Band names that are parodies of other bands' names

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Courtney Love (the Lois Maffeo band)
Donna Summer (aka Jason Forrest)

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

El Vez, obv.

And it just occurred to me on seeing the Mint Condition thread that "Spearmint Condition" would be a pretty good band name.

― The Mad Puffin, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

the kenn firpo rent explosion

(best.williamsburg.band.evah.)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

NEARvana

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

duran duran duran

― hmmm (hmmm), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Diff'rent Strokes

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Donna Summer

― giboyeux (skowly), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The John and Spencer Booze Explosion (John Atkins/Spencer Moody one-off covers EP)

― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

trulio discracias

― superultramega (superultramarinated), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Ugly Kid Joe (see: Pretty Boy Floyd)

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Stretching the concept a little, there was a band from Chicago called 'Mary Tyler Morphine'

― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Thelonious Monster, ok, Monk is not a "band", but it must be worth something that for a time (sometime in the late 80s?) they changed their name to Thelonious Monster Mellencamp.

― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Cher UK

― brianiac (briania), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Arguably any band called The ________ Experience owes a debt to Hendrix, tho it's not always a parody.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

stock, hausen & walkman

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

pansy division (DUH!)

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Boy Division

― sibsi (sibsi), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

John Cougar Concentration Camp

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Brian Jonestown Massacre

pansy division (DUH!) (HUH?)

― Ben Dot (1977), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Elvis Costello

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Chicks on Speed -> Lesbians on Ecstasy

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:23 (twenty-one years ago)

MFDMK

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

The Descendents -> The Offspring

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Stretching the concept a little

worth mentioning, I think, although not strictly relevant: Geezers of Nazareth

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

A woman here used to perform as Fat Benatar (she was heavy and sang Benatar songs).

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

What about all those blues guys with "Blind" in their names? Were they all really blind?

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Deejay Dinah Shore Jr.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Blind Boy Fuller: Blind
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Blind

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Blind Boy Fuller: Blind
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Blind

Blind Melon?

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Jefferson Airplane as well.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Beastie Boys -> Beach Boys??

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Jefferson Airhead

― Black Arkestra (Black Arkestra), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

girl scout heroin

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

American Head Charge - going only by this recent thread: American Head Charge Guitarist Found Dead

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Martin Mull used to perform a "rich man's blues" song as Blind Lemon Pledge.

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

mad donna

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

The shitty beatles

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Lynyrd Skinhead

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

There's an Irish Sisters of Mercy tribute band called Sisters of Murphy. ugh.

And there used to be a DC act called Sisters of Morrissey.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Alan Parsons Project Project

― Beta (abeta), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

sex clark five

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i heard a guy called 'poor stanley' interviewed on the radio this morning about his band 'kisstake'

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is proof that it's almost always a bad idea to choose your band name this way.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

but sex clark five were the best thing out of huntsville ever.

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Has there ever been a band called No?

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The best "stretching the concept" that I ever saw was The Urethra Franklins. Still brilliant!

― Danger Mouse (Dave M), Thursday, 2 June 2005 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

kathleen turner overdrive

― fackoof, Thursday, 2 June 2005 03:25 (twenty-one years ago)

shit i was gonna mention them...

― chris andrews (fraew), Thursday, 2 June 2005 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex - The name Steeleye Span didn't refer to Steely Dan - it came from a character in an old song.

― Pangolino 2, Thursday, 2 June 2005 04:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Black Fag

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)

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hahaha

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:28 (eleven years ago)

Chubby Checker (cf. Fats Domino)

woah

― well-behaved wingmen really hate Mystery (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 30 October 2014 19:55 (eleven years ago)

Obese Rook

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 20:08 (eleven years ago)

Pudgy Marble

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 20:08 (eleven years ago)

Zaftig Die

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 20:10 (eleven years ago)

Skinny Puffy

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 October 2014 20:13 (eleven years ago)

Matching Mole

― Mark G, Friday, 31 October 2014 12:41 (eleven years ago)

Not sure where Henry Cow comes from since I think they disavowed Henry Cowell

― Stevolende, Friday, 31 October 2014 13:39 (eleven years ago)

A bit like how Modest Mouse didn't come from Modest Mussorgsky?

― Mark G, Friday, 31 October 2014 13:43 (eleven years ago)

three years pass...

Darkhouse Family

― sbahnhof, Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:56 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

Please, musicians, stop this... I happened upon no fewer than three today that were new to me, all just terrible...

Dwayne Gretzky
Diana Boss
Lana del Rabies

Stop!

In more happy news, Chet Faker has dropped that moniker and started performing under his own name, Nick Murphy.

― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 05:30 (six years ago)

Fairport Convention -----> Fairground Attraction.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, June 1, 2005 8:53 PM (fourteen years ago)

this seems wildly unlikely tbh

― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 06:33 (six years ago)

Duran Duran Duran
Wevie Stonder
The Beatless
The Beatles

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 08:18 (six years ago)

DJ Kane West

― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 13:20 (six years ago)

five months pass...

Thin Lizzy - Fat Les (Ha bloody ha ... luvvie actor Keith Allen once again trying to prove he's a 'real man'.)
― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, June 1, 2005 11:29 AM (fourteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah, but it's actually short for "Fat Lesbian"

(oh, he's gone)

― Mark G, Thursday, 20 February 2020 09:16 (six years ago)

thanks to whomever posted vaginasore jr in that other thread -- so effin good!

― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Friday, 21 February 2020 20:09 (six years ago)

They are!

― Dunty Reggae party 🎉 (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 February 2020 20:12 (six years ago)

two years pass...

Enormous Richard

― Moniker? I barely know 'er! (SlimAndSlam), Thursday, 11 August 2022 10:52 (three years ago)

ten months pass...

https://www.discogs.com/artist/3576075-Weird-Al-Qaeda

― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:35 (two years ago)

Had never made the Chubby Checker/Fats Domino connection until reading this thread...

― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:41 (two years ago)

one year passes...

Nihil Young

― StanM, Monday, 31 March 2025 10:57 (one year ago)

eight months pass...

There's a band called EELS. Not eels. EELS. (almost seems vindictive) - or at least is going to really annoy every venue, ticket agent and promoter that has to deal with the fallout of having a band name with the exact same letters as another band.

― . (jamiesummerz), Monday, 8 December 2025 10:50 (five months ago)

ok i was confused. the band is called Being Dead. the album is EELS. it's monday.

― . (jamiesummerz), Monday, 8 December 2025 10:51 (five months ago)

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