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The Rusty Bike Platoon

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The Flagellant Scarves

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Black metal: Sonegalt, Gravfølge.
Electro: Weltanschauung, Der Wille zur Takt.
Pop: Empathy Test, Leo Needs a New Pair of Shoes, Society of the Spectacular.
Prog: Sub Specie Aeternitatis.
Punk: Treblinka Tremoloes, Proverbs for Paranoids.

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Some highschool band names we used:
Wargasm
The Skeleteens
Cock Lobster
We didn't have a band though, we just made fliers for clubs downtown which didn't exist to hand out so we could pick up girls. I don't remember it working.

But I think a good band name would be The Gingerbread Werewolves. I think it was a Dead Kennedys song...I know I've heard it somewhere.

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Nice. I'd buy the shirt without even knowing what the band is. No doubt it would be screamo though.

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As opposed to Rock Lobster? :confused:

The girls were smarter than you thought, eh? ;)

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Leather Matchstick
Clapping Infinity
Cotton Candy Cult

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Bands that should exist, but almost certainly do not:

-Passerines: Driven by echo-laden electric cello à la Arthur Russell married to swirling, elegant guitar in the vein of the Chameleons or Felt, muffled, moody vocals and wild jazz drumming.
-Neue Schönheit: Angular rhythms, vague song structures, throbbing distorted bass, megaphone vocals, atonal steel drum solos and quartertone bouzouki.
-The Book Is On The Table: Two vocalists, one a yelping tenor, the other a roaring basso profundo, augmented by wailing Wasp synth, agile fretless bass, contrabassoon, sopranino sax, and two classical percussionists.
-The Mezzanine Jumpers: A ruthlessly noisy punk outfit, songs ranging from prestissimo to grave, using random debris for percussion and having all their instruments fretted to 13-tone equal temperament.
-Cosmonauts: Laptop electronica crew influenced by Algerian rai, gamelan, Eraserhead and Laurie Anderson, employing, alongside their keyboards, tuned cymbals, a harmonium and a five-string banjo.
-Broken Eye Sealant: A power electronics quartet employing electrified chamber instruments, contact microphones and homemade effects pedals.
-Trenchant Mutter: A glorious fusion of R.E.M., Cabaret Voltaire (industrial band and Dadaist club) and a barbershop quartet. On steroids.
-Salt Herring and Loaves: Morose trio of vibraphone, tuba and baritone guitar, with soft and wistful but oddly disturbing vocals.
-The (Shameless) Reprobates: Jagged chamber-pop in the oeuvre of the Fire Engines' "Candyskin", but with the "lead" guitar replaced by two keyboards (a Hammond organ and an Ondes Martinot) and with clever, unbelievably sarcastic/sinister lyrics.
-Profuse Seepage: Eerie, minimal trip-hop driven by weird samples and skittering slo-mo breakbeats with Sonic Youth-meets-Keith Rowe guitar abuse and ghostly echo chamber vocals overtop.
-Prion 7: Drumming like live action Venetian Snares mixed with squalls of bass saxophone, buzzing Soft Machine-styled organ and operatic vocoder terrorism.

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Who Let These Guys Onstage?

(WLTGO to the true fans)

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Swine Flutes