appearing simultaneously. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/10 "2013-09-11T23:00:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Next submission; Persons who appear on news TV in order to advocate for a given point of view, typically in contrast to other persons appearing simultaneously. Talking Heads. New: Ralph Waldo, Swan and Arnold. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/11 "2013-09-11T23:49:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Ralph Waldo, Swan and Arnold. Emerson, Lake & Palmer New: Ways power may flow. ---
**Author:** ![XanderCrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ee59a6/32.png) [@XanderCrews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XanderCrews)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/12 "2013-09-12T00:27:46Z")
AC/DC New: Happiness Seperation ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/13 "2013-09-12T00:54:37Z")
> [@XanderCrews](#): > > AC/DC > > New: Happiness Seperation Joy Division. New: Powered, Luminescent, Strings and Bows ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/14 "2013-09-12T01:04:45Z")
Electric Light Orchestra New. The former President and his little brother ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/15 "2013-09-12T01:05:29Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > New: Powered, Luminescent, Strings and Bows Electric Light Orchestra New: Sad bivalve molluscs practicing unorthodox rituals ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/16 "2013-09-12T01:16:28Z")
Blue Oyster Cult New: Water spewing devices from NJ. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/17 "2013-09-12T02:38:53Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > New: Water spewing devices from NJ. Fountains of Wayne New: Feral children ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/18 "2013-09-12T02:47:22Z")
Affirmative Ferrous Virgin Profoundly Violet Disloyal Disciple in a Sacerdotal Role Trivial Male Turkey Accompanied by Annihilators of Cardiac Tissue Pea Soup Chapeau ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/19 "2013-09-12T03:29:31Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Affirmative > > Ferrous Virgin > > Profoundly Violet > > Disloyal Disciple in a Sacerdotal Role > > Trivial Male Turkey Accompanied by Annihilators of Cardiac Tissue Yes, Iron Maiden, Simply Red, Judas Priest, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/20 "2013-09-12T04:09:39Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Yes, Iron Maiden, Simply Red, Judas Priest, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers All correct except one. Still looking for Profoundly Violet [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=2)