An open list of 204 words by whichbe.
- genesis appears on 32 other lists
- who appears on 29 other lists and has 2 comments
- beatles appears on 5 other lists and has 2 comments
- journey appears on 28 other lists and has 3 comments
- germs appears on 1 other list
- sublime appears on 116 other lists and has 9 comments
- doors appears on 2 other lists and has 1 comment
- cars appears on 8 other lists
- nirvana appears on 44 other lists and has 1 comment
- bangles appears on 3 other lists
- tool appears on 30 other lists and has 2 comments
- pixies appears on 4 other lists
- incubus appears on 40 other lists and has 1 comment
- rancid appears on 20 other lists and has 1 comment
- offspring appears on 7 other lists
- coil appears on 25 other lists
- cream appears on 59 other lists
- crass appears on 57 other lists and has 1 comment
- spiritualized
- smog appears on 22 other lists
- conflict appears on 26 other lists
- orbital appears on 7 other lists
- prodigy appears on 14 other lists and has 2 comments
- cure appears on 12 other lists and has 1 comment
- police appears on 9 other lists and has 2 comments
- pavement appears on 11 other lists and has 1 comment
- cake appears on 37 other lists and has 19 comments
- bauhaus appears on 7 other lists and has 1 comment
- replacements
- breeders
- verve appears on 53 other lists and has 1 comment
- pink appears on 59 other lists and has 5 comments
- common appears on 17 other lists and has 3 comments
- outcast appears on 10 other lists
- basehead
- paris appears on 12 other lists and has 3 comments
- onyx appears on 54 other lists
- kiss appears on 65 other lists and has 6 comments
- anthrax appears on 11 other lists and has 5 comments
- scorpions
- clash appears on 19 other lists
- stooges
- bush appears on 17 other lists and has 3 comments
- misfits
- foreigner appears on 7 other lists
- live appears on 32 other lists and has 3 comments
- creed appears on 20 other lists
- knapsack appears on 14 other lists
- poison appears on 20 other lists and has 1 comment
- tricky appears on 8 other lists
- cramps appears on 1 other list
- queen appears on 42 other lists and has 3 comments
- aqua appears on 30 other lists and has 1 comment
- ween appears on 11 other lists and has 2 comments
- fall appears on 27 other lists and has 1 comment
- faint appears on 24 other lists and has 1 comment
- need appears on 18 other lists and has 1 comment
- can appears on 22 other lists and has 2 comments
- runaways appears on 2 other lists
- wings appears on 22 other lists
- ministry appears on 8 other lists and has 1 comment
- boredoms
- haters appears on 1 other list
- residents appears on 1 other list
- erasure appears on 3 other lists
- rush appears on 26 other lists and has 1 comment
- lard appears on 24 other lists and has 4 comments
- hole appears on 22 other lists
- sting appears on 22 other lists and has 1 comment
- slayer appears on 7 other lists and has 1 comment
- air appears on 51 other lists and has 4 comments
- shellac appears on 18 other lists
- self appears on 15 other lists and has 4 comments
- slade appears on 1 other list
- clutch appears on 36 other lists and has 2 comments
- magma appears on 36 other lists
- gong appears on 11 other lists
- ruins appears on 8 other lists
- antimatter appears on 10 other lists
- lightning bolt appears on 2 other lists
- obsessed appears on 9 other lists
- martyr appears on 43 other lists and has 1 comment
- neurosis appears on 21 other lists
- styx appears on 10 other lists
- suede appears on 18 other lists and has 3 comments
- felt appears on 24 other lists
- denim appears on 32 other lists and has 3 comments
- ash appears on 64 other lists
- belly appears on 48 other lists
- blondie appears on 7 other lists
- blur appears on 18 other lists
- come appears on 15 other lists and has 1 comment
- cornershop
- dodgy appears on 39 other lists and has 2 comments
- earthling appears on 6 other lists and has 2 comments
- mine appears on 22 other lists and has 2 comments
- morphine appears on 13 other lists
- muse appears on 105 other lists and has 2 comments
- oasis appears on 26 other lists
- paw appears on 23 other lists
- pram appears on 14 other lists and has 1 comment
- reef appears on 19 other lists and has 1 comment
- revolver appears on 8 other lists
- sack appears on 25 other lists and has 4 comments
- smaller appears on 2 other lists
- starlings
- sugar appears on 68 other lists and has 5 comments
- swans appears on 1 other list
- television appears on 33 other lists and has 5 comments
- yes appears on 51 other lists and has 3 comments
- birds appears on 17 other lists and has 7 comments
- yardbirds
- bread appears on 40 other lists and has 4 comments
- associates appears on 2 other lists
- cardigans
- chameleons appears on 1 other list
- church appears on 22 other lists and has 2 comments
- coup appears on 32 other lists and has 1 comment
- darkness appears on 29 other lists and has 2 comments
- fall appears on 27 other lists and has 1 comment
- drifters
- high appears on 20 other lists and has 1 comment
- hives appears on 2 other lists
- jam appears on 37 other lists and has 2 comments
- killers appears on 1 other list
- pixies appears on 4 other lists
- therapy appears on 10 other lists
- triffids
- thrills
- the appears on 73 other lists and has 15 comments
- strokes appears on 2 other lists
- streets appears on 1 other list
- smiths appears on 1 other list
- animals appears on 12 other lists
- honeycombs
- kinks appears on 2 other lists
- coasters appears on 1 other list
- spirit appears on 57 other lists and has 1 comment
- knack appears on 25 other lists and has 5 comments
- prince appears on 36 other lists
- traffic appears on 11 other lists
- seeds appears on 6 other lists and has 1 comment
- association appears on 13 other lists
- leaves appears on 15 other lists and has 3 comments
- tornados
- free appears on 60 other lists and has 7 comments
- move appears on 24 other lists
- band appears on 20 other lists
- love appears on 291 other lists and has 38 comments
- zombies appears on 4 other lists and has 1 comment
- heart appears on 95 other lists and has 3 comments
- them appears on 12 other lists
- unicorns appears on 1 other list
- islands appears on 2 other lists
- clinic appears on 7 other lists
- low appears on 35 other lists
- grizzly bear appears on 8 other lists and has 1 comment
- pulp appears on 22 other lists and has 1 comment
- delirium appears on 41 other lists and has 2 comments
- hive appears on 15 other lists and has 2 comments
- woods appears on 9 other lists and has 1 comment
- panda bear appears on 1 other list
- metric appears on 7 other lists and has 2 comments
- eagles appears on 2 other lists
- placebo appears on 26 other lists
- castanets appears on 13 other lists and has 5 comments
- death appears on 71 other lists and has 8 comments
- eels appears on 3 other lists
- instruments appears on 2 other lists
- circulatory system
- liars appears on 4 other lists
- mastodon appears on 26 other lists and has 1 comment
- sleep appears on 53 other lists and has 5 comments
- avalanches
- gerbils
- willow appears on 84 other lists and has 10 comments
- emperor appears on 23 other lists
- caribou appears on 25 other lists and has 2 comments
- plaid appears on 18 other lists
- therapy appears on 10 other lists
- turtles appears on 2 other lists
- pillows appears on 3 other lists
- postal service appears on 2 other lists and has 4 comments
- microphones
- books appears on 41 other lists and has 14 comments
- romantics appears on 1 other list
- praxis appears on 68 other lists and has 7 comments
- peaches appears on 14 other lists and has 3 comments
- mono appears on 7 other lists and has 2 comments
- mew appears on 30 other lists and has 2 comments
- hallucinogen appears on 9 other lists
- grandaddy
- filter appears on 20 other lists and has 5 comments
- failure appears on 13 other lists and has 1 comment
- doves appears on 1 other list
- arboretum appears on 28 other lists
- fishbone appears on 1 other list
- submarines
- fuel appears on 8 other lists
- enigma appears on 117 other lists and has 1 comment
- headlights appears on 3 other lists
- saliva appears on 19 other lists
- caviar appears on 12 other lists and has 4 comments
- thingy appears on 18 other lists and has 8 comments
whichbe Madonna is great because it's a reference to something in culture.
Ah, you know what... this list shound be very open-ended. So, for now on, two worders are fine. All "the"'s should be included, too. No reason to add unnecessary rules--the POINT of this list is show how common words (and phrases) get co-opted, grabbed, associated, and branded by companies trying to up their mindshare.
Eventually it will be fodder for a story or piece of writing. Jun 6, 2008
dontcry Come on, lightning bolt? It's TWO words, man... Jun 6, 2008
dontcry Does "Madonna" count? Jun 6, 2008
yarb excluding band names beginning with the? Jun 6, 2008
dontcry Weezer? Jun 6, 2008
dontcry Does it have to be just one word? If not, I submit: Air Supply, and more, if given permission. Jun 6, 2008
whichbe I've just made this an open list. Perhaps now I can progressively have a more complete list of appropriated English words that have become band names. Jun 6, 2008