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Bands with names with two repeated words ranked

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For the time being I can only think of three:

1. Talk Talk
2. The The
3. Duran Duran (I don't know them but they are crap anyways)

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

4. Bow wow wow

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

5. Boutros Boutros Ghali

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

6. controller.controller

― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

7. frou frou

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

xiu xiu

― 6335, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

8. Gris Gris
9. Xiu Xiu
(Duran Duran crap??? tsss.)

― Super Willem! (willem), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

10. sing sing

― 6335, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

11. sirhan sirhan

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

12. Hint Hint
13. Nice Nice

― Clusterfuck at the Baja Fresh Salsa Bar (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

14. Guru Guru (my favourite so far!)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

14 Liquid Liquid

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

15. Tora Tora Tora

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

16. !!!

― JaXoN (JasonD), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I was going to say that, but wasn't sure if ! should be counted as a word.

17. Wet Wet Wet

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Duran Duran Duran

http://www.cockrockdisco.com/news2.html

― sander, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

18. Mr. Mister

― Asthmatic Cajun (Asthmatic Cajun), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Breaker! Breaker!

― Sam Hunt (robosam), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

20. Tora Tora

― Asthmatic Cajun (Asthmatic Cajun), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

21. Fun Fun

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

22. 20/20

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

23. Danger Danger

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Yumi Yumi

― M1chael Ph1lip Ph1lip Ph1lip Ph1lip Ph1lip Ann0yman (Ferg), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Why did so many '80s band names consist of the same word twice?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

25. Yeah Yeah Yeahs

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

26. Dum Dums?

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

27. Hot Hot Heat

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

28. Tom Tom Club

― Neil FC (Neil FC), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Has anyone started a band called Dance Dance Revolution yet?

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)

sigue sigue sputnik

― Pistola, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Murder Murder
Gang Gang Dance

― Drew Daniel, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Beep Beep
The Go-Gos

― Akiva, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

34. Bang Bang Machine

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Ice Ice Baby?

― Caitlin O'Neil (kurdtkobain205), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 01:28 (twenty-one years ago)

35. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
36. Sha Na Na
37. Younger Younger 28s
38. Lava Lava

Honorable mentions: Kajagoogoo, Toto

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Zsa Zsa Gabor, or don't people count?

― Vampire Submarine (VampireSubmarine), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 02:09 (twenty-one years ago)

39. Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

So So Many Many White Tigers

― autovac (autovac), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

41 Yeah Yeah Nohs

― svend (svend), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

This reads like the who's who of band band names.

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The Goo Goo Dolls

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Lord of the Yum-Yum (Chicago)
Yum-Yum (Chicago)
The Yum Yums (Norway)

― Doubleyum, Wednesday, 27 October 2004 08:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Medium Medium

― ana (ana), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 10:30 (twenty-one years ago)

GusGus
Was (not Was)

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

The theory behind !!! is that you can make any short sound three times in a row, and that's their name, right? So I'm calling them Wet Wet Wet.

― JimD (JimD), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

L L Cool J

― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Sean Na Na

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Z Z Top

― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Bourgie Bourgie

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)


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