# Music Alphabet **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022 "2003-07-17T00:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/581 "2003-08-06T14:01:53Z")
The **P** harcyde ---
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Quiñones, Domingo ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/583 "2003-08-06T16:13:26Z")
Run DMC ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/584 "2003-08-06T18:53:49Z")
Sophie B. Hawkins ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/585 "2003-08-06T20:13:37Z")
Tim Buckley ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/586 "2003-08-06T21:37:27Z")
The Get **U** p Kids ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/587 "2003-08-06T22:07:11Z")
Here’s a list of all the bands/musicians we’ve gone through so far. (Shut up–I had to wait for some maintenance people all day and had nothing better to do 😉 ) Hopefully this’ll help cut down on the repeats. **A** Aesop Rock Allman Brothers Band Art of Noise After the Fire Afghan Wigs Adult Aztec Camera Alien Ant Farm Anderson, Ian Abba Aretha Franklin Alarm Apple, Fiona Amboy Dukes The Apples in Stereo Ace of Base The Animals Accept ABC Andy Gibb Aphex Twin Adam and the Ants **B** Bob Dylan Bobby Fuller 4 Buffalo Springfield Barenaked Ladies (x2) Beatles Billie Holiday Badfinger Bahlin, Marty Boy George Burt Bacharach Bob Cock and the Yellow Sock Beck Billy Bragg Built to Spill Bikini Kill The Breeders Badly Drawn Boy Blue Oyster Cult B-52’s Bad Brains Buffoons Boston **C** Cibo Matto Captain Beefheart Carnivore Anal Cunt Canned Heat Cinderella Curved Air Cat Stevens Clay Aiken Charlie Sexton Corelli, Archangelo Cole Porter Cream Coldplay (x2) Chevelle Cake (x2) Celine Dion Chicago Cracker Chilliwack Chicken Shack **D** Duran Duran (x2) Depeche Mode (x2) David Gilmour Denny, Sandy Dennis Wilson Dokken Dan Fogleberg Dash Rip Rock Don Williams Don Henely Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show Dinosaur Jr Divo Dave Matthews Band Danzig Derek and the Dominoes (x2) Doe Maar Doobie Brothers Dread Zeppelin Dick Dale Debarge, El **E** Emerson, Lake and Palmer Evanesence Everclear Eddie Money Easton, Sheena Eddy, Duane El Debarge Elvis Costello (x2) Elvis Presley Edward Elgar Eels E(scovedo), Sheila Ellington, Duke Head East Elliman, Yvonne Earth and Fire Earth, Wind and Fire Electric Light Orchrestra (x2) The Eagles Elephant’s Memory **F** Frank Zappa Foo Fighters Fugazi Flickerstick Flogging Molly Fear Factory Frescobaldi, Girolamo Fuel Fargo, Donna Fotheringay Four Tops Firehose Freddy Mercury Fleshtones Floyd Council Frankie Goes to Hollywood Focus Foghat Fifth Dimension Fleetwood Mac The Flaming Lips Frank Sinatra Funkadelic \*\*G \*\* Green Day (x2) Grace Slick Gwar Goo Goo Dolls Garbage George Michael Giuffria Geddy Lee The Great Society Grand Funk Railroad Gentle Giant Giant Steps Guster The Grateful Dead Gounod, Charles Goose Creek Symphony Goldfrapp The Get-Up Kids Golden Earring Godsmack George Thoroogood **H** Heart (x3) Hoodoos Gurus Holly Herman’s Hermits Hot Tuna Huey Lewis Hardcastle, Paul Hues Corporation Hole Talking Heads Hawkwind Hendrix, James Marshall HIM Hall & Oates Harrison, George Husker Du Human League The Hooters Hunters Helmet Harry, Deborah **I** Interpol Irene Cara INXS (x2) Icehouse (x2) Ink Spots AFI Itch-e and Scratch-e Irish Rovers Iommi, Tony Iron Butterfly (x2) India Arie Idlewild Incubus Isaac Arroyo ICP (Insane Clown Posse) Icicle Works International Noise Consipracy Iron & Wine Iggy Pop Isley Brothers (x2) **J** Jefferson Airplane Jeff Buckley Jethro Tull Jay and the Americans Journey Junior Senior James Gang Jakob Dylan Jimi Hendrix Jamiroquai Jelly Roll Mountain James, Ellmore Jackson Browne June of '44 Jello Biafra Joy Division Jarreau, Al Jega Jagger, Mick Jodeci John Lennon John Hartford Jars of Clay Janis Joplin \*\*K \*\* Kraftwerk Kay’s Choice K D Lang Krs One Kriss Kross King’s X Kirk Kurpensky Katydids Klaatu Kix Krokus (x2) K.C. and the Sunshine Band (x2) King Crimson Kittie Killing Joke (x2) Kiss The Kinks (x2) Kelly Clarkson **L** Led Zeppelin L7 Love LL Cool J Lush Lamb Lucinda Williams Los Lobos Lene Lovich Lynyrd Skynrd Lumidee Lonnie Johnson Lords of Acid Limahl The Lightening Seeds Letters to Cleo Lemming Lucifer Linkin Park Little Walter The La’s Lighthouse Family Live **M** Morrison, Jim M Massive Attack Martha and the Muffins Men Without Hats Mandy Moore Moe Marley, Bob Madonna Mellencamp, John Martina McBride Mahavishnu Orchestra The Monkees Mick Jagger Manic Street Preachers Member Registered: Nov 2001 Location: Posts: 502 Manic Street Preachers Metallica Mothers of Invention M/A/R/R/S Moby Grape Mathis, Johnny Mud Mudhoney Mix-a-Lot, Sir Motor Ace **N** Nina Simone Nine Inch Nails (x2) Nirvana (x2) NWA Nick Lowe Northstar Newman, Gary Nicks, Stevie N.O.R.E Nancy Sinatra New Order New York Dolls Nancy Willson The Nice New Riders of the Purple Sage Nick Mason The