# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/21 "2013-09-12T04:12:15Z")
Deep Purple (I’m not putting out a new one since there are a few that haven’t been answered yet.) ---
**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, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/22 "2013-09-12T04:40:25Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Pea Soup Chapeau I dunno. Green Helmet? ---
**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, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/23 "2013-09-12T05:19:21Z")
I GOT IT! > [@astorian](#): > > Pea Soup Chapeau Foghat. 🙂 How about: Hurry: Firearms & Thorny Flowers: Fuschia Muppet Bassist: Springtime Grape Juice: Too Many People In a Residence: Flatbed Truck: ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/24 "2013-09-12T05:32:16Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > How about: Hurry: **Rush** Firearms & Thorny Flowers: **Guns N’ Roses** Fuschia Muppet Bassist: **Pink Floyd** Springtime Grape Juice: **April Wine** Too Many People In a Residence: **Crowded House** Flatbed Truck: ??? “Feral Children” and “87.75 MHz on the FM dial” haven’t been answered yet. The latter isn’t a super-popular band, but they’ve been on Letterman in the past month and had 2 albums in Pitchfork’s top 200 albums of the 2000s list, so I don’t feel too horribly bad about that as a question. 🙂 ---
**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, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/25 "2013-09-12T05:37:00Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > Hurry: **Rush** > Firearms & Thorny Flowers: **Guns N’ Roses** > Fuschia Muppet Bassist: **Pink Floyd** > Springtime Grape Juice: **April Wine** > Too Many People In a Residence: **Crowded House** > Flatbed Truck: ??? > > “Feral Children” and “87.75 MHz on the FM dial” haven’t been answered yet. The latter isn’t a super-popular band, but they’ve been on Letterman in the past month and had 2 albums in Pitchfork’s top 200 albums of the 2000s list, so I don’t feel too horribly bad about that as a question. 🙂 All your guesses are correct! (Except the ??? of course.) Feral Children: Untamed Youth? 87.75 …FM Dial: VHF ?? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/26 "2013-09-12T05:45:40Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > Hurry: **Rush** > Firearms & Thorny Flowers: **Guns N’ Roses** > Fuschia Muppet Bassist: **Pink Floyd** > Springtime Grape Juice: **April Wine** > Too Many People In a Residence: **Crowded House** > Flatbed Truck: ??? > > “Feral Children” and “87.75 MHz on the FM dial” haven’t been answered yet. The latter isn’t a super-popular band, but they’ve been on Letterman in the past month and had 2 albums in Pitchfork’s top 200 albums of the 2000s list, so I don’t feel too horribly bad about that as a question. 🙂 The latter one is TV On The Radio. New one: Silent Uprising. ---
**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, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/27 "2013-09-12T06:16:37Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > The latter one is TV On The Radio. > > New one: Silent Uprising. Quiet Riot! New one: Large, mean father who stabs dolls ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/28 "2013-09-12T06:36:03Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Quiet Riot! > > New one: > Large, mean father who stabs dolls Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. New one: Prehistoric Pachyderm ---
**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, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/29 "2013-09-12T11:07:47Z")
Inexpensive Prank Flying horseshoe maker Fiendish Corporation Les Gendarmes Offer a Conjecture As to Our Identity Scalding Albacore ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/30 "2013-09-12T12:28:56Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. > > New one: > > Prehistoric Pachyderm Mammoth. New One: Plumbium Dirigible. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/31 "2013-09-12T12:41:41Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Inexpensive Prank > > Flying horseshoe maker > > Fiendish Corporation > > Les Gendarmes > > Offer a Conjecture As to Our Identity > > Scalding Albacore Cheap trick, aerosmith, ???, the Police, the Guess Who, Hot Tuna. New: Child of radioactive rain. ---
**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, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/32 "2013-09-12T13:01:04Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Cheap trick, aerosmith, ???, the Police, the Guess Who, Hot Tuna. All correct! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/33 "2013-09-12T13:17:58Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Fiendish Corporation Bad Company. Legislature. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/34 "2013-09-12T13:22:21Z")
And the missing one is Bad Company, if I’m not mistaken. “Child of radioactive rain” is still open - can’t get that one. ETA: beaten to it. Can’t get the new one either! ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/35 "2013-09-12T13:24:19Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > And the missing one is Bad Company, if I’m not mistaken. “Child of radioactive rain” is still open - can’t get that one. > > ETA: beaten to it. Can’t get the new one either! Fallout Boy New One: Disparate Group ---
**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, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/36 "2013-09-12T13:27:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Feral Children: Untamed Youth? Not who I was thinking of - you’ll kick yourself when you get it. 🙂 ---
**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, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/37 "2013-09-12T13:28:57Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Legislature. Parliament ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/38 "2013-09-12T13:40:20Z")
Wonderland Barrel Maker. ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/39 "2013-09-12T14:58:18Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Wonderland Barrel Maker. \*\* Alice Cooper\*\* - good one Three Foot Canaries Littoral Youths Charon’s River Azure Roar of Approval Affectionate, Completely Laden Utensil Toilet Puma Summer Getaway Spot for Casabas Mound of Petrified Objects The Cradle of Liberty ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/40 "2013-09-12T15:07:26Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Three Foot Canaries > Charon’s River > Affectionate, Completely Laden Utensil Yardbirds Styx Lovin’ Spoonful [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=3)