# 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:** 18
**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 26, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/341 "2006-01-26T00:17:45Z")
What? You’re not a fan of late-60s obscure psychedelia? 😃 ---
**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 26, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/342 "2006-01-26T00:27:17Z")
The **O** rb ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/343 "2006-01-26T00:38:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What? You’re not a fan of late-60s obscure psychedelia? 😃 I was just surprised to see the name. Nobody IRL “out-obsures” me. I forgot where I was. 😉 Planet P Project ---
**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 26, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/344 "2006-01-26T02:00:19Z")
**Q** uiet Sun ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/345 "2006-01-26T02:34:41Z")
Red Hot Chili Peppers ---
**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 26, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/346 "2006-01-26T03:20:46Z")
Shot In The Dark ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/347 "2006-01-26T03:30:16Z")
Derek Trucks Band or Trucks Band, Derek ---
**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 26, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/348 "2006-01-26T04:14:09Z")
**U** nivers Zéro ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/349 "2006-01-26T04:30:55Z")
Verve Pipe (a different band than the previously-mentioned Verve) ---
**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 26, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/350 "2006-01-26T04:38:35Z")
Wallenstein ---
**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 26, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/351 "2006-01-26T04:56:26Z")
**X** -Legged Sally ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/352 "2006-01-26T05:11:55Z")
[Yell County](http://mp3.washingtonpost.com/bands/yell_county.shtml) (one of whose members has been known to post here 🆒 ) ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/353 "2006-01-26T05:15:41Z")
Zen Tricksters ---
**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 26, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/354 "2006-01-26T05:38:24Z")
A - **Atahualpa** ---
**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 26, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/355 "2006-01-26T05:42:20Z")
For those curious about the band I just posted, an [article](http://www.ecuadormanta.com/) I found on a quick search about the band, and their [website](http://www.atahualpa-music.com/). They don’t sound like Zamfir either, btw. ---
**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 26, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/356 "2006-01-26T05:48:52Z")
:smack: Well, at least the band site link is correct. The other one wasn’t about the band I mentioned, but a town that also has that name in Ecuador. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/357 "2006-01-26T07:06:58Z")
Big Country (a one-hit wonder band whose song was, appropriately enough, _Big Country_) ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/358 "2006-01-26T07:08:50Z")
Whoohoo! Got it! Under the last name, Alice Cooper! ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/359 "2006-01-26T07:12:12Z")
Drat, posted too soon - before anyone says that’s a solo…no. “Alice Cooper” was the name of the band ('69 - '74) before Alice legally changed it to his own name. Under the OP rules, it goes under “C”. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/360 "2006-01-26T09:13:27Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Big Country (a one-hit wonder band whose song was, appropriately enough, _Big Country_) Actually, I believe the song itself was called “In A Big Country”. And it’s a really darn good song, too. Hehe, sorry for being a buttinski! _runs_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726.md?page=19)