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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:00 AM
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The great monosyllabic band name thread.
Yes.
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Bob3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:00 AM
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1. who
N/t
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Debbi801 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:00 AM
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2. KISS
cause that is all I can think of right now.
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:00 AM
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3. Queen
:)
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:01 AM
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4. Heart
Still thinking...
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:01 AM
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5. Tool
:headbang:
rocknation
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:02 AM
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8. Damn...
you beat me to it
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:01 AM
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6. Wham!
:hi:
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:02 AM
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7. Slade.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:02 AM
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9. Ween
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:03 AM
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10. low
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Debbi801 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:03 AM
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11. Hole.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:04 AM
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12. Bush
Cake
Choke
Finch
Hum
Muse
Ours
Slint
Zwan
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:04 AM
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13. air
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:04 AM
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14. Jet
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:04 AM
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15. War!
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:07 AM
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16. Angry Johnny and the Killbillies-oops-wrong thread.
:D
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:08 AM
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17. Bread
Although technically, they sucked.
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:08 AM
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18. Kansas-ugh
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:08 AM
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19. Boston
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:11 AM
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20. Tar
Fuckin' LOVED that band...
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:15 AM
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21. Tribe (n/t)
.
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:18 AM
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22. HUM - God I loved that band
And do we need to have a discussion on what constitutes a "syllable"?
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:18 AM
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23. Rush
Edited on Fri Jun-10-05 10:22 AM by TommyO
I'm surprised this one didn't come up earlier

edited to add this:

OK, being the curious sort, I did a quick Google search for "monosyllabic band names" Wouldn't you know it, somebody out there has been compiling them:

http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~meburns/UNK/bandmain.html
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:20 AM
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24. Yes
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LastKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:24 AM
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25. Muse.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:25 AM
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26. Cream
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:26 AM
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27. Bread (n/t)
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:27 AM
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28. Train (n/t)
.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:27 AM
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29. Styx
great band.... not so much, but it's a good monosyllabic name.
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Atlas Mugged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 10:38 AM
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30. Clash
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 11:00 AM
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31. ELO
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 11:09 AM
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32. Tad
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 11:11 AM
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33. Low
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 11:35 AM
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34. Kinks
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 11:35 AM
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35. Trogs
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 11:36 AM
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36. Tubes
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 11:37 AM
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37. HIM
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MyshkinCommaPrince Donating Member (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:13 PM
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38. God.
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dean_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:14 PM
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39. X
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:14 PM
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40. Slave
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:15 PM
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41. Metallica
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Karmageddon Donating Member (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:15 PM
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42. Germs
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:15 PM
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43. Bananarama
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:16 PM
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44. AiM
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:17 PM
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45. Squeeze
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Karmageddon Donating Member (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:17 PM
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46. Fear
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Karmageddon Donating Member (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:18 PM
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47. Byrds
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:19 PM
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48. Ok i'll say it
ABBA
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 03:19 PM
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49. Bent
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 05:05 PM
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50. The Funny Thing Is Some People Didn't Get The Monosyllable Part
:)
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 05:51 PM
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53. Did!!!
:)
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 06:01 PM
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54. Exactly. "Monosyllabic" doesn't mean "one word."
Thanks :D
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:51 AM
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57. I know what you mean
that big word just means words that have just one part - just like the words in this post.

;)
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 05:08 PM
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51. phish
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 05:09 PM
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52. cake
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 06:05 PM
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55. GWAR
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-05 06:34 PM
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56. Earth
who later became Black Sabbath
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:53 AM
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58. Beck
:D
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 09:20 AM
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59. GONG
From the planet Gong.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:05 AM
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60. Ash (nt)
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:06 AM
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61. Does "Cher" count?
And I seem to recall some actual band that was calling themselves "Cher UK" as sort of a joke
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 10:07 AM
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62. Man and Can
You didn't say they had to be good bands
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