Bands named after one of their own songs?

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umm... now I'm stuck? Any offers?

― GG Marquez (Huey), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Focus

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Motorhead

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:14 (twenty-one years ago)

other way round surely

Doop

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Living In A Box own this thread.

― Mog, Friday, 28 May 2004 11:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Minor Threat

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:18 (twenty-one years ago)

The Green Fuz

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Public Image (Ltd) [kinda]
Bad Company

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)

talk talk

― ladyintheradiator (ladyinradiator), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)

belle & sebastian

― Sami (Sami), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, Motorhead were named after a Lemmy-era Hawkwing song, which was then adopted as their own theme song, so I think that qualifies.

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:46 (twenty-one years ago)

black sabbath
blue murder

― mclaugh (mclaugh), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

wait, Lemmy was in Hawkwind?

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

madness. ok, not exactly, but bloody close. b-side was 'its madness'. i think.

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Who do you think sang "Silver Machine"? Michael Moorcock? Xpost again, dammit!!!!!!!!!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, he was. I'm not one of those types to list endless old thread titles, but there was one once called some thing like 'Taking sides: lemmy era hawkwind vs etc etc'.

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 28 May 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Descendents

― rainman (rainman), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Madness had two: Madness (the prince buster song as a b-side), and "Madness (is all in the mind)" another b-side.

(anyone beat two? exclude the clash)

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Focus
Focus (Instrumental)
Focus II
Focus III
Focus IV

I'm inagining 5 will be tough to beat

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha The Weather Girls

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm, After one of their own songs....

Daisy Chainsaw had a song with "Daisy Chainsaw" as the chorus, but it wasn't called that.

Also the dead boys, similar, with "All this and more"

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Motorhead have 'We are Motorhead' as well. But I think that counts more as song named after band than band named after song.

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread has reminded me of a vague and potentially addled memory of seeing Primal Scream at their Xmas all-night concert at Brixton in 1994. I'm sure they did a song called Primal Scream that I've never heard anywhere else. Anyone else see them around that time and remember that song?

They also did another one with the (presumably Nas-inspired) chorus 'Life's a bitch and then you die/ that's why you get high', which I've not heard ever again.

Any advances?

― M Carty (mj_c), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

errr..... slowdive

― rentboy (rentboy), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

i was just gonna say them, although i like to think they really got the name from the siouxsie song

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

The Immaculate Fools.

I'm not sure whether Major Mackerel invented his name to match his "Mackerel In a Tin" single but I'd recommend that record to anyone. I think Horseman became Horseman because of "Horsemove", another classic.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

belle & sebastian

huh? fact checker to thread, plz.

not that i care, but i seem to remember a certain european kids tv serial about a dog...

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

OOIOO has a song named oo (kanji) oo

I believe the kanji sounds like "eye" and means love.

Gygax.... where you at

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Butthole Surfers

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

(hey hey we're) the monkees

― rentboy (rentboy), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Cop Shoot Cop ("Triumphal Theme")

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 28 May 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

the kanji for "ooi" = "many"

ooioo = "oh oh eye oh oh" (EY3 named them as such)

it's a pun.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

What's the deal with the kanji track though?

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

they are singing in english dude!

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

THE TITLE IS

"OO (SOME KANJI) OO"

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I will look in a bit.

did you know EY3 is named after his sister Aiko?

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Yellow Balloon

― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 28 May 2004 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

well, Solex named a bunch of songs after her name

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Hot Butter wasn't named *after* "Popcorn" per se -- just to accompany it.

― briania (briania), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

meat puppets

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

SURVIVOR

― autovac (autovac), Friday, 28 May 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Husker Du had a very early track called 'Do you remember?' but I'm not sure which name came first.

― wombatX (wombatX), Saturday, 29 May 2004 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Rain Tree Crow

― megan, Saturday, 29 May 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

erp, Green Day....you guys already got most of the ones I know....Nirvana says their name a bunch of times in Paper Cuts but I don't suppose that counts.

Oh and I'll confirm that Belle and Sebastian has an eponymous track, zebedee, it's the last song on the Dog on Wheels ep.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Saturday, 29 May 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Bad News

― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Saturday, 29 May 2004 03:10 (twenty-one years ago)

the monochrome set

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 29 May 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Flake Music had a song called "The Shins"
and then the band became, for the most part, The Shins.

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Saturday, 29 May 2004 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Belfegore, Alex!
Voivod
Iron Maiden
Pretty Things
Rank & File
Blue Oyster Cult, sorta: "Subhuman" (from 1974) was rerecorded and retitled on '88's remarkably crappy "Imaginos".

and these: "We Are..."
"...The Clash"
"...The Monkees"
"...The Twinkeyz"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 29 May 2004 05:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Icehouse

― Chris F. (servoret), Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:10 (twenty-one years ago)

If I'm not mistaken, the Professionals had a song called...wait for it...."We're the Professionals".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Pennywise and Bad Religion

― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:18 (twenty-one years ago)

What did you say? ATARI TEEENAGE RIOT!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:31 (twenty-one years ago)

45 Grave

― no opinion, Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Has anyone mentioned the Beastie Boys yet?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 06:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Anthrax.

Queensryche...well, sort of ("Queen of the Reich").

Clayer...sort of ("Face the Dlayer").

― abegrand, Saturday, 29 May 2004 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

What the hell is with my typing? I meant to say Slayer ("Face the Slayer"...

― abegrand, Saturday, 29 May 2004 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

King Crimson ("In the Court of the Crimson King")

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 29 May 2004 08:53 (twenty-one years ago)

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