Start with a professional sports team. Then work the name of a reasonably well-known band between the city and the mascot. The band’s name cannot be interrupted.
I’ll start with: Oakland Paul Revere and the Raiders
San Francisco They Might Be Giants
Philadelphia The Eagles.
Chunichi Imagine Dragons.
Minnesota Thompson Twins
San Francisco UB 40-Niners
Boston Simply Red Sox
Chicago Great White Sox
Texas Night Ranger(s)
Pittsburgh Stealers Wheel (if you’ll allow a slight indulgence on the spelling.)
Los Angeles Gipsy Kings
A stretch:
Philadelphia Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
or, if you prefer:
Philadelphia Reunion (because Life Is A Rock But The Radio Rolled Me)
Washington The National(s)
Montreal Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians
St. Louis Moody Blues
Houston Love and Rockets
Or New York Jet
“Well it’s a-one, two, three … HIKE!”
Boston Red Sox … It’ll come to you.
Kansas City Royals … same trick.
No? Okay, how about, Prince and the New England Revolution.
Paul McCartney and Detroit Red Wings?