Daft Pun (Tribute Bands with Inventive Names)

[aldude]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1374655906' post='2151291']
A Shed Seven tribute called Seven Shades of Shed?
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Nah, that would be called Seven Sheds of Grey?

[ras52]

[quote name='aldude' timestamp='1374656516' post='2151301']
Nah, that would be called Seven Sheds of Grey?
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Perhaps, but mine is more of a tongue-twister ...oo-err!

[ras52]

All right, here are half-a-dozen more:

[b]Pro Bono [/b]- Lawyers play U2
[b]Cher Floyd [/b]- Gypsies, tramps and flying pigs, with a dash of X-Factor pop
[b]Jacques O'Pastorius [/b]- Gallic-Gaelic fretless wizardry
[b]Wand Erection [/b]- Magic porno boy band
[b]Oliver's Sarnie [/b]- Elvis Costello tribute, available for quick lunchtime gigs
[b]Another Prick on the Wal [/b]- Floyd tribute whose bass player has excellent taste in instruments but is otherwise an annoying fellow

[aldude]

Another gore-pop possibility: Justin Bleeder

Now I'm sure a lot of people would love to see that!

[hen barn]

My old drummer was a Phil Collins fan and used to play in a band called

Jenny's house!!!! Brilliant!!!

[MoonBassAlpha]

Pimp Floyd from years back.

[Pete Academy]

A crap Jaco tribute...Jaco Pisspoorious.

[ras52]

[b]Jeu d'esprit [/b]- Witty versions of Judas Priest songs, in French


[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1374757430' post='2152847']
A crap Jaco tribute...Jaco Pisspoorious.
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I'm sure I've heard of a Steely Dan tribute band with a neat name, but it escapes me....

Edited July 25, 2013 by ras52

[Earbrass]

[quote name='hen barn' timestamp='1374700778' post='2152238']
My old drummer was a Phil Collins fan and used to play in a band called

Jenny's house!!!! Brilliant!!!
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Should have been Jenny's Sis.

[paul h]

I toyed with the idea of forming Alarming Morissette once.

[ras52]

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1374764941' post='2152938']
I toyed with the idea of forming Alarming Morissette once.
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...but it was too close to a Smiths tribute band with a rubbish restricted-growth frontperson: Alas, It's Morrissette

[cloudburst]

I did see a Smiths tribute band made up of three coloured guys and a coloured girl. Very good they were too. The Blacksmiths.

CB

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1374654201' post='2151262']
Or an Elton John tribute called 50 Shades of Ga... nah, that's not appropriate.
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It's been done several times already:

[cloudburst]

Electronic Fags - a Pet Shop Boys tribute
(no offence intended Neil and Chris)

CB

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1374758674' post='2152869']
[b]Jeu d'esprit [/b]- Witty versions of Judas Priest songs, in French



I'm sure I've heard of a Steely Dan tribute band with a neat name, but it escapes me....
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Would that be Stealin' Dan?

[BassTractor]

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1374860998' post='2154234']
Would that be Stealin' Dan?
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Not quite but you're nearly there. Well done!

[ras52]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1374863935' post='2154297']
Not quite but you're nearly there. Well done!
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Which is the one with Christina Hendricks on bass?

...or am I thinking of the Jimi / Ms Aguilera tribute act?

[barneyg42]

Nearly Dan? Or has that been done already?

[barneyg42]

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1374913352' post='2154657']
Nearly Dan? Or has that been done already?
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Oh and Steely Scam!

[leftybassman392]

Here's a couple for you:

For a number of years I played in a function band called Rich Clifford (no, not the one mentioned earlier);

In a previous band, we would sometimes do spoof 'tours' with made up names, one of which was 'Malt Loaf on the Boat out of Hull' tour. (The band's real name was 'Tango with Dignity')

A fellow BC member plays in a band called 'The Really Hot Chili Peppers' (who are actually really, really good!)

Edited July 27, 2013 by leftybassman392

[Beedster]

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1373356238' post='2136477']
These are all mine for when I retire fronm the originals scene.

[b]Boy Division[/b] - High energy version of Unknown Pleasures sung by four lads in tight PVC pants.
[b]Codplay[/b] - Tedious, droning, accountant music played by a band of slightly whiffy factory workers from Young's in Grimsby.
[b]AeroSmiths[/b] - Cock rocking versions of Morrisey and Marr's back catalogue.
[b]the Psychedelic Spurs[/b] - Hoddle and Waddle sing Pretty in White and Sister Europa League.
[b]Numan League[/b] - All your Synth needs in one band.
[b]World Of WarKraftwerk[/b] - Teutonic machine elves.
[b]Smashing Bumkins[/b] - Pa Larkin transposes Chicago alt rock to a Kentish farmyard. Pullet with Butterfly Wings, Perfick', etc.
[b]Captain Sensible & Tenille[/b] - Love Will Keep Us Together sung naked apart from a red beret.
[b]U2pia[/b] - Todd and Bono mash it up.....
[b]Stiff Little Richard[/b] - Flamboyant rock n roll with an Ulster accent.
[b]the Nicholas Parsons Project[/b] - Prog tracks that last just a minute
[b]Bjorkwind[/b] - Icelandic space ritual.
[b]Canon & Ball Corpse[/b] - Comedy duo go dark. Death metal on Tommy.
[b]Emerson, Lake & Carlton Palmer[/b] - The audience wonder how the one with no talent managed to get in this group?
[b]The Rollins Stones[/b] - Paint it Black Flag.
[b]Promised You the Miracles[/b] - Smokey sings New Gold Dreams.
[b]Thieving Sponging Benefit Scum[/b] - Daily Mail readers UB40 tribute
[b]Good Vibrators[/b] - Beach Boys style punk bandwagon jumpers.
[b]UK Dubs[/b] - Sly & Robbie supply the riddim while Charlie Harper toasts.
[b]Bruce Forsyth and the Range[/b] - Thats the way it. Way it is thats.
[b]Frankie Howerd and the Teenagers[/b] - Why do fools....oooh matron. Now listen....
[b]Mumford & Sunn (0))))))[/b] - Indie doom folk
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One of the best posts ever

Bit OT but related, I've always been a fan of Rutles contemporaries Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Gifted & Black

[BassYerbouti]

Take That and Shove It

[Dad3353]

What What What..? Speciality: Harry Secombe covers.

[paul_5]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1378468537' post='2200745']
What What What..? Speciality: Harry Secombe covers.
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Just had a wry smirk at that one. Nicely done sir.

[ras52]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1378468537' post='2200745']
What What What..? Speciality: Harry Secombe covers.
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Only three whats? You're not very bright...