# The cleverest tribute band/cover band names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372 "2008-04-22T05:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/1 "2008-04-22T05:22:21Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/2 "2008-04-22T05:55:50Z")
Lez Zeppelin, the all-lesbian Zep cover band. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/3 "2008-04-22T05:57:59Z")
Soviet Russia, that band that covers America songs. They hand their instruments to the audience and make THEM play. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/4 "2008-04-22T06:15:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/5 "2008-04-22T06:23:41Z")
An all-girl band calls itself “Lez Zeppelin” ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/6 "2008-04-22T06:25:00Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/7 "2008-04-22T06:41:37Z")
I’m particular to “the Mexican Elvis”: [El Vez](http://www.elvez.net/evFrameset.html). Dunno if he’s any good though. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/8 "2008-04-22T06:52:09Z")
dread zeppelin - zep songs to reggae beat and sung by an elvis impersonator. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/9 "2008-04-22T07:53:11Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] **Hell’s Belles**. All-female AC/DC cover band. The lead guitarist wears a Catholic school girl uniform. [/QUOTE] Similarly, there’s AC/DShe, also an all-female cover band. I also like Cheap Chick, the all-female Cheap Trick cover band. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/10 "2008-04-22T09:23:36Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/11 "2008-04-22T10:32:29Z")
[Anal Gestapo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_Gestapo). Not clever as such but surely worth a mention. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/12 "2008-04-22T11:18:27Z")
Not a band name, but I get a chuckle out of this CD of Led Zep covers, [The Song Retains the Name.](http://www.amazon.com/Song-Retains-Name-Various-Artists/dp/B000001XVK) ---
**Author:** ![I\_m\_No\_Saint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/977dab/32.png) [@I\_m\_No\_Saint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_m_No_Saint)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/13 "2008-04-22T14:32:28Z")
Scrantonicity. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/14 "2008-04-22T14:50:33Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/15 "2008-04-22T15:36:37Z")
Well, I’ll admit to being out of touch. What is **Anderson Council** a clever cover for? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/16 "2008-04-22T16:04:11Z")
**Cover Girl** was a band my friend formed – all men, who only covered songs sung by women. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/17 "2008-04-22T16:15:57Z")
I’m pretty sure there’s a Jimmy Buffet cover band called _Lost Shaker Assault_. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/18 "2008-04-22T16:29:23Z")
[QUOTE=singular1] Well, I’ll admit to being out of touch. What is **Anderson Council** a clever cover for? [/QUOTE] Pink Floyd was named after 2 men named Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/19 "2008-04-22T16:34:16Z")
Couple Queen cover bands- Flash Harry. We are not Queen. MerQury. ---
**Author:** ![mike\_ahndembroak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mike\_ahndembroak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike_ahndembroak)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372/20 "2008-04-22T19:33:59Z")
The google ad at the bottom of the thread is UNDO CIRCUMCISION DAMAGE. sounds like a great name for a Revolting Cocks tribute band [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleverest-tribute-band-cover-band-names/446372.md?page=2)