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Old 01-10-2006, 13:38
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I'll start...

1) Cute is what we aim for

2) TV on the radio


...anymore?!
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Old 01-10-2006, 15:44
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Old 01-10-2006, 16:06
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I know that this isn't a band, but there is a firm in Leicester called T. Watts. Cracks me up every time I see their vans
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Old 01-10-2006, 16:08
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Old 01-10-2006, 16:36
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Old 01-10-2006, 18:36
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Old 01-10-2006, 18:55
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Arctic Monkeys - silly name, great band. But if you think about it, some of the greatest bands in history had silly names but as you are so familiar with it, it doesn't sound strange at all...

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
U2

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Old 01-10-2006, 18:58
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The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, although I gather later on they dropped the "Doo Dah"

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Old 01-10-2006, 18:59
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The The - a band so good they named it twice.
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Old 01-10-2006, 19:01
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Holy Molar - for some reason I really like this one.
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Old 01-10-2006, 19:09
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Also come to think of it, Snow Patrol is pretty weird too.
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Old 01-10-2006, 19:30
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Old 01-10-2006, 19:30
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Can't believe I forgot, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Boy Least Likely To.
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Old 01-10-2006, 20:02
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Originally Posted by SGE
Arctic Monkeys - silly name, great band. But if you think about it, some of the greatest bands in history had silly names but as you are so familiar with it, it doesn't sound strange at all...

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
U2
Difference is, that they were/are great bands. The Arctic Monkeys have a crap name and are a crap band.
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Old 01-10-2006, 20:12
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Garbage is pretty weird
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Old 01-10-2006, 20:22
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Old 01-10-2006, 21:15
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No idea what kind of music they play, but I love the name!
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Old 01-10-2006, 21:31
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For weird group names, you'd have to go a long way to beat the 60s and 70s....

The Rock & Roll Double Bubble Trading Card Company Of Philadelphia
T.O.N.T.O..S Expanding Head Band
1910 Fruitgum Co.
Crazy Elephant
Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus
Capt. Groovy & His Bubblegum Army
The La De Das
Les Fleur De Les
The Q’65
The Masters Apprentices
Wimple Winch
Cuby & The Blizzards
The Ugly Ducklings
Winston’s Fumbs
The Electric Prunes
Mouse & The Traps
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators
The Chocolate Watchband
The Magic Mushrooms
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Cupid's Inspiration
Frijid Pink
Shocking Blue
The Golliwogs (aka Creedence Clearwater Revival)
The Lollipop Shoppe
The Balloon Farm
The Unrelated Segments
Hedgehoppers Anonymous
The Harbinger Complex
The Clefs Of Lavender Hill
Zakary Thaks

....the list is endless
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Old 01-10-2006, 21:46
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I blame the lsd...
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Old 01-10-2006, 21:52
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Originally Posted by SGE
I blame the lsd...
So would they..... if they could remember


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Old 01-10-2006, 23:24
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Originally Posted by SilentWitness
For weird group names, you'd have to go a long way to beat the 60s and 70s....
....the list is endless
OK, could someone please confirm or deny that there was a band in the 60s called 'Snotty and The Nose Pickers'.
It sounds as though it would be more like a punk band, but when watching a retrospective of John Peel's life, they played a clip of him from his Texas radio station from about 1964. (He was called John Ravenscroft at this point). In the clip he told listeners to tune to his show to hear the latest in 'magnificent English beat groups, such as Hollies, Kinks, Spencer Davies Group, Snotty and the Nose Pickers and Boys Blue'.
Searching the web came up with no reference to any band called Snotty and the Nosepickers, and I got the idea that Peel was having his own private joke at gullible Americans' expense: the idea that he could have dozens of Texans going 'yeah, I just love Snotty and the Nose Pickers' in a desperate attempt to sound cool.

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Old 02-10-2006, 10:26
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The New Pornographers . . . the name is funny .
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Old 02-10-2006, 14:12
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My favourite is "The Seal Cub Clubbing Club"
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Old 02-10-2006, 14:22
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the Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's - I find it difficult to say gracefully
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Old 02-10-2006, 17:57
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Don't forget Foetus!

I also saw a local pub band once called Bessie And The Zinc Buckets!
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