# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/301 "2006-01-24T19:51:02Z")
Death Cab for Cutie ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/302 "2006-01-24T21:41:17Z")
E - **Erasure** ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/303 "2006-01-24T22:19:18Z")
**F** ear - featured ‘Flea’ before he hooked up w/ the Chili Peppers, famous mostly for being the single worst performance to be featured in the history of SNL (and yes, I’m including Ashlee Simpson’s lip-synching debacle). ---
**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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/304 "2006-01-24T22:33:49Z")
The Yellow Balloon article contains a mention of the Grass Roots. ---
**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, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/305 "2006-01-24T23:05:36Z")
the Jimi **H** endrix Experience ---
**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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/306 "2006-01-24T23:08:29Z")
The Impressions ---
**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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/307 "2006-01-24T23:15:09Z")
the Jayhawks ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/308 "2006-01-24T23:28:11Z")
K - **Korn** ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/309 "2006-01-24T23:45:52Z")
Loverboy ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/310 "2006-01-24T23:47:19Z")
M - **My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/311 "2006-01-24T23:48:16Z")
The **N** ice ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/312 "2006-01-24T23:48:47Z")
Old and In The Way ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/313 "2006-01-24T23:53:48Z")
**P** rocol Harum ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/314 "2006-01-25T00:02:38Z")
Queens of the Stone Age ---
**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 25, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/315 "2006-01-25T00:20:21Z")
Randy & the Rainbows ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/316 "2006-01-25T00:21:50Z")
S - **Sonic Youth** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/317 "2006-01-25T00:42:50Z")
**T** hrobbing Gristle ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/318 "2006-01-25T03:14:55Z")
Ugly Americans ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/319 "2006-01-25T05:02:45Z")
**V** an der Graaf Generator ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/320 "2006-01-25T05:06:47Z")
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