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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:49 pm 
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Sorry if this has been done before!

Some of the obvious:
America
Chicago
Boston
Kansas
John Denver (changed his name to the capitol of the state he loved) :)


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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:56 pm 
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Here are some I can think of:

Asia
Europe
New England
Japan
Toronto
Hawaii
Alaska
Texas
Nantucket

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:02 pm 
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some more:

Heaven
China Crisis
New York City
Of Montreal
Alabama
Ohio Players
Atlanta Rhythm Section

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:03 pm 
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New York Dolls
New York City (disco group - "I'm Doin' Fine Now")
Hiroshima (jazz fusion)
Bay City Rollers
Detroit Spinners (later just the Spinners)
Asbury Jukes
Miami Sound Machine
Little Texas

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:15 pm 
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New Orleans Radiators
Detroit Cobras
Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys
Ohio Express

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:16 pm 
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The Motor City Five

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:54 pm 
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America UK (seriously)
California Music
California Transit Authority
China
The Cyrus Erie
Earth (2 different groups)
England
The Euclid Beach Band
The Hammersmith Gorillas
The Liverpool Five
Londonbeat
The Manhattan Transfer
The Moon
Mother Earth (2 different groups)
Paris

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:27 pm 
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Friend of Jimbo.

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The Blue Nile

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:51 pm 
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The Manhattans (or are they named for the drink?)
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Texas

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:01 pm 
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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
Randy California - guitarist from Spirit
Handsome Dick Manitoba - from The Dictators

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:53 pm 
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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:58 pm 
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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:59 pm 
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David Peel and the Lower East Side

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Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FZ
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win."
-- Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto after reading a bulletin that Pope Paul VI had died


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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:05 pm 
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Pearl Harbour and the Destroyers

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Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FZ
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win."
-- Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto after reading a bulletin that Pope Paul VI had died


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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:29 pm 
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Timbuk3


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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:45 pm 
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What do you call a camel with three humps?

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L.A. Guns
Barry Jive & the Uptown Five
Boomtown Rats


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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:58 pm 
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Puppy Monkey Alan!

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Country Dick Montana from the Beat Farmers.

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:17 am 
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George Thorogood and the Deleware Destroyers

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The Yankees win, THE YANKEES WINNNNN!!!!
Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FZ
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win."
-- Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto after reading a bulletin that Pope Paul VI had died


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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:20 am 
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Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge

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The Yankees win, THE YANKEES WINNNNN!!!!
Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FZ
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win."
-- Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto after reading a bulletin that Pope Paul VI had died


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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:26 am 
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Berlin

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The Yankees win, THE YANKEES WINNNNN!!!!
Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FZ
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win."
-- Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto after reading a bulletin that Pope Paul VI had died


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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:48 am 
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The Slaves of New Brunswick
UK Squeeze
Sir Lord Baltimore

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 Post subject: Bands named after places
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:56 am 
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Puppy Monkey Alan!

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Robert Meagher wrote:
Berlin


Irving Berlin. So there.

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