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40. Wow - I forgot about those guys.

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #34)

Mon Feb 27, 2012, 02:59 PM

Feb 2012

I used to have a Doug and the Slugs album. Wonder what happened to it.

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Post a weird band name. [View all] geardaddy Feb 2012 OP

Death Cab For Cutie siligut Feb 2012 #1

Good ones! geardaddy Feb 2012 #2

Toad the Wet Sprocket Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #3

I did not know that. geardaddy Feb 2012 #6

It was on an album and the bit was called "Rock Notes." Here is Eric Idle explaining it all: Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #12

Thanks! geardaddy Feb 2012 #16

Saliva Sisters Yooperman Feb 2012 #4

I like it! geardaddy Feb 2012 #7

Na-Ooga and the No-Tones zbdent Feb 2012 #5

No, I didn't geardaddy Feb 2012 #8

Steely Dan siligut Feb 2012 #9

It's in "Naked Lunch" dogknob Feb 2012 #44

And in the book it refers to the sex machine in Amsterdam siligut Feb 2012 #60

Here's a couple from the local scene in the 80s geardaddy Feb 2012 #10

You forgot "The Sizzlin' Eggheads" hifiguy Feb 2012 #53

I'm not familiar with them geardaddy Feb 2012 #63

27 Devils Joking, Evil Hook Wildlife, Dogs At Play, 60,000,000 Buffalo hobbit709 Feb 2012 #11

Excellent! geardaddy Feb 2012 #13

Jesse had various incarnations hobbit709 Feb 2012 #23

Hootie and the Blowfish Yooperman Feb 2012 #14

Of course! geardaddy Feb 2012 #15

Arrogant Bastard. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #17

"Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen HopeHoops Feb 2012 #18

Infected Pussy (local band from a few years back - classic rock) HopeHoops Feb 2012 #19

Nice. geardaddy Feb 2012 #30

They weren't around for long, but the music was good. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #35

I love bands sometimes just for the name. geardaddy Feb 2012 #36

I'm more interested in the music. I can't stand disco or techno-crap. I want music. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #38

I generally love the music more, too. geardaddy Feb 2012 #39

The one in the hat? Oh, and "Six Pack Minus a Beer" would be a good alternate name. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #41

No, I'm stage left to the one in the hat. geardaddy Feb 2012 #42

Got it. That just didn't look like a bass to me. Still, good music. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #50

Thanks! geardaddy Feb 2012 #51

The Fugs - 60's psychedelic rock Yooperman Feb 2012 #20

Trivia: Lynard Skynard was named after the custodian at their high school. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #21

Actually Yooperman Feb 2012 #24

Okay. Close enough - PE teacher, custodian - not much of a difference. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #26

LOL - you may be right!! Yooperman Feb 2012 #28

I never had a PE teacher that could beat Palin in checkers. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #29

I had one with a Ph.D in Phys. Ed. Chan790 Feb 2012 #54

Okay, one of the weird ones. Mine all thought wedgies were funny. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #56

Yeah, Dr. McC was weird. Chan790 Feb 2012 #61

I wasn't talking about wedgie jokes - I was talking about six jocks giving ME a wedgie!!! HopeHoops Feb 2012 #62

Roadkill Ghost Choir ornotna Feb 2012 #22

I like Roadkill Ghost Choir geardaddy Feb 2012 #31

I still have a fondness for "Disaster Area" ... zbdent Feb 2012 #25

"Fuckin' Meow" Wait Wut Feb 2012 #27

That's awesome. geardaddy Feb 2012 #32

A while back Nashville Pussy was touring OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #58

!!! progressoid Feb 2012 #33

Great Vancouver new wave band: Doug and the Slugs. ohiosmith Feb 2012 #34

Excellent! geardaddy Feb 2012 #37

Wow - I forgot about those guys. progressoid Feb 2012 #40

Here's one going out to progressoid! ohiosmith Feb 2012 #45

Hoobastank wysimdnwyg Feb 2012 #43

Oh yeah, I remember them, geardaddy Feb 2012 #46

Wookiefoot geardaddy Feb 2012 #47

Oldie but goodie post: ohiosmith Feb 2012 #48

I like 'em! geardaddy Feb 2012 #49

The late brother of a friend hifiguy Mar 2012 #134

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs hifiguy Feb 2012 #52

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About 80% odf my music server is weird band names OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #55

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My college politically-activist punk band was named Sex with Miners. Chan790 Feb 2012 #59

The Skillet Lickers. Neoma Feb 2012 #64

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No. Neoma Feb 2012 #77

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BUMP OF CHICKEN AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #70

I'll have to look at that when I get home. geardaddy Feb 2012 #71

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That is good. geardaddy Feb 2012 #73

Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band. amerikat Feb 2012 #74

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The Chronicles of Sarnia. Real band name. bif Feb 2012 #104

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