Bands that don't fit their name

MagicPigDetective

Abigail Williams

monquixote

Alice Cooper must be the all time classic.

PolarityMan

Savage garden 

ICBM

Sporky said:

I just checked, having not actually heard them before, and I think 10000 Maniacs qualify. 

Likewise, Cowboy Junkies.

The Sisters Of Mercy. (Intentionally.)

tone1

PolarityMan said:

Savage garden 

I was gonna say that 

Handsome_Chris

fastonebaz said:

Oasis. 

Literally the last thing I'd want to hear anywhere let alone whilst crossing a desert. 

I am no Oasis apologist, but in fairness to them, they were named after a Swindon leisure spot.  It's just lucky that they weren't named The Sex Offenders' (Badly Tattooed) Arms, or The Dog & Racist.

RustySpanner

AC/DC. Well, not as far as we know.

Subhumans. Nice people. Intelligent as well. 

The Beatles. I'm no entomologist, but...... 

Half Man Half Biscuit. Skinny bastards all, apart from Neil. 

Here And Now. Unless they're hiding in the wardrobe. And I'm not checking 'till morning. 

Philly_Q

Rainbow sounds like a name for a chirpy pop band, although the name and imagery are so linked in my mind after all these years that it doesn't seem incongruous.

BillDL

Status Quo - They sung in English, not Latin.

Fine Young Cannibals - Disappointing.  No rhythmic pounding of drums and bare feet thumping the dusty ground as they prepared their human sacrifice and dug the fire pit.

richardhomer

Dire Straits - Mark Knopfler’s worth about £100,000,000. 

RocknRollDave

Manic Street Preachers - these days, at least

Reverend

Tv on the radio. They are definitely not the music vendor.

Sporky

RustySpanner said:

AC/DC. Well, not as far as we know.

I checked one track and there was no discernible DC component. 

prowla

Jethro Tull - apparently the bloke who invented a type of plough.

roberty

"The Darkness" always confused me. Anything but dark 

prowla

Philly_Q said:

Rainbow sounds like a name for a chirpy pop band, although the name and imagery are so linked in my mind after all these years that it doesn't seem incongruous.

I agree, though they did start the shows with "Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Weigh a pie)".

Grumpyrocker

Eagles of Death Metal 

ftumch

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Reverend

Grumpyrocker said:

Eagles of Death Metal 

Chaffinches of plodding safe rock would not have been a good career move

Sporky

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