Bands that have self-titled songs

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What bands play a song of the same name as the band?

― Aaron M, Monday, 17 February 2003 01:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Bad Company (off the self-titled album, no less)
Belle and Sebastian

― Aaron M, Monday, 17 February 2003 01:45 (twenty-three years ago)

slowdive
talk talk
living in a box
splash (early 90s aussie group)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 17 February 2003 01:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Blue Oyster Cult
Bo Diddley
Black Sabbath
Big Country (well, maybe)

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Monday, 17 February 2003 01:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Meat Puppets
Kaleidoscope (U.K.)
Minor Threat
Motorhead
Fleetwood Mac

Yeah, I mean if you allow the band name allowed surrounded by other words, that opens up a whole other can of worms. The Clash, Funkadelic, The Monks, The Meters, Kiss, Prince, Public Enemy and The Monkees all have done that...

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 17 February 2003 02:06 (twenty-three years ago)

tin machine.

― cecilia, Monday, 17 February 2003 03:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Rain Tree Crow

― bahtology, Monday, 17 February 2003 03:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Atari Teenage Riot

― Curtis Stephens, Monday, 17 February 2003 03:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Icehouse

― Joe (Joe), Monday, 17 February 2003 03:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Butthole Surfers
B.R.A.S.S.Y.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 17 February 2003 03:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Blue Oyster Cult have a song called "Blue Oyster Cult"? I didn't know that.

The Dead Boys
The Clash - "We Are the Clash" on the abortive CUT THE CRAP
Julian Cope - "Julian H. Cope"
Public Image Ltd. - "Public Image"

Sub-thread: Songs whose chrorses mention the band's name, yet have different title:

Sisters of Mercy - "Adrenochrome"
Cop Shoot Cop - "Triumphal Theme"
Devo - "Jocko Homo"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 17 February 2003 04:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Bad Religion
Descendents
Parts and Labor
Pennywise

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Monday, 17 February 2003 04:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Mull Historical Society, "Mull Historical Society."

Wondering if "Norman 3" by Teenage Fanclub counts.

Wondering why I'm all up in Scotland's hoo-hah tonight.

― Neudonym, Monday, 17 February 2003 04:55 (twenty-three years ago)

They Might Be Giants

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 17 February 2003 04:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Squarepusher

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 17 February 2003 04:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Voivod

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 17 February 2003 05:02 (twenty-three years ago)

the orange alabaster mushroom

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 17 February 2003 05:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Iron Maiden

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 17 February 2003 05:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Green Day

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 17 February 2003 09:12 (twenty-three years ago)

bad girl
djs unite
lfo

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 17 February 2003 10:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Marine Girls (Tracy Thorn's pre-EBTG band).

― Bubba, Monday, 17 February 2003 11:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Porno for Pyros had a track called "Porno for Pyros", from the "Porno for Pyros" album...

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Monday, 17 February 2003 13:25 (twenty-three years ago)

World Party

(Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 17 February 2003 13:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Wot, no one has mentioned Creation by The Creation (on Creation Records, no less)?

― kate, Monday, 17 February 2003 13:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Love City Groove

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 17 February 2003 13:54 (twenty-three years ago)

oysterhead

― naga_pampa (naga_pampa), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Unsalted Peanuts

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 17 February 2003 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Assfactor 4
Men's Recovery Project

similar: Born Against Is Fucking Dead

― Ian Johnson, Monday, 17 February 2003 17:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Servotron

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 17 February 2003 18:29 (twenty-three years ago)

twin hype
theoretical girls

― tony bleach, Monday, 17 February 2003 19:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Electric Wizard

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 17 February 2003 20:33 (twenty-three years ago)

jim's The Fall

― rex jr., Monday, 17 February 2003 21:59 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

There are many self-titled albums but how many self-titled songs are there? I can only think of one right now but there should be more:

Talk Talk - Talk Talk

― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 13 April 2009 21:16 (seventeen years ago)

No Doctors
Motorhead

― Trip Maker, Monday, 13 April 2009 21:22 (seventeen years ago)

angels of light

― mark cl, Monday, 13 April 2009 21:23 (seventeen years ago)

The Boredoms have made an art-form of remixing their own name

― yes threads (country matters), Monday, 13 April 2009 21:30 (seventeen years ago)

Does the Ramones live cover of Motorhead's "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." count?

― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 00:09 (seventeen years ago)

The Chap ended their second album with an almost entirely ambient track called "Emerson, Lake And Palmer"

― yes threads (country matters), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 00:14 (seventeen years ago)

The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Se-e-e-et. The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set. The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Se-e-e-et, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set.

― Fishes, You Hit Me With A Flounder (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 00:43 (seventeen years ago)

Negative Approach!

― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 00:44 (seventeen years ago)

Does Neil Young's "Buffalo Springfield Again" count?

― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 01:39 (seventeen years ago)

just reviewed some Swedish garagerock-band called Babian, the album opens with, well you guessed right.

― Ludo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 13:52 (seventeen years ago)

album called: Fullproppad, Listtopad, Livradd & Uppstoppad!

― Ludo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 13:52 (seventeen years ago)

i have no idea what that means, though the latter is probably Unstoppable

― Ludo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 13:53 (seventeen years ago)

Does the Ramones live cover of Motorhead's "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." count?

nah, neither does Madness' cover of Prince Buster's Madness wot they named themselves after

― Bostin' Legal (sic), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 04:57 (seventeen years ago)

Self-titled songs on self-titled debut LPs:

Autosalvage
Black Sabbath
Bo Diddley
Iron Maiden
Lucifer's Friend
Meat Puppets
Motorhead
Saint Vitus
Voivod

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 06:16 (seventeen years ago)

The Soft Boys - "Give It TO The Soft Boys"

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 12:44 (seventeen years ago)

(not really) The Clash (by that time): We Are The Clash

― Bostin' Legal (sic), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 13:43 (seventeen years ago)

Doop - Doop

― Tuomas, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:22 (seventeen years ago)

okkervil river has "the okkervil river song"

― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:37 (seventeen years ago)

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