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(most of which could double as tribute-act names)

They Might Be They Might Be Giants
Imagine Imagine Dragons
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Experience

play, sideman (SlimAndSlam), Thursday, 1 January 2026 20:55 (one month ago)

Nas (Not Nas)

henry s, Thursday, 1 January 2026 20:59 (one month ago)

We Are We Are Scientists
…And You Will Know Us as And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Portugal. The Man. The Band

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 1 January 2026 21:09 (one month ago)

Small Facebooks
Instagram Parsons
WhatsApples in Stereo
Minor Threads

jaymc, Thursday, 1 January 2026 21:27 (one month ago)

oh god there has to be an “instagram parsons” toiling out there somewhere

Modollno Kahn (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 1 January 2026 22:28 (one month ago)

of of Montreal

Jonk Raven (dog latin), Thursday, 1 January 2026 23:57 (one month ago)

Instagram Paraons is amazing

Jonk Raven (dog latin), Thursday, 1 January 2026 23:58 (one month ago)

Parsons. Fuck's sake

Jonk Raven (dog latin), Thursday, 1 January 2026 23:58 (one month ago)

The Who? Them.

bendy, Friday, 2 January 2026 00:22 (one month ago)

(Classic rock metasupergroup)

bendy, Friday, 2 January 2026 00:22 (one month ago)

Funeral For A Friendster
Of MySpace & Men
LinkedIn Machine

ron zertnert (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 2 January 2026 01:07 (one month ago)

To get some of the more obvious ones out of the way:

The artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as prince

The Who is Who

The Band: The Band

ed.b, Friday, 2 January 2026 01:26 (one month ago)

LinkedIn Machine

LinkedIn Park, surely

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 2 January 2026 04:05 (one month ago)

A Drummer Called Questlove

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 2 January 2026 04:08 (one month ago)

Metadeath?

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 2 January 2026 04:11 (one month ago)

The Apples in Stereo in Mono

Hideous Lump, Friday, 2 January 2026 05:02 (one month ago)

Doublnegativland

Hideous Lump, Friday, 2 January 2026 06:26 (one month ago)

Throwing Throwing Muses

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 2 January 2026 07:34 (one month ago)

The Beastie Boys and for a small amount of time, a Beastie Girl

a hoy hoy, Friday, 2 January 2026 08:07 (one month ago)

The Meta Beta Band.

Marcel, Friday, 2 January 2026 08:20 (one month ago)

Roxy Music’s Music

ed.b, Friday, 2 January 2026 08:35 (one month ago)

Nirvana the Band the Band

adam t (dat), Friday, 2 January 2026 08:36 (one month ago)

Metametallica

Parallel Heinz (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 January 2026 08:40 (one month ago)

Mise en abyme Sherman

Parallel Heinz (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 January 2026 08:44 (one month ago)

Television On Demand

Parallel Heinz (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 January 2026 08:47 (one month ago)

Husker Du Hüsker Dü?

Parallel Heinz (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 January 2026 08:51 (one month ago)

Ariana Venti is already a thing

Parallel Heinz (Noodle Vague), Friday, 2 January 2026 08:57 (one month ago)

Jumping back to Marcel's, The Beta Beta Band would also work.

brain (krakow), Friday, 2 January 2026 12:07 (one month ago)

Portugal, The Man, The Band

Jonk Raven (dog latin), Saturday, 3 January 2026 13:17 (one month ago)

All About All About Eve

Jonk Raven (dog latin), Saturday, 3 January 2026 13:18 (one month ago)

Can Can Can-Can?
Status "Quotes"
Q: Are We Not Men, Without Hats?
Therapy!
David Sylvian: X Japan

Not strictly speaking a band name, but Oh No! It's Devo's Seventh Album Total Devo would have been a good name for Devo's seventh album. Or a good name for a review of Devo's seventh album.

Ashley Pomeroy, Saturday, 3 January 2026 20:48 (one month ago)

Nas (Not Nas)

Not (Was (Not Was))

play, sideman (SlimAndSlam), Tuesday, 6 January 2026 02:43 (one month ago)

AABBBBAA

Lee626, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 03:18 (one month ago)

Gathers No Moss

My homies buttthole surfers' record sounds like a f (Western® with Bacon Flavor), Tuesday, 6 January 2026 03:24 (one month ago)


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