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PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:14 pm 
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Granted, he wasn't a band, but does this mean that Prince, when he went by that symbol, wouldn't qualify even for this thread?

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Steely Dan (after a dildo referred to in a novel) ...seemed to fit here since I'm doubting a full thread devoted to bands named after dildos


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CO kid wrote:
Steely Dan (after a dildo referred to in a novel) ...seemed to fit here since I'm doubting a full thread devoted to bands named after dildos

Soft Machine's name came from the same author, as did several other lesser known band names.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:17 am 
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In college I was briefly in a band, sort of, named Ismism.




This was, as one can obviously tell, a long, long time ago.

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In college I was briefly in a band, sort of, named Ismism.
There was a punk band called Ism back in the 80's......they had a really funny version of "I Think I Love You"

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Charles wrote:
GeeEff wrote:
In college I was briefly in a band, sort of, named Ismism.
There was a punk band called Ism back in the 80's......they had a really funny version of "I Think I Love You"


Ismism was also a Godley & Creme album (titled Snack Attack here in the states.)


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Glenn S. wrote:
Charles wrote:
GeeEff wrote:
In college I was briefly in a band, sort of, named Ismism.
There was a punk band called Ism back in the 80's......they had a really funny version of "I Think I Love You"


Ismism was also a Godley & Creme album (titled Snack Attack here in the states.)


And John Lennon sings, "...ism, ism, ism...," in "Give Peace a Chance."

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Regarding all the "Ismismisms...." I'm glad Godley and Creme and others made use of the term...our band sure didn't!
We sounded like the most pathetic Pentangle wannabes ever...mixed with endless efforts to be really, really out there.

I remember being told to drum only on toms with mallets!
And do cymbal rolls...like a symphony player or something.
Nothing against mallets, really, but this was like 1968 we were like seventeen or something!
I just wanted to rock...not mallet!
As you can see...there was really no end to our cleverness!



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Crosby, Stills, and Nash -- named after, well, you know.

Buffalo Springfield -- named after a large construction vehicle -- a steamroller, maybe?

The Guess Who -- named after Guess Who?

The Shoes -- named after a comment the Beatles made.


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10CC- named after the amount of semen when a man ejaculates.


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10CC- named after the amount of semen when a man ejaculates.

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