# Names for yet-to-be-formed Tribute Bands **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671 "2006-03-31T06:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/21 "2006-04-04T17:40:27Z")
Real Spanish band: **Tony Manero**. They started doing covers from 75-85, later expanded but still dress like something Manero saw in his bad dreams. I really like their work, too. Some of them are in other bands, this one is covers-only and only for fun. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/22 "2006-04-04T17:53:53Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > ABBA-DABBA-DO! Bwhahaha!! Springsteen tribute band: Cover Me Kansas/Springsteen tribute band: Nebraska The The tribute band: The The The ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/23 "2006-04-04T17:56:14Z")
For Led Zeppelin: Followed Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/24 "2006-04-04T18:38:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There’s already a band with that name. Maybe B-2? Okay. Thought of another one: Was (Not Was) = Not (Was (Not Was)) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/25 "2006-04-05T02:32:57Z")
Boy Shop Pets ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/26 "2006-04-05T03:02:32Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There’s already a band with that name. Maybe B-2? That would be the tribute band for the B-52s. ---
**Author:** ![Available\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Available\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Available_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/27 "2006-04-05T03:16:42Z")
I always thought that \*\*Meat Eating Orchids \*\* would be a great name for a Nirvana cover band. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/28 "2006-04-05T20:57:11Z")
Some gender bender bands Princess and the Nude Power Generation. The Flaming Lisps Janes a Dyke son. Sisters of Mersey (Liverpudlian Goth Chicks, mmmmnnn) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/29 "2006-04-05T21:02:16Z")
They Might be Midgets Notvana Evanisn’ts Oi (from Oingo Boingo, to Oingo…) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/30 "2006-04-05T21:24:49Z")
Something Very Corporate …and You Will Know Us As the Band that Sounds Like And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead Impostor (Elvis Costello tribute) Sludge-filled Rivers of Jersey City (Fountains of Wayne) Billy Idolizers Sticks ‘n’ Stones (double cover band) Hyannisport Ju-87 (Covers the B-52’s and SR-71. And Prussian Blue.) Keaner Merely Adequate Charlotte The Vaccine Cyanide (a loving tribute to Poison ;)) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/31 "2006-04-05T22:23:43Z")
Waffle Hours [Wallflowers] Okay Okay Okay [Yeah Yeah Yeahs] Penis [Whitesnake] Troubled Jester Squad [Inclined Brown Possibly] Herb Tea Lads [Beastie Boys] Who Da Bris [Jewish Tribute to Ludacris] ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/32 "2006-04-05T22:33:54Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Insane Clone Posse This is the best answer yet. Problem is, nobody wants to cover them. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/33 "2006-04-05T23:34:57Z")
Worse than Ezra (better than ezra) Mrs. Missus (Mr. Mister) And-And (the-the) Willy Lyre (Billy Sqier) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/34 "2006-04-06T00:24:11Z")
Handguns Making Love The Disheveled Gang The South Side of Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Baine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Baine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baine)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/35 "2006-04-06T01:04:31Z")
ReREM Blinder Melon They Might Be Giants, but probably not Fake (rhymes with Cake) Green Afternoon You Got Served (by the Postal Service) Was there ever an actual band called the Shitty Beatles? ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/36 "2006-04-06T01:34:22Z")
Hmm, Tribute Bands: REM: (Love ya M!) No Stipends. Talking Heads: Muy Guillotine The Doors: Shut It, Rimbaud Styllee Lou Reed/Velvet Underground: Slip Y’all On My Banana Appeal Beastie Boys: Enuffuckin’ Sez Forty, Yo! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/37 "2006-04-06T14:24:47Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Penis [Whitesnake] _That’s_ what whitesnake refers to?!? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/38 "2006-04-06T18:23:42Z")
Who else is nerdy enough to want a REM tribute band called /\* … \*/ ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/39 "2006-04-06T18:37:07Z")
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Old Purple Hays (some dude with the last name of Hays who likes playing Hendrix) A Hard Night’s Day (Beatles, of course) Bow Jones (Aerosmith) Jefferson Starplane/Jefferson Airship John Mellan Cougarcamp ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-yet-to-be-formed-tribute-bands/350671/40 "2006-04-07T01:10:05Z")
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