# 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:** 3
**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, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/41 "2013-09-12T15:20:13Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > \*\* > > Azure Roar of Approval > > The Cradle of Liberty Blue Cheer Boston ---
**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, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/42 "2013-09-12T15:28:54Z")
New ones: Verdant Earth Revolution Personal Dawn Outerwear ---
**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, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/43 "2013-09-12T15:33:52Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > New ones: > > Verdant Earth Revolution Green Day ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/44 "2013-09-12T15:43:31Z")
Frigid Cavorting Destruction of Enlarged Gourds Nomadic Bedouin’s Quest Venomous Arthropods The Dauphin as well as a Violent Uprising Aviators in a Granite Synagogue ---
**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, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/45 "2013-09-12T15:52:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Destruction of Enlarged Gourds > > Venomous Arthropods > > Aviators in a Granite Synagogue Smashing Pumpkins The Scorpions Stone Temple Pilots ---
**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, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/46 "2013-09-12T16:06:10Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] The Dauphin as well as a Violent Uprising [/QUOTE] Prince and the Revolution ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/47 "2013-09-12T16:06:39Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > \*\* > > Littoral Youths Beach Boys now mine… The Archduke ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/48 "2013-09-12T16:08:42Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Frigid Cavorting [/QUOTE] Coldplay > [@fanganga](#): > > The Archduke Franz Ferdinand ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/49 "2013-09-12T16:09:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Toilet Puma Summer Getaway Spot for Casabas John Cougar Mellencamp. > [@fanganga](#): > > The Archduke Franz Ferdinand. “Unit of distance City in Yolo County, California.” ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/50 "2013-09-12T16:09:44Z")
Only one of mine is unsolved: Mound of Petrified Objects ---
**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, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/51 "2013-09-12T16:11:32Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Mound of Petrified Objects Rockpile? I was only 50% sure that was a band. ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/52 "2013-09-12T16:14:58Z")
Undercooked Dirt Additional Third Down Pass Coverage Man Argentate La-Z-Boy At Most, a Shilling More Prosperous ---
**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, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/53 "2013-09-12T16:16:33Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Rockpile? I was only 50% sure that was a band. Yes- Dave Edmunds’ and Nick Lowe’s old band, to be specific ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/54 "2013-09-12T16:18:30Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > John Cougar Mellencamp. > Franz Ferdinand. > > “Unit of distance City in Yolo County, California.” Miles Davis. “Several unelected leaders hailing from a city in northwest Spain.” ---
**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, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/55 "2013-09-12T16:20:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Undercooked Dirt > > Additional Third Down Pass Coverage Man > > Argentate La-Z-Boy > > At Most, a Shilling More Prosperous Rare Earth Nickelback Silverchair Sixpence None The Richer ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/56 "2013-09-12T16:20:33Z")
nm, gotta guess one first. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/57 "2013-09-12T16:23:09Z")
Did someone get Nomadic Bedouin’s Quest? I can’t see the answer for that one. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/58 "2013-09-12T16:24:36Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Only one of mine is unsolved: > > Mound of Petrified Objects Dinosaur Pile-up? ---
**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, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/59 "2013-09-12T16:26:26Z")
Metallic Star of Ghostbusters Tangled Up Dog from “Sesame Street” Trim That Is Less Than The Number Of Dalmatians Ford, Along With Some Medical Devices ---
**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, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/60 "2013-09-12T16:27:34Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Did someone get Nomadic Bedouin’s Quest? I can’t see the answer for that one. Is it Journey? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=4)