# 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:** 23
**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 29, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/441 "2006-01-29T14:06:43Z")
> [@Sgt Schwartz](#): > > Drivin’ and Cryin’ **E** gg ---
**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 29, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/442 "2006-01-29T14:32:49Z")
The Four Seasons ---
**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 29, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/443 "2006-01-29T17:53:08Z")
**G** robschnitt (been waiting for a chance to use that one) ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/444 "2006-01-29T18:23:25Z")
**H** ole ---
**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 29, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/445 "2006-01-29T19:05:41Z")
Insane Clown Posse ---
**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 29, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/446 "2006-01-29T19:08:03Z")
Jay & the Techniques ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/447 "2006-01-29T20:57:02Z")
**K** –Kottonmouth Kings ---
**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 29, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/448 "2006-01-29T21:37:17Z")
**L** ounge Lizards ---
**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 29, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/449 "2006-01-29T21:40:46Z")
The Marshall Tucker Band ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/450 "2006-01-29T22:03:28Z")
Nuclear Valdez ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/451 "2006-01-29T23:56:25Z")
Odd Girl Out (see second paragraph of [this page)](http://www.lilithfair.com/artists/anneedechant/) ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/452 "2006-01-30T00:04:58Z")
Pearl Jam ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/453 "2006-01-30T00:18:52Z")
The **Q** uill ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/454 "2006-01-30T00:27:00Z")
(the) Ramones ---
**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 30, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/455 "2006-01-30T00:29:09Z")
The Stampeders ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/456 "2006-01-30T00:39:39Z")
Tears for Fears ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/457 "2006-01-30T00:41:32Z")
recap time: > [@](#): > > Abba > Abba (duplicate, but neither caught, nor replaced) > ABC > Abraxas Pool > Accept > AC/DC > Ace Of Base > Air Supply > Alice in Chains > Allman Brothers Band > Alphaville > America > Amon Duul > Asia > Ass Ponys, the > Atahualpa > Atlanta Rhythm Section > Audioslave > B. B. King (who, being a solo act, shouldn’t count!) > Bachman-Turner Overdrive > Bananarama > Barenaked Ladies > Basque > Big Country > Black Eyed Peas > Blackmore’s Rainbow > Black Oak Arkansas > Black Sabbath > Blondie > Blue Oyster Cult > Blue Suede > Blur > Bonzo Dog Band > Brainticket > Buffalo Springfield > Byrds, the > Can > Candidate > Cantabile > Cap’n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters > Captain Beefheart > Captain Beyond > Carmel > Charlatans, the > Cherry Poppin’ Daddies > Chicago > Clash, the > Commodores, the > Country Joe and The Fish > Creedence Clearwater Revival > Crowded House > Cure, the > Curved Air > 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 > Dr. Strangely Strange > Drifters, the > Drivin’ & Cryin’ > Doobie Brothers, the > Eagles > Earth, Wind & Fire > Echo & the Bunnymen > Egg > Ekoostic Hookah > Elbow > Electric Bonsai Band > Electric Light Orchestra > Electric Prunes, the > Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) > Emotions, the > Endangered Species > Erasure > Eurythmics > Everly Brothers, the > Everything But The Girl > Fear > Feelies, the > Ferrante and Teicher > Firm, the > Five for Fighting > Flying Burrito Brothers > Foghat > Ford and the Fanatics, Neal > Foreigner > Fotheringay > Fountains of Wayne > Four Seasons, the > Freddy Fender > Fruup > Fugazi > Fugs, the > Garbage / Goldfrapp > Genesis > Gentle Giant > Geronimo Jackson > Gin Blossoms > Godsmack > Go-Go’s , the (duplicate, but replaced) > Go-Gos, the > Golden Earring > Gong > Gov’t Mule > Grand Funk Railroad > Grass Roots, the > Grateful Dead > Grinderswitch > Grobschnitt > Gryphon > Guess Who, the > Happy the Man > Hatfield and the North > Harvey Danger > Hawkwind > Hayseed Dixie > Head East > Heart > Hendrix Experience, the Jimi > Henry Cow > Hi-Fives, the > Hole > Hollies, the > Hot Tuna > Housemartins > Hues Corporation > Humble Pie > Icicle Works > Ides Of