Band names that are parodies of other bands' names

Chet Faker

dumb, not gonna listen

Joanna Gruesome

^ another one I have already ruled out ever listening to

Hey guys, how about John TROLLCANE! It's like this troll, with a cane! Man, it's crazy how substituting letters into words can make different words.

Yeah, I've seen that Chet Faker name around. gtfo.

The one that really bugs me lately - although it's not a band parody - is Nipsey Hussle.

Buck Cherry

Cheap Schtick

There are a bunch of all female cover bands in town:

Sheezer
Hervana
Vag Halen

...all real.

The Monkees

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

Jickael Mackson

Joy Orbison

Also real and awful:

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

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?

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".

haha I quite like Ringo Deathstar
& Joanna Gruesome too!

Sly and the Family Drone

cunt and the gang

Frank Sonata

Deathray Davies

Hey, We're Frank Sinatra

this is such a terrible trend

xp: lol

Eagles of Death Metal

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

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

The Nuns (all-female Monks cover band)

Clap Your Hands, We're Yes

The Pains of Being Heart

A Place To Barry Sanders

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

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.

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

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

love this^^^

hahaha

Chubby Checker (cf. Fats Domino)

woah

Obese Rook

Pudgy Marble

Zaftig Die

Skinny Puffy

Matching Mole

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

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

Darkhouse Family

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.

Fairport Convention -----> Fairground Attraction.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, June 1, 2005 8:53 PM (fourteen years ago)

this seems wildly unlikely tbh

Duran Duran Duran
Wevie Stonder
The Beatless
The Beatles

DJ Kane West