# Bands with the word band in their names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-the-word-band-in-their-names/501670 "2009-07-02T05:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-the-word-band-in-their-names/501670/41 "2009-07-02T20:50:20Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I presume you’re thinking that the Plastic Ono Band was Yoko Ono’s band. Actually, it was primarily John Lennon’s band, and was definitely responsible for some actual music. Cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-the-word-band-in-their-names/501670/42 "2009-07-02T20:52:08Z")
The New Vaudeville Band (“Winchester Cathedral”) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-the-word-band-in-their-names/501670/43 "2009-07-02T21:51:25Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > [Emmet Otter’s Jug Band](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV0SbkrG44Y&feature=related) > [Riverbottom Nightmare Band](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4H8cW7sVuo&feature=related) > > Click for 70s nostalgia(US). I’m sooooo going to kill you! Here I was, thinking “aha, I bet nobody’s heard of the Riverbottom Nightmare Band” from _Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas_, and you…just…stole my thunder. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-the-word-band-in-their-names/501670/44 "2009-07-06T15:31:53Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Cite? 😃 Well, just in case you really don’t know… There were two singles and one LP credited solely to the Plastic Ono Band. The first single was “Give Peace a Chance”. Admittedly, this is pretty minimalistic musically, but the chorus did become an anthem of the peace movement, and the single reached #14 in the US and #2 in the UK. By contrast, the second single,“Cold Turkey”, was kickass hard rock. It featured Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr, and reached #30 in the US and #14 in the UK. The LP, “Live Peace in Toronto 1969”, featured Lennon and Clapton (among others) running through a rough set of oldies, plus versions of “Cold Turkey” and the Beatles’ “Yer Blues”. (Plus a side of Yoko.) It made #10 in the US and went gold. A number of other singles and LPs were credited to John Lennon and/or Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band. These include “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band”, which many regard as the best album by an ex-Beatle. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-the-word-band-in-their-names/501670/45 "2009-07-07T03:39:53Z")
Wow, I only have eight band bands in my mp3 collection, and four (Beta, Spinto, Matthew Good, DMB --\> there are a handful of songs I don’t hate) were already mentioned. Jim Carroll Band Jesse Damon Band Mark Lanegan Band The Shawn Fussell Band Then there’s The A_band_oned Pools and Los A_band_oned, if we’re taking those type of band names too. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-the-word-band-in-their-names/501670/46 "2009-07-07T08:26:12Z")
I can’t believe 45 responses and no one got **Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band**. I thought for sure it would be gone by now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-the-word-band-in-their-names/501670.md?page=2)