# Let's play the 'the ABC band name" game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726 "2006-01-19T21:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/281 "2006-01-24T02:24:51Z")
(I’ve been waiting for this!) Marcy’s Playground ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/282 "2006-01-24T02:26:15Z")
recap time: > [@](#): > > Alphaville > Blur > (the) Clash > Depeche Mode > Eagles > Flying Burrito Brothers > Gov’t Mule > Housemartins > Indigo Girls > Jo Jo Gun > Journey > (the) Kinks > (the) La’s > Max Webster > Nirvana > Orleans > (the) Police > Quarterflash > (the) Rolling Stones > (the) Rutles > Sha-Na-Na > Sugarloaf > Sly and the Family Stone > Temptations > Uriah Heep > (the) Ventures > Widespread Panic > X > XTC > Yo La Tengo > ZZ Top > Allman Brothers Band > Blondie > Captain Beefheart > Dio > Electric Light Orchestra > Foghat > Genesis > Heart > It’s a Beautiful Day > Idle Race > Jimmie’s Chicken Shack > Kansas > Lynyrd Skynyrd > (the) Move > (the) Nazz > Orgy > Pixies > Queen > Radiohead > Sparks > Travellling Wilburys > Ub40 > (the) Verve > Weezer > Xzibit > Yes > (the) Zombies > Abba > Barkenaked Ladies > Candidate > Devo > Earth, Wind & Fire > (the) Fugs > the Go-Gos > Garbage / Goldfrapp > (the) Hi-Fives > It’s a Beautiful Day (again – but replaced with…) > Icicle Works > (the) Jets > Klaatu > Los Lobos > Mudvayne > (the) Nylons > (the) Ohio Players > Pentagle > Quicksilver Messenger Service > Ride > Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes > Thievery Corporation > U2 > Velvet Underground > Whiskeytown > X (again but replaced with…) > Xscape > Yellowbelly > (the) Yardbirds > Zebra > Asia > Air Supply > Black Eyed Peas > (the) Commodores > the dBs > (the) Electric Prunes > (the) Feelies > (the) Guess Who > Hayseed Dixie > Interpol > Jethro Tull > B. B. King (who, being s a solo act, shouldn’t count!) > Little River Band > Metallica > New Riders of the Purple Sage > Oleander > Phish > Qkumba Zoo > (the) Real Mackenzies > (the) Strokes > Thompson Twins > Utfo > (the) Ventures (‘nother duplicate – replaced by…) > Vacant Fear Centre > Wilco > Xiu Xiu > Neil Young (okay, NO MORE SOLO ACTS) > Zig Zig Sputnki > Audioslave > Bananarama > Carmel > (the) Dead Kennedys > (the) John Entwistle Band > (Neal) Ford and the Fanatics > Grateful Dead > Happy the Man > If > Joan Jett (Uhhhh, I give up) > Kassabian > Lucscious Jackson > Meco > New Order > One Bad Pig > Particle > (the) Quarrymen > R.E.M. > (the) Skatalites > Traffic > Ultravox > (the) Violent Femmes > Wall of Voodoo > Wolftone > Xymox > (the) Youngbloods > (the) Zombies (‘nother duplicate – replaced by…) > Zydeco Flames > Abba (‘nother duplicate, no one caught it though) > Blackmore’s Rainbow > Cantabile > Deaf School > Elbow > Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) > Fountains of Wayne > (the) Go-Go’s (duplicate – replaced by… > Gin Blossoms > Harvey Danger > Iron Butterfly > (the) Jackson Five > King Crimson > Live > Morcheeba > (the) New Seekers > Old 97 > (the) Outlaws > Poi Dog Pondering > Quartermass > (the) Replacements > (the) Silver Jews > Talking Heads > Tycoon > Uncanny X-Men > Undisputed Truth > Village People > the Woodentops > XTC > Yellowcard > Zwan > Ace Of Base > Blue Swede > Creedence Clearwater Revival > Cap’n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters > Dire Straits > Echo & the Bunnymen > Ferrante and Teicher > Grand Funk Railroad > Hues Corporation > Iron & Wine > James Gang > the Kinks > Looking Glass > the Meat Puppets > Oingo Boingo > Parliment > Q > Rocket From The Crypt > String Cheese Incident > Thousand Foot Krutch > Uncle Bonsai > the Vogues > Ween > X-Ray Spex > Yaz > Zebra > AC/DC > Bachman-Turner Overdrive > Crowded House > the Dirt Band > Everything But The Girl > Foreigner > Golden Earring > Humble Pie > Ike & Tina Turner Revue > J. Geils Band > King’s X > L7 > Midnight Oil > Nektar > Ozric