# Bands that sound exactly like their name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017 "2019-06-25T05:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/21 "2019-06-25T13:45:54Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Close, in that it’s good and clean. 🙂 They’re retro psychedelica with a pop infusion. I hadn’t listened to them in ages, but they’re the first band that I thought of when reading your title. Right on; I had never heard of them so I thought I’d see what was up. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/22 "2019-06-25T14:01:17Z")
Strawberry Alarm Clock (psychedelic 1960s rock) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/23 "2019-06-25T14:13:47Z")
The Rolling Stones. The Bangles. The Blues Band, d’oh… ETA: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, because damned, that band is an attraction. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/24 "2019-06-25T14:19:33Z")
[Low](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvqMfZE41pY) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/25 "2019-06-25T14:22:53Z")
Crowbar Eyehategod ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/26 "2019-06-25T14:27:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Show tunes delivered in a late-19th century vaudeville style? Not exactly. They are a quirky indie pop band, often labelled as twee pop (which they don’t like, but almost everything about them is cute, quaint and nice, except for the often very sarcastic and snide lyrics. But that contrast is their greatest appeal). They named themselves after an obscure French TV show about a boy and his dog. I’ve seen them three times and I love the band. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/27 "2019-06-25T14:46:55Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Not exactly. They are a quirky indie pop band, often labelled as twee pop (which they don’t like, but almost everything about them is cute, quaint and nice, except for the often very sarcastic and snide lyrics. But that contrast is their greatest appeal). I think the genre is _somewhat_ different from its name also in the rough singing often found which, granted, does convey a sense of easy-goingness but still does not quite live up to the cuteness implied in the “twee” label. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/28 "2019-06-25T15:04:33Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Slipknot > Cold > Blind Melon Blind Melon. To me, that evokes the feel of some guitar-slinging solo blues more than the early 90s psychedelic-tinged alt-rock band they were (IIRC, the only album I ever bought solely based on the odd cover, never having heard of them or their music before.) Metallica would be the obvious one, already mentioned. Megadeth works, too. Outside the metal genre? Siouxie and the Banshees? To me, that name evokes the type of atmospheric goth-tinged rock they were known for. Bauhaus, while maybe not completely evoking goth rock, does evoke a cold, creepy type of rock music to me, so works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/29 "2019-06-25T15:30:33Z")
Gwar ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/30 "2019-06-25T15:56:18Z")
Weird Al Yankovic Yanni Enya Celtic Woman ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/31 "2019-06-25T16:11:28Z")
Creedence Clearwater Revival Fairport Convention ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/32 "2019-06-25T16:16:36Z")
The Beach Boys The Clash ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/33 "2019-06-25T16:33:21Z")
GWAR fits very well, except for the fact that they are not actually orcs. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/34 "2019-06-25T16:49:22Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > The Pogues They sound like “Kiss my ass” in Gaelic? (They were originally “Pogue Mahone.”) ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/35 "2019-06-25T17:41:52Z")
Tool Alabama The Bangles ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/36 "2019-06-25T17:53:34Z")
[The Association](https://www.google.com/search?q=the+association+never+my+love&oq=The+Association&aqs=chrome.4.0l6.12379j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) [Ferrante and Teischer](https://www.google.com/search?q=ferrante+and+teicher+exodus&oq=ferrante+&aqs=chrome.5.69i57j0l5.3841j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) [Doctor Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band](https://www.google.com/search?q=dr+buzzard%27s+original+savannah+band+cherchez+la+femme&oq=Dr+Buzzards+Original+Savannah+Band+C&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l2.25709j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/37 "2019-06-25T17:56:01Z")
_Combustible Edison Drive-By Truckers Jayhawks_ ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/38 "2019-06-25T17:58:55Z")
Air Supply ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/39 "2019-06-25T18:17:37Z")
Band that sounds least like their music: [Cake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_HoMkkRHv8). With that name, it sounds like they should be an inoffensive feel-good pop band. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/40 "2019-06-25T18:19:52Z")
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