# Name the 50 bands or solo artists in this image **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 23, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064 "2023-12-23T22:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/21 "2023-12-23T23:56:57Z")
Green Door. Steps. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/22 "2023-12-24T00:52:55Z")
Obviously, It’s A Beautiful Day. Mountain (poster in window) They are female sheep. There are a pair of them. The creator of this cartoon must die. (U2/Ewe2) Katy Perry (two bottles on table) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/23 "2023-12-24T02:46:48Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > And I assume the Robin is for the singer _Robyn_ Probably “Robin Thicke.” (Because the robin is thick.) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/24 "2023-12-24T06:30:41Z")
Pet Shop Boys (in the “Pets 4U” window— an homage to the cover of their debut album, “Actually”) UB40 (button on shirt of man eating corn) Shaggy? (front of ice cream truck) Broken Radio Mister Softee? ---
**Author:** ![Dialo\_Malison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dialo_malison/32/14734_2.png) [@Dialo\_Malison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dialo_Malison)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/25 "2023-12-24T08:20:41Z")
What I found before I gave up and read the replies: White Zombie Bare Naked Ladies Crash Test Dummies Men at Work The Carpenters Flock of Seagulls I wonder, is that a Puddle of Mud under the table with the bread? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/26 "2023-12-24T08:31:53Z")
Soft Cell? (Mr Softee ice cream van for sale) ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/27 "2023-12-24T08:45:49Z")
What does the nativity scene signify? At first glance I figured it was The Jesus and Mary Chain, but I don’t see any chains. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/28 "2023-12-24T09:25:43Z")
The Hollies (corners of the roof). Dead Kennedys (guy under the van)? Siouxsie and the Banshees. Neal Diamond (kneeling guy with the diamond). Joy Division (joystick) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/29 "2023-12-24T09:44:23Z")
Missed the edit window. The Cranberries. Bananarama. King Crimson. ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/30 "2023-12-24T11:46:02Z")
I think the guy under the van is The Grateful Dead - he is doing a thumbs up, and I think the note says thanks. The ones getting ice cream might be Propellerheads. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/31 "2023-12-24T12:42:51Z")
Oops, you’re right. I withdraw Dead Kennedys. Cake. Tool (the carpenters have a saw and a hammer) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/32 "2023-12-24T13:22:42Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Soft Cell? (Mr Softee ice cream van for sale) Clever! …I think we’re gonna end up with a lot more than 50! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/33 "2023-12-24T13:41:06Z")
Part of the problem here is that one can take almost any word or phrase, and find some band somewhere, somewhen who was named that. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/34 "2023-12-24T14:33:02Z")
That’s a feature rather than a problem, I think. * * * N-Trance. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/35 "2023-12-24T14:42:49Z")
Scooter. (a German happy hardcore, rave and techno music band, apparently) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/36 "2023-12-24T14:44:16Z")
Hijack, but how does one successfully mush together “happy” and “hardcore” and make it work? ETA: I guess Germans are good at mushing two words together, as a feature of their language … ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/37 "2023-12-24T15:11:15Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Part of the problem here is that one can take almost any word or phrase, and find some band somewhere, somewhen who was named that. Like Wolfmother? Hot Chip Long Pigs White Stripes Some of the text is hard to make out (“Kings of Leon”) > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Hijack, but how does one successfully mush together “happy” and “hardcore” and make it work? Start at 180 bpm. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/38 "2023-12-24T16:42:21Z")
Guy running with scissors: its a tailor. And he’s running swiftly… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/39 "2023-12-24T17:19:48Z")
See Post #12. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064/40 "2023-12-24T17:39:47Z")
I make it 55 so far :- A Flock of Seagulls Animals, the Arcade Fire Bananarama. Barenaked Ladies Black Crowes Bread Broken Radio Cake Carpenters, the Commodores, the Cranberries, the Crash Test Dummies Crowded House Danger Mouse Def Leopard Doves Elbow Embrace Grateful Dead Green Door. Guess Who, the Hot Chip Katy Perry King Crimson Kings of Leon Level 42 Long Pigs Madonna Men At Work Men Without Hats Mountain Neal Diamond New York Dolls One Direction Pet Shop Boys Propellerheads Salt-N-Pepa Scooter Shaggy Shed 7 Siouxsie and the Banshees. Snoop Dogg Soft Cell Steps T. Rex Taylor Swift U2 UB40 Van Halen War War on Drugs, the Wet Leg White Stripes Zombies, the [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064.md?page=3)