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Band Name Inverses?

#24
Not an inversion per se but, a few years back, I had recorded on the backside of a Beatles cassette some original 4-track some tunes. As my tunes finished, backwards Beatle tunes sprang to life.

They didn't sound too bad. My friend and I seriously thought about forming a band to perform Beatle songs backwards:

Seltaeb

We got busy doing other things.
 
#28
A few from totally different genres, and some different approaches to inverse.

Witchfinder General - Witchfinder Specific
Cosmic Gate - Muddy Fence
Lady Antebellum - Postwar Bro
Rednex - Whiteheadz
Sick Individuals - Healthy Collective
Iio - Oi!
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Nelly Elder and Mad Cow
Menudo - T-Bone
Swedish House Mafia - Jamaican Barn Police
All - Not Really That Much
Divinyls - Diaboliurethanes
Retarted Elf - Edumacated Orc
Deadhorse - Livecow
Dzeko & Torres - either Kopmany & Azpilicueta or Pantilimon & Schwarzer
Angel'In Heavy Syrup - Hot Curried'Devil
Saint Vitus - Unholy Bubba
Earth, Wind & Fire - Just Water

And fictional bands:
Spinal Tap - MRI Scan
the Looters - the Convenience Store Owners Armed With Shotguns
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem - Professor Tongue and the Acoustic Order

Also, I'd totally audition for Golden Slut, the Unethical Sisters, Saltpit Loner and at least a dozen other bands in this thread.
 
#29
Weather Report -- Accuracy
Yes -- The Ramones
Motorhead -- Manual Feet
Rush -- Drivers License Renewal Line
Dio -- O.D.
Parliament -- The Presidents of the United States
Twisted Sister -- Straight Brother
Earth, Wind, and Fire -- Sky, Calm, and Water
Def Leppard -- Hearing Wolf
Steel Panther -- Def Leppard
Manfred Mann's Earth Band -- Winfred Woman's Air Band
Sting -- Float
Modest Mouse -- Immodest Cat
Skálmöld -- Post-War Iceland
ABBA -- ABBA
"Weird" Al Yankovic -- "Well-Adjusted" Bermuda Schwartz
Heart -- Soul
Les Paul -- More Peter
The Rolling Stones -- A Stationary Tree
Sigur Rós -- Defeated Violet
Of Monsters and Men -- Of Bunnies and Women
Múm -- Úmú
Mastodon -- Pond Hippo
Children of Bodom -- Parents of Petsamo
Týr -- Loki
Judas Priest -- Jesus Nun
Los Del Rio -- El De La Sierra
Bikini Kill -- One Piece CPR
The Cardigans -- The Pullovers
The Sugar Cubes -- The Lemon Sisters
Luther Wright and the Wrongs -- Pope Wrong and the Rights
Deep Purple -- Simply Red
Foghat -- Clear Shoes
Mountain -- Valley
Muddy Waters -- Clear Fire
The Indigo Girls -- The Orange Boys
Tori Amos -- NDP Andy
Gnarls Barkley -- Smooth Jordan
Broken Social Scene -- ASBO
Shuffle Demons -- Angels Played In Order
The Guess Who -- We'll Tell You
Basement Jaxx -- Attic Jills
Three Doors Down -- Four Doors Up
System of a Down -- Randomness of Up
Coldplay -- Hotwork
The Spice Girls -- The Sugar Hill Gang
The Psychedelic Furs -- Real Vinyl
The Runaways -- Homecoming
The Police -- The Outlaws
 
#31
Alice in Chains - Free Willy
Soundgarden - Videodump
AC/DC - Solar Powered
Clutch - Brake
L7 - M5
Steely Dan - Plastic Bertrand
White Lion - Black Dog
Powderfinger - Liquid Toe
Static X - Moving C
Y&T - B&E
Neil Young - Pliney the Elder
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
Living Color - Dead Grayscale
 
#37
Here's what I could come up with skimming the list of artists in my iTunes:

The Beach Boys – The Mountain Girls
The Doors – The Windows
Big Brother and the Holding Company – Little Sister and the Releasing Agents
Canned Heat – Unpackaged Frost
Cream – Butter
Deep Purple – Light Orange
The Eagles – The Yardbirds :D
Foghat – Skyshoe
Grateful Dead – Unthankful Living
Humble Pie – Pretentious Soup
 
#39
Not exactly an "inverse" but a local band of young kids from where I live, named themselves Toothless Rooster. funny in itself, but of course being the egotistical pricks we were back then, we started calling them Ruthless Toaster. We, of course, thought it was pretty clever. :)
 

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