# Here's a Band Name Game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684 "2002-05-07T07:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/301 "2002-05-17T10:00:41Z")
All Saints ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/302 "2002-05-17T13:44:40Z")
the Specials ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/303 "2002-05-17T14:05:37Z")
Sam Cooke ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/304 "2002-05-17T16:08:20Z")
Eddie and the Cruisers ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/305 "2002-05-17T22:46:42Z")
Starland Vocal Band (hey, I’m getting desperate, here! \) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/306 "2002-05-17T23:25:51Z")
Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lites ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/307 "2002-05-17T23:52:43Z")
It was Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes \…and I’m coming up with anymore ‘S’ names! ---
**Author:** ![Solomon7t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Solomon7t](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solomon7t)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/308 "2002-05-17T23:54:35Z")
Soft Cell ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/309 "2002-05-18T00:03:15Z")
Thank you! Laibach ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/310 "2002-05-18T00:08:16Z")
Laibach? Was that one of Johann Sebastian’s dozen or so kids?H…HÜSKER DÜ, game over? ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/311 "2002-05-18T01:05:28Z")
Ultravox ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/312 "2002-05-18T01:15:08Z")
Alright, here we go…(I’m new here, by the way) Ralph Nader and the Downtown Gerbils, Banana-Seated Bicycle, Radioactive Turnips, Yogurt Throwers, Anal Probe, Madenning Utensils, Round Forks, Shave the Males, My Big Toe, Alan Alda’s Underpants, The Britney Spear Guns(OK, so that one isn’t mine, whatever), Juice Boxer Rebellion, Alphabet Cereal Killers, Don’t Name Your Band This, Armpit Waders, Dead Cells…I could go on like this, but I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/313 "2002-05-18T04:26:03Z")
More X names? Sigh… all right… XC-NN (hey, I found it in my music encyclopedia, okay?) ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/314 "2002-05-18T04:28:01Z")
Oh, and **BlueMit11** … I respectfully suggest you read the OP. 🙂 Just a thought! ---
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/315 "2002-05-19T17:45:10Z")
NIN ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/316 "2002-05-19T19:48:36Z")
NOFX (by the way, **ozonebaby** , initials don’t count unless that’s the real name for the band. Therefore, this is really a response to **Flamsterette\_X** ). ---
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/317 "2002-05-19T23:23:07Z")
but it is their name. they use it instead of the entire thing, nine inch nails. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/318 "2002-05-19T23:26:39Z")
**LindyHopper** , we really will have to go to duplicates, triplicates, etc. on the “X” names. Not that it’s a huge problem, especially given the length of this thread. Back to the game: XTC (there, another duplicate… I could have posted “X-Ray Spex” or “Xymox”, but I didn’t really want to go into a lot of “X” names all at once) ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/319 "2002-05-20T00:01:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > **I could have posted “X-Ray Spex” or “Xymox”, but I didn’t really want to go into a lot of “X” names all at once** Yeah, I thought of those two also, but they were the only “X” names I could think of; good job. **ozonebaby** : When Trent Reznor refers to the name of his band in interviews, he does not call them “NIN”; he calls them “Nine Inch Nails”. Anyhoo: The Cramps (I’m not counting the “the”; hope thats all right) ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/320 "2002-05-20T01:01:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LindyHopper \* > \*\* > The Cramps (I’m not counting the “the”; hope thats all right) \*\* I don’t think “the” counts, of course its not my game 🙂 . Suicidal Tendencies [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684.md?page=17)