# 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:** 6
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/101 "2013-09-12T20:20:13Z")
New: Enjoying a humorous anecdote so much that my cursed buttocks are no longer attached to me ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/102 "2013-09-12T20:24:46Z")
A Moist Gear Tooth Known as Amphibian Ebony Pennant Frightening Molar Thrillseekers from Branson, Missouri ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/103 "2013-09-12T20:27:08Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > A Moist Gear Tooth Known as Amphibian > > Ebony Pennant > > Frightening Molar Toad the Wet Sprocket (I was trying to find a way to get this one in here: well done.) Black Flag (Kills Ants Dead!) ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/104 "2013-09-12T20:29:49Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > A Moist Gear Tooth Known as Amphibian > > Ebony Pennant > > Frightening Molar > > Thrillseekers from Branson, Missouri You’re supposed to answer one, then post one new question. Not just post multiple questions. And Ebony Pennant = Black Flag. New: Following Dirigible. ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/105 "2013-09-12T20:30:06Z")
> [@ponch8](#): > > new: > Enjoying a humorous anecdote so much that my cursed buttocks are no longer attached to me l f m a o ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/106 "2013-09-12T20:31:18Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Frightening Molar > > Thrillseekers from Branson, Missouri Spooky Tooth Ozark Mountain Daredevils New ones: Buteo with a medical degree, accompanied by the first ever musical group to emerge from a city in Georgia A member of a fictional hockey team from a 1970’s movie ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/107 "2013-09-12T20:45:39Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > … > New one: > > Buteo with a medical degree, accompanied by the first ever musical group to emerge from a city in Georgia… Doctor Hawk and the Medicine Show! Oh, I slay me… ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/108 "2013-09-12T20:45:51Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > You’re supposed to answer one, then post one new question. Not just post multiple questions. Before you came in and pointed out the rules, I felt listless and unfulfilled, but it’s so much more fun when you are under harsh thread discipline. ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/109 "2013-09-12T20:57:02Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > And since I’m that kind of dork I think these remain unanswered (but I could be wrong): > > ``` > **Tangled Up Dog from "Sesame Street"**... It's Not Rocket Surgery > > **Ford, Along With Some Medical Devices**...It's Not Rocket Surgery > > ``` Gnarls Barkley Gerry and the Pacemakers! EDIT: CRAP! Already answered. Slow work computer… Here’s two free ones: New: Wailings Addressed To Terrors Victory! ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/110 "2013-09-12T21:08:17Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > … > Gerry and the Pacemakers! Good thing someone got that 'cause all I had was **Betty and the Specula**. > [@](#): > > New: > Wailings Addressed To Terrors Tears for Fears. ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/111 "2013-09-12T21:09:10Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > A member of a fictional hockey team from a 1970’s movie Hanson! New: The First Part or the Second Part of the Bible ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/112 "2013-09-12T21:11:23Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Wailings Addressed To Terrors Tears for Fears. New: Underwater Vessel Citrus. ---
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/113 "2013-09-12T21:15:12Z")
> [@squidfood](#): > > Tears for Fears. > > New: Underwater Vessel Citrus. Yellow Submarine! New: Likes to Think About Killing Oneself ---
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/114 "2013-09-12T21:15:41Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Doctor Hawk and the Medicine Show! Oh, I slay me… Not quite… The answer is an even longer band name. ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/115 "2013-09-12T21:17:33Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Hanson! > > New: > The First Part or the Second Part of the Bible Testament. New: Banned from the inner circle ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/116 "2013-09-12T21:18:41Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Hanson! > > New: > The First Part or the Second Part of the Bible Testament? (If you just wanted the first part, the answer could be Genesis.) ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/117 "2013-09-12T21:20:12Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Yellow Submarine! Nope! (is that a band or just an album?) ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/118 "2013-09-12T21:33:48Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > … > New: > Likes to Think About Killing Oneself Suicidal Tendencies …and to reiterate a former one: Giant Killer Knife ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/119 "2013-09-12T22:17:25Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > New: Following Dirigible. Earlier asked and as of yet unanswered as Plumbium Dirigible by kidchameleon. -Led Zeppelin The Tank Engine Joins Vladimir and Estragon. ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/120 "2013-09-12T22:33:21Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > The Tank Engine Joins Vladimir and Estragon. Tom Waits. (I’ll stick with previous Underwater Vessel Citrus for new). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=7)