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Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
1/20/23 7:34 p.m.

Just a one word name. But its long .

Dananananaykroyd

Apis Mellifera
Apis Mellifera Dork
1/20/23 7:42 p.m.

Southern Culture on the Skids

The Flying Burrito Brothers

dclafleur
dclafleur Reader
1/20/23 8:00 p.m.

Haven't seen Rocket From the Crypt mentioned yet. 

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/20/23 8:05 p.m.
Appleseed said:

Just a one word name. But its long .

Dananananaykroyd

That's a quality band name right there.

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
1/20/23 8:25 p.m.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

one of my favorite band names but not their music really:

Screaming Cheetah Wheelies

and my own band name from back in the day:

Dick Cheney and the Pacemakers

 

Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter)
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/20/23 8:28 p.m.

No one has mentioned ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead yet?

CAinCA
CAinCA GRM+ Memberand Dork
1/20/23 8:33 p.m.

I Dont Know How But They Found Me

Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter)
Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
1/20/23 9:36 p.m.

Punk/hardcore scene either had really short or really long names. Did a side project for one of the bands called theindierockrecoveryproject (one word, specific font) and it was almost so small to be unreadable on flyers. Mission accomplished. I occasionally perform as Indiero Ckreovery as well cool

johndej
johndej SuperDork
1/20/23 10:14 p.m.

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever 

Trampled by Turtles 

Elvis Costello and The Imposters

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

The Naked and Famous

Better Oblivion Community Center 

Superorganism

The Tallest Man on Earth 

Old Crow Medicine Show

The Velvet Underground and Nico

jgrewe
jgrewe Dork
1/20/23 11:31 p.m.

The Presidents of the United States of America

BoulderG
BoulderG New Reader
1/21/23 12:04 a.m.

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Lyle Lovett and his Large Band

 

travellering
travellering HalfDork
1/21/23 3:33 a.m.

Longest I found in a short internet rabbit holing.

The Rock and Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Co of Philadelphia 19141

Honorable mention for name expansion from one of the shortest to one of the longest:

Yes.  The main members had a dispute with others who had cycled through the band as to which group had the rights to the name.  They released some albums under their own four surnames: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe.

Beer Baron
Beer Baron MegaDork
1/21/23 7:25 a.m.

I'm going to be contrary and say that compound band names such as "[Person's Name] and the [Band Name]" don't count unless one name is sufficiently long. Same thing with bands that are a string of names (e.g. "Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young")

That's not one long name. That's several medium or short names strung together.

(This does not apply to bands that just happen to have "and" in the name such as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, where they are really a single unit. There is no "King Gizzard" who could split off for a solo project.)

Beer Baron
Beer Baron MegaDork
1/21/23 7:39 a.m.

Echo and the Bunnymen - (Following my earlier comment, there is no "Echo". That's just the full name of the band.)

A Tribe Called Quest

NWA (if you spell it out; which I won't do here)

preach (dudeist priest)
preach (dudeist priest) GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
1/21/23 7:57 a.m.

My band name:

Free Beer 'Til Midnight

If I started an Electronic Dance Music act it'd be named Epic P#ssy Slayer.

andy_b
andy_b New Reader
1/21/23 8:09 a.m.

MC 900 Ft. Jesus 

God Lives Underwater 

 

 

 

NY Nick
NY Nick GRM+ Memberand Dork
1/21/23 10:08 a.m.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters

and fake but semi long and funny from Clerks

berkeleying Yankee Blue Jeans 

lead singer is Olaf. "Olaf, show her your metal face"

dxman92
dxman92 Dork
1/21/23 10:25 a.m.

I always seem to remember this one from Beavis and Butthead- Cycle Sluts from Hell.

Curtis73 (Forum Supporter)
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/21/23 10:59 a.m.
johndej said:

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever 

Trampled by Turtles 

Elvis Costello and The Imposters

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

The Naked and Famous

Better Oblivion Community Center 

Superorganism

The Tallest Man on Earth 

Old Crow Medicine Show

The Velvet Underground and Nico

We have similar music tastes.

I'll add:

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Chicago Transit Authority
Bachmann Turner Overdrive
K.C. and the Sunshine Band
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Question Mark and the Mysterions

travellering
travellering HalfDork
1/21/23 2:44 p.m.

If you're counting spelling out acronyms, then KMFDM is in there too...

Rons
Rons GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/22/23 12:40 a.m.

Freddie Fudpucker and his Rolling Clones - a marching band of the rube genre

For Curtis; Robbie Bachman (RIP) opined if Randy and Fred Turner leave the band we'll be

Bachman Thornton Underweight

ShawnG
ShawnG MegaDork
1/22/23 1:09 a.m.

Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 

The Aqua Velvets

Reverend Horton Heat

Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors 

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

 

 

Turbine
Turbine GRM+ Memberand Reader
1/22/23 8:26 a.m.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Sunny Day Real Estate

Bomb The Music Industry!

Car Seat Headrest

Black Country, New Road

Drive-By Truckers 

preach (dudeist priest)
preach (dudeist priest) GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
1/22/23 8:37 a.m.

Bachman Turner Overdrive?

Bachman just passed.

Curtis73 (Forum Supporter)
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/22/23 10:34 a.m.

In reply to Rons :

That's fkn funny.

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