# Bands with self-titled tracks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459 "2019-03-24T15:39:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/21 "2019-03-25T10:21:10Z")
I’m surprised that Sting hasn’t tried this yet. Also, no eponymous album from him. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/22 "2019-03-25T11:00:03Z")
Blue Öyster Cult had [Blue Öyster Cult](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5uqatdNu1I), which was actually a re-working of their earlier song [Subhuman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwTlHndf2lU). ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/23 "2019-03-25T12:04:57Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > I think it’s fair enough to include this one, but the album Icehouse was released when they were called The Flowers. They only became Icehouse the following year." > > … I had a look at Wiki. The original Australian release was the band **Flowers** (no ‘The’), album title **Icehouse** and track title **Icehouse**. But the international issue (including the UK and USA) was under the new band name **Icehouse** , album title **Icehouse** and track title **Icehouse**. I’m definitely INSISTING on this one! TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/24 "2019-03-25T12:57:31Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > [Thread from 2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=165656). > > Metal Church had a song called “Metal Church” on their album _Metal Church_. [Here’s an old thread of mine from 2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=459849) (which gets resurrected from time to time) with same band name, album name, and song title. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/25 "2019-03-25T14:54:24Z")
Night Ranger ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/26 "2019-03-25T16:46:48Z")
The opening track on [Mandrill’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrill_(band)) first album, called [Mandrill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrill_(album)), was titled [Mandrill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayhpzgUrPQM). [Talk Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Talk#Discography) originally missed out on naming an album after themselves, but their single [Talk Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Talk_(Talk_Talk_song)) did end up on the band’s _Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk_. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/27 "2019-03-25T20:12:14Z")
“Action Figure Party,” which I cited in a [thread from 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=759482) (but before when the OP arrived here). ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/28 "2019-03-25T20:40:48Z")
Röyksopp had “Röyksopp Forever” and “Röyksopp’s Night Out” If you like Electronic they might be your new favourite group. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/29 "2019-03-26T03:29:40Z")
> [@TCMF-2L](#): > > I had a look at Wiki. > > The original Australian release was the band **Flowers** (no ‘The’), album title **Icehouse** and track title **Icehouse**. > > But the international issue (including the UK and USA) was under the new band name **Icehouse** , album title **Icehouse** and track title **Icehouse**. I’m definitely INSISTING on this one! > > TCMF-2L Thanks, I didn’t realize the international versions were released as Icehouse. I was going from memory (from Oz obviously). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/30 "2019-03-26T04:14:27Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Röyksopp had “Röyksopp Forever” and “Röyksopp’s Night Out” > > If you like Electronic they might be your new favourite group. I “discovered” Röyksopp a few weeks ago, when [Geico started re-running one of the old Caveman ads.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYottyI027o) I’d always liked the song in the ad, and when I looked it up, I learned that it was, in fact, a real song, by a real band (the song is “Remind Me”). ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/31 "2019-03-26T06:25:18Z")
> [@](#): > > 'Motorhead" is a song written by Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister while he was a member of the English space rock band Hawkwind. It was later recorded by (and was the eponym for) Motörhead, as he called it this instead of Bastard on his then manager’s advice. > > From Wikipedia Motorhead! ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/32 "2019-03-28T19:47:36Z")
R.A.M.O.N.E.S. Though it was written by Motorhead ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/33 "2019-03-28T22:50:22Z")
> [@motu](#): > > R.A.M.O.N.E.S. > > Though it was written by Motorhead No; it was written by Lemmy. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/34 "2019-03-29T15:14:39Z")
[Kaptain Kool and the Kongs!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1358208/) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/35 "2019-03-29T15:15:49Z")
Josie and the Pussycats. (Long tails, and ears for hats…) ---
**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:** [March 30, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/36 "2019-03-30T01:46:55Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > “Iron Maiden,” _Iron Maiden_, Iron Maiden. > > From the “close, but no cigar” department: > > Roine Stolt put out a solo album called _The Flower King_, with a same-named title track. Afterwards, he decided to form a band using most of the players from his solo album, and named them The Flower Kings. Also in the “close, but no cigar” department, Queensryche had a song titled “Queen of the Ryche.” ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/37 "2019-03-30T11:33:01Z")
Here’s a couple that are fairly close. \*\*Terry Hall \*\*(from UK Ska/Pop bands **The Specials** and the \*\*Fun Boy Three \*\*as well as co-writer of \*\*Our Lips Are Sealed \*\*which was a hit for **The Go-Gos** and also **The Fun Boy Three** ) formed a group called **The Colourfield** (two words) who had as their first single \*\*The Colour Field \*\*(three words.) They later released an EP called **The Colour Field** which did not include the track. UK rock legends **UFO** had a track in their first album **UFO1** credited as **Unidentified Flying Object.** With increasing desperation: **George Michael** rose to fame with UK pop band **Wham!** who had a debut single called **Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do.)** UK punk band **Cockney Rejects** had songs (from different albums) called **Join The Rejects** and the hit single **The Greatest Cockney Rip Off.** Getting really desperate now **Adam and the Ants** had a hit single **Antmusic** Another UK punk band **Angelic Upstarts** had a hit with **I’m An Upstart** TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/38 "2019-03-30T11:44:41Z")
One more I forgot. After the demise of **The Sex Pistols,** guitarist and drummer **Steve Jones** and **Paul Cook** formed **The Professionals**. Their discography is a bit complex (due to legal disputes) but their first album was initially called **The Professionals** (later rebooted as **I Didn’t See It Coming** ) while one of the later reissues returned to being called **The Professionals** and included the track **Join The Professional** s. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/39 "2019-03-30T14:31:34Z")
If we’re opening it up to “fairly close,” we have to mention The Stray Cats’ “Stray Cat Strut.” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459/40 "2019-03-30T15:03:51Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > > > [Thread from 2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=165656). > > [Here’s an old thread of mine from 2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=459849) (which gets resurrected from time to time) with same band name, album name, and song title. Thread from 2018: [Music title trifectas](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=855816) A recent one is “Thunderpussy” from _Thunderpussy_ by Thunderpussy. Make these posts easier to read: Put the song title in quotes, the album title in italics, and the artist name with neither. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-self-titled-tracks/831459.md?page=3)