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R & P: Band names with compound words (there are a lot)?

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I noticed that a lot of bands create their names by combining two words together. If you remember first grade:

"If you examine the words airplane, newspaper, paperclip, or postman, you can see that these words actually contain two distinct words that could be used separately. Joining these two independent words together creates what is called a compound word. Air and plane come together to form airplane, or paper and clip becomes paperclip."

So, what are bands with compound words in their names? Both words have to be actual words, btw.

I know there are A LOT.

I'll start with a few:

Radiohead

Deerhoof

Jefferson Airplane (or Jefferson Starship, for that matter)

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  1. Angelrust

    Moonsorrow

    that's all I can think of

    I'm lazy.


  2. Are we only allowed one-word band names?

    Okay guess not. Here are mine:

    Hatebreed

    Mudhoney

    Fightstar

    Silverchair

    Grinspoon

    Nightwish

    Slipknot

    Lostprophets

    Soulfly

    Underoath

    Nickelback

    Sevendust

    Throwdown

    Sugarcult

    Mushroomhead

    Godsmack

    Motorhead

    Mudvayne (duzzat count?)

    Killswitch Engage

    Hatesphere

    Soundgarden

    Yellowcard

    Edgewater

    Shinedown

    Dropsaw (they're from Newcastle in Australia)

    Clawfinger

    Bloodsimple

    Avenged Sevenfold

    The Blackout

    Atomship

    Crossfade

    Spiderbait

    36 Crazyfists

    Spineshank

    Taproot

    Whitechapel

    Wolfmother

    That was fun : )

  3. motorhead

  4. Audioslave

    Bloodsimple

    Clawfinger

    Coldseed

    Godsmack

    Hatebreed

    Killswitch Engage

    Machinemade God

    Nightrage

    Powerman 5000

    Sevendust

    Soilwork

    Throwdown

    The Union Underground

    :)

  5. Buzzcocks is a compound word, right?

  6. Soundgarden.

    Bendoiun Soundclash

    Boomtown Rats

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Does Curtis Mayfield count? :P

    Fatboy Slim

    REO Speedwagon

    Supertramp!

  7. Velvet Underground

    Portishead

    Motorhead

    Avenged Sevenfold

    Whitesnake

    Godsmack

    Creedence Clearwater Revivial

    Echo & The Bunnymen

    Eric Clapton (clap is a word and so is ton...)

    Evanescence (name + word?)

    Fatboy Slim

    Fleetwood Mac

    Foghat

    Grand Funk Railroad

    Hootie & The Blowfish

    Jack Johnson

    Jackson Browne

    Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

    The Lemonheads

    Lifehouse

    Lovin' Spoonful

    Matchbox Twenty

    Megadeth (word + mispelled word?)

    Mudhoney

    Offspring

    I cheated and used people's names

  8. Fleetwood Mac

    Fairport Convention

    Mike Oldfield

    Blackmore's Night

    Magicfolk

    MeatLoaf

    Rainbow

    John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers {2}

    The Velvet Underground

    Barclay James Harvest

    Steeleye Span

    Whitesnake

    Aerosmith

    Buffalo Springfield

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Declan Masterson

    The Yardbirds

    Gordon Lightfoot

    Jefferson Airplane

    Dee Dee Bridgewater

    Wolfstone

    Lighthouse Family

    Motorhead

    Girlschool

    Scatman Crothers

    Slash's Snakepit

    JR Walker and the Allstars

    Matchbox 20

    Battlefield Band

    Heather Haywood

    Rory Campbell

    Stiltskin

    Hawkwind

    Bachman Turner Overdrive

    Badfinger

    The Allman Brothers Band

    Wishbone Ash

    The Honeycombs

    Joan Jet and the Blackhearts

    Quicksilver Messenger Service

    Runrig

    Bob Hopkirk {kirk = Scottish church}

    Shockwave

    Spineshank

    Sarah Brightman

    Reeltime

    Eric Clapton

    Tracy Chapman

    Concrete Blonde

    Dusty Springfield

    Thunderclap Newman {2}

    Marylin Manson

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