# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/141 "2013-09-13T04:08:56Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > If the giant’s Goliath, then David Bowie. You got it, baby!! ---
**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, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/142 "2013-09-13T05:20:06Z")
Ectoplasm, Ectoplasm, small toys that resemble girls. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/143 "2013-09-13T05:27:17Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Ectoplasm, Ectoplasm, small toys that resemble girls. Goo Goo Dolls New: Confederate baby hens ---
**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, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/144 "2013-09-13T06:54:27Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Goo Goo Dolls > > New: Confederate baby hens Dixie Chicks!! New: The rock, the letter writer, and Joe’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/145 "2013-09-13T07:01:10Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > New: The rock, the letter writer, and Joe’s wife. Peter, Paul, and Mary New: Parents. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/146 "2013-09-13T07:09:57Z")
The Mamas and the Papas. Next: Chinese Surnames. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/147 "2013-09-13T08:49:15Z")
> [@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. 😃 > > Queens of the Stone Age Exactly ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/148 "2013-09-13T08:55:50Z")
If it hadn’t been for Dave Matthews Band, I wouldn’t have got it. I was thinking “(giant)(killer knife) - is there a band called Lethal Machete?” rather than (Giant killer) (knife) for a David or a Jack. ---
**Author:** ![wellanuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@wellanuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wellanuff)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/149 "2013-09-13T10:49:45Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > The Mamas and the Papas. > > Next: Chinese Surnames. Wang Chung Next: The evergreen is about to flower but the joke fell flat ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/150 "2013-09-13T11:01:08Z")
Pat Metheny, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins turn Mr. Carson’s Stomach ---
**Author:** ![keving](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@keving](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keving)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/151 "2013-09-13T11:28:27Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Pat Metheny, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins turn Mr. Carson’s Stomach Johnny Hates Jazz Next: Cyprinidae comes in to the room ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/152 "2013-09-13T12:23:43Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Fallout Boy > > New One: > > Disparate Group It can’t be _that_ hard… ---
**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, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/153 "2013-09-13T13:30:03Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > It can’t be _that_ hard… Disparate Group = Motley Crue ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/154 "2013-09-13T14:26:56Z")
Toxin Following an Additional Decade Warmth Preserved in a Tin-coated Cylinder An Ordinary Average Rustic Fellow With Grunions Where Scantily Clad Girls Serve Chicken Wings ---
**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, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/155 "2013-09-13T14:28:28Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Toxin > > Warmth Preserved in a Tin-coated Cylinder > > Where Scantily Clad Girls Serve Chicken Wings Poison Canned Heat Hooters ---
**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 13, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/156 "2013-09-13T14:35:43Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > An Ordinary Average Rustic Fellow With Grunions Country Joe and the Fish EDIT: And the last unanswered one is Ten Years After ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/157 "2013-09-13T15:00:38Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Country Joe and the Fish > EDIT: And the last unanswered one is Ten Years After Yeah, I was on a bit of a Woodstock trip! ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/158 "2013-09-13T16:35:46Z")
New: The items you get after the first items break A breakfast condiment made with the product of a sea creature Those fetishes An item that requires an opposable thumb to use ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/159 "2013-09-13T16:38:50Z")
> [@keving](#): > > Cyprinidae comes in to the room School Of Fish? ---
**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, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/160 "2013-09-13T17:01:30Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > New: > > The items you get after the first items break The Replacements > [@](#): > > Those fetishes The Kinks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596.md?page=9)