# 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:** 19
**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, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/361 "2006-01-26T09:27:46Z")
Chicago (in case Alice goes under A) del Amitri (in case it doesn’t) (Can we get a ruling before we get to Robin Trower?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/362 "2006-01-26T17:04:58Z")
**E** The Everly Brothers ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/363 "2006-01-26T19:10:32Z")
**F** otheringay ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/364 "2006-01-26T19:18:47Z")
[Geronimo Jackson](http://www.geronimo-jackson.com/) Go, **Biffy**! I thought I was one of the only people who owned an album by Fotheringay. 😃 ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/365 "2006-01-26T19:35:15Z")
The Hollies **rinni** : I stand corrected on Big Country, but I blame the standup comic who mentioned in his routine that the group did an album called _Big Country_ which featured the song “Big Country”. Turns out that the album is actually _The Crossing_. All the stuff I know but nevertheless research for a “just to make sure” cite, and I get tripped up on this… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/366 "2006-01-26T19:44:29Z")
Two to get us to my favorite band **I** --INXS **J** --Jason and the Scorchers ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/367 "2006-01-26T20:36:15Z")
The **K** ingsmen “Louie, Louie…” ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/368 "2006-01-26T20:37:58Z")
L - **Laibach** ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/369 "2006-01-26T20:54:27Z")
moe. ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/370 "2006-01-26T21:17:03Z")
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ---
**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 26, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/371 "2006-01-26T21:30:59Z")
[the Outlaws](http://home.tampabay.rr.com/rootbound/outlaws/page1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/372 "2006-01-26T21:36:24Z")
Pink Martini ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/373 "2006-01-26T21:46:54Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > [the Outlaws](http://home.tampabay.rr.com/rootbound/outlaws/page1.htm) Already played. Osibisa (Pink Martinis) the Quarter After ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/374 "2006-01-26T21:50:44Z")
Rubicon ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/375 "2006-01-26T21:53:20Z")
**S** oft Machine ---
**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, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/376 "2006-01-26T21:54:32Z")
Tin Machine ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/377 "2006-01-26T22:13:14Z")
Updated alphabetical list: Abba Abba (duplicate, but neither caught, nor replaced) ABC AC/DC Ace Of Base Air Supply Alice in Chains Allman Brothers Band Alphaville America Amon Duul Asia Atahualpa Atlanta Rhythm Section Audioslave B. B. King (who, being a solo act, shouldn’t count!) Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bananarama Barenaked Ladies Big Country Black Eyed Peas Blackmore’s Rainbow Black Sabbath Blondie Blue Oyster Cult Blue Suede Blur Bonzo Dog Band Buffalo Springfield Byrds, the Can Candidate Cantabile Cap’n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters Captain Beefheart Carmel Charlatans, the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Chicago 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 Death Cab for Cutie del Amitri Depeche Mode Derek & the Dominoes Devo Digable Planets Dio Dire Straits Dirt Band, the Doobie Brothers, the Eagles Earth, Wind & Fire Echo & the Bunnymen Ekoostic Hookah Elbow Electric Bonsai Band Electric Light Orchestra Electric Prunes, the Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) Emotions, the Erasure Everly Brothers, the Everything But The Girl Fear Feelies, the Ferrante and Teicher Firm, the Flying Burrito Brothers Foghat Ford and the Fanatics, Neal Foreigner Fotheringay Fountains of Wayne Freddy Fender Fugazi Fugs, the Garbage / Goldfrapp Genesis Gentle Giant Geronimo Jackson Gin Blossoms Go-Go’s , the (duplicate, but replaced) Go-Gos, the Golden Earring Gong Gov’t Mule Grand Funk Railroad Grass Roots, the Grateful Dead Gryphon Guess Who, the Happy the Man Harvey Danger