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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:59 PM
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Sardonic Rock 'n Roll band names: Post them here
Rock 'n roll was all about turning one's proverbial nose up on the establishment and authority. What better way to say "neener" than to create a mocking name for one's band? Did the Beatles start this trend? That's what I think, and suddenly the Monkees and a whole slew of bands followed to this day. Add yours to the list!
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 01:10 PM
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1. Butthole Surfers
Revolting Cocks
The New Originals

:)

Here's a website that will generate band names: http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/randband.html
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 01:15 PM
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3. UPS
Useless Pieces of Shite
great punk band from the 80's don't invite them to your house though-
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:11 PM
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6. New Originals didn't they change their name to The Thamesmen?
Countdown: 1 week!

I say we start the official thread at 1 minute after midnight (central, of course;-) and kick it all day! :thumbsup:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:38 PM
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8. That could be a LONG thread!
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:40 PM
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9. Well, it's been a month in coming!
:bounce:

Or, do we just bombard the Lounge with various threads, copycats, etc, that all have something to do with Tap? Hell, I say we do it all! :thumbsup:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:48 PM
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11. Best of both worlds, I'd say!
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:52 PM
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12. I wish us great success on our Lounge tour and so say I: Tap into DU!
Edited on Tue Dec-04-07 09:53 PM by temeah
Quotation pilfering :D
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:57 PM
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I vote we crank it up to eleven.
:evilgrin: :P :hi: :bounce:
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 10:30 PM
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17. You are an "11"!
It's funny. "11" could be argued to not have been a Tap original idea; I don't know if you've seen the movie "10" with Bo Derek, but when asked by a shrink to describe Bo on a scale of 1-10, Dudley Moore says "11".

http://images.art.com.nyud.net:8090/images/-/Bo-Derek---10-Photograph-C10037080.jpeg
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 01:13 PM
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2. I wanted to name my band Dead Frog... but unfortunately that's already taken. :(
Which I guess isn't that big a problem, since I never got around to actually starting a band.
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 02:40 PM
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4. The Pogues
Originally named Pogue Mahone — pogue mahone being the Anglicisation of the Irish póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my ass".
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:08 PM
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5. lol I never knew that!
:rofl:
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:23 PM
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7. Good call!
:hi: I was just listening to them a few minutes ago, actually. :) I think that name is a classic among rebellious band names...
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:45 PM
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10. Lovin' Spoonful
That name didn't mean much to me until recently, when I found out what it referred to. Now whenever an LS song comes on, and there are plenty on XM 60's, I give a little eeeeuuuwwww.
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:56 PM
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13. Uh, does it refer to what submarines are full of?
x(x(x(
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 09:57 PM
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14. Yes
The typical amount.
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 10:01 PM
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15. D'OH!
:puke:

Reminds me of when I learned (much later in life) to what "brown sugar" referred....
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:11 PM
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20. Brown Sugar?

I always was under the impression that "brown sugar" was slang for heroin. Is it something else?
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 12:09 AM
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28. Yes, but in the case of this song, it refers to a young black girl.
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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:38 PM
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24. Also 10CC
Yep, Godley and Creme.
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 10:25 PM
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16. Not according to Urbandictionary.com or Wikipedia:
Urbandictionary.com:

"A dose of heroin given by injection. The name is from the preparation of the heroin by mixing the drug with water in a spoon over a heat source."


Wikipedia:

"The band's name was inspired by some lines in a song of Mississippi John Hurt called the "Coffee Blues"." (If you look up the lyrics to this tune, it says "lovin' spoonful" over and over again. Could be coffee, maybe not. You never know with the blues.)
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Ahpook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 10:35 PM
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18. The Band? :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S5W4ydtM6w

I don't know, maybe? :)
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:32 PM
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22. I think so.
They perhaps could be credited with the generic movement of the 80's! :applause:
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 10:36 PM
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19. Pearl Jam.
Spunk by another name.
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:58 PM
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27. I always heard they were named after Eddie Vedder's grandmother and one of her famous recipes
:shrug: But, being rock 'n' roll, you could very well be right. :hi:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:26 PM
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21. Skullfuck
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:36 PM
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23. Slipknot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xps7AM8HbjE
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:39 PM
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25. The Presidents of the United States of America has to be the longest.
"SHE'S LUMP!"
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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 11:39 PM
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26. Pearls Before Swine
Never heard any of their music, AFAIK, but love the name!
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 12:15 AM
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29. And then there is my favorite: Toad the Wet Sprocket
Anyone know where they got their name? Anyone? Anyone? Blank Python's Flying Circus. Anyone?

:hi:
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 12:17 AM
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30. Dead Kennedys, Embryo Patrol
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