band names that are really long

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there's lots of 'em. Who's got the longest?

Here's some I thought of:

Godspeed You Black Emperor!
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult

and a name so long that it contains an ellipsis:
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

― 45kingdom (Sean Miguel), Saturday, 21 October 2006 11:27 (twenty years ago)

When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water

― monocle (Sean Miguel), Saturday, 21 October 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

Atombombpocketknife

- possibly the longest name comprised of a (German style) single word.

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Titch

- an admirable effort to give equal billing to every member.

― Ben Dot (1977), Saturday, 21 October 2006 11:39 (twenty years ago)

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

― jazzamatazz (Sean Miguel), Saturday, 21 October 2006 11:44 (twenty years ago)

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

― djjd (Sean Miguel), Saturday, 21 October 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)

1 Crosby Stills Nash Young Gifted & Black

2 When People Were Shorter and Lived by the Water

― Jez (Jez), Saturday, 21 October 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 21 October 2006 12:32 (twenty years ago)

The Transatlantic Chicken Wicken #5
The Charging Tyranosaurus of Despair

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 21 October 2006 12:32 (twenty years ago)

1 Crosby Stills Nash Young Gifted & Black
2 When People Were Shorter and Lived by the Water

-- Jez (jez...)

3 jez jezatboumcouk and northern ireland

(hm, there used to be a separate thread for these, right?)

― tiit (tiit), Saturday, 21 October 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

They Came From The Stars (I Saw Them)

― tiit (tiit), Saturday, 21 October 2006 12:35 (twenty years ago)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

― spectra (spectra), Saturday, 21 October 2006 12:53 (twenty years ago)

(hm, there used to be a separate thread for these, right?)

...not sure what you mean. These are both genuine ... although the first comes from The Rutles.

― Jez (Jez), Saturday, 21 October 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

Hello We Are A Shitty Indie Band With A Rather Long Name In The Hope It May Attract More Then Our Three Friends To Our Next Shitty Gig

― The Real Esteban Buttez (EstieButtez1), Saturday, 21 October 2006 13:18 (twenty years ago)

does that whole "Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band" thing count?

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Saturday, 21 October 2006 13:23 (twenty years ago)

black rebel motorcycle club
sunny day real estate
rage against the machine
the cooper temple clause
the international noise conspiracy
brian jonestown massacre

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 21 October 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

sunny day real estate = 18 characters
the velvet underground = 20 characters

the velvet underground = NOT a 'really long' band-name
sunny day real estate = DITTO

in fact, none of those are very long at all.

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Saturday, 21 October 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

One of my new favs:
The Dark Meat/Vomit Lasers Family Band

― bendy (bendy), Saturday, 21 October 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

red roses for a blue lady
between the buried and me

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 21 October 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Congratulations on Your Decision to Become a Pilot

(FFS!)

― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Saturday, 21 October 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

saturday looks good to me
black tape for a blue girl

― suicide hotline orgasm (blood bitch), Saturday, 21 October 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

dr. buzzard's original savannah band
shimmer kids underpop association
presidents of the united states of america

i'm guessing ampersanded names should probably be excluded, as "someone & the somethings" seems to often just be a bid to see how long you can make your band's name.

― sublime frequency (sublime frequency), Saturday, 21 October 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)

sripathi panditharadhyula balasubrahmanyam

old filmi singer, mostly known as "s.p. balasubrahmanyam" though.
also, i guess he's not really a "band name".

― sublime frequency (sublime frequency), Saturday, 21 October 2006 16:09 (twenty years ago)

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House

...And None of Them Knew They Were Robots

Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee

The Birds Are Spies, They Report to the Trees

― monocle (Sean Miguel), Saturday, 21 October 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

The I Love You But I'm Not In Love With You's

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Saturday, 21 October 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

There used to be a Norwegian band called Morten Jørgensen Og Spekkhoggerne Som Fulgte Etter Danskebåten Uten å Røre Spyet Som Rant Fra Ripa, which translates something like Morgen Jørgensen And The Killer Whales That Followed The Denmark Ferry Without Touching The Vomit Running Down From The Edge Of The Ship

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 21 October 2006 21:11 (twenty years ago)

atombombpocketknife

-possibly the longest name comprised of a (German style) single word.

Or you could just go with a German band: Ostenzonensuppenwurfelmachenkrebs

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Saturday, 21 October 2006 21:41 (twenty years ago)

Or I could spell it correctly: Ostzonensuppenwurfelmachenkrebs (31 letters)

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Saturday, 21 October 2006 21:49 (twenty years ago)

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet takes longer to say than it does to listen to one of their songs

― adam j (In Place of Something Clever), Saturday, 21 October 2006 22:37 (twenty years ago)

We Wrote the Book on Connectors
Clap Your Hands Say Hi To Your Mom (it's only a matter of time)
and I gotta bust out Excuse Me Sir, Which Way to the Airport? from some other long-band-name thread

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Sunday, 22 October 2006 00:17 (twenty years ago)

re:vu/sdre it's not the number of characters that matters it's the syllables. except they are both 6 syllables (counting "the") and so your point is still valid.

ostzonensuppenwurfelmachenkrebs (10) actually comes from a newspaper headline, which makes it even better.

freiwilligeselbstkontrolle (8), almost as long.

the i live the life of a movie star secret hideout (14)
don armando's second avenue rhumba band (12)
the sisterhood of convoluted thinkers (11)
sixtynine and the continuous people (11)
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark (9)
deutsch amerikanische freundschaft (9)
the royal family and the poor (9)

― Dan Gr (certain), Sunday, 22 October 2006 00:23 (twenty years ago)

The Boy Least Likely

Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her

Saturday Looks Good To Me

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet

― Thomas Mehlt (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Sunday, 22 October 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Go Hang a Salami, We're Not a Palindrome!

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Sunday, 22 October 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

and Mr. Scott, do you live in Columbia, too?

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

I did, then I moved to China, now I'm in Chicago.
I think I saw you play once, at Rag Tag, maybe with the Marriage...and...I can't remember who else? Oh yeah, and MC Cat Genius.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:36 (twenty years ago)

Rock 'n' Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Co. of Philadelphia 1941

― -- (688), Sunday, 22 October 2006 18:20 (twenty years ago)

I think the Dubble Bubble one is the longest name ever for a Billboard charting artist. (Unless you count the charting version of "All About the Benjamins" that credits a half-dozen "featuring" artists.)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 22 October 2006 18:23 (twenty years ago)

how is boy least likely a long name?

― Dan Gr (certain), Monday, 23 October 2006 02:06 (twenty years ago)

Well, I forgot a "to" at the end if that makes any difference. Is there even a the at the beginning? 5 words with the "the"

Jeez, I'm sorry it's not some sort of 12 page essay. . .

― Thomas Mehlt (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Monday, 23 October 2006 03:13 (twenty years ago)

Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited

The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower

Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee

― djjd (Sean Miguel), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 09:59 (twenty years ago)

get cape, wear cape, fly
atari teenage riot

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 10:47 (twenty years ago)

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