Hawkwind Hayseed Dixie Head East Heart Hendrix Experience, the Jimi Hi-Fives, the Hollies, the Hot Tuna Housemartins Hues Corporation Humble Pie Icicle Works Ides Of March Idle Race If Ike & Tina Turner Revue Impressions, the Indigo Girls Ink Spots, the Interpol INXS Iron & Wine Iron Butterfly Isley Brothers, the It’s a Beautiful Day It’s a Beautiful Day (duplicate, but replaced) J. Geils Band Jackson Five, the Jacob Fred Jazz Oddysey James Gang Jason and the Scorchers Jayhawks, the Jefferson Aircraft (Airplane and/or Starship) Jethro Tull Jets, the Jimmie’s Chicken Shack Jo Jo Gunne Joan Jett (Uhhhh, I give up) John Entwistle Band, the (which should have been under E, but oh well…) Journey Joy Of Cooking Kansas Kassabian Kayak King Crimson Kingsmen, the King’s X Kinks, the Kinks, the (uncaught duplicate) Klaatu Korn Kraftwerk L7 Laibach La’s, the Led Zepplin Little River Band Live Living Colour Looking Glass Los Lobos Lothar and the Hand People Loverboy Luscious Jackson Lynyrd Skynyrd Machines (of Loving Grace), the Marcy Playground Max Webster Meat Puppets, the Meco Metallica Midnight Oil moe. Morcheeba Mott The Hoople Move, the Mudvayne My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Nazareth Nazz, the Neil Young (okay, NO MORE SOLO ACTS) Nektar New Order New Riders of the Purple Sage New Seekers, the Nice, the Nine Inch Nails Nirvana Nitty Gritty Dirt Band North Mississippi All-Stars Nylons, the OAR Ohio Players, the Oingo Boingo Old and In The Way Old 97’s Oleander One Bad Pig Orb, the Orgy Orleans Osibisa Osmonds, the Outlaws, the Outlaws, the (duplicate, but replaced) Oysterhead Ozric Tentacles Parliament Parsons Project, the Alan Particle Partridge Family, the Pentangle Pet Shop Boys Phish Pink Floyd Pink Martini Pixies Planet P Project Poi Dog Pondering Police, the Procol Harum Q Qkumba Zoo Quarrymen, the Quarter After, the Quarterflash Quartermass Queen Queens of the Stone Age Queensrÿche Quicksilver Messenger Service Quiet Riot Quiet Sun Quintana and Speer R.E.M. Radiohead Rammstein Randy & the Rainbows Real Mackenzies, the Red Hot Chili Peppers Renaissance Replacements, the Ride Rocket From The Crypt Rolling Stones, the Roxy Music Rubicon Rutles, the Sha Na Na Shot In The Dark Silver Jews, the Skatalites, the Sly and the Family Stone Soft Machine, the Sonic Youth Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Sparks Stealers Wheel Steeleye Span Steely Dan String Cheese Incident Strokes, the Sugarloaf Talking Heads Tangerine Dream Temptations Thievery Corporation Thompson Twins Thousand Foot Krutch Throbbing Gristle ‘Til Tuesday Tin Machine Traffic Travellling Wilburys Tremolos, the Trucks Band, Derek Tycoon U2 U2 (duplicate not caught due to not being listed in the first recap) Ub40 Ugly Americans Ugly Kid Joe Ultravox Uncanny X-Men Uncle Bonsai UnderOath Undisputed Truth Univers Zero Urge Overkill Uriah Heep Utfo Vacant Fear Centre Van der Graaf Generator Van Halen Velvet Underground Ventures, the (duplicate, but replaced) Ventures, the Veruca Salt Verve, the Verve Pipe Village People Violent Femmes, the Vogues, the Vultures Wallenstein Wall of Voodoo War Weather Report Weavers, the Ween Weezer Whiskeytown Who, the Widespread Panic Wilco Wolftone Woodentops, the X X (duplicate, but replaced) Xeno Xentrix Xinlisupreme Xiu Xiu X-legged Sally 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 Yell County Yellow Balloon Yellowbelly Yellowcard Yes Yin Yang Twins Yog Sothoth Yo La Tengo Yonder Mountain String Band Youngbloods, the Zager & Evans Zebra Zebra (duplicate, neither caught nor replaced) Zen Tricksters, the Zephyr Zero Zig Zig Sputnik Zombies, the Zombies, the (duplicate, but replaced) Zwan Zydeco Dots Zydeco Flames ZZ Top I added Ugly Kid Joe. ---
**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 26, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/378 "2006-01-26T22:18:03Z")
Willie & the Poor Boys (“Baby Please Don’t Go…”) ---
**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 26, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/379 "2006-01-26T22:31:24Z")
Shite! As soon as I hit ‘submit’, I realized I’d skipped “V” (the second time I’ve done that!) Oh well…for ‘v’ - how about “Viper”? (late 80s hair-metal…I think) ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/380 "2006-01-26T22:34:45Z")
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