# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/161 "2002-05-10T14:20:42Z")
Hawkwind ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/162 "2002-05-10T16:46:02Z")
Nitzer Ebb (sorry, **Nortia** was first…) ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/163 "2002-05-10T17:29:22Z")
Beck ---
**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 10, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/164 "2002-05-10T18:03:00Z")
King Crimson ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/165 "2002-05-10T18:48:33Z")
N.W.A. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/166 "2002-05-10T19:06:28Z")
Alanis Morissette ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Juliet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@Lady\_Juliet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Juliet)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/167 "2002-05-10T19:44:06Z")
Eagles ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/168 "2002-05-10T19:56:09Z")
Soundgarden ---
**Author:** ![Amidar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Amidar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amidar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/169 "2002-05-10T20:14:19Z")
Naugahyde Chihuahuas ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/170 "2002-05-10T20:18:25Z")
Stabbing Westward ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/171 "2002-05-10T20:32:34Z")
D-12 Ha! 😉 ---
**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 11, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/172 "2002-05-11T01:42:43Z")
Well, I’d put **20/20** , but no bands start with a zero. (at least, not that I’m aware of) So I’ll go with the literal: Two (yes, I looked in my music encyclopedia, but had to find a way to get around you, **Dirty** 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/173 "2002-05-11T06:33:36Z")
Offspring ---
**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 11, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/174 "2002-05-11T06:49:18Z")
(yes, Two is/was a real band; it’s one of the bands Rob Halford formed after his departure from Judas Priest) Great Big Sea ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/175 "2002-05-11T10:27:57Z")
Ash ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/176 "2002-05-11T13:46:34Z")
Harvey Danger ---
**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 11, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/177 "2002-05-11T16:57:58Z")
the Ramones ---
**Author:** ![Hosayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@Hosayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hosayf)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/178 "2002-05-11T17:10:57Z")
Spinal Tap **Flamsterette\_X** there is a band called Zero. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/179 "2002-05-11T17:14:11Z")
Paw ---
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-band-name-game/107684/180 "2002-05-11T17:28:22Z")
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