79 Recording Artists Named After Things That Can Kill You
1. Mastodon
2. T-Rex
3. Dinosaur Jr
4. Fine Young Cannibals
5. Anthrax
6. Madness
7. Suicidal Tendencies
8. Fishbone
9. 30 Seconds to Mars
10. Jets to Brazil
11. British Sea Power
12. Salt-N-Pepa
13. Led Zeppelin
14. Explosions in the Sky
15. The Avalanches
16. Rolling Stones
17. Rogue Wave
18. 50 Foot Wave
19. Volcano Suns
20. The Fall
21. Pavement
22. Pipe
23. Fastball
24. Poison
25. Sugar
26. Heart
27. The Moldy Peaches
28. The Police
29. Joy Division
30. The Cars
31. Train
32. The B-52s
33. Violent Femmes
34. Motley Crue
35. Nine Inch Nails
36. Jagged Edge
37. The Knife
38. Iron Maiden
39. Iron & Wine
40. Love and Rockets
41. Guns 'n' Roses
42. Earth, Wind & Fire
43. Arcade Fire
44. Comets on Fire
45. Amusement Parks on Fire
46. Hot Hot Heat
47. Lightning Dust
48. Lightning Bolt
49. The Tallest Man on Earth
50. NASA
51. Clinic
52. The Faint
53. Wolf Parade
54. Band of Horses
55. Grizzly Bear
56. Gorillaz
57. Super Furry Animals
58. Def Leppard
59. Le Tigre
60. Los Lobos
61. Quicksand
62. The Germs
63. Biohazard
64. Semi Precious Weapons
65. War
66. New Order
67. The Rapture
68. Widespread Panic
69. The Zombies
70. 10,000 Maniacs
71. Blind Faith
72. Telekinesis
73. Justice
74. Destroyer
75. Slayer
76. Ghostface Killah
77. Killer Mike
78. The Killers
79. Das Racist
Joe Berkowitz is pretty sure there's something obvious that he missed but can't think of just what it is.
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80. The Archies
81. Lou Reed
Super Furry Animals! Gruff Rhys nearly kills me every day with his COMPLETE AND TOTAL AWESOMENESS.
The O'Jays?
Heh!
Allegedly.
Meatloaf
Also Dengue Fever, Bad Company, and Girl Talk
OOOH Dengue Fever is a very good one.
83. Mayhem*
*Note: Actually did kill people.
83b. Great White
83c. Charles Manson
@iantenna: Oooh, good one, and I guess we would have to include the Beach Boys via ol' Uncle Charlie. But not actually the Beatles because that goes the other way.
84. Einsturzende Neubauten
(dr. kevorkian's) suicide machine
alien sex fiend
probably not velvet revolver or the sex pistols, but probably 38 special
The Cult, Deer Tick, The Screaming Tribesman. (cont)
Man, I wish I alphabetize my stuff…
SOUTHERN DEATH CULT
187. Suicide
*slaps forehead*
666. Stormtroopers Of Death
Lone Justice would have paired up nicely with Justice. Also, no Love?
Death (founded 1984)
Death (founded 1971)
White Pigs could eat you alive
(Hangar) 18. Megadeth
FLIPPER – now that he has been trained by the Navy.
-46. Celtic Frost
TECH N9NE
!!!!!! +KUTT KALHOUN
Whitehouse
BG Bulletwound
Madball
Gang Green
Sabertooth Zombie
Dangers
Brain Worms
Insect Warfare
Celtic Frost
Ed Gein
Kalishnikov
90. The Mountain Goats
Bikini Kill
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Minor Threat
Cannibal Corpse
Multi-Death Corporations
Could a Minor Threat have mortal consequences? Bad Brains, on the other hand…
Dead Kennedys (if you assume they are zombies)(or if you retroactively include Teddy who was not dead when the band existed)
Silver Jews (applicable only to Mel Gibson and/or Christ).
well hi there
X
Eggs.
Circus Lupus
The Witch
Television
Psychic TV
TV On The Radio
The Jacksons (if you pretend they were named after Andrew Jackson and not just the last name of the guys in the band)
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Youth In Asia
Phil Spector.
Crazy Horse
The Brady Six.
Fugazi
Rites of Spring [this comment is a placeholder for pretty much every DC band]
[okay fine] Pig Destroyer
Massive Attack
Um, HