Rickets said:
I'm pretty clueless as to the current state of music, so can somebody explain to me why bands are all using animals in their names these days.

A far-from-complete list:

Metal Porpoise
Hot Snakes
Guitar Wolf
Mastodon
Manaconda
Whale
Wolf Eyes
Deer Hoof
Bear Suit
We vs. the Shark
Pelican
Cougars
The Reindeer Section

Do I need to change the name of my band to "Elephant Eye" or something?

c'mon, dude. you're from chicago and you didn't even list Sweet Cobra or Tortoise.

Idjit

HOPEFUL

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MAR 16, 2005 08:16 AM

Rickets said:

Idjiit said:
These things come in waves, really. I mean think of rock in the 70's/80's and all the "places/travelling" themed names - Chicago, Kansas, Alabama, Journey, Boston, Europe, etc.

I've taken the liberty of arranging a timeline of place-themed names (I replaced Journey with America) based on the release of their first album.

Chicago-1969
America-1972
Kansas-1974
Boston-1976
Alabama-1980
Asia-1982
Europe-1983

Source: Allmusic.com

These were spread out over a period of 14 years, an average of one band every two years. I'm pretty sure that 6 new animal bands were born since I started this thread.

Man, way to ruin a perfectly good joke. Spoilsport.

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kosomot

Pompano Beach, FL

November 2003

MAR 05, 2005 06:46 PM

pitahouse

Chicago, IL

April 2003

MAR 16, 2005 07:59 AM

Idjit

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MAR 16, 2005 08:16 AM