# 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:** 35
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/681 "2006-02-05T21:20:16Z")
Killers, the ---
**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 5, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/682 "2006-02-05T21:23:05Z")
L.T.D. (Love, Tenderness, Devotion) ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/683 "2006-02-05T21:26:42Z")
Mahavishnu Orchestra ---
**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 5, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/684 "2006-02-05T21:39:59Z")
[Norwegian Student Choral Society](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Student_Choral_Society), of the University of Oslo. ---
**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 6, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/685 "2006-02-06T01:27:31Z")
otep ---
**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 6, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/686 "2006-02-06T01:31:16Z")
The Power Station ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/687 "2006-02-06T04:41:42Z")
Quasi ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/688 "2006-02-06T05:05:56Z")
Rockpile ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/689 "2006-02-06T05:08:03Z")
Supertramp ---
**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 6, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/690 "2006-02-06T05:34:33Z")
**T** in Huey ---
**Author:** ![marky33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@marky33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marky33)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/691 "2006-02-06T06:16:16Z")
UK Subs — and its still Sigue Sigue (NOT Zig Zig) Sputnik and Gene (NOT Jean) Loves Jezebel – what’s the point of doing this if it’s not done properly? ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/692 "2006-02-06T06:26:55Z")
> [@marky33](#): > > UK Subs — and its still Sigue Sigue (NOT Zig Zig) Sputnik and Gene (NOT Jean) Loves Jezebel – what’s the point of doing this if it’s not done properly? I’ll try to remember to modify the list if I do the next update. Those are far from the only errors. I think the concensus has been to just “play on”. **Vertu** (is: Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Karen Briggs, Rachel Z and Richie Kotzen) ---
**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 6, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/693 "2006-02-06T14:29:59Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > I’ll try to remember to modify the list if I do the next update. Those are far from the only errors. I notice that Slapp Happy is incorrectly spelled correctly, so to speak. Also, it’s Quatermass, not Quartermass–that is a duplicate. **W** est Coast Pop Art Experimental Band ---
**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 6, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/694 "2006-02-06T20:19:48Z")
If I can be forgiven for taking two turns in a row: **X** aal ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/695 "2006-02-06T20:35:50Z")
Young-Holt Unlimited Zen Cowboys ---
**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:** [February 6, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/696 "2006-02-06T23:04:04Z")
Alabama ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/697 "2006-02-06T23:14:39Z")
Big Head Todd & the Monsters ---
**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 6, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/698 "2006-02-06T23:16:42Z")
The Contours ---
**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:** [February 6, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/699 "2006-02-06T23:19:01Z")
the Del Fuegos ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-the-abc-band-name-game/340726/700 "2006-02-06T23:27:20Z")
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