Let's play the 'the ABC band name" game

.38 Special

(Not sure if that counts, saw it on an album cover once)

I meant spelled out as Thirty Eight Special.

Surprised we haven’t had

Ten Years After

yet!

Umphrey’s McGee

The Venusians

Wishbone Ash

Xero

Yezda Urfa

Zoo, the

Aerosmith (surprised it’s still available).

You think that’s surprising? How about:

The Beatles

?

New page update:

Abba
Abba (duplicate, but neither caught, nor replaced)
ABC
Abraxas Pool
Accept
AC/DC
Ace Of Base
Aerosmith
Air Supply
Alice in Chains
Alkaline Trio
Allman Brothers Band
Alphaville
America
Amon Duul
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 Oyster Cult
Blue Suede
Blues Project
Blur
Bonzo Dog Band
Brainticket
Buffalo Springfield
Byrds, the

Can
Candidate
Cantabile
Cap’n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters
Captain Beefheart
Captain Beyond
Carmel
Cary Brothers
Charlatans, the
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Chicago
Clash, the
Cloldplay
Commodores, the
Country Joe and The Fish
Cowsills, the
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills Nash & Young
Crowded House
Cure, the
Curved Air

Dandy Warhols, the
dBs, the
Dead Can Dance
Dead Kennedys, the
Deaf School
Death Cab for Cutie
Deep Purple
del Amitri
Depeche Mode
Derek & the Dominoes
Devo
Digable Planets
Dio
Dire Straits
Dirt Band, the
(Dixie) Dregs, the
Don and Dewey
Doobie Brothers, the
Dr. Strangely Strange
Drifters, the
Drivin’ & Cryin’

Eagles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Echo & the Bunnymen
Egg
Ekoostic Hookah
Elbow
Electric Bonsai Band
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Prunes, the
Elephant’s Memory
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP)
Emotions, the
Endangered Species
Enigma
Erasure
Eurythmics
Evanescence
Everly Brothers, the
Everything But The Girl

Fairport Convention
Faster Pussycat
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
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
Gov’t Mule
Grand Funk Railroad
Grass Roots, the
Grateful Dead
Grinderswitch
Grobschnitt
Gryphon
Guess Who, the

Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds
Hampton’s Grease Band
Happy the Man
Hatfield and the North
Harvey Danger
Hawkwind
Hayseed Dixie
Head East
Healey Band, Jeff
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
Iggy and the Stooges
Ike & Tina Turner Revue
Impressions, the
Imusici
Incredible String Band
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
Jackal (is this Jackyl?)
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)
Jesus Jones
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
Judas Priest

Kansas
Kangaroo Court
Kassabian
Kayak
Kentucky Headhunters
Killing Joke
King Crimson
Kingsmen, the
King’s X
Kinks, the
Kinks, the (uncaught duplicate)
Klaatu
Knack, the
Knickerbockers, the
Korn
Kottonmouth Kings
Kraftwerk

L7
Laibach
La’s, the
Led Zeppelin
Left Banke
Lighthouse
Little Feat
Little River Band
Live
Living Colour
Looking Glass
Los Lobos
Los Lonely Boys
Lothar and the Hand People
Lounge Lizards
Loverboy
Lunasa
Luscious Jackson
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Machines (of Loving Grace), the
Magma
Marcy Playground
Marillion
Marshall Tucker Band, the
Matching Mole
Max Webster
Meat Puppets, the
Meco
Mediaeval Babes
Metallica
Midnight Oil
Mike and the Mechanics
moe.
Morcheeba
Mott The Hoople
Move, the
Mudvayne
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Nashville Pussy
Nazareth
Nazz, the
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
NRBQ
Nuclear Valdez
Nylons, the

OAR
Oberkampf
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
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
Pink Floyd
Pink Martini
Pipkins, the
Pixies
Planet P Project
Plasmatics, the
Plus Tech Squeezebox
Pogues, the
Poi Dog Pondering
Police, the
Porcupine Tree
Procol Harum

Q
Qkumba Zoo
Q-Tips, the
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
Quincy Punx
Quintana and Speer
Quintessence
Quitter

R.E.M.
Radiohead
Rammstein
Ramones, the
Randy & the Rainbows
Rare Bird
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
Rutles, the

Santana
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
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
U.K.
Ultimate Spinach
Ultramarine
Ultravox
Umphrey’s McGee
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
Vanilla Fudge
V.A.S.T.
Velvet Underground
Vengaboys, the
Ventures, the (duplicate, but replaced)
Ventures, the
Venusians
Veruca Salt
Verve, the
Verve Pipe
Village People
Vinegar Joe
Vixen
Violent Femmes, the
Vipers, the
Vogues, the
Vultures

Wallenstein
Wallflowers, the
Wall of Voodoo
War
Weather Report
Weavers, the
Ween
Weezer
Weidorje
West, Bruce and Laing
Wet Willie
Whiskeytown
Who, the
Widespread Panic
Wilco
Willie and the Poor Boys
Wishbone Ash
Wizzard
Wolftone
Woodentops, the

X
X (duplicate, but replaced)
Xeno
Xentrix
Xero
XfactorX
Xhol
Xinlisupreme
Xiu Xiu
X-legged Sally
xmilk
X-mob
X-Pensive Winos (Keith Richards’ other band)
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
Yellow Balloon
Yellowbelly
Yellowcard
Yellowjackets, the
yeP!
Yes
Yezda Urfa
Yin Yang Twins
Yog Sothoth
Yo La Tengo
Yonder Mountain String Band
Youngbloods, the
Yummy Fur

Zager & Evans
Zao (Fr.)
Zap Mama
Zappa, Frank (disallowed)
Zebra
Zebra (duplicate, neither caught nor replaced)
Zebrahead
Zen Tricksters, the
Zephyr
Zero
Zhane
Zig Zig Sputnik
Zilla
Zoetrope
Zombies, the
Zombies, the (duplicate, but replaced)
Zoo, the
Zwan
Zydeco Dots
Zydeco Flames
ZZ Top

I added Crosby, Stills Nash and Young in keeping with the latest “theme”.

All right then…the Doors!

the Easybeats! (I knew that Sooner or Later, I’d get a chance to post 'em!)

Fleetwood Mac

Gravity Kills

Hootie & the Blowfish

Iron Maiden

Jan and Dean

Kings Of Leon