This was really fun to figure out. I knew plenty right off. And skipped a lot. These are all artists who recorded under a Nom De Plume or and AKA or a Pseudonym for this pick. Other than the Traveling Wilburys which has five artists all using a Wilbury fake name (and has George Harrison) I didn't use a single Beatles recording where they used a fake name. And there are a lot of those. And some good ones. I put two Prince ones in, but everyone else only one. XTC has another one that I didn't use, but it's Christmas oriented and didn't want that to be a factor. Some sound obviously like themselves and some not at all. That's the fun part of this. You never know. A couple have been released later with the original names no longer hidden (think Garth Brooks, The Alarm as examples). But a few have kept the joke going. Either way I would love it if you knew of some that I didn't and left me clues in the comments.
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01 Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
02 Klark Kent (Stewart Copeland) - Don't Care
03 Liquorice John Death (Procol Harum) - High School Confidential
04 The Network (Green Day) - Roshambo
05 Chris Gaines (Garth Brooks) - Lost In You
06 Desert Sessions (Josh Homme) - I Wanna Make It Wit Chu
07 The Death Ramps (Arctic Monkeys) - Nettles
08 Hell Preachers Inc. (Lucifers Friend) - Preacher Man
09 Los Unidades (Coldplay) featuring Jozzy (Pharrell Williams) - E-Lo
10 Passengers (Eno & U2) & Luciano Pavarotti - Miss Sarajevo
11 Camille (Prince) - Scarlet Pussy
12 Funky Junction (Thin Lizzy) - Palamatoon
13 The Larry Lurex (Freddy Mercury) - I Can Hear Music
14 The Poppy Fields (The Alarm) - 45 R.P.M.
15 Chick (Mariah Carey) - Demented
16 Ciccone Youth (Sonic Youth) - Into The Groovey
17 Madhouse (Prince) - Six
18 Jake Back (David Guetta) - (It Happens) Sometimes
19 Hindu Love Gods (REM) - Raspberry Beret
20 Sir Horatio (A Certain Ratio) - Abracadubra
21 The Dukes Of Stratosphear (XTC) - Vanishing Girl
22 Dove The Band Of Love (Devo) - Gotta Serve Somebody
23 Celia And The Mutations (The Stranglers) - Mony Mony
This is a really interesting one, and I'm learning a lot from it.
ReplyDeleteAs for clues, I'm pretty sure you'd already know about these three, but here goes anyway: (a) Vince Earl and the Valiants, (b) The Electric Banana, and (c) Warren Phillips and the Rockets.
Now, a similarly interesting idea would be to focus on the names that well-known artists hand recorded under BEFORE changing their names and becoming successful. In some cases, the "original" name would be at least somewhat reminiscent of the later name (e.g., Lewis Reed or Sylvester Stewart). But there would of course be tons of instances (such as Ritchie Marsh or Toby Tyler) that'd be a whole lot harder to figure out. There would also be people like Paul Simon, who had enough "earlier" names to make a list as long as someone's arm!
Finally, I'd like to mention Python Lee Jackson, which is a bit of a special case. People often refer to this example as involving a famous artist recording under a pseudonym, but that's not quite accurate. In actuality, Python Lee Jackson was the name of the group, and the famous artist was simply hired to sing on a certain number of tracks -- becoming a sort of temporary member of the band.
Oh, perfect! A whole set of great clues for me to follow! The pre-fame names would be interesting and endless. I will look for Jackson. Don't know the story...
DeleteI should have proof-read more carefully! First of all, I typed "hand" instead of "had." Even worse, I typed "Vince Earl" instead of "Earl Vince." (Oh well -- at least the two key words would be correct individually.)
ReplyDeleteI blame it on auto-correct
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