Author Topic: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .  (Read 17704 times)

Torslanda

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #200 on: 01 May, 2018, 05:41:19 pm »
Thud!

Had hits with 'Thud!Rap' & 'Wake Me Up Before You Go To The Shops'.
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Torslanda

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #201 on: 01 May, 2018, 05:42:04 pm »
Boz Scroggs
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Torslanda

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #202 on: 01 May, 2018, 05:43:08 pm »
...and with apologies to Sir Pterry

Swingin' Blue Deans
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Torslanda

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #203 on: 01 May, 2018, 05:43:38 pm »
Sister Toboggan
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

LEE

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #204 on: 01 May, 2018, 05:49:17 pm »
Parkinsons Stevens
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

LEE

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #205 on: 01 May, 2018, 05:50:37 pm »
Slide

(Actually that's how you pronounce it in Wulver'amptun)
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

LEE

  • "Shut Up Jens" - Legs.
Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #206 on: 01 May, 2018, 05:51:54 pm »
Adam and his Aunts

The Bungles (supporting Zippy Stardust of course)
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #207 on: 01 May, 2018, 05:55:53 pm »
Gas Light Orchestra    aka   GLO

Mr Larrington

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #208 on: 01 May, 2018, 07:33:26 pm »
The Lying Quesadilla Sisters
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #209 on: 01 May, 2018, 07:38:42 pm »
Judas Rabbi
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #210 on: 01 May, 2018, 07:41:50 pm »
The Fat Faces
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #211 on: 01 May, 2018, 07:48:17 pm »
John Fayall's Carbreakers

Had a near-miss with "Doin' That Scrapyard Thing"
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rogerzilla

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #212 on: 01 May, 2018, 08:23:21 pm »
The Nieces Of Mercy
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #213 on: 01 May, 2018, 08:52:03 pm »
The Only Child Thompson

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rogerzilla

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #214 on: 01 May, 2018, 09:00:33 pm »
Creedence Clearwater Decline
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Mrs Pingu

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #215 on: 01 May, 2018, 10:08:25 pm »
I can't believe we've not already had

UPoo.

No, just me then?
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Jaded

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #216 on: 01 May, 2018, 10:38:39 pm »
Following on from CAMRAman

The Shitehouse Family
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #217 on: 02 May, 2018, 04:56:36 am »
Dog Stevens

Simone and Garfunkel

The Bricklayers

ABADABA

The Sliver Beetles

John Elton

LEE

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #218 on: 02 May, 2018, 06:00:27 am »
Reginald Bowie and the Spiders from Marlborough

Sonny and Chair
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

rogerzilla

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #219 on: 02 May, 2018, 07:28:00 am »
Dinosaur II
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

T42

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #220 on: 02 May, 2018, 08:31:15 am »
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #221 on: 02 May, 2018, 12:19:15 pm »
Mal Jovi

Jaded

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #222 on: 02 May, 2018, 12:21:50 pm »
Puns and Posies
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #223 on: 02 May, 2018, 12:44:32 pm »
Prosecco and Orange

Arellcat

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Re: Band Names That Just Missed It . . .
« Reply #224 on: 02 May, 2018, 02:05:59 pm »
Probably

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