# 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:** 5
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/81 "2013-09-12T18:23:59Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > New: Seed Driller Jethro Tull! 🙂 ---
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/82 "2013-09-12T18:24:50Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Jethro Tull! 🙂 Indeed! ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/83 "2013-09-12T18:25:43Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > New: Göring’s stay at homes Herman’s Hermits New: Punctuation and Kenny’s Heroes ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/84 "2013-09-12T18:37:55Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Herman’s Hermits > > New: Punctuation and Kenny’s Heroes ? and the Mysterians? ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/85 "2013-09-12T18:59:38Z")
Blokes Lacking Headgear The Possibility of Yon Folks Being Colossal Cannot Be Dismissed Engine Noggin Delicate Gargantuan Jesus’ Best Friend, The Guy He Struck Blind Near Damascus, and His Mom The First Treasury Secretary, Coffee Hot Dog, and Top Aluminum Foil Bison in Homer’s Hometown ---
**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, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/86 "2013-09-12T19:02:58Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > ? and the Mysterians? Very good! ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/87 "2013-09-12T19:05:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Blokes Lacking Headgear > > The Possibility of Yon Folks Being Colossal Cannot Be Dismissed > > Engine Noggin > > Delicate Gargantuan > > Jesus’ Best Friend, The Guy He Struck Blind Near Damascus, and His Mom > > The First Treasury Secretary, Coffee Hot Dog, and Top Aluminum Foil > > Bison in Homer’s Hometown Men Without Hats They Might Be Giants Machine Head Gentle Giant Peter, Paul, and Mary Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds Buffalo Springfield. (I’m old.) ---
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/88 "2013-09-12T19:19:59Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Engine Noggin > [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Machine Head Shouldn’t that be Motorhead, or was there also a band named Machine Head? New: Aisle & horse feed ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/89 "2013-09-12T19:35:44Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > … > New: > Aisle & horse feed Hall & Oates ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/90 "2013-09-12T19:41:09Z")
And since I’m that kind of dork I think these remain unanswered (but I could be wrong): ``` **State of Ultimate Peril**.... Max Torque **The former President and his little brother**...Typo Negative **Flatbed Truck**...Locrian **Feral Children**... pravnik **Personal Dawn Outerwear**... It's Not Rocket Surgery **Metallic Star of Ghostbusters**...It's Not Rocket Surgery **Tangled Up Dog from "Sesame Street"**... It's Not Rocket Surgery **Ford, Along With Some Medical Devices**...It's Not Rocket Surgery **Giant Killer Knife**...MonkeyMensch **Cor**...Ponch8 **French moolah**...MonkeyMensch ``` That last one from me is a one-hit-wonder from the mid-70s. ---
**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, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/91 "2013-09-12T19:46:02Z")
**The former President and his little brother** …Typo Negative Dead Kennedys? ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/92 "2013-09-12T20:00:27Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Shouldn’t that be Motorhead, or was there also a band named Machine Head? There is indeed also a Machine Head, although I also thought of the legendary Motörhead first. ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/93 "2013-09-12T20:02:16Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > ``` > **Tangled Up Dog from "Sesame Street"**... It's Not Rocket Surgery > > ``` Gnarls Barkley ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/94 "2013-09-12T20:10:16Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > There is indeed also a Machine Head, although I also thought of the legendary Motörhead first. You’re both right- I was thinking of Motorhead when I made it up, but Machine Head is indeed a real band, and that’s a perfectly valid answer, too. ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/95 "2013-09-12T20:10:46Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > ``` > **Personal Dawn Outerwear**... It's Not Rocket Surgery > > ``` My Morning Jacket (I only know this one from family Guy) ---
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/96 "2013-09-12T20:13:09Z")
New: One Million Fatalities in a Nuclear Strike ---
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/97 "2013-09-12T20:13:50Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Ford, Along With Some Medical Devices Gerry and the Pacemakers ---
**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, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/98 "2013-09-12T20:15:20Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > You’re both right- I was thinking of Motorhead when I made it up, but Machine Head is indeed a real band, and that’s a perfectly valid answer, too. To be perfectly honest, I think I got confused with Deep Purple’s album \*Machine Head \*(my very first rock album) because I don’t know any band named Machine Head.:smack: ---
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/99 "2013-09-12T20:16:15Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > New: One Million Fatalities in a Nuclear Strike Megadeth (it’s where Dave Mustaine got the name, although the actual term is megadeath.) Also, My Morning Jacket and Gerry & the Pacemakers are both right. ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/100 "2013-09-12T20:19:15Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Megadeth (it’s where Dave Mustaine got the name, although the actual term is megadeath.) I thought incorporating/mentioning the alternate spelling would make it too easy. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=6)