Tentacles > the Osmonds > the Partridge Family > Quintana and Speer > Renaissance > Steely Dan > Tangerine Dream > U2 (duplicate not caught due to not being listed in the first recap) > Vultures > Weather Report > Xentrix > Yonder Mountain String Band > Zydeco Dots > America > Buffalo Springfield > Country Joe and The Fish > Digable Planets > Electric Bonsai Band > Fugazi > Gentle Giant > Hawkwind > (the) Ink Spots > Jefferson Aircraft (Airplane and/or Starship) > Kraftwerk > Led Zepplin > Mott The Hoople > Nazareth > OAR > Pink Floyd > Quiet Riot > Rammstein > Steeleye Span > Til Tuesday > UnderOath > Veruca Salt > (the) Who > Xeno > Yin Yang Twins > Zager & Evans > ABC > (the) Byrds > Blue Oyster Cult > Cherry Poppin’ Daddies > (the) Dandy Warhols > Derek & The Dominoes > Dead Can Dance > (the) Emotions > Freddy Fender > Gryphon > Hot Tuna > Ides Of March > Joy Of Cooking > Living Colour > Marcy’s Playground ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/283 "2006-01-24T02:39:27Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > (I’ve been waiting for this!) > Marcy’s Playground Actually, it’s [Marcy](http://www.marcyplayground.net/) Playground. For N: Nine Inch Nails ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/284 "2006-01-24T02:43:10Z")
Oysterhead ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/285 "2006-01-24T02:55:00Z")
Pet Shop Boys ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/286 "2006-01-24T02:55:46Z")
The Alan Parsons Project ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/287 "2006-01-24T02:59:04Z")
Queensrÿche ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/288 "2006-01-24T03:00:41Z")
Roxy Music ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/289 "2006-01-24T03:03:20Z")
Stealers Wheel ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/290 "2006-01-24T03:07:32Z")
The Tremeloes ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/291 "2006-01-24T03:12:41Z")
Urge Overkill ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/292 "2006-01-24T06:29:28Z")
Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/293 "2006-01-24T06:35:29Z")
War ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/294 "2006-01-24T12:09:12Z")
X-Pensive Winos (Keith Richards’ other band) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/295 "2006-01-24T15:33:04Z")
[Yellow Balloon](http://tinyurl.com/bsz99) ---
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Zero ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/297 "2006-01-24T17:05:22Z")
now that the alphabet is again complete, here is an alphabetical listing of all bands used so far: > [@](#): > > Abba > Abba (duplicate, but neither caught, nor replaced) > ABC > AC/DC > Ace Of Base > Air Supply > Allman Brothers Band > Alphaville > America > Asia > Audioslave > B. B. King (who, being s a solo act, shouldn’t count!) > Bachman-Turner Overdrive > Bananarama > Barkenaked Ladies > Black Eyed Peas > Blackmore’s Rainbow > Blondie > Blue Oyster Cult > Blue Suede > Blur > Buffalo Springfield > Byrds, the > Candidate > Cantabile > Cap’n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters > Captain Beefheart > Carmel > Cherry Poppin’ Daddies > Clash, the > Commodores, the > Country Joe and The Fish > Creedence Clearwater Revival > Crowded House > Dandy Warhols, the > dBs, the > Dead Can Dance > Dead Kennedys, the > Deaf School > Depeche Mode > Derek & the Dominoes > Devo > Digable Planets > Dio > Dire Straits > Dirt Band, the > Eagles > Earth, Wind & Fire > Echo & the Bunnymen > Elbow > Electric Bonsai Band > Electric Light Orchestra > Electric Prunes, the > Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) > Emotions, the > Everything But The Girl > Feelies, the > Ferrante and Teicher > Flying Burrito Brothers > Foghat > Ford and the Fanatics, Neal > Foreigner > Fountains of Wayne > Freddy Fender > Fugazi > Fugs, the > Garbage / Goldfrapp > Genesis > Gentle Giant > Gin Blossoms > Go-Go’s , the (duplicate, but replaced) > Go-Gos, the > Golden Earring > Gov’t Mule > Grand Funk Railroad > Grateful Dead > Gryphon > Guess Who, the > Happy the Man > Harvey Danger > Hawkwind > Hayseed Dixie > Heart > Hi-Fives, the > Hot Tuna > Housemartins > Hues Corporation > Humble Pie > Icicle Works > Ides Of March > Idle Race > If > Ike & Tina Turner Revue > Indigo Girls > Ink Spots, the > Interpol > Iron & Wine > Iron Butterfly > It’s a Beautiful Day > It’s a Beautiful Day (duplicate, but replaced) > J. Geils Band > Jackson Five, the > James Gang > Jefferson Aircraft (Airplane and/or Starship) > Jethro Tull > Jets, the > Jimmie’s Chicken Shack > Jo Jo Gun > Joan Jett (Uhhhh, I give up) > John Entwistle Band, the > Journey > Joy Of Cooking > Kansas > Kassabian > King Crimson > King’s X > Kinks, the > Kinks, the > Klaatu > Kraftwerk > L7 > La’s, the > Led Zepplin > Little River Band > Live > Living Colour > Looking Glass > Los Lobos > Lucscious Jackson > Lynyrd Skynyrd > Marcy Playground > Max Webster > Meat Puppets, the > Meco > Metallica > Midnight Oil > Morcheeba > Mott The Hoople > Move, the > Mudvayne > Nazareth > Nazz, the > Neil Young (okay, NO MORE SOLO ACTS) > Nektar > New Order > New Riders of the Purple Sage > New Seekers, the > Nine Inch Nails > Nirvana > Nylons, the > OAR > Ohio Players, the > Oingo Boingo > Old 97 > Oleander > One Bad Pig > Orgy > Orleans > Osmonds, the > Outlaws, the > Oysterhead > Ozric Tentacles > Parliment > Parsons Project, the Alan > Particle > Partridge Family, the > Pentagle > Pet Shop Boys > Phish > Pink Floyd > Pixies > Poi Dog Pondering > Police, the > Q > Qkumba Zoo > Quarrymen, the > Quarterflash > Quartermass > Queen > Queensrÿche > Quicksilver Messenger Service > Quiet Riot > Quintana and Speer > R.E.M. > Radiohead > Rammstein > Real Mackenzies, the > Renaissance > Replacements, the > Ride > Rocket From The Crypt > Rolling Stones, the > Roxy Music > Rutles, the > Sha-Na-Na > Silver Jews, the > Skatalites, the > Sly and the Family Stone > Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes > Sparks > Steeler’s Wheel > Steeleye Span > Steely Dan > String Cheese Incident > Strokes, the > Sugarloaf > Talking Heads > Tangerine Dream > Temptations > Thievery Corporation > Thompson Twins > Thousand Foot Krutch > Til Tuesday > Traffic > Travellling Wilburys > Tremeloes, the > Tycoon > U2 > U2 (duplicate not caught due to not being listed in the first recap) > Ub40 > Ultravox > Uncanny X-Men > Uncle Bonsai > UnderOath > Undisputed Truth > Urge Overkill > Uriah Heep > Utfo > Vacant Fear Centre > Van Halen > Velvet Underground > Ventures , the (duplicate, but replaced) > Ventures, the > Veruca Salt > Verve, the > Village People > Violent Femmes, the > Vogues, the > Vultures > Wall of Voodoo > War > Weather Report > Ween > Weezer > Whiskeytown > Who, the > Widespread Panic > Wilco > Wolftone > Woodentops, the > X > X (duplicate, but replaced) > Xeno > Xentrix > Xiu Xiu > X-Pensive Winos (Keith Richards’ other band) > X-Ray Spex > Xscape > XTC > XTC (duplicate, but used because of 2 "X"s in round 1) > Xymox > Xzibit > Yardbirds, the > Yaz > Yellow Balloon > Yellowbelly > Yellowcard > Yes > Yin Yang Twins > Yo La Tengo > Yonder Mountain String Band > Youngbloods, the > Zager & Evans > Zebra > Zebra (duplicate, neither caught nor replaced) > Zero > Zig Zig Sputnki > Zombies, the > Zombies , the (duplicate, but replaced) > Zwan > Zydeco Dots > Zydeco Flames > ZZ Top Now it will be easier to avoid the duplicates ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/298 "2006-01-24T18:18:03Z")
Thanks **anyrose**. It also makes it easier to see we missed Alice In Chains ---
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Bonzo Dog Band, of course. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/300 "2006-01-24T19:23:40Z")
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