💠 𝕆𝔽𝔽𝕀ℂ𝕀𝔸𝕃 A-Z Band Names Game

[BikerBoy]

Boozed

 

[BJtheDJ]

Coldcut​

The duo comprises DJs Matt Black & Jonathan More, formed in London, England around 1986. During
their career they have encompassed a wide range of styles from hip hop and rap to electronica and
jazz-inflected sounds.

They began working together in the mid-eighties on the (then) pirate radio station KissFM. Shortly
thereafter they released their first single, Say Kids, What Time Is It?, which marked the first stirrings
of the UK's dance/cutup scene.

This was followed by their influential remix of Eric B. & Rakim's Paid in Full, which made the top 10
and was voted best remix of the year.

 

[Chelsea]

Def Leppard

 

[BJtheDJ]

Die Toten Hosen​

Die Toten Hosen is a punk band from Düsseldorf (NRW), Germany. They are one of very few German-language
acts who have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany. The members of Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead
Trousers" in English; "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "lifeless", "boring", or "nothing going on") are
Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephen George Ritchie), Andi (Andreas Meurer)
and Breiti (Michael Breitkopf).

Vom replaced Wölli as the drummer in 1999 (Wölli's untimely departure from the band was due to injuries caused
by a car accident), who himself had replaced Trini in 1985 and is still an honorary member of the band; Trini became
the band's manager.

 

[BJtheDJ]

Everything but the Girl​

Everything But the Girl (EBTG), was a Hull, Yorkshire, UK, folk-pop / trip-hop duo of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn.

They débuted with a single for a Cole Porter cover, Night And Day (Mar 1982, Cherry Red). Their final album was
Temperamental (Sept 1999, Virgin).

Ben met Tracey when they were at Hull University and she was singing in pop girl-band Marine Girls.

Ben contributed a photograph, for a forthcoming album cover, after which, the pair became partners (later getting married).

 

[BikerBoy]

Forkupines​

 

[BJtheDJ]

Grand Funk Railroad​

Grand Funk Railroad is an American hard rock band that formed in 1969 in Flint, Michigan, United States.

Known for iconic rock hits such as the number ones "We're An American Band" and their cover version of
"The Loco-Motion", the band initially consisted of Mark Farner (vocals, guitar), Mel Schacher (bass) and
Don Brewer (drums), with Craig Frost (keyboards) joining in 1972.

During their career, the group has released 14 studio albums and their career sales total over 25 million
records sold, including 10 million records sold in 1970 alone.

The band split in 1977 and reunited in 1980, splitting again in 1983.

 

[BJtheDJ]

The Human League​

The Human League is an English synthpop band formed in 1977. Originally a minimal Post-Punk
synthesiser-based group from Sheffield, UK, they became one of the most successful New Wave
acts of the 80s.

The only consistent band member is vocalist and songwriter Phil Oakey. The band's best known
configuration was their 1980-1985 lineup of Phillip Oakey (vocals), Joanne Catherall (vocals),
Susanne Sulley (vocals), Phillip Adrian Wright (keyboards), Jo Callis (guitar, keyboards) and Ian
Burden (bass).

 

[BikerBoy]

Inner Circle

 

[BJtheDJ]

Judas Priest​

Judas Priest is an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969. The band has sold over 50
million copies of their albums to date.

Judas Priest is frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time.

Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band struggled with
indifferent record production, repeated changes of drummer, and lack of major commercial success or
attention until 1980, when they adopted a more simplified sound on the album British Steel, which helped
shoot them to rock superstar status.

 

[BJtheDJ]

Kosheen​

Kosheen are a Bristol-based trio formed in 1998 by Sian Evans (vocals), Darren "Decoder" Beale and
Markee "Substance" Morrison (both producing, mixing, guitars etc.).

Kosheen achieved international success with their debut single Hide U, which reached #6 in UK
official chart.

Their debut album "Resist" (released in 2001), a powerful mixture of drum'n'bass, trip-hop, chillout,
hip-hop-inspired beats and traditional singer-songwriter production, was warmly accepted by both
critics and audience and later went "platinum" in the UK. With their second LP "Kokopelli", Kosheen
changed their music style and turned to more rock-oriented tunes mixed with electronica & trip-hop.

 

[Chelsea]

Led Zeppelin

 

[BJtheDJ]

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones​

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Bosstones
is a play on Boston). They are credited with creating the ska-core genre, a form of music that mixes, to
various degrees, elements of modern third-wave ska along with hardcore punk, jazz, and other influences.

Their current lineup is Dicky Barrett (vocals), Joe Gittleman (bass), Lawrence Katz (guitar), Ben Carr (dancer,
"Bosstone"), Joe Sirois (drums), Timothy "Johnny Vegas" Burton (saxophone), Kevin Leaner (saxophone) and
Chris Rhodes (trombone) Formed in 1985, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones started playing in Boston clubs in
the mid-1980s.

 

[Beowulf25]

Nickelback

 

[BJtheDJ]

The Orb​

The Orb is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. The Orb is
heavily influenced by dub music, and much of their later output has been in the electronic dub category,
more so than ambient house.

The group was formed in 1988 by Dr. Alex Paterson (full name Duncan Robert Alex Paterson) and Jimmy
Cauty (one half of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and later The KLF).

The Orb's first release was the acid house anthem "Tripping on Sunshine". In May 1989,

The Orb released the "Kiss EP", which was heavily influenced by New York's KISS FM. Paterson began DJing around London, England at this time when he met Paul Oakenfold.

 

[BikerBoy]

Pink Floyd

 

[BJtheDJ]

Quietdrive​

Quietdrive is an alternative rock band based in Hopkins, Minnesota that formed in 2002. Perhaps best known
for their songs "Africa" and "Time After Time", the band consists of Kevin Truckenmiller (vocals, guitar, violin
bass), Will Caesar (guitar, vocals), Brice Niehaus (bass), and Brandon Lanier (drums).

Quietdrive released their debut album, titled 'When All That's Left Is You', on May 30, 2006 through Epic Records.

The band takes influences from contemporary alternative music as well as melodic hard rock groups.

 

[Beowulf25]

Rammstein

 

[BikerBoy]

Soundgarden

 

[BJtheDJ]

Ten Years After​

Ten Years After is an English blues rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between
1968 and 1973, the band scored eight Top 40 albums in the UK Albums Chart, twelve albums in the US
Billboard 200, and are best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love to
Change the World" and "Love Like a Man".

Their musical style is blues rock and hard rock.

Originally from Nottingham in the UK, this band of virtuoso musicians under the leadership of Alvin
Lee conquered the UK scene and then spread their wings to the USA. Their blend of jazz, blues and rock
was initially slightly awkward but their first album provided an opening for them.