Band Name Quiz (from 2002)

This is a (silly) cryptic quiz we (EJC music club dudes) put together one evening... it greatly amused us at the time... wonder if it still does!

1. able
   ? can


2. mega-voice
   ? ultravox


3. swedish palindrome
   ? abba


4. turkey relish
   ? cranberries


5. st trinians
   ? girlschool


6. polite snog
   ? kiss


7. not hate
   ? love


8. grunge heaven
   ? nirvana


9. portacabbage
   ? prefab sprout


10. bees arse
    ? sting


11. fuzz/filth/stench/pigs/coppers/feds/rozzers
    ? the police


12. confectionary
    ? the sweet


13. not no
    ? yes


14. samantha, darren & tabatha, under a spell
    ? b*witched


15. skeletal 007 boss
    ? boney m


16. easy as 1-2-3...
    ? abc


17. entrance and exit
    ? the doors


18. definite article, definitely
    ? the the


19. same as it ever was
    ? status quo


20. west of asia
    ? europe


21. John Logi Baird's big idea
    ? television


22. wailing ghost in native america
    ? siouxsie & the banshees


23. barbarella barbarella
    ? duran duran


24. honeycomb buzz
    ? voice of the beehive


25. kebab before autumn
    ? donna summer


26. electric gender bender
    ? ac/dc


27. big apple mannequins
    ? new york dolls


28. bland & blonde, neither IQ or ECU
    ? dollar


29. tiny boat races
    ? small faces


30. aa bottom
    ? zz top


31. bowie's young dudes
    ? mott the hoople


32. lame brains
    ? simple minds


33. vietnamese capital sucks (NOT!)
    ? hanoi rocks


34. dark carrions
    ? black crowes


35. mother & son immaculately linked
    ? jesus & mary chain


36. chemical nocturnal sprinters
    ? dexys midnight runners


37. chillier cocktail
    ? kula shaker


38. conversing crania
    ? talking heads


39. citrus crush
    ? orange juice


40. thankfully deceased
    ? grateful dead


41. depressed pearlmakers sect
    ? blue oyster cult


42. handmade in deutchland
    ? kraftwerk


43. saline duct secretion goes bang
    ? teardrop explodes


44. overpopulated dwelling
    ? crowded house


45. U 4 E Ah
    ? xtc


46. east of europe
    ? asia


47. pretentious french face
    ? visage


48. incomplete elements
    ? earth wind and fire


49. petrified flowers
    ? stone roses


50. 3 footed feathered friends
    ? the yardbirds


51. pleasure fraction
    ? joy division


52. from the ame
    ? de le soul


53. oyster gridlock
    ? pearl jam


54. I own this messy massacre of love?
    ? my bloody valentine


55. airborne beatle in a flap
    ? wings


56. profound indigo
    ? deep purple


57. johan-sebastian-dude ike&tina turbo !!!!!!!
    ? bachman turner overdrive


58. knock knock
    ? the who


59. curly, larry & mo
    ? the stooges


60. lemon sorcery symphonia
    ? yellow magic orchestra


61. satans little helpers
    ? the damned


62. next noise for England's capital
    ? future sound of london


63. metal maggie
    ? iron maiden


64. heavy metal airship
    ? led zeppelin


65. scarlet monarch
    ? king crimson


66. perverted nun
    ? twisted sister


67. division of naked apes
    ? human league


68. rugs on drugs
    ? inspiral carpets


69. heavyweight oxymoron male
    ? fatboy slim


70. ma, pa & kids, keeping the ships from the rocks
    ? lighthouse family


71. pitter patter of...
    ? little feat


72. comfortable prison
    ? soft cell


73. gothic remedy
    ? the cure


74. sanfrancisco rolls-royces
    ? bay city rollers


75. soupey scottish valley
    ? glen campbell


76. le sid vicious
    ? daft punk


77. satsuma soporific state
    ? tangerine dream


78. glad start to the working week
    ? happy mondays


79. ocular dream state
    ? rem


80. symphonic movement after dusk
    ? orchestral manouvres in the dark


81. land of the rising sun
    ? japan


82. not from these shores
    ? foreigner


83. 3 of these to heaven
    ? steps


84. always rises to the top
    ? cream


85. buttoned up jumpers
    ? the cardigans


86. nixon/carter/clinton/reagan/bush
    ? presidents of the USA


87. annually, with jelly, icecream & cake
    ? birthday party


88. first yell
    ? primal scream