sra@hocda.UUCP (11/11/83)
All of this talk about humorous album titles got me thinking about some of the more humorous group names that have made national/international prominence (or at least had one release on a major record label). Naturally most of these groups sprang up in the "Renaissance" period of 1966-1968. Anyway, this is what I came up with from looking at my collection and thumbing through "The Rolling Stone Book of Rock Lists": Lothar and the Hand People The Blooz Magoos (changed to Blues Magoos) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band It's A Beautiful Day Boffalongo Ultimate Spinach The Pork Dukes Wiggy Bits Bees Make Honey Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band The Sic F*cks Africa Creeps Up and Up Ball Point Banana The Charging Tyrr=annosaurus of Despair Truman Coyote The Crab Cometh Forth Daisy Overkill Dr. Zoom and His Sonic Boom The Electric Rectum Everything Is Everything The Fifty Foot Hose Frumious Bandersnatch Hmmm Jesus Christ and the Nailknockers The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Purple Earthquake Recurring Love Habit Thorsten Veblen Blues Band (look him up) The Time Being Tiny Hearing Aid Company Transatlantic Chicken Wicken No. 5 Uncut Balloon The You Know Who Group Cardboard Zeppelin Jefferson Handkerchief The Wonder Who? (the 4 Seasons did several singles under this name to see if their records would sell if nobody knew who they were) Scott Abbot Bell Labs, Merrimack Valley
woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) (11/13/83)
There is a local band around here called the 4 Nikators.
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!hao!woodsnotes@fortune.UUCP (11/14/83)
#R:hocda:-32200:fortune:7200013:000:58 fortune!norskog Nov 14 00:44:00 1983 There was a Sacramento (Calif.) band called the 4 Skins.
ki@linus.UUCP (Kevin Ilsen) (11/15/83)
I understand a few years ago at Widener College, there was a band called
"Take Drugs and Die".
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linus!ki@mitre-bedford (MIL)russ@mit-vax.UUCP (11/16/83)
I came across a listing of local (Boston area) bands, and although there were quite a few amusing band names, the one which sticks out in my mind was "The Boston Police Cars of New England." (Imagine! Four groups ripped off at once! And they claim to do "original rock"!) If I come across it again I'll post some others.... Russell Finn ..!mit-vax!russ
debenedi@yale-com.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) (11/17/83)
Someone mentioned "The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys" by TRAFFIC. I wanna know, what's it about? ALL interpretations welcome. Free Association (isn't that guaranteed by the Constitution): "Like the relationship between the leading actor and life in a snuff film." Another Message In The Bottle from Robert DeBenedictis
kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP (kaufman ) (11/17/83)
#R:hocda:-32200:uiucdcs:10800015:000:73 uiucdcs!kaufman Nov 16 23:21:00 1983 I once heard a band called Uranus and the 5 Moons. That's my favorite.
ocoin@pwa-b.UUCP (Terry O'Coin) (11/18/83)
Unfortuneately, I once saw a band calling themselves the "Dead Kennedys" perform on Cape Cod. Truly tasteless. T. O'Coin
rossen@uiuccsb.UUCP (11/20/83)
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uiuccsb!rossen Nov 17 09:32:00 1983
...and returning to the Motor City, a couple of the most popular bands on the
local club circuit are (or were last time I was aware):
WHAT JANE SHARED?
and
FIGURES ON A BEACH (aka FOAB and opening soon for
Spandau Ballet in Detroit)
Ken at UIUC
(...!uiucdcs!rossen)rossen@uiuccsb.UUCP (11/22/83)
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uiuccsb!rossen Nov 21 09:53:00 1983
I agree with "flairvax!kissell" that it's really the dregs when a notesfile
such as this one gets monopolized by one topic for too long -- I suppose it's
even worse when subject matter gets beaten to death. See 11/11
(watmath!jmsellens), 11/12 (cornell!bob), 11/13 (hao!woods) and
11/15 (uiucdcs!rossen) for plenty on Dead Kennedys.
get TIMELY, friends!!