I have soft spots for The Strolling Bones, Björn Again, and Anderson Council but my all-time favourite has to be Clearance Creedwater Arrival. Yours?
Lez Zeppelin, the all-lesbian Zep cover band.
Soviet Russia, that band that covers America songs.
They hand their instruments to the audience and make THEM play.
Well. I don’t know about the cleverness of their names, but these are my two favorite AC/DC cover bands.
Hayseed Dixie. Bluegrass AC/DC cover band.
Hell’s Belles. All-female AC/DC cover band. The lead guitarist wears a Catholic school girl uniform.
An all-girl band calls itself “Lez Zeppelin”
I was just thinking that “Even Better Than the Real Thing” would be a perfect name for a U2 tribute band when I happened to click onto Cafe Society and see this thread topic at the top.
(So far as I can tell, no one’s done it, though.)
I’m particular to “the Mexican Elvis”: El Vez. Dunno if he’s any good though.
dread zeppelin - zep songs to reggae beat and sung by an elvis impersonator.
Similarly, there’s AC/DShe, also an all-female cover band.
I also like Cheap Chick, the all-female Cheap Trick cover band.
Some uni friends and I performed a few Dire Straits covers.
We wanted a name that reflected a sense of difficulty or trouble, single syllables, and used D and S.
We called ourselvesDeep Shit
Si
Not clever as such but surely worth a mention.
Not a band name, but I get a chuckle out of this CD of Led Zep covers, The Song Retains the Name.
Scrantonicity.
I think the Fleetwood Mac tribute band using the name Crystal Visions is clever, mainly because I thought the name up independently for a story I wrote and now will have to change it before I can publish. Bastards. 
Well, I’ll admit to being out of touch. What is Anderson Council a clever cover for?
Cover Girl was a band my friend formed – all men, who only covered songs sung by women.
I’m pretty sure there’s a Jimmy Buffet cover band called Lost Shaker Assault.
Pink Floyd was named after 2 men named Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
Couple Queen cover bands-
Flash Harry.
We are not Queen.
MerQury.
The google ad at the bottom of the thread is UNDO CIRCUMCISION DAMAGE. sounds like a great name for a Revolting Cocks tribute band