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Wednesay Coffee Break: By The Way, Which One's Pink?
Posted at 8:20 AM on November 4, 2009
by Steve Seel
(46 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break
(updated below)
Why would you name your band after a person who's not actually in the band? Because it's clever, confusing, and therefore fun. Not to mention ironic, which is always good too. Today's 9:30 Coffee Break is all about such bands, like Jethro Tull or Lynyrd Skynyrd (both were real people, incidentally - just not in the band, since the former was an 18th-century British agriculturalist and the latter a guy actually named Leonard Skinner who was a gym teacher the guys in the band had in high school). Naturally, we'd like you to help us think of some others (not that we'd never play either of those ... don't tempt us).
Update: Here are our six selections from your over 150 awesome suggestions:
1) Walt Mink, "Miss Happiness"
2) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, "40 Day Dream"
3) Fujiya & Miyagi, "Transparent Things"
4) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, "Think I Wanna Die"
5) Bettie Serveert, "Tomboy"
6) Belle & Sebastian, "Dear Catastrophe Waitress"
Comments (46)
Don Caballero
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground
Kind of a theme of "Fake Name" and "Random Noun(s)" here...
Something by Danny Wilson or Bettie Serveirt(sp?)
Franz Ferdinand
Derek and the Dominos
Tanya Morgan
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
How about Milli Vanilli, and Mott the Hoople.
Luscious Jackson
The Boo Radleys
Steely Dan ---
No one is Steely or Dan
Belle & Sebastian
Dr. Dog
Flogging Molly
Also, Reverend Horton Heat
Clem snide. This band's name comes from a character in several William s Burroughs novels. Lead singer has an Israeli background and another unusual name. Eef Barzelay (actually named Ifar Barzelay )
Dandy Warhols
Belle and Sebastian
Jethro Tull
Walt Mink
Janes Addiction
No Jane in the band
Pedro the Lion
Grandpaboy
Silent Film Star
Moby
Mazzy Star
Molly Hatchet
Dead Kennedy's
Camper van Beethoven
Tyler Reed
Walt Mink
Adam Ant
The Ramones. They all took on "Ramone" as their last name, which was actually inspired by Paul McCartney sometimes using the name Paul Ramon.
Taj Mahal
Muddy Waters
Marilyn Manson
Franz Ferdinand
Umphrey McGee
pink floyd
someone still loves you boris yeltsin
how about some Tesla??
Gomez -- no one in the band is actually named Gomez, and they have oodles of good songs to pick from.
Harvey Danger
Camper van Beethoven....would that count? Pretty sure there are no Beethovens in the band.
Bettie Serveert
A 90's classic, I'd love to hear Kid's Alright again.
How about old time twin cities favorite, Walt Mink (their Psychology prof at Macalester). Maybe track 5 from the "Miss Happiness Album"
The Hollies
Belle and Sebastian
Franz Ferdinand
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsen
The Freddy Jones Band and Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
Don't forget about the Wilburys
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Rilo Kiley
Kriss Kross
Forgot a BIG one: The Jesus and Mary Chain
Listening on-line from London, UK
Someone still loves you Boris Yeltsin
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Herman's Hermits
Judas Priest
April Wine
Mott the Hoople
Travis! They took the name from the lead character in the book Paris, Texas.
Great choices for the Coffee Break.
I like the Bettie Serveert and SSLYBY!
Einstein the Genius Cranberry Lake Jug Band . FromMPR Best of Keepers.
Didn't have time to post this morning, but one of my favorite band names ever The Dead Kenny Gs
Which One's Pink? is the name of a Southern California based Pink Floyd tribute band.
Dang -- Shoulda been there --
Veruca Salt!
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