# 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:** 33
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/641 "2006-02-04T16:58:19Z")
Divinyls ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/642 "2006-02-04T17:00:14Z")
Oh, gosh darnit!!! Three mistakes I’ve made now. Am I out? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/643 "2006-02-04T17:04:12Z")
The Escape Club ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/644 "2006-02-04T17:36:51Z")
Foo Fighters ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/645 "2006-02-04T17:56:57Z")
**G** -[Green on Red](http://www.sa-wa-ro.com/GreenOnRed.htm) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/646 "2006-02-04T18:20:44Z")
Hatebreed ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/647 "2006-02-04T18:48:01Z")
Ikara Colt ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/648 "2006-02-04T18:53:21Z")
Jamiroquai ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/649 "2006-02-04T19:30:11Z")
**K** raan ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/650 "2006-02-04T19:34:04Z")
Limp Bizkit Yeah, I know. I hate myself too. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/651 "2006-02-04T19:37:59Z")
Ministry ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/652 "2006-02-04T19:39:20Z")
**M** –[Molly Hatchet](http://www.mollyhatchet.com/) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/653 "2006-02-04T21:05:20Z")
**N** ektar ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/654 "2006-02-04T21:18:40Z")
The List (so far) Abba Abba (duplicate, but neither caught, nor replaced) ABC Abraxas Pool Absinthe Blind Accept AC/DC Ace Of Base Aerosmith Agents Of Good Roots Air Supply Alice in Chains Alkaline Trio Allman Brothers Band Alphaville America Amon Duul Angel’in Heavy Syrup Aquarium Rescue Unit Armstrong, Louis (disallowed) Asia Ass Ponys, the Atahualpa Atlanta Rhythm Section Atomic Rooster Audioslave B. B. King (who, being a solo act, shouldn’t count!) Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bananarama Barenaked Ladies Basque Beatles, the Big Country Black Eyed Peas Blackmore’s Rainbow Black Oak Arkansas Black Sabbath Blind Faith Blondie Blood, Sweat & Tears Blue Cheer Blue Oyster Cult Blue Suede Blues Explosion Blues Project Blur Bonzo Dog Band Brainticket B.T. Express Buffalo Springfield Byrds, the Can Candidate Cantabile Cap’n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters Captain Beefheart Captain Beyond Caravan Carmel Cary Brothers (Nick) Cave & the Bad Seeds Charlatans, the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Chicago Clash, the Cloldplay Commodores, the Country Joe and The Fish Cowboy Junkies Cowsills, the Creedence Clearwater Revival Crosby, Stills Nash & Young Crowded House Cure, the Curved Air Dandy Warhols, the Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich dBs, the Dead Can Dance Dead Kennedys, the Deaf School Death Cab for Cutie Deep Purple del Amitri Delaney and Bonnie and Friends Depeche Mode Derek & the Dominoes Deus Ex Machina Devo Dexy’s Midnight Runners Digable Planets Dio Dire Straits Dirt Band, the Divinyls (Dixie) Dregs, the Don and Dewey Doobie Brothers, the Doors, the Dr. Strangely Strange Dream Theater Drifters, the Drivin’ & Cryin’ Eagles Earth, Wind & Fire Easybeats, the Echo & the Bunnymen Egg Ekoostic Hookah Elbow Electric Bonsai Band Electric Light Orchestra Electric Prunes, the Elephant’s Memory Eloy Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) Emotions, the Endangered Species Enigma Erasure Escape Club Eurythmics Evanescence Everclear Everly Brothers, the Everything But The Girl Fairport Convention Faster Pussycat Fear Feelies, the Ferrante and Teicher Firm, the Five for Fighting Fleetwood Mac Flying Burrito Brothers Focus Foghat Foo Fighters Ford and the Fanatics, Neal Foreigner Fotheringay Fountains of Wayne Four Seasons, the Fray, the Freddy Fender Freddy Jones Band, the Fruup Fugazi Fugs, the Gamma Garbage / Goldfrapp Genesis Gentle Giant Geronimo Jackson Gilgamesh Gin Blossoms Godsmack Go-Go’s , the (duplicate, but replaced) Go-Gos, the Golden Earring Goldfinger Gong Goo Goo Dolls, the Gov’t Mule Grand Funk Railroad Grass Roots, the Grateful Dead Gravity Kills Green On Red Grinderswitch Grobschnitt Gryphon Guess Who, the Guns & Roses Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds Hampton’s Grease Band Happy the Man Hatfield and the North Harvey Danger Hatebreed Hawkwind Hayseed Dixie Head East Healey Band, Jeff Heart Hendrix Experience, the Jimi Henry Cow Hi-Fives, the Hole Hollies, the Hootie & the Blowfish Hot Tuna Housemartins Hues Corporation Huffamoose Hughes/Thrall Humble Pie Icicle Works Ides Of March Idle Race If Iggy and the Stooges Ikara Colt Ike & Tina Turner Revue Impressions, the Imusici Incredible String Band Incubus Indigo Girls Ink Spots, the Innocent Criminals, the Insane Clown Posse Insect Trust Interpol INXS Irish Rovers, the Iron & Wine Iron Butterfly Iron Maiden Isley Brothers, the It’s a Beautiful Day It’s a Beautiful Day (duplicate, but replaced) J. Geils Band Jackal (is this Jackyl?) Jackson Five, the Jackson, Joe (another solo not caught or replaced) Jacob Fred Jazz Oddysey James Gang Jamiroquai Jan and Dean Jars Of Clay Jason and the Scorchers Jay & the Techniques Jayhawks, the Jean Loves Jezebel Jefferson Aircraft (Airplane and/or Starship) Jesus Jones Jethro Tull Jets, the Jimmie’s Chicken Shack Jo Jo Gunne Joan Jett (Uhhhh, I give up) John and Mary John Entwistle Band, the (which should have been under E, but oh well…) Journey Joy Of Cooking Judas Priest Kansas Kangaroo Court Kassabian Kayak KBC Band Kentucky Headhunters Killing Joke King Crimson Kingsmen, the Kings Of Leon King’s X Kinks, the Kinks, the (uncaught duplicate) Klaatu Klymaxx Knack, the Knickerbockers, the Korn Kottonmouth Kings Kraan Kraftwerk L7 L.A. Guns Laibach La’s, the Led Zeppelin Left Banke Lighthouse Limp Bizkit Little Feat Little River Band Live Living Colour Local H Looking Glass Los Lobos Los Lonely Boys Lothar and the Hand People Lounge Lizards Love Loverboy Lunasa Luscious Jackson Lynyrd Skynyrd Machines (of Loving Grace), the Magma Marcy Playground Marillion Marshall Tucker Band, the Matching Mole Max Webster McDonald & Giles McGuiness Flint Meat Puppets, the Meco Mediaeval Babes Metallica Midnight Oil Mike and the Mechanics Ministry moe. Molly Hatchet Morcheeba Motorhead Mott The Hoople Move, the Mudvayne My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Nashville Pussy Nazareth Nazz, the Ned’s Atomic Dustbin Nefilm Neil Young (okay, NO MORE SOLO ACTS) Nektar New Christy Minstrels, the New Order New Riders of the Purple Sage New Seekers, the Nice, the Nickelback Nine Inch Nails Nirvana Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nixons, the North Mississippi All-Stars Novalis NRBQ Nuclear Valdez NWA Nylons, the OAR Oasis Oberkampf Odd Girl Out Ohio Express Ohio Players, the Oingo Boingo Ojos de Brujo Old and In The Way Old 97’s Oleander One Bad Pig Opeth Orb, the Orgy Orleans Osanna Osibisa Osmonds, the Otis Clay Outlaws, the Outlaws, the (duplicate, but replaced) Oysterhead Ozark Mountain Daredevils Ozric Tentacles Parliament Parsons Project, the Alan Particle Partridge Family, the Pearl Jam Pentangle Pet Shop Boys Phish Pilot Pink Floyd Pink Martini Pipkins, the Pixies Planet P Project Plasmatics, the Plus Tech Squeezebox Pogues, the Poi Dog Pondering Police, the Porcupine Tree Pretenders, the Procol Harum Pyewackett Q Qkumba Zoo Q-Tips, the Quarrymen, the Quarter After, the Quarterflash Quartermass Quatermass (duplicate?) Queen Queens of the Stone Age Queensrÿche Question Mark and the Mysterians Quicksilver Messenger Service Quickspace Quiet Riot Quiet Sun Quill, the Quincy Punx Quintana and Speer Quintessence Quitter Quo Vadis R.E.M. Radiohead Rammstein Ramones, the Randy & the Rainbows Rare Bird Rascal Flatts Rasputina Real Mackenzies, the Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Riders Relient K Renaissance Replacements, the Ride Rocket From The Crypt Rolling Stones, the Ronettes, the Roxette Roxy Music Rubicon Rush Rutles, the Santana S Club Secret Oyster Sevendust Sha Na Na Shot In The Dark Silver Apples Silver Jews, the Skatalites, the Slap Happy Sly and the Family Stone Smith Group, the Patti Soft Cell Soft Machine, the Sonic Youth Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Sparks Stampeders, the Stealers Wheel Steeleye Span Steely Dan String Cheese Incident Strokes, the Sugarloaf Talking Heads Tangerine Dream Tantric Tears for Fears Temptations Ten Years After The The (or would that be The, the) Thievery Corporation .38 Special Thompson Twins Thousand Foot Krutch Throbbing Gristle Thunderclap Newman 'Til Tuesday Tin Machine Toploader Traffic Train Trapeze Travellling Wilburys Tremolos, the T Rex Trucks Band, Derek Tycoon U2 U2 (duplicate not caught due to not being listed in the first recap) UB40 UFO Ugly Americans Ugly Kid Joe U.K. Ultimate Spinach Ultramarine Ultravox Umphrey’s McGee Uncanny X-Men Uncle Bonsai UnderOath Undisputed Truth Unforgiven United States of America Univers Zero Urge Overkill Uriah Heep Used, the Usher (solo, not counted) Utfo U Totem Vacant Fear Centre Vandenberg Van der Graaf Generator Van Halen Vanilla Fudge V.A.S.T. Velvet Underground Vengaboys, the Ventures, the (duplicate, but replaced) Ventures, the Venusians Veruca Salt Veruca Salt (duplicate, but replaced) Verve, the Verve, the (duplicate, but replaced) Verve Pipe Vibrators, the Village People Vinegar Joe Vixen Violent Femmes, the Vipers, the Vogues, the Voivod Vultures Wallenstein Wallflowers, the Wall of Voodoo War Weather Report Weavers, the Ween Weezer Weidorje Weird Al Yankovitch (solo, out of place, stupid) West, Bruce and Laing Western Lands, the Wet Willie Whiskeytown Who, the Why Store, the Widespread Panic Wilco Willie and the Poor Boys Wire Wishbone Ash Wizzard Wolftone Wombles Woodentops, the X X (duplicate, but replaced) X-cutioners Xeno Xentrix Xero XfactorX Xhol Xinlisupreme Xiu Xiu Xit X-legged Sally xmilk X-mob X-Pensive Winos (Keith Richards’ other band) X-Raves X-Ray Spex Xscape XTC XTC (duplicate, but used because of 2 "X"s in round 1) X-Wife Xylon Xymox Xzibit Y&T Frankie Yankovic and his Yanks Yardbirds, the Yaz Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Yell County Yello Yellow Balloon Yellowbelly Yellowcard Yellowjackets, the Yellow Magic Orchestra (twice) yeP! Yes Yezda Urfa Yin Yang Twins Yog Sothoth Yo La Tengo Yonder Mountain String Band Youngbloods, the Young Marble Giants Yummy Fur Zager & Evans Zao (Fr.) Zap Mama Zappa, Frank (disallowed) Zebra Zebra (duplicate, neither caught nor replaced) Zebrahead Zen Tricksters, the Zephyr Zero Zero 7 Zhane Zig Zig Sputnik Zilla Zoetrope Zombies, the Zombies, the (duplicate, but replaced) Zoo, the Zoobombs Zwan Zydecajun Zydeco Dots Zydeco Flames ZZ Top Nektar was already played. I added Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/655 "2006-02-04T21:39:22Z")
**O** –Oak Ridge Boys ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/656 "2006-02-04T21:42:01Z")
Player ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/657 "2006-02-04T23:20:37Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > Nektar was already played. Sorry, must be creeping blindness again. I really did check the recap before posting that. **Q** uiet Five (I have no idea who they are; I just saw a CD by them in the latest Collectors’ Choice Music catalog. I’ve been trying to stick with bands I actually own records by, but the pickings are getting pretty slim in “Q.”) ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/658 "2006-02-05T00:21:57Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I’ve been trying to stick with bands I actually own records by, but the pickings are getting pretty slim in “Q.”) I know the feeling, and it’s not just Q. BTW, I only made that Ned’s Dust Bin entry so big because no one seemed to notice when I added one last time. Return To Forever ---
**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:** [February 5, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/659 "2006-02-05T00:32:22Z")
**S** upersister ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/660 "2006-02-05T00:39:04Z")
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