Bands that are expressions

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I mean bands whose names were taken from common english expressions like "No Way, Jose" or "Ace in the Hole" or "Piece of Cake," except none of these are actual bands as far as I know. I thought of this in the shower this morning and since then I've been struggling to come up with more than the only one I can think of so far:

Dire Straits

― Famous Athlete, Thursday, 27 February 2003 04:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Shudder to think

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Hella

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:18 (twenty-three years ago)

(Nick Cave and the) Bad Seeds

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Motley Crue

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Gin Blossoms

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Anal Cunt.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:56 (twenty-three years ago)

That killed this thread dead, didn't it?

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 27 February 2003 12:32 (twenty-three years ago)

the living end

― minna (minna), Thursday, 27 February 2003 13:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Do Make Say Think!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 27 February 2003 13:49 (twenty-three years ago)

!!! (creative application of onomatopoeia)

― tony bleach (blackshoeswhitesocks), Thursday, 27 February 2003 13:52 (twenty-three years ago)

A Certain Ratio maybe?

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:44 (twenty-three years ago)

shit, the only thing I can think of is Cheap Trick

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Go-Betweens ...?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Killing Joke

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Pearls Before Swine
Big Brother
Highway Robbery

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:05 (twenty-three years ago)

TALKING HEADS!!

― Adam A. (Keiko), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:19 (twenty-three years ago)

They Might Be Giants

― rex jr., Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Gaye Bykers On Acid!

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:55 (twenty-three years ago)

The Rolling Stones!!!!!

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Friday, 28 February 2003 00:05 (twenty-three years ago)

The Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band!!!!

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 28 February 2003 00:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Wham!
Yeah yeah yeahs

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Friday, 28 February 2003 02:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Wallflowers
?

― naga_pampa (naga_pampa), Friday, 28 February 2003 04:07 (twenty-three years ago)

23 Skidoo own this thread!

― Scott Seward, Friday, 28 February 2003 04:31 (twenty-three years ago)

til tuesday
six pence none the wiser
judas priest

― Stewart 6, Friday, 28 February 2003 04:35 (twenty-three years ago)

oh yeah... public enemy

― Stewart 6, Friday, 28 February 2003 04:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Blue Oyster Cult...as in "If I had a nickel for every cockamamey Blue Oyster Cult you enlisted me in...."

okay, maybe not.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 28 February 2003 05:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Guided By Voices

― christoff (christoff), Friday, 28 February 2003 14:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Wang Chung

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:02 (twenty-three years ago)

They Might Be Giants

They had a special on them on ABC awhile back (which was DA SHIT, btw) where they explained their name, and I'm amazed I never realized the context they implied over the 15 or so years I've been a fan.

They said that it's, like, a proclamation of fear and paranoia, like they're in their little house, and they want to go out, but they know there's some folks out there, and good God man! THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS!!!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Throwing Muses (was that an expression? sounds like one.)
This Mortal Coil
Yo La Tengo
Led Zeppelin
Band of Gypsies

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:22 (twenty-three years ago)

...and the easily-forgotten
Spin Doctors

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:23 (twenty-three years ago)

...And You Will Know Us By The Legions of Horses We Rode in On

― christoff (christoff), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:27 (twenty-three years ago)

One of my former one-man-pretending-to-be-a-band projects was called "Joy of Life" (yes, I realize now how awful a name that is), based off of a French phrase I cannot possibly spell (phonetically, it's something like: jwah de vee) that translates into, yes, "joy of life".

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Heavens To Betsy

― Poppy (poppy), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:07 (twenty-three years ago)

For the record: joie de vivre

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Also, my band shares a practice space with the (horribly named) I Think Not.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:15 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't believe nobody's said The Guess Who, or as they were originally known:
http://www.mindspring.com/~felinefrenzy/chadallenexpressions.jpg

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 February 2003 18:22 (twenty-three years ago)

The Band

― rex jr., Saturday, 1 March 2003 12:28 (twenty-three years ago)

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