― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― snotty moore, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nick Sylvester, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:17 (eighteen years ago) link
The Rolling ClonesNowaysis
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
hahaha
― sleep (sleep), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link
(both slightly retarded Skerik side-projects)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap0))), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― mookie, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 12:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Wasn't it Love Guns -> Sex Pistols first?
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 12:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
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
and Hayseed Dixie
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― astropatty (adr), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
(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
― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link
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
(best.williamsburg.band.evah.)
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― hmmm (hmmm), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― giboyeux (skowly), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― superultramega (superultramarinated), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― brianiac (briania), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― sibsi (sibsi), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link
pansy division (DUH!) (HUH?)
― Ben Dot (1977), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
worth mentioning, I think, although not strictly relevant: Geezers of Nazareth
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Blind Melon?
― naus, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:47 (eighteen 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 StarRingo DeathstarKanji WestEltron JohnDale Earnhardt Jr JrKylie 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
― 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
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
Darkhouse Family
― sbahnhof, Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
Please, musicians, stop this... I happened upon no fewer than three today that were new to me, all just terrible...
Dwayne GretzkyDiana BossLana 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)
― 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 DuranWevie StonderThe BeatlessThe 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
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
Enormous Richard
― Moniker? I barely know 'er! (SlimAndSlam), Thursday, 11 August 2022 10:52 (one year ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3576075-Weird-Al-Qaeda
― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:35 (ten months ago) link
Had never made the Chubby Checker/Fats Domino connection until reading this thread...
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:41 (ten months ago) link