# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/421 "2006-01-28T14:06:09Z")
Little Feat ---
**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 28, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/422 "2006-01-28T14:22:04Z")
**M** –Mike + the Mechanics ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/423 "2006-01-28T14:34:12Z")
Nixons, the ---
**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 28, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/424 "2006-01-28T15:41:16Z")
**O** sanna ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/425 "2006-01-28T15:50:00Z")
Porcupine Tree ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/426 "2006-01-28T17:46:13Z")
Question Mark and the Mysterians ---
**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 28, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/427 "2006-01-28T18:21:26Z")
**R** –Red Riders ---
**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 28, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/428 "2006-01-28T18:57:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Question Mark and the Mysterians Nitpick: the band was called “? and the Mysterians.” It was never spelled out. **S** lapp Happy ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/429 "2006-01-28T19:07:55Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Nitpick: the band was called “? and the Mysterians.” It was never spelled out. [It is on the albums I see on this page.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/37536/002-2377296-8957623) T – Train ---
**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 28, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/430 "2006-01-28T19:14:53Z")
Ugly Kid Joe ---
**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 28, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/431 "2006-01-28T19:27:25Z")
**V** –Vixen ---
**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 28, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/432 "2006-01-28T20:35:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] [It is on the albums I see on this page.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/37536/002-2377296-8957623) My mistake. I was going by my 45 of “96 Tears” and a false memory that it was (intentionally) always printed like that. **W** izzard ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/433 "2006-01-28T20:57:05Z")
Xylon ---
**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 28, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/434 "2006-01-28T22:36:30Z")
Ugly Kid Joe has already been used. U - **The Used** ---
**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 29, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/435 "2006-01-29T03:39:25Z")
Yo-Yo Ma? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/436 "2006-01-29T05:31:11Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > Yo-Yo Ma? He’s an individual, not a band. Even if there were a Yo-Yo Ma Orchestra, it would be filed under “M” (the first letter of his surname) according to the rules established in the OP. However, Frankie **Y** ankovic and his Yanks fill the bill. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/437 "2006-01-29T07:05:17Z")
[Zilla](http://www.zillamusic.com/) ---
**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 29, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/438 "2006-01-29T11:26:28Z")
**A** –Accept ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/439 "2006-01-29T12:01:28Z")
Black Oak Arkansas and (just because I’ve been waiting to play it) Captain Beyond ---
**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 29, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/440 "2006-01-29T12:09:19Z")
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