March > Idle Race > If > Ike & Tina Turner Revue > Impressions, the > Incubus > Indigo Girls > Ink Spots, the > Innocent Criminals, the > Insane Clown Posse > 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 > Jackson, Joe (another solo not caught or replaced) > Jacob Fred Jazz Oddysey > James Gang > Jason and the Scorchers > Jay & the Techniques > Jayhawks, the > Jean Loves Jezebel > 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 > Killing Joke > King Crimson > Kingsmen, the > King’s X > Kinks, the > Kinks, the (uncaught duplicate) > Klaatu > Knickerbockers, the > Korn > Kottonmouth Kings > Kraftwerk > L7 > Laibach > La’s, the > Led Zepplin > Little Feat > Little River Band > Live > Living Colour > Looking Glass > Los Lobos > Lothar and the Hand People > Lounge Lizards > Loverboy > Lunasa > Luscious Jackson > Lynyrd Skynyrd > Machines (of Loving Grace), the > Magma > Marcy Playground > Marshall Tucker Band, the > Max Webster > Meat Puppets, the > Meco > Metallica > Midnight Oil > Mike and the Mechanics > 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 > Nixons, the > North Mississippi All-Stars > NRBQ > Nuclear Valdez > Nylons, the > OAR > Odd Girl Out > Ohio Players, the > Oingo Boingo > Ojos de Brujo > Old and In The Way > Old 97’s > Oleander > One Bad Pig > Orb, the > Orgy > Orleans > Osanna > Osibisa > Osmonds, the > Outlaws, the > Outlaws, the (duplicate, but replaced) > Oysterhead > Ozric Tentacles > Parliament > Parsons Project, the Alan > Particle > Partridge Family, the > Pearl Jam > Pentangle > Pet Shop Boys > Phish > Pink Floyd > Pink Martini > Pixies > Planet P Project > Plasmatics, the > Poi Dog Pondering > Police, the > Porcupine Tree > Procol Harum > Q > Qkumba Zoo > Quarrymen, the > Quarter After, the > Quarterflash > Quartermass > Queen > Queens of the Stone Age > Queensrÿche > Question Mark and the Mysterians > Quicksilver Messenger Service > Quiet Riot > Quiet Sun > Quill, the > Quintana and Speer > Quitter > R.E.M. > Radiohead > Rammstein > Ramones, the > Randy & the Rainbows > Real Mackenzies, the > Red Hot Chili Peppers > Red Riders > Renaissance > Replacements, the > Ride > Rocket From The Crypt > Rolling Stones, the > Ronettes, the > Roxy Music > Rubicon > Rutles, the > Sha Na Na > Shot In The Dark > Silver Apples > Silver Jews, the > Skatalites, the > Slap Happy > Sly and the Family Stone > Soft Machine, the > Sonic Youth > Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes > Sparks > Stampeders, the > Steelers Wheel > Steeleye Span > Steely Dan > String Cheese Incident > Strokes, the > Sugarloaf > Talking Heads > Tangerine Dream > Tears for Fears > Temptations > The The (or would that be The, the) > Thievery Corporation > Thompson Twins > Thousand Foot Krutch > Throbbing Gristle > ‘Til Tuesday > Tin Machine > Traffic > Train > 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 > United States of America > Univers Zero > Urge Overkill > Uriah Heep > Used, the > Utfo > Vacant Fear Centre > Van der Graaf Generator > Van Halen > Velvet Underground > Vengaboys, the > Ventures, the (duplicate, but replaced) > Ventures, the > Veruca Salt > Verve, the > Verve Pipe > Village People > Vixen > Violent Femmes, the > Vipers, the > Vogues, the > Vultures > Wallenstein > Wall of Voodoo > War > Weather Report > Weavers, the > Ween > Weezer > West, Bruce and Laing > Whiskeytown > Who, the > Widespread Panic > Wilco > Willie and the Poor Boys > Wizzard > Wolftone > Woodentops, the > X > X (duplicate, but replaced) > Xeno > Xentrix > XfactorX > Xhol > 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) > Xylon > Xymox > Xzibit > Y&T > Frankie Yankovic and his Yanks > Yardbirds, the > Yaz > Yell County > Yellow Balloon > Yellowbelly > Yellowcard > yeP! > Yes > Yin Yang Twins > Yog Sothoth > Yo La Tengo > Yonder Mountain String Band > Youngbloods, the > Zager & Evans > Zebra > Zebra (duplicate, neither caught nor replaced) > Zebrahead > Zen Tricksters, the > Zephyr > Zero > Zig Zig Sputnik > Zilla > Zoetrope > Zombies, the > Zombies, the (duplicate, but replaced) > Zwan > Zydeco Dots > Zydeco Flames > ZZ Top ---
**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 30, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/458 "2006-01-30T01:06:53Z")
**U**.K. ---
**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 30, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/459 "2006-01-30T01:15:56Z")
Vanilla Fudge ---
**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 30, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/460 "2006-01-30T02:33:00Z")
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