Ruin the Band Name

[Maxleod]

Tonic Youth

[jonesthecurl]

Herman's Permits

[jonesthecurl]

Herman's Permits

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Herman's Permits

[Maxleod]

4 Con Blondes

[Bentelbow]

Clues Traveller

[Bentelbow]

Putthole Surfers

[Dukasaur]

Booktown Rats

[jonesthecurl]

Gnidrolzg

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Gnidrolzg

Huh, I have no idea which letter was changed there.

[jonesthecurl]

Gnidrolzg

Huh, I have no idea which letter was changed there.

sort of the point... the band was called "Gnidrolog".
I have a vague memory that one of the "o"'s was missing originally, and the name was an anagram of "gold ring". I have no idea why.

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Ok, I have to google them now.

Update: Oh, that's why I never heard of them.

[jonesthecurl]

I've never heard them, the name just stuck in my head.

just looked up the wikipedia...

joined by drummer Nigel Pegrum from Spice (the band that would later evolve into Uriah Heep) and Peter "Mars" Cowling on bass. John Earle joined the band on sax and flute for their second album. They came up with the strange band name by reversing and slightly rearranging the brothers' surname, adding in an extra 'o'. In May 1972, the British music magazine NME reported that Gnidrolog was to appear at the Great Western Express Lincoln Festival on 26 May that year. Other acts to perform in the Giants of Tomorrow marquee included Budgie, Skin Alley, Tea & Symphony, John Martyn, and Warhorse.[1] In 1972, Gnidrolog released both their first and second albums, In Spite of Harry's Toe-Nail and Lady Lake, before disbanding due to a lack of commercial success. Despite having played gigs with fairly well known acts such as David Bowie, Colosseum, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Wishbone Ash, Soft Machine, and Magma in their brief career, they have always remained relatively obscure.

Cowling began working with Pat Travers in 1975, and was able to achieve a respectable amount of success during his long relationship with Travers.

After disbanding, Nigel Pegrum joined Steeleye Span, while the Goldring brothers formed the punk rock band the Pork Dukes in 1976, and later went on to do session work, as did other members. After a break of 27 years, they got back together in 1999, and released their third studio album entitled Gnosis in 2000. John "Irish" Earle went on to be a successful musician, playing with artists such as Thin Lizzy, Ian Dury and the Clash.

I've seen nine of the bands mentioned.

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Their story seems kind of cool. I suspect their music might be good.
Maybe it's just not be for me.

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Back to the game.

Magma
Mag m a
Maga

[Maxleod]

Silverchoir

[jonesthecurl]

Their story seems kind of cool. I suspect their music might be good.
Maybe it's just not be for me.

Fun fact which I kinda like: Soft Machine (a band I saw several times, in different incarnations) had Robert Wyatt amongst the original memebers. When he formed another band, he called it "Matching Mole" - a pun on the French "Machine Moule", for Soft Machine.

Also, I saw both Soft Machine and Nucleus(separately) in the Basildon Jazz club... All the members of Soft Machine were ex-Nucleus, and vice-versa.

If I were even older than I am, it would have been huge fun to be in Canterbury when the music scene exploded there. Affinity, the Softs, Nucleus, Caravan, Kevin Ayers, Egg, Gnidrolog, Lol Coxhill (an amazing guy, quite apart from his talent - I met him many times, much later), and a whole bunch more.

Get off my lawn!

[Dukasaur]

Sadness

[Keefie]

The Beach Toys

[jonesthecurl]

The Bench Boys

[Maxleod]

The Beetles

[Dukasaur]

The Polling Stones

[mookiemcgee]

Kids

[jonesthecurl]

Kuss

[Dukasaur]

Hiss