Most consistent band name misspelling

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On the Reynolds thread, I noted that "Röyksopp" is rather often misspelt "Röyskopp" (with or without the ¨). Can you think of other band/artist names that are frequently misspelt, but nearly always in the same way? I recall having seen "Neubaten" pretty often, for a start.

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 6 January 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

you have already picked the most consistent one!

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 6 January 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Jackyl, Sigur Ross

(and in some alternate reality, wouldn't that be one heckuva strange double bill?)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 6 January 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Apparently Talk Talk is spelt Talking Heads.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 6 January 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

the beetles!!

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 6 January 2003 16:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Everything with umlauts/etc obviously, which can result in rather silly things, for example "Leve Vikingånden" (an Einherjer 7") roughly translates as "hail the viking spirit", while "Leve Vikinganden" means "hail the viking duck" (slightly less heroic sounding).

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha ha ha ha!! Siegbran, that's a wonderful one!

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha ha ha ha!! Siegbran, that's a wonderful one!

http://kingfeatures.com/features/comics/images/_char/hagar_qvak.gif

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Lee Hazelwood

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops. Sorry about text duplication.
Matt & Amateurist are truly OTM.

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

A similar one is Mortiis "Ånden Som Gjorde Opprør" ("the spirit that rebelled"), which, when writing "Anden", seems to indicate some sort of Chicken Run-type concept album called "the duck that rebelled".

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

"the meatles". i ask you!

― zebedee, Monday, 6 January 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.outer-limit.nu/ultraducks/images/viking.gif

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Les Rhythmes Digitales instead of Les Rythmes Digitales

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I still see Yo La Tango references....

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 6 January 2003 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

THE Throwing Muses. (no "the" in their name, folks)

― mike a (mike a), Monday, 6 January 2003 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, but is that a misspelling really? Lots of band names who get uptight about the lack of a "the." Buzzcocks, etc.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 6 January 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Siegbran is on fire!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 January 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I always mistake

http://www.prince.50megs.com/symbol.gif

for

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/img/female.jpg

Does that count?

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 6 January 2003 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't even know how to spell the name of the band, but they were a German band that starts with an E.

(checks the all-music guide)

Einstürzende Neubauten.

― Evan (Evan), Monday, 6 January 2003 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The Dead Kennedies

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 January 2003 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Keknickers.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 January 2003 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

En Vouge

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 January 2003 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

ENUFF Z NUFF.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Monday, 6 January 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Stripper.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 January 2003 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Morrissey = spelled Morrisey

― Jens (brighter), Monday, 6 January 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

For years I kept asking for Les Mystére de Vox Bulgare without realizing that I had gotten every single word wrong.
(Real spelling is Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares)

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Monday, 6 January 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Stripper.
Yep, everybodies favorite Christian Metal band...

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Monday, 6 January 2003 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

okay, tho' Siegbran obviously ownz the "duck" trade here, repeatedly pointing out the tricky umlaut stuff, i can't help mentioning that an uncannily similar trasnmutation tends to happen to Arvo Pärt --
without those tiny dots, Part="Duck"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 6 January 2003 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Orchestral Manoueveureoeres in the Dark. That's why he wisely shortened it to OMD.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 6 January 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Led Zepplin.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 6 January 2003 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The Progidy. And I hate it when they do.

― Charlie (Charlie), Monday, 6 January 2003 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Lynard Skynard.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 6 January 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I tend to alternate wildly between Missy Elliot and Missy Elliott and I'm not sure which of them is right.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 6 January 2003 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Also for a long time Sisqo was ALWAYS spelt Sysqo on NYLPM and FT due to a mislabelled MP3.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 6 January 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Simillarly, Elliott Smith (how many L's? How many T's?)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 6 January 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"Afgan" Whigs in more record store bins than I can count.

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 6 January 2003 22:30 (twenty-two years ago)

i recall, vaguely, the backside of a math copybook from twenty-eight years ago, and thereon, in dark blue

Jimmy Henrix

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 6 January 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

If a band ever shows up called "The Definites", they'll shoot right up to the top of this list.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Britney Spears.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 00:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Galaxy 500. Tanya Donnelly (how many Ns and Ls are there anyway?)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Kristen Hirsch.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Kraftwork.

Zoviet France. It's :zoviet*france:, of course.

― jot eff pe, Tuesday, 7 January 2003 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

What's remarkable about the Britney thing is that not one of the mis-spellings is of Spears. Both words are equally phonetic...I don't get it!

― Charlie (Charlie), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 06:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Straightjacket Fits.

― Poppy (poppy), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 06:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Also on the NZ tip: Tall Dwarves.

― Jen (nstop), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 07:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I've been battling the urge to type, Mirah Calix.

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 07:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Still, 20 years on, you see Stephen Morissey

― bham, Tuesday, 7 January 2003 10:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Osymyso, spelt about fifteen different ways.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 10:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Taj-Mahal Travelers or Taj-Mahal TraveLLers? even the band (and subsequent reissuers) appear to have been unable to decide.

― summerslastsound (summerslastsound), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

>Zoviet France. It's :zoviet*france:, of course.

at least until someone designs a universal icon for "star and upturned crescent moon" ...

― gg (summerslastsound), Tuesday, 7 January 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

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