Strange band names

And from Liverpool... and all top notch and well known...

The Teardrop Explodes.
Echo and the Bunnymen.
The Mighty Wah!
Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
 
Archibald Knox said:
Oh, well done. You must have been in Manchester in the mid-late 70s.
I used to have a copy of "Snuff Rock" but dunno where it has gone.
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No AK, South Shore lad, always have been
When I saw this thread title, it made me think of the "Heads Down No Nonsense, Mindless Boogie" record some mates bought in the mid 70's
 
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir......and their brilliant album...Superior Cackling Hen
The Hope Blister.....
Einstürzende Neubauten....With my favourite album.....Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala......it will make your ears bleed!!!
And who doesn't remember....
Gwar....And the epic guitar duo of Nippleus Erectus & Balsac the Jaws of Death on their album...Scumdogs of the Universe.....
S Club 7.....I like to think the S stood for Sex......Realised it didnt when S Club Juniors turned up
 
They had some great songs and saw them a couple of times at Preston Guild Hall in the early 90s but always thought Neds Atomic Dustbin was a strange name.

Another silly name of that era, who I again saw at the Guild Hall, was Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine.
 
Pyrex Inebria
Zen Minks
One Foot In The Gravy
Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band
Frumious Bandersnatch
The Beatles
 
richard hell and the voidoids. slaughter and the dogs. buzzcocks penetration sex pistols x ray spex . singer poly styrene. great name.
 
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Dr Phibes & The House of Wax Equation
Kitchens of Distinction
TV on the Radio
 
JOHNMAJORTOM said:
richard hell and the voidoids. slaughter and the dogs. buzzcocks penetration sex pistols x ray spex . singer poly styrene. great name.
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Slaughter and the Dogs were Bowie fans from Wythenshawe - the band’s name came from Mick Robson’s “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” and Bowie’s “Diamond Dogs”.

Buzzcocks took their name from a quote in the TV series “Rock Follies” (Julie Covington, Rula Lenska) - “What’s the buzz, cock?”

I had that Pete Shelley living in my student house in Manchester for a few weeks in 1978. It was all a bit “Young Ones-ish”.
 
Archibald Knox said:
Slaughter and the Dogs were Bowie fans from Wythenshawe - the band’s name came from Mick Robson’s “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” and Bowie’s “Diamond Dogs”.

Buzzcocks took their name from a quote in the TV series “Rock Follies” (Julie Covington, Rula Lenska) - “What’s the buzz, cock?”

I had that Pete Shelley living in my student house in Manchester for a few weeks in 1978. It was all a bit “Young Ones-ish”.
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great stuff.
 
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