# Crickets\> Beatles\>Byrds\>Animals\> Monkees\> Eagles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376 "2025-12-03T22:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376/7 "2025-12-04T01:08:31Z")
I asked a similar question here, but I don’t think any bands earlier than The Crickets were mentioned in the discussion. > [@Band names containing misspelled animal names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-containing-misspelled-animal-names/1018557): > > There was a fad for animal-themed band names in the 60s, which the Internet tells me was started by Buddy Holly and the Crickets. I think there was a sub-fad within it for misspelling the animal name. I can only think of The Beatles, The Byrds, and The Monkees, but I would have sworn there were more. Later examples are Def Leppard, Phish and Gorillaz. Can you think of any others? The rules are, there must be a homophone of an animal name in the band name, as a separate word, and the animal name… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376)._