Slightly diminish a band

[Substrate]

The Fakers
Vladivostok Neighborhood Orchestra (Alternatively: Cis-Siberian Orchestra...)
The Stationary Wilburys
Pliant Dan

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Coolplay

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

Windüphead

Southern Culture In The Vicinity Of The Skids

Animals As Managers

 

[monsterthompson]

DragonFarce

Meme Theater

Falling in Rivers

Driveway Park

Montgomery Burns Red

Ladle of Filth

 

[WG Plum]

Mississippi (Formerly known as Alabama)

Arkansas

 

[monsterthompson]

subPrimus

Peaches & Herbicide

Ted Nougat

The Amboy Dorks

The Bee Sting Boys

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

Peaches & Herbicide

The Banana Splats

The Third Base Derringers

 

[monsterthompson]

The Banana Splats

Solid. I thought of that one earlier but wasn’t online. Great minds…

 

[monsterthompson]

Strawberry Snooze Bar
(Recycled from the Dad Band Names thread)

 

[monsterthompson]

Mid Business

The Melvin

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

Strawberry Snooze Bar
(Recycled from the Dad Band Names thread)

I'd literally typed that, then struck before posting

Dexy's Midnight Joggers

The Thompson

The Workaroundd

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

Simmons & Grafunkle

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

MistyHat

 

[WG Plum]

Anal Swimmers

 

[WG Plum]

YesMeansYes

 

[tangentmusic]

Robin Trousers
REO Slow Wagon

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

Harmful Tendencies

Black Pennant

Johnny Clash (hmmm... another mashup idea)

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“Five Feet High and Rising”​

During his time on Sesame Street, Cash also performed “Five Feet High and Rising” with Biff the construction worker. “Say, don’t I know you,” says Biff to Cash. “I know you from somewhere. Don’t tell me. … You’re Johnny Clash.” After Cash corrects him, he tells Biff that he came to sing a song he wrote called “Five Feet Hight and Rising.”

Originally released on Cash’s fourth album Songs of Our Soil from 1959, “Five Feet Hight and Rising” tells the true story of the Great Flood of 1937, which forced Cash—then 4 years old—and his family to flee and leave their home behind.

How high’s the water, Mama?
Two feet high and risin’
How high’s the water, Papa?
She said it’s two feet high and risin’

 

[Malak the Mad]

The Not Too Bad Thunderbirds

Eh...they're okay. I might get around to listening to their album, "Tuff Occasionally".

Spin Nurses

I've worked on many, many nurses. After one told me how she countermanded a misstated prescription by a young resident, I asked her if the primary function of the nurse is to protect their patients from their doctors. The answer was an instant and unironic "YES!!". So, long story short, that would be an upgrade, not a diminishment.

 

[monsterthompson]

The Shin Doctors

 

[Malak the Mad]

Okay, time to exercise my "comedy writing" muscles...


A Taste Of Mustard

ABD

After The Campfire

Anderson Bruford Woke Me But How?

Apollo 439

Fairly Good Religion

Bongiovi

Buffalo Springsteen (If Stephen Stills and Neil Young were working with Bruce, that might actually catch my ear!)

Brian Seltzer Orchestra

Bryan Schooner

Buddy Dude

California Sitar Trio (I wouldn't be surprised if this actually existed!)

Chris Eyesack

Macadam Blonde

Corey Fart (Not my normal style of humor, but it's kinda-sorta right there, so I'll make the exception.)

Overdosed Cowboy Junkies

Kraft Punk

Dave Vulfpeck Trio (Vulfpeck getting a Dave Brubeck treatment? I think I'd listen to that!)

David Zooey (For those utterly tired of Zooey Deschanel's "manic pixie dreamgirl" schtick!)

Depeche a la Mode

Donna Autumn

Spleen Theater

Emersion in the Lake by Palmer

Fitz and the Tremens

Plight of the Concords

Out-Of-Focus

Banksy Goes To Hollywood (Talk about "performance art"!)

Glenn Fried

Golden Earache

Gordon Lead-Foot (Gordon Pedal-Foot also came to mind, but this works better.)

The Stop-Stop's

Chimpanzeez ("Orangutanz" also works.)

Wheat & Oats

Spleen (When I was a teenager, my dad said with lyrics like theirs, "Heart" should be called that instead.)

Iron Trollop

Sally Hemings Starship (Previously known as "Sally Hemings Airplane".)

Jethro Tug

Joe C*ck-bl*cker

Judas Yeast

Joe Sandtrapriani (Don't land in his "pocket"...you'll have too many points!)

Kate Smoosh

Kenny Logjammins

SMOOCH (Did someone already drop this KISS joke? If so, credit goes to them.)

Lady Gargle

Manoconflict

Matthew Bittersweet

Leek Loaf

Petallica (Sounds like an AI-driven parody band with CGI pets playing thrash metal tunes.)

Michael Bubblÿ

Midnight Crude Oil

Mike + The Guys Who Fix Your Car

Midnight Gaseous Ball Of Celestial Hydrogen

Great White Whale (...with apologies to Moby! I loved you in "Suck"!! )

Michael Whiners Not-So-Great Bongo Band

Morris And The Time-Of-Day

Nine Inch Snails

Some Doubt

Underfill (Bobby Blitz will probably punch me for that one! )

Pat Scimitar (Pat Benatar, but more METAL?! Right into my veins, please!!)

Spamtera (Monty Python does Pantera?! GIMME!!)

Benny Hill Collins

Slime-Us (Did I grow up watching "You Can't Do That On Television"? I don't know...)

Prince & The Rotation

Patiohead

Robert Hander

Rod's Stew-Art

Robert Frond

Poxy Music (Am I the only one who could see this being a punk'd out spin on "Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry" songs?)

Sammy Hagar the Horrible (Still a better comic strip than "Family Circus", but that IS a pretty low bar!)

Sister Semi-Automatic Gun

Sister Sled (Christmas music by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards?! Yes, please!)

Salt Girls

Baaa Na Na

Steve Lose-Metal

Stevie Ray Vaughn Halen (Okay, I might listen to some of that.)

Plasticy Dan

Suzanne Chevy Vega

Walking Feds

Tears For Spears

The Crazy World Of James Brown (Sounds like a band formed by Bootsy Collins just before P-Funk.)

The Not-Dead-Yet Kennedys (More Monty Python on the brain!)

20,000 Human Leagues Under The Sea

The Bittersweet

The Hotels (...with their hit single, "Only The Foamy"!)

Down The Tubes

The White Pinstripes

Thomas Dolby Audio

The Whats?

Corey Amos

Tom Oh-So-Petty

Misted Sister

Vanilla Sludge

The Vince Grimaldi Trio

H.O.R.N.E.T.

Off-White Zombie ("Gripping the wheel, his knuckles went slightly-less-than-white with desire...")

And lastly...

YYZ Top (I'd pay good money to see those trios team up on-stage at the same time! Call it the 1984 "Elimination Under Pressure" tour or something!)



Okay, I'mma go sleep now. My brain hurts, 'cuz comedy writing is hard.