Band Names You Were Surprised at That Had Not Already Been Taken

[timmay9]

Long ass thread title.

What bands are you surprised at that had a name not already taken.

Like the Killers, or Oasis, or any The followed by an animal.

Also, what about bands who took a name already used semi-famously before.

Like Nirvana, or Slipknot.

I'm bored.

[dabears116]

Nirvana had been used at least 10 times (possibly more) before Kurt.

I'm surprised the name F*ck was free until the 90s.

[tridentgum0]

Incubus was used twice. As was Sodom, according to last.fm. I'm surprised Creed wasn't taken, or it may have been idk and idc.

[Cubecubed]

Honestly im surprised The Who hadn't been taken,as it is a pretty cool name.

[tridentgum0]

Honestly im surprised The Who hadn't been taken,as it is a pretty cool name.

But that was mid-60's. Back then it was more imaginable. The only reason I didn't list The Animals.

[JukeBoxHero]

I'm surprised Belly hadn't been taken when Donelly formed the band.(It sounds like a name that could been have easily taken in the 70s-80s).

[Gowienczyk]

F_ck. Always surprised it hadn't been taken pre-1990s.

[gmarsh]

Insane clown posse.

[afterstasis]

since we have the killers and hospital bombers taken now i'm waiting for someone to claim "satan's fingers".

[Runesmith]

The Butthole Surfers. It seems like a name 1970s punks would have jumped all over.

[Gowienczyk]

The Butthole Surfers. It seems like a name 1970s punks would have jumped all over.

I don't know it seems a bit out there for 1970s punk rockers, imo.

[timmay9]

Wow, this actually got replies. Thanks guys.

[Quinarvy]

Muse comes to mind.

[back_blows]

I'm surprised it took until the late 80's for "Lucifer" to be the name of a band.

[clashcityrocker10]

The Offspring

[franticfish]

Yes.

[neckermanncj]

Yes.

No.

[ROCKBANDFANATIC7526]

Angel Witch.

[LegendofRock3021]

Slayer.

[Quinarvy]

No.

Maybe, I don't know.

Can you repeat the question?

[dabears116]

Why are those surprising? Slayer wouldn't fit any of the pre-80s bands, besides maybe a NYHC band.

Master: Not taken by a (known) band until 1983, the death/thrash band.

[afterstasis]

I'm surprised it took until the late 80's for "Lucifer" to be the name of a band.

there were several bands in the 70's with the name, actually.

[Oggih]

Libertines.

[afterstasis]

Witch: J Mascis' Doom Metal band. They were formed in 2005.

there are several other bands (at least two from the early 80's) named witch.

[MrFruitLord]

there are several other bands (at least two from the early 80's) named witch.

I knew I should've looked into that... I'm lazy right now though... Still, surprised it took til the 80's.

[Mega-Tallica]

I'd say all the "The" bands. Like The Hives, The Strokes, The Nice, and The Who. Any band name that begins with "The" is pretty cliche to me.

[Fizzeler]

Transatlantic just sounds like a good band name surprised it was not used in the 70s, but instead in the 00s

[cherokeesam]

The Strawberry Alarm Clock.

[Fragory123]

Death really surprises me.

[dabears116]

Death really surprises me.
That was taken in 1971, that's pretty early. I couldn't see many prog, blues rock, or psychedelic bands taking the name "Death".

[afterstasis]

Death really surprises me.

i know of three bands named "death"... the earliest started in the 70's.

[JukeBoxHero]

Yes.

Well considering Yes formed in 1968, it's not as surprising because it was taken early on. :)

[tridentgum0]

Well considering Yes formed in 1968, it's not as surprising because it was taken early on. :)

Exactly. Think of when the bands were formed. The Animals were a '60s band. it doesn't surprise me the name was available.

[zeldazeppelin]

I say killer shampoo or even just shampoo period

[supernova1324]

Rise Against seems like it would've been an early pick for a punk band.

[MronoC]

Rise Against seems like it would've been an early pick for a punk band.

I don't think many early punk bands were that simulataneously self-important and uncreative, excluding maybe the Sex Pistols.

[afterstasis]

I don't think many early punk bands were that simulataneously self-important and uncreative, excluding maybe the Sex Pistols.

now this is a fine post! :D

[defenestrater]

The The.

Wikipedia tells me they formed in 79, but even that seems a little late for someone to come up with this one, given how many "The" bands there've been.

[ArmsAreLoud]

The The.
Whoever took that name is an epic win.

For bands not yet mentioned, I'm surprised it took so long for The Sword to be used. It seems like something a 70's metal or maybe an early prog band would have jumped on.

[Gowienczyk]

Nah, The Sword is far too unoriginal for bands within that timeframe.

[DarkSide247]

The Stray Cats.

[dabears116]

The The.

That truly is the biggest pain in the ass to find a download on google/blogspot/isohunt.

[timmay9]

You just have to put The The in parentheses though, right?

[Rockbandfan23467]

That truly is the biggest pain in the ass to find a download on google/blogspot/isohunt.

What about !!!?

[timmay9]

What about !!!?

Just put band or parentheses.

[ArmsAreLoud]

Nah, The Sword is far too unoriginal for bands within that timeframe.

Black Sabbath was stolen from a movie.

Just because these bands founded an entirely new genre doesn't mean they were any more creative then anyone else in anything else.

[Alright_Computer]

Just put band or parentheses.

lolwut. (http://www.google.com/search?q=(!!!)&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)

[timmay9]

I meant to say quotes. At least I remembered it working. Parentheses is wrong though.

Edit: See, it works for "The The": http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22the+the%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g8g%3As1g1

[Alright_Computer]

I meant to say quotes. At least I remembered it working. Parentheses is wrong though.

Edit: See, it works for "The The": http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22the+the%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g8g%3As1g1

In that case:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22!!!%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

lolwut.

[timmay9]

In that case:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22!!!%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

lolwut.

I guess you are sh*t out of luck if you try searching for them on Google. At least The The works.

[CommanderLock]

"The Downward Helix."
You'd think a NIN album would be taken.