Most Misspelled Band Names

Many people I know spell Franz Ferdinand as "Franz Ferdainand"

Posted by: Julie at 10/16/06 5:04 PM  | Reply
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Trentemøller

Posted by: Joe at 10/16/06 5:06 PM  | Reply
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Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike

Posted by: David s. at 10/16/06 5:07 PM  | Reply
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Not for the reason you listed but I effing hate searching for "The Band."
Also, Sigur Ros, I don't know how many different ways I've seen it spelled. Plus I don't know how to make an accent mark on a PC without going "insert" on MS Word.

Posted by: Stephen at 10/16/06 5:09 PM  | Reply
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Led Zeppelin ----> Led Zepplin

I've seen that one a fair few times.

Posted by: neb at 10/16/06 5:09 PM  | Reply
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I don't think you've had enough practise with Scarlett Johansson ;)

Posted by: lemon watermelon at 10/16/06 5:10 PM  | Reply
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Magneta Lane = Magenta Lane

Posted by: Ill-Matic at 10/16/06 5:10 PM  | Reply
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Magneta Lane = Magenta Lane

Posted by: Ill-Matic at 10/16/06 5:11 PM  | Reply
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Yo La Tango...

Posted by: brandon at 10/16/06 5:14 PM  | Reply
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Wild Stallions (Wyld Stallions)

Posted by: coren.a.f. at 10/16/06 5:18 PM  | Reply
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Mxyzptlk

Posted by: richard at 10/16/06 5:24 PM  | Reply
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I like how they can spell "Yankovic" but fuck up on "Weird" instead.

Posted by: z at 10/16/06 5:25 PM  | Reply
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Also, the trickiest one I can think of -

Einstürzende Neubauten

Posted by: z at 10/16/06 5:28 PM  | Reply
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elliot smith. GRR.

Posted by: alex at 10/16/06 5:37 PM  | Reply
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MSTRKRFT

OOIOOIOO

Posted by: ccu at 10/16/06 5:41 PM  | Reply
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Alex, I hope you spelled Elliott Smith wrong on purpose. Because it's kind of funny if you're getting upset about it and spell is wrong yourself.

Posted by: Cole at 10/16/06 5:41 PM  | Reply
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Yahoo won't even let you search !!!. It's an "invalid shortcut".

Posted by: Kim at 10/16/06 5:42 PM  | Reply
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panic at the disco (panic! at the disco)

Posted by: d-rock at 10/16/06 5:46 PM  | Reply
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There;s a new glasgow supergroup called

DANANANANAKROYD

and i'm never sure how many ANs there are in it, thus proving googlisation difficultation.

good band tho'

Posted by: Your Dad at 10/16/06 5:47 PM  | Reply
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joanna newsome for joanna newsom.

Posted by: folk life at 10/16/06 6:02 PM  | Reply
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Dananananakroyd -- not bad.

Here's "Totally Bone" for the curious:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/tracks/_NOIRSC_dananananakroyd_totallybone_au.ram

Also, don't know why Yahoo!'s link suddenly broke. It worked fine a few hours ago.

Posted by: scott at 10/16/06 6:04 PM  | Reply
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"ACDC"
wrong! you forgot the lightning bolt!

Posted by: nick at 10/16/06 6:04 PM  | Reply
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I just hate it when bands are un-Google-able: !!!, The Band, Love etc.

Posted by: bob at 10/16/06 6:16 PM  | Reply
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I just hate it when bands are un-Google-able: !!!, The Band, Love etc.

Posted by: bob at 10/16/06 6:20 PM  | Reply
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i was spelling it wrong on purpose. that would be pretty funny, though.

Posted by: alex at 10/16/06 7:03 PM  | Reply
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The National's pretty tough.

Posted by: ZipZapZopZoup at 10/16/06 7:04 PM  | Reply
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the gayborhood choir ----> the neighborhood choir

Posted by: deadweight at 10/16/06 7:38 PM  | Reply
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I only hate The National because I've seen it tagged "The Nationals". Same goes for other bands with that problem.

Gerogerigegege is a frustrating one.

If any of you happen to frequent the IGN Indie Rock Boards, there's a running joke there after some guy asked about "The Pavement".

And while not the most misspelled band name, the most misunderstood band name is Final Fantasy. That shit is hard to get people to listen to.

"You should check out Final Fantasy's new album!"

"You mean the Final Fantasy X soundtrack? Yeah, it's tight!"

"No, there's a band called Final Fantasy and it plays kinda like orchestral music."

"...the Final Fantasy soundtrack has orchestral music on it."

"*head asplode*"

Posted by: Allen at 10/16/06 7:38 PM  | Reply
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gnarles barkley? i don't know.

Posted by: bleep at 10/16/06 9:59 PM  | Reply
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yeah! final fantasy pisses me off. everyone thinks im a VIDEOGAME nerd instead of an indie one

Posted by: david at 10/16/06 10:29 PM  | Reply
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just in general I find it annoying when people stick 'The' in front of bands like Pixies or Doves.

Misspelling wise is it UNKLE? Unkle? U.N.K.L.E.? everytime I upload one of their discs or an "UNKLE Reconstruction" it's different.

Posted by: theContinental0p at 10/16/06 10:56 PM  | Reply
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I've seen "The Ranconteurs" in a handful of favorite music listings. Architecture in Helsinki can also be pretty tricky if you're not thinking about it.

Posted by: nate at 10/17/06 1:08 AM  | Reply
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Red Hot "Chilli" Peppers.

1 L, not 2.

Posted by: dan at 10/17/06 2:38 AM  | Reply
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Ryan Adams (Bryan Adams)

Posted by: dan s at 10/17/06 4:37 AM  | Reply
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Jeff Magnum.

Muahahahah.

Not rising to the Ryan Adams bait because that was fucking funny.

Posted by: lism. at 10/17/06 4:48 AM  | Reply
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Lynyrd Skynyrd... WTF they were thinking?

Posted by: Idaho at 10/17/06 7:21 AM  | Reply
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yeah yeah yeahs (yes yes yeses)

Posted by: nick at 10/17/06 7:58 AM  | Reply
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"panic at the disco (panic! at the disco)"

you should jump off a balcony.

Posted by: the plax at 10/17/06 4:39 PM  | Reply
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a lot of icelandic, scandinavian, nordic & japanese bands can get realy tricky sometimes. here's some of my faves that i often end up misspelling:

*VILLENEUVE
*SIGGI ARMANN
*SKAKKAMANAGE
*AMIINA
*TUJIKO NORIKO & AOKI TAKAMASA
*ANATHALLO
*BARBARA MORGENSTERN
*B. FLEISCHMANN
*BENNI HEMM HEMM
*CANSEI DE SER SEXY
*CHIEHEI HATAKEYAMA
*HANNE HUKKELBERG
*HILMAR ORN HILMARSSON
*KRIA BREKKEN
*SHUGO TOKUMARU
*STAFRAENN HAKON
*TAKAGI MASAKATSU

Posted by: EXOUL at 10/18/06 9:13 AM  | Reply
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