Nylons Neva The Nazz NRBQ Nixon Mojo **O** Oasis Oliver Oleander Old 97s Ozark Mountain Daredevils Otis Redding Oar Orgy Osmond Brothers The O-Jays Ohio Players Oldfield, Mike Olivia Newton John Oingo Boingo Omar and the Howlers Outkast Oleander OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) One Bad Pig Orbison, Roy The Outsiders The Odds **P** Peter Gabriel Peter, Paul and Mary Pretenders Pete Yorn The Pharcyde Sex Pistols Pentangle Power Station Peaches Pete Best Pete Seegar Porter Wagoner Pink Anderson Pink Floyd Presidents of the United States of America The Pogues Possom Dixon Procol Harum Prong Pop Will Eat Itself Paul McCartney Pat Travers **Q** Queen (x2) Queensryche (x2) Quiet Riot (x2) Queenhaters The Quin-tones Quiñones, Domingo Queers Question Mark and the Mysterians Q65 Sir Douglas Quintet Queens of the Stone Age Quattro, Susie Quarterflash Quartermass Status Quo Quad City DJ’s Q-Tip Quicksilver Messenger Service (x3) **R** Red Hot Chili Peppers Replacements Renaissance Residents Right Said Fred Redbone Run DMC Rick James Rage Against the Machine Rilo Kiley Radiohead Real Life Roger Waters Richards, Keith Ronnie James Dio Rush Reid Anderson Roxette The Ramones The Rolling Stones Roe, Tommy **S** Syd Barrett Sid Vicious Summer, Henry Lee The Supremes The Sundays Styx Soft Machine Scottie Moore Sigue Sigue Sputnik Sibelius, Jean Split Enz Sound Garden Supertramp Shohen Knife Smashing Pumpkins (x2) The Strokes Schleprock Steely Dan Sophie B. Hawkins Silverchair **T** The The Talk Talk Talking Heads The Time Tom Jones Todd Rundgren Tiny Tim (x2) Taste of Honey Tanya Tucker T.S.O.L (x2) Twelve Stones They Might be Giants Tina Turner Tim Buckley The Turtles Tavares Total Coelo This Mortal Coil Timbuk 3 **U** Urge Overkill United States Marine Band Uriah Heap (x3) U2 Uranus Urszula Dudziak Unsane Urban, Keith Utterance Uncle Torpedo Underground Sunshine Univers Zéro Ugly Kid Joe Ultravox The Unseen The Used UK Subs Get Up Kids Gary “U.S.” Bonds The Untouchables **V** Vai, Steve The Verve Pipe Violent Femmes (x2) Vangelis Velocity Girl Vern Gosdin Vanessa Williams VanWarmer, Randy Vanilla Fudge Vanilla Ice The Verve (x3) Veruca Salt Velvet Underground Voivod The Vines (x2) The Vapors Vince Gill Various Artists **W** The Who War Waits, Tom Walker, T-Bone Wheatus Weezer Wailers Whiskeytown World Party West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Warrant Whitney, Chris Wu Tang Clan, Foo Wizzard (x2) The Waifs Wild Cherry Ween Walsh, Joe The Wallflowers Wild Wild West The Wayouts Webb Wilder **X** XTC (x2) X X-Nihlo Xaal X-Ray Spex Symphony X Xanadu Xit Generation X Xolotl, Bernard X-Legged Sally X-ecutioners **Y** The Yardbirds Yoko Ono Y&T Yanni Yello You Am I Yankovick, Weird Al Young, Neil Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Yoyo Ma Young, Paul Yellowman Yonder Mountain String Band Yes Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yngwie Malmsteen The Youngbloods (x3) Young Rascals **Z** ZZ Top (x2) ZZ Hill Zao Zen ZNR Led Zeppelin Ziggy Stardust Ziggy, Marley Zorn, John Zevon, Warren (x2) Zucchero Jay-Z Zappa, Frank Zappa, Dweezil Zhane Zuzu’s Petals Zadora, Pia Zapp and Roger Zager, Denny Zager and Evans That’s everybody. We’re on **V**. ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/588 "2003-08-06T22:47:30Z")
great job orange Vienna Boys Choir ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/589 "2003-08-06T22:51:26Z")
Thank you, **Brad** 🙂 Wilco ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/590 "2003-08-06T23:24:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl of the CC \* > \*\*Oh, and I forgot to mention. I purposely skipped X. There simply aren’t enough bands starting with X. Holding out for one is a sure way to make this drop off the page. \*\* Just so nobody thinks I’m cheating… And double the thanx to **Orange Skinner.** Saves a lot of time!!! Sonic **Y** outh ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/591 "2003-08-07T00:15:48Z")
No problem, **if6was9** 😉 Zakk Wilde ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/592 "2003-08-07T00:22:39Z")
Alan Parsons Project ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/593 "2003-08-07T00:45:23Z")
Beethoven ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/594 "2003-08-07T00:51:42Z")
Chopin ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/595 "2003-08-07T01:15:25Z")
Daft Punk ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/596 "2003-08-07T01:30:34Z")
Earl Scruggs ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/597 "2003-08-07T02:26:44Z")
Flatt, Lester ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/598 "2003-08-07T02:33:41Z")
Good one, **Brad!** Unbelievably not done yet… George Harrison ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-alphabet/189022/599 "2003-08-07T02:41:35Z")
Doh! Yes it has, for **H.** Georgia Satellites ---
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