# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/361 "2002-05-22T06:59:29Z")
I know who Seven Year Bitch are; one of their CDs makes its way into my stereo every once and a while. Cool band. The letter is **E**. How 'bout **Elf**? ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/362 "2002-05-22T07:01:32Z")
Damn. **LindyHopper** beat me with Edgar Winte **R**. Well, keeping with the Dio thing I started, how about **Rainbow**? ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/363 "2002-05-22T07:03:26Z")
Rancid ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/364 "2002-05-22T07:06:55Z")
Dio ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/365 "2002-05-22T07:09:24Z")
Wu-Tang Clan (sorry, **Squish** ). ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/366 "2002-05-22T07:18:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LindyHopper \* > \*\* > And didn’t we already _discuss_ this problem with “E” artists? Never mind that **hardygrrl** already listed that band… > > \*\* **hangs head in shame** I know, hit submit, and then realized it was an E. Natalie Merchant ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/367 "2002-05-22T07:25:02Z")
Tad ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/368 "2002-05-22T07:32:58Z")
Death ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/369 "2002-05-22T07:53:19Z")
Heaven-17 (no prob, Lindy) ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/370 "2002-05-22T08:00:16Z")
7 Seconds ---
**Author:** ![freckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckles)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/371 "2002-05-22T10:02:28Z")
Sonic Youth ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/372 "2002-05-22T13:12:02Z")
Hear’Say ---
**Author:** ![freckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckles)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/373 "2002-05-22T13:20:27Z")
Yazz ---
**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 22, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/374 "2002-05-22T14:31:24Z")
Easy one! ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/375 "2002-05-22T15:43:29Z")
Parliament Funkadelic ---
**Author:** ![freckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckles)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/376 "2002-05-22T16:25:51Z")
Charlatans (The) ---
**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 22, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/377 "2002-05-22T20:34:41Z")
**freckles** , would that be the Charlatans out of the US or the Charlatans U.K.? 😛 Scritti Politti ---
**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 22, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/378 "2002-05-22T20:40:04Z")
**freckles** , would that be the Charlatans out of the US or the Charlatans U.K.? 😛 Scritti Politti ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/379 "2002-05-23T02:18:37Z")
Iggy Pop ---
**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 23, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/380 "2002-05-23T05:15:05Z")
Somehow, I knew that “i” thing would leave this topic untouched for about five hours, 40 minutes… thanks, **Squish**! Primal Scream [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684.md?page=20)