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

― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link

trulio discracias

― superultramega (superultramarinated), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Ugly Kid Joe (see: Pretty Boy Floyd)

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link

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

― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

Cher UK

― brianiac (briania), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

stock, hausen & walkman

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link

pansy division (DUH!)

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Boy Division

― sibsi (sibsi), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link

John Cougar Concentration Camp

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Brian Jonestown Massacre

pansy division (DUH!) (HUH?)

― Ben Dot (1977), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Elvis Costello

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Chicks on Speed -> Lesbians on Ecstasy

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link

MFDMK

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link

The Descendents -> The Offspring

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Stretching the concept a little

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

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link

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

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link

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

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Deejay Dinah Shore Jr.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Blind Boy Fuller: Blind
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Blind

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Blind Boy Fuller: Blind
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Blind

Blind Melon?

― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Jefferson Airplane as well.

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

Beastie Boys -> Beach Boys??

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Jefferson Airhead

― Black Arkestra (Black Arkestra), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link

girl scout heroin

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

mad donna

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:30 (eighteen years ago) link

The shitty beatles

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Lynyrd Skinhead

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:41 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

Alan Parsons Project Project

― Beta (abeta), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link

sex clark five

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:50 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Has there ever been a band called No?

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:59 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

kathleen turner overdrive

― fackoof, Thursday, 2 June 2005 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link

shit i was gonna mention them...

― chris andrews (fraew), Thursday, 2 June 2005 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

Black Fag

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Jah Division is real! - it's Russian reggae band

Pink Freud - young Polish jazz band

Good Religion

― p, Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Black Velvet Flag. Added points for parodic album cover as well.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000004BCN.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

― John Justen (johnjusten), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Bit Meddler
Melodious Thunk

― On a Strict El Cholo Diet (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:28 (eighteen years ago) link

REAL
The Elvis Brothers
The Darned
The Sid Presley Experience

"REAL"
Booker Table And The Maitre D's (John Lennon's backup on "Beef Jerky"
George O'Hara
Hari Georgeson
Jai Raj Harisein
George Harrysong

FAKE
Kurt Cocain
John Soultraine
Wilbert Wayler

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Real Tribute bands based in the Midlands

Fred Zeppelin
The Beagles
Nowaysis
Newvana
Motorheadache
Jon ByJovi
The Clone Roses
By Order

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link

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

Ah well. Thanks.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Cliff Bitchard!!!!!
Missy Elephant!!!!!
Radio Fred!!!!!
Steeleye Spoon!!!!
Spandau Valet!!!!!

Actually, I just made those up!!!!

This one's real tho- Feminem!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link

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Zaftig Die

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

Skinny Puffy

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

Matching Mole

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

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

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

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

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

three years pass...

Darkhouse Family

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

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 (four years ago) link

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 (four years ago) link

Duran Duran Duran
Wevie Stonder
The Beatless
The Beatles

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

DJ Kane West

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

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 (four years ago) link

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 (four years ago) link

They are!

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

two years pass...

Enormous Richard

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

ten months pass...

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

― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:35 (ten months ago) link

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

― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:41 (ten months ago) link

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