Bands that don't fit their name

Litterick

But the detectives in Tintin are not twins. Their names are Thompson and Thomson.

Nitefly

They Might Be Giants.

But they probably aren't.

Philly_Q

Nitefly said:

They Might Be Giants.

But they probably aren't.

They always looked pretty tall to me.

mart

Nitefly said:

They Might Be Giants.

But they probably aren't.

And what are we gonna do unless they are?

ICBM

mart said:

And what are we gonna do unless they are?

Not put too fine a point on it.

Kittyfrisk

ICBM said:

mart said:

And what are we gonna do unless they are?

Not put too fine a point on it.

Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet.

Schnozz

Fine Young Cannibals
Thunder

scrumhalf

The Groundhogs - they were humans.

Gerry & The Pacemakers. Look at film of them and tell me just what they could make the pace for.

Rainbow - because Ritchie is just such a beamng ray of sunshine.

Reverend

bobblehat said:

Black Lace - Not quite as sexy as you'd imagine.

I dunno

Dopesick

Swans

DannyP

thecolourbox said:

I was disappointed to find that the Black Keys largely play using the minor pentatonic scale and not the major pentatonic

It's all relative.

Litterick

Only five men in Crowded House.

digitalkettle

Litterick said:

Only five men in Crowded House.

They used to tour with Living In A Box.

the_jaffa

digitalkettle said:

Litterick said:

Only five men in Crowded House.

They used to tour with Living In A Box.

And Squeeze

Sporky

I forgot Greet Death!

Cols

British Sea Power.  Sounds like they should be a world-shagging hard rock band instead of a crap indie group.

Litterick

The New Pornographers

Philly_Q

Cols said:

British Sea Power.  Sounds like they should be a world-shagging hard rock band instead of a crap indie group.

I think they're just called Sea Power now, anyway.  Sounds much less impressive.

BillDL

..... and far less "Colonial".

Cols

Yes, they changed their name last year “in order to avoid connotations with isolationist, antagonistic nationalism“, and definitely not in an attempt to drum up a spot of publicity for their new single they’d just released and their impending album.