Which Animal Will Bands Embrace This Year?
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Every few years there will be an influx of bands who take on animal names as part of their name. Often times, though not purposely, these bands release albums in clusters - according to the animal name. For example, a few years ago, Wolf Eyes, We Are Wolves, Wolfmother and Wolf Cub popped. It seemed as if last year it was the year of the dear. The Dears, Dearhoof, Dearhunter, Dear Tick, Lonely Dear (OK, that one doesn't really count) got some attention last year. Are bats taking over? The Bats, Bat for Lashes, Over the years, dogs have come and gone - That Dog, all the rapper "dogs" including Snoop Dogg (still here I guess), The Black Dog.
Maybe animals proper will be "it." - Animal Collective, Plants & Animals, Tiny Animals, Super Furry Animals (of course there are other "Animals" from decades gone by, cue The Muppet Show music or "Bring it On Home to Me").
I'm aware that this is the year of the Ox, but is it?
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top 5 albums with animals in the name:
1. Beck - Midnight Vultures
2. Mountain Goats - self titled
3. The White Stripes - Elephant
4. The National - Alligator
5. Eels - Meet the Eels
honorable mentions:
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Deer Tick - War Elephant (I had to kill two birds with one stone - this was just too good)
Phish - Farmhouse (is that close enough?) haha
CSS - Donkey (what an awesome name for an album - almost as good as elephant ;)
We'll just assume Phish meant to spell their name like that to differentiate from those w/ gills...
Putting The Beatles in there might be a little tired and corny but these are all good ones.
Also, honorable mentions, The Dandys' Welcome to the Monkey House, Yusef (pre-Islam) Tea for Tillerman, B&S Tigermilk, Band of Horses Everything All The Time and I'm sure Anna would have us put Arctic Monkeys somewhere on there...
:)
Also how about:
Hot Snakes
These Arms Are Snakes
Snake Nation (Corrosion Of Conformity side band)
Whitesnake
The Snake The Cross The Crown
Snake River Conspiracy
Cobra Starship
Cobra Verde
Mad Cobra
Cobra Skulls
Cobra High
or
Frightened Rabbit
BunnyBrains
Echo And The Bunneyme (Actually almost forgot them)
Year Of The Rabbit
Bunny Wailer (of Bob Marly and the Wailers)
Eddie Rabbit
Jive Bunny and the Master Mix (okay that was a stretch)
this is fun! We could go back and forth. I give you an animal then you give me one etc
here is one for Eric: Lions
Snakes is a good one. That and rabbits have crossed my mind. Also, The White Rabbits!
Without going on allmusic...
As Tall As Lions
Pedro the Lion
Lion Rock
That's all I've got.
This reminds me of something I used to do w/ band names, sort of 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon but w/ the name of the band
For example
Box Car Racer
Boy Hits Car
Fall Out Boy
Boy Sets Fire
Sunny Day Sets Fire
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Sunny Day Real Estate
Green Day
Al Green
Ce Lo Green
etc.
I think I was facinated with all the 3 word combination band names w/ Boy, Car, etc. in 'em
Next Up: Birds (any type)
Sick Sick Birds (great Baltimore band with guys from the Pee Tanks and Thumbs)
Falcon - side band of LAwrence Arms guys
Hudson Falcons
Bir Of Ill Omen
The Humming birds
The Byrds (duh)
The Bird And The Bees
Flight Of The Conchords
The Eagles
Andrew Biird
Wings
All I got off the top of my head
Also you forgot One Day As A Lion (Zack Dl arochs new band)
and White Lion!
Up Next :Insects
I was going to say Lionhear but I thought that was just a Jon Claude Van Dam movie. Give me a minute to think insects...heck...
The Locust
The Beatles (that's MY duh)
Papa Roach
The Pink Spiders
Spiderbait
Black Moth Rainbow (is that it???)
Adam and the Ants
The Bird and the Bee (ha!)
The Bees
That's all i've got...sure there's more....
You missed The Doves, The Buzzcocks (is that stretching it???- also, wasn't there another Baltimore based "cock" band Revolting Cocks or something???)
OK-Guess I'll go w/ Fish of the Sea...
Oh yeah and another bird one - Chickenfoot...forgot to mention that one although it crossed my mind as I was posting...
More insects?
American Soul Spiders (reat band!! later became Teengenerate. Japanese band in the New Bomb Turks vein)
Ladybug Transister
W.A.S.P.
Roach Motel (old NYC hardcore band)
Insect Surfers
Moth
Daddy Longhead (kinda insect like Butthole Surfers side band)
some of these are kind of obscure but the names popped in my head
Revolting Cocks (or RevCo for Walmart) were/are a Ministry side band with a great album called "Beers, Steers and Queers"
I know the band from BAltimore you are talking about and it is on the tip of my tongue but just cannot remember
Lets see :Fish
Lake Trout
Hammerhead (AmRep BAnd. Some guys now in VAz)
Skafish
School Of Fish
Reel Big Fish
3rd Bass (that was a strecth)
suprsingly that is all I can think of
Let's see now: Domestic pets (dogs, cats gerbals etc)
Also anyone else feel free to jump in
Lungfish (not really a fish)
Oh and we both forgot about Jimmie's Chicken Shack!
Yes...The Shack! (and Birdmonster, forgot that one)....and you missed The Eels, Noah and the Whale, and perhaps Fisherspooner too?
Onto domestic pets - Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg (could probably go on forever for this), That Dog, Pussy Cat Dolls, Dog Eat Dog, Dr. Dog, Modest Mouse (???), Three Dog Night, Cat Empire, Cat Power, Bloodhound Gang, The Chameleons (???), oddly, that's all I've got...for now...