# Bands named after public services **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353 "2016-07-31T02:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/41 "2016-07-31T20:04:57Z")
If you can’t get any live ones to service your city, you can hire some Dead Milkmen. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/42 "2016-07-31T20:39:50Z")
Taking care of the greenery at your municipal ballpark…park…ark, it’s The Outfield…field…ield. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/43 "2016-07-31T20:45:41Z")
I assume we’ll get our news from a collection of [Talking Heads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/44 "2016-07-31T20:51:58Z")
To run your public libraries: [The Librarians](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Librarians_(band)). Public transit still needs some more work. Maybe you could scramble together a bus company by combining [Bus Stop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_Stop_(band)) and [Busdriver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busdriver). ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/45 "2016-07-31T21:09:09Z")
[Ministry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_(band)) can provide spiritual advice. [Rehab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehab_(band)) is a self descriptive public service. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/46 "2016-07-31T21:14:43Z")
In the early 90’s I drummed in a band called Mexican Power Authority, the name adapted from a now-decommissioned entity called the Mexican Power and Light Authority. > **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?rv=hqHgmr597is)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Government Issue favourite G.I. tune - “Hole in the Scene” - [govt issue hole in the scene.wmv - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-foYJvh4wI) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/47 "2016-07-31T21:30:24Z")
Need a house built? Hire The Carpenters. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/48 "2016-07-31T21:45:50Z")
Pet shop boys could be animal; control … and if ya want a sinister sounding name New order for when you conquer the world Oh and Bad religion to run the churches 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/49 "2016-07-31T22:53:22Z")
And _The Smiths_ to take care of your metalworking needs. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/50 "2016-07-31T23:19:53Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I assume that’s who [the Fireman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fireman_(band)) works for. And, since they need a place to store equipment and stay while on duty but not active, they can occupy the 80s hair band _Firehouse_. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/51 "2016-07-31T23:41:38Z")
They would also need a fiREHOSE. > **[fIREHOSE music, videos, stats, and photos | Last.fm](https://www.last.fm/music/fIREHOSE)** > > Listen to music from fIREHOSE like Brave Captain, Choose Any Memory & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from fIREHOSE. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/52 "2016-07-31T23:55:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The Presidents of the United States of America.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Presidents_of_the_United_States_of_America_(band)) Which the OP mentioned… Ambulance LTD Cat Power (a power plant, right?) Elf Power Jets to Brazil Radio 4 The Radio Dept. The Submarines ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/53 "2016-08-01T01:31:35Z")
And [these guys](http://metamansion.com/wp-content/uploads/images/Village_People_24004.jpg) could serve as some sort of temp agency in case an employee of one of the aforementioned public service departments calls in sick. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/54 "2016-08-01T01:39:33Z")
Manhattan Transfer? Sounds like a junction on the subway. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/55 "2016-08-01T01:51:04Z")
> [@skdo23](#): > > And [these guys](http://metamansion.com/wp-content/uploads/images/Village_People_24004.jpg) could serve as some sort of temp agency in case an employee of one of the aforementioned public service departments calls in sick. And if those dudes couldn’t make it (;)), call these folks: [The Replacements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Replacements_(band)) And if _they_ bail, holler at: [The Rock Bottom Remainders](http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/56 "2016-08-01T02:06:29Z")
I found some [nurses](http://www.derangedrecords.com/index.php/view-band/male_nurses/). ---
**Author:** ![Zerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/57 "2016-08-01T05:05:04Z")
And then there are these guys [Public Service Broadcasting (band) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Service_Broadcasting_(band)) whose name is really appropriate for this thread I especially like this track about the Apollo 11 moon landing - [Public Service Broadcasting - Go! - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHIo6qwJarI) ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/58 "2016-08-01T14:01:08Z")
Depending on your personal proclivities, The Butthole Surfers. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/59 "2016-08-01T14:34:50Z")
No city runs without enough **Bread** to pay the bills. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353/60 "2016-08-01T14:43:25Z")
Every town needs a [GHOST](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=focepGUHH1A) (not a public service, I know…just having fun) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353.md?page=4)