What Were The Band Names That Didn't Quite Make It?
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September 4th, 2017
Band names or solo acts probably think a lot about their name before they become famous, but what kind of names were perhaps thought of before being discarded?
Have some fun with it.
An Example:
The Foo Fighters – The Poo Fighters.
Spandau Ballet – Spandex Ballet
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Level 93
42 Cent
18 Degrees
Thirty-five Blind Boys from Alabama
Lukewarmplay
The Beach Balls.
The Woodpeckers.
Perry Como – - Perry Coma
Eddie Fisher – - Eddie Fisherman
Lady Gaga – - Lady GooGoo
BoyZ II Men – - – Boys to Ladies
The Letterman – - -The Numbermen
Brad Paisley – - – Brad Gingham
Stovie Wonder
Lovers of Convention
The What
Hello Buddy
The Six Pustules
AD/BC.
Johnny CreditCard
Poop Doggy Bag
Curiosity Partially Stunned the Cat
The Stationary Stones
Pelvis Presley
Smokey Robinson & the Ordinaries; also Smoked Robinson & the Mirror Kills.
The Beatoffs. Some of their greatest hits were She Shoves You, I Wanna Hold Your Ham, and A Day with the Wife,
Jimi Hendrix Expiration
Fred Zeppelin
Grateful Corpses
Duwalk Duran
Joy Orbitsun
Martian Tuckerfucker Band
Hall & Goats
Briefly there was a group formed by opera singer Beverly Sills, news anchor and wannabe drummer Connie Chung, lover of unconscious women Bill Cosby, and country legend Johnny Cash. They were going to call their band Cosby, Sills, Cash, and Chung.
Unemployment Benefit, Form 40
F52’s
Youtoo
Fred Quicksilver
1.6 Kilometers Davis
Steely Span
Steeleye Dan
U W-2
PP Top
Gladys In Chains
Suyx
Moderately-Priced Trick
Pariah Scary
Colorless Clam Cult
The Doorks.
The Four Bottoms
Kenny G-string
Mentallica
Velveeta Underground
Ellaphant Fitztgerald
Farty Robbins, whose greatest hit was El Passo Mucho Gasso.
Frankie Lyman and the Old Geezers
Mauve Floyd
The Beat-Offs
Buddy Holly and the Cockroaches
Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Corporation
The Just Friends Spoonful
Dinah Shore – - – Dinah Coastline
The Box Tops – - – The Box Bottoms
Strawberry Alarm Clock – - – Peach Digital Watch
Derrick and the Dominos – - – Harry and Checkers
Four Satins – - – Five Flannels
George Jefferson Airplane
Actually Quite Mild Chili Peppers – RHCP
Minor Member of the Royal Family – Prince
Zippo Lighter 20 – Matchbox 20
The Everley Brothers by Adoption – No explanation required
Complex Red
Blue Floyd
Suzi and the Banksheets
MP3Head
White Sabbath
The Standing Stoners
Guns and Orchids
The Bee Geez
Oreo Smiths
Def Hedgehog
The Joiners
Adam and the Crickets
African Monkeys
Dog Stevens
The Jojo berries
Kate’s Bush
Fleetwood Raincoat
U2— You As Well
The Jam – The Strawberry Puree
Genesis – Deuteronomy
The Bee Geesus
Stewart’s Rod
The Bowling Moans
The Bores
The Boors
Bananaramadingdong
Puce Sabbath
The Mamas & The Poptarts
Blue Oyster Dip
Celine Dionne Warwick
Nat Clean Coal
Gerry & The Place Kickers
Goys to Mensch
The Faxx
The Asthmatics (could have worked for either Weezer or The Plasmatics)
Urethra Franklin
Wiener Dog Night
Creedence Bottled Water Revival
Little Anthony & The Imperial Margarines
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Albert in a Can
Goy George and The Coffee Clatch
The Yeastie Boys
Cyndi Lop Ear (she originally tried out for Echo and The Bunnymen~)
Fat Boy Slimfast
Stink Go # 2
Peter, Paul & Larry
The Bleach Boys
Donovan Think About It
Estelle Getty & The Heart Monitors
And last, but not least, the long lost band that was formed when a fanboy, a thief, a white supremacist, and a porn star formed a band: Cosplay, Steals, Trash & Hung
I usta think it would be funny if a band called themselves Noon,because then when anyone requested one of their songs it would sound like, Could you play (favorite song) by Noon?”
Ship’s Crue
Molly Screwdriver
Twisted Blister
The Mamas And Papas And All Their Little Effin Inbreds
The Mildly Spicey Banana Peppers
Def Housecat
Smashing Prunes
Sparsely Clad Women
Tony Orlando And Some Girls
Sam the Sham and the Egyptian Tyrants
Hootie and the Blowjob
Hoobasmellsnice
Uncle ChristmasKrakers
The Grrrranimals:
With their hits:
House of the Ascending Solar Orb.
We Have Got to Get Out of Here now.
San Diego Evenings
To Like Somebody a Lot
Airline Pilot
and
Please Don’t Let Me Be MissAmerica.
New Kids on the Cock…rejected as was trademarked already by the pope.
The Bitch Boys…regarded as a too accurate definition of the Bee Gees.
Chubby Fucker…obscene yet true.
Barbara Drieshand…with large bath towel after blowing her nose.
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