Band names that are parodies of other bands' names

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Frank Spencer Blues Explosion
Fred Zeppelin
Tex Pistol
the Shirehorses

― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Folk Implosion

― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link

The Beatles were Buddy Holly fans. Geddit?

― snotty moore, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link

On a Rutles tip, there's always the Punk Floyd.

― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Jah Division
Jay Dee (a parody of Jay-Z)
Jay-Z (a parody of J-Zone)

― Nick Sylvester, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link

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

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Def Leppard is arguably a parody/homage to Led Zeppelin, no?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I guess tribute bands are a fertile area for this kind of thing- here are a few more to add to the ones above:

The Rolling Clones
Nowaysis

And a non-tribute band:
AB/CD

Also, Camper Van Beethoven would kind of qualify!

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Jah Division

hahaha

― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Thin Lizzy - Fat Les (Ha bloody ha ... luvvie actor Keith Allen once again trying to prove he's a 'real man'.)

― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Hayseed Dixie

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Dead Kenny Gs
Crack Sabbath

(both slightly retarded Skerik side-projects)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Jah Division is real!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link

JEWDRIVER

― DJ Mencap0))), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Sex Pistols -> Celibate Rifles

― mookie, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link

The Sid Presley Experience
The Yeastie Girls

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 12:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Sex Pistols -> Celibate Rifles

Wasn't it Love Guns -> Sex Pistols first?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 12:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Hugh Reid and the Velvet Underpants.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link

AC/DShe

On that note, my friend Sarah wants to form an all-girl Priest coverband named Judas Priestess.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link

AC/DShe

and Hayseed Dixie

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Gayrilla Biscuits!

― astropatty (adr), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Goth Brooks

(Prospective concept floated by some friends of mine in college--goth covers of country songs. Never got off the ground, sadly.)

― The Mad Puffin, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:33 (eighteen years ago) link

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

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

the kenn firpo rent explosion

(best.williamsburg.band.evah.)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link

NEARvana

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link

duran duran duran

― hmmm (hmmm), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Diff'rent Strokes

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Donna Summer

― giboyeux (skowly), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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Stalingrad Cowgirls
2 Live Jews
Bytches With Problems (I assume the name is a parody of NWA?)

― Tuomas, Thursday, 30 October 2014 08:23 (nine years ago) link

Jickael Mackson

― Moka, Thursday, 30 October 2014 08:29 (nine years ago) link

Joy Orbison

― Moka, Thursday, 30 October 2014 08:30 (nine years ago) link

Also real and awful:

Gringo Star
Ringo Deathstar
Kanji West
Eltron John
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr
Kylie Minoise

― Moka, Thursday, 30 October 2014 08:37 (nine years ago) link

Surprised to hear that Kurt Vile is an actual name not a play on Mr Lotte Lenya => Kurt Weill.
Wonder if his parents were aware of the composer?

― Stevolende, Thursday, 30 October 2014 08:39 (nine years ago) link

In the pre-rock era, perhaps the most famous singers in Finland was named Olavi Virta. Now, "Virta" is a common Finnish surname, literally it translates to "stream". Then, in the 00s, this promising young singer broke through, with the name Olavi Uusivirta. "Uusivirta" is a rare Finnish surname, but "uusi" also means "new" in Finnish, so you can interpret this guy's name as "the new Olavi Virta". Everyone assumed it was a joke, but turns out Olavi Uusivirta is his actual birth name. (I assume his parents realized what they were doing when they named their kid "Olavi".) This is pretty much the same as if an upcoming American singer was called "Frank Newsinatra".

― Tuomas, Thursday, 30 October 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link

haha I quite like Ringo Deathstar
& Joanna Gruesome too!

― nxd, Thursday, 30 October 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link

Sly and the Family Drone

― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Thursday, 30 October 2014 10:19 (nine years ago) link

cunt and the gang

― keep the meat alive: pampas grass (wins), Thursday, 30 October 2014 10:52 (nine years ago) link

Frank Sonata

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:28 (nine years ago) link

Deathray Davies

― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link

Hey, We're Frank Sinatra

― emil.y, Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link

this is such a terrible trend

― marcos, Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link

xp: lol

― how's life, Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:44 (nine years ago) link

Eagles of Death Metal

― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link

I can't really take anybody seriously who does this.

Also can't believe Trashcan Sinatras haven't been mentioned yet.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link

The Nuns (all-female Monks cover band)

― cwkiii, Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:55 (nine years ago) link

Clap Your Hands, We're Yes

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:56 (nine years ago) link

The Pains of Being Heart

― cwkiii, Thursday, 30 October 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link

A Place To Barry Sanders

― cwkiii, Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:00 (nine years ago) link

is Trashcan Sinatras a pun that I'm missing? don't think invoking a major 20th-c cultural icon is equivalent to Joanna Gruesome or whoever

― well-behaved wingmen really hate Mystery (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, I was just gonna say I actually kinda like that juxtaposition. TS's wiki says it's just two words they put together after an early practice banging on trashcans. It's a better name than The Dandy Warhols anyway, imo.

― Deliciously hard yet very accessible (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link

Chubby Checker (cf. Fats Domino) has always made me snort.

― Sam Weller, Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link

And You Will Know Us By The Trails, Man, The Dead!

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link

love this^^^

― marcos, Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link

hahaha

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

Chubby Checker (cf. Fats Domino)

woah

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

Obese Rook

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

Pudgy Marble

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

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 (nine months ago) link

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

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

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