Having Fun with Musical Group Names

Having Fun with Musical Group Names

It’s time for a little fun and trivia this week. We ran this a couple of years ago, but we have updated it with more names and a couple of added categories. So here are the names of various musical groups, soloists and duos that relate to a variety of subjects. Lets have some fun and see how many you remember. All of the newly added names are in boldface.

Weather –The Four Seasons,  Earth, Wind and Fire, Foghat, Rain, Canned Heat, Johnny and the Hurricanes, The Tornados, Rory Storm & the Tornados, Snow Patrol, Cold Play, Harvey and the Moonglows, The Cyclones, Nino and the Ebb Tides, The Lightning Seeds, Randy and the Rainbows, Thunder, KC and the Sunshine Band, Weather Report, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Atlantic Star, Hank Snow, 98 Degrees, Kool and the Gang, Rainbow, Stormbringer, The Three Degrees,

Automobiles – The Cadillacs, The Edsels, REO Speedwagon, The Imperials, The El Dorados, The Falcons, The Mustangs, The Fleetwoods, Marshall Tucker Band, The Camaros, The Cars, The Bel Airs,  Triumph, The Impalas, The GTO’s, The Safaris, The Tempests, The Rivieras, Fleetwood Mac, Frankie Ford, The Tempest, Fabulous Thunderbirds, El Caminos, The Chevelles, Mike and the Mechanics, Pantera, The Fairlanes, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, .

Geography – Boston, Manhattan Transfer, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Miami Sound Machine, Chicago, New York Dolls, Kansas, Tijuana Brass, Hollywood Argyles, Linkin Park, Alabama, E Street Band, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Texas Troubadors, America, The Ohio Players, Nashville Teens, Berlin, Nazareth, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Oak Ridge Boys, Little River Band, Tony Orlando, Whitney Houston, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bay City Rollers, Black Rock Arkansas, Asia, Orleans, Florida-Georgia Line, .

Colors – Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath, Green Day, The Browns, Simply Red, Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers,  Moody Blues, Deep Purple, Riders of the Purple Sage, Cream, Pink Floyd, Macy Gray, Redbone, The Cranberries, Pink, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, James Brown, Golden Earring, Al Green, King Crimson, Blues Magoos, Savoy Brown, Cilla Black, The Blue Belles, Whitesnake, Blues Brothers, Barry White, Tangerine Dream, Jackson Browne, Average White Band, Black Oak Arkansas, Rose Royce, Blue Cheer, Goldfinger, Zac Brown Band

Numbers –  Four Tops, Jackson 5, Three Dog Night, blink-182,  Brothers Four, U2, Four Aces, Five Keys, Five Satins, Nine Inch Nails, B -52’s, Four Freshman, 2 Live Crew, 10,000 Maniacs, Maroon 5, Ten Years After, 38 Special, 50 Cent, Three Tenors,  Four Lads. Four Preps, Dave Clark 5, UB40, 98 Degrees, 3 Doors Down, OneDirection, 2 Live Crew, The Three Degrees, We Five, 10cc,

Animals – The Animals, The Beatles, The Byrds, Adam and the Ants, The Chipmunks, The Crows, Iron Butterfly, The Doves, The Yardbirds, Pet Shop Boys, The Fireflies, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Penguins, The Spaniels, The Robins,The Eagles, The Monkees, Three Dog Night, Def Leopard, Black Crows, The Crickets, Pussy Cat Dolls, Country Joe and the Fish, Beastie Boys, Samantha Fox, Imagine Dragons, Scorpions, The Chicks, Snoop Dog, T-Rex, The Cobras, Steppenwolf, Buffalo Springfield, Robin Gibb, Cat Stevens, Howlin’ Wolf, Stray Cats, Robin Thicke,

Food – Flying Burrito Brothers, The Cranberries, Bananarama, Cream, Captain Beefheart, Bread, Hot Chili Peppers, Humble Pie, Moby Grape, Salt n’ Peppa,  Korn, Peaches & Herb,  The Rasberries, Blue Oyster Cult, Smashing Pumpkins, The Honeydrippers, Hall and Oates, Meatloaf, Sugarloaf, Hot Tuna, Electric Prunes,  Wild Cherry, Country Joe and the Fish, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Tangerine Dream, Spice Girls, Vanilla Fudge, The Honeycombs, Phish, April Wine

And a new category……………….

Flowers – Guns n’ Roses, Robert Plant, Rose Royce, Wallflowers, The Snapdragons, Axl Rose, The Orchids, Dandelion, The Hollies, Kate Bush, Wild Orchid,

Hope you enjoyed this and we brought back a few memories along the way. In the meantime if you think of any we may have missed, please post them for all to see. Keep watching “SWSK” every week because you never know what we might come up with to keep you entertained. Have a great week everyone.

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