# "Band Names" that really are band names?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-really-are-band-names/275377>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 17, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-really-are-band-names/275377 "2004-11-17T23:54:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-really-are-band-names/275377/1 "2004-11-17T23:54:15Z")

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Okay, we all know about “Free Beer”. But what other phrases did you always think would make a great band name…that turned out to _actually_ have a band named after them?

I have two nominations, both of which struck me as potential band named before I discovered they were real names:

Saves the Day (who I now have 3 CDs by)  
Shudder to Think  
1920’s Style Death Ray (okay, the real band’s just “Deathray”, but we can all hope can’t we?)

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-really-are-band-names/275377/2 "2004-11-18T01:35:15Z")

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Band in Boston

Vas Deferens (long ago-seen in Boston)

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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-really-are-band-names/275377/3 "2004-11-18T03:45:20Z")

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Onward Crispin Glover=my favorite name of all time.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-really-are-band-names/275377/4 "2004-11-18T03:57:51Z")

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How about Anal Cunt?

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-really-are-band-names/275377/5 "2004-11-18T04:39:04Z")

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I remember seeing posters up all over downtown Toronto in the mid-'80s for a band with the best name I’ve ever heard:

Aural Sects.

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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-really-are-band-names/275377/6 "2004-11-18T23:47:28Z")

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A couple I was sure were jokes when i first heard them:

REO Speeddealer  
REO Meatwagon  
Kathlene Turner Overdrive  
Athlete’s Butt  
Blowtorch Pinata