# 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:** 7
**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, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/121 "2013-09-12T22:46:24Z")
> [@squidfood](#): > > … > (I’ll stick with previous Underwater Vessel Citrus for new). Oh that’s so good and sneaky: Sublime! ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/122 "2013-09-12T22:52:09Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Suicidal Tendencies > > …and to reiterate a former one: > Giant Killer Knife This one’s killing me. I think I have the first half, but the rest ihas me flummoxed. ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/123 "2013-09-12T22:52:53Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Earlier asked and as of yet unanswered as Plumbium Dirigible by kidchameleon. -Led Zeppelin Oops, I missed it. > [@](#): > > The Tank Engine Joins Vladimir and Estragon. Well done. This one is my favorite so far. ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/124 "2013-09-12T23:09:04Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Suicidal Tendencies > > …and to reiterate a former one: > Giant Killer Knife Oh for the love of… Dave Matthews Band! I’ll keep two I don’t have answers for yet: Victory Flatbed Truck ---
**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, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/125 "2013-09-12T23:11:43Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Oh for the love of… > > Dave Matthews Band!.. Not whom I had in mine. ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/126 "2013-09-12T23:19:50Z")
If the giant’s Goliath, then David Bowie. New: Paleolithic Monarchs ---
**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, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/127 "2013-09-12T23:20:50Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Not whom I had in mine. Now not only do I have to work out Giant Killer Knife (also flummoxed), but how on earth Dave Matthews Band came out of that… Edit: aha! well done, fanganga. v. clever one. ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/128 "2013-09-12T23:30:32Z")
> [@squidfood](#): > > Now not only do I have to work out Giant Killer Knife (also flummoxed), but how on earth Dave Matthews Band came out of that… Matthews is a knife company. They seem to make the majority of putty knives-- lame, but, yes. DWhy I didn’t think of David Bowie, I don’t know. 😃 [QUOTE=fanganga] Paleolithic Monarchs [/QUOTE] Queens of the Stone Age ---
**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, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/129 "2013-09-12T23:49:39Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Matthews is a knife company. They seem to make the majority of putty knives-- lame, but, yes. DWhy I didn’t think of David Bowie, I don’t know. 😃 Ahead of me, I was looking up all kinds of “Jacks” for the Giant Killer… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/130 "2013-09-12T23:58:07Z")
**Cor** = Heart (in Latin)? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/131 "2013-09-13T00:09:08Z")
Metallic star of Ghostbusters: Steely Dan :smack: Oh, right a new one… (think think…): Tunes from a very highly fashionable venue. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/132 "2013-09-13T00:13:15Z")
Roxy Music? New: Getting a fight or flight reaction in a nightclub. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/133 "2013-09-13T00:13:35Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Victory! Triumph? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/134 "2013-09-13T00:19:10Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Roxy Music? Yup > [@](#): > > New: Getting a fight or flight reaction in a nightclub. Panic! at the Disco New: Article redundancy ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/135 "2013-09-13T00:19:44Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > Triumph? Yep. You laid it on the line! 😃 ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/136 "2013-09-13T00:25:15Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > New: Article redundancy The The Stil need: Flatbed Truck ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/137 "2013-09-13T00:49:50Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Buteo with a medical degree, accompanied by the first ever musical group to emerge from a city in Georgia > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Not quite… > > The answer is an even longer band name. Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band! (truth, I just remembered the “original Savannah band” part…) > [@pravink](#): > > Feral Children The Runaways??? Alright, let’s see: Old epics leading man has unfortunate incident with hymenopterae. Solanacean fruit described by Scoville ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/138 "2013-09-13T01:27:17Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Old epics leading man has unfortunate incident with hymenopterae. Adam and the Ants? > [@](#): > > Solanacean fruit described by Scoville Red Hot Chili Peppers ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/139 "2013-09-13T01:49:19Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@JRDelirious](#): > > > > Old epics leading man has unfortunate incident with hymenopterae. > > Adam and the Ants? No luck, sorry, to be fair this is sort of a trick one 😉 . Members of a far more famous group played under that name briefly. ---
**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 13, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/140 "2013-09-13T02:06:02Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > **Cor** = Heart (in Latin)? Yes indeedy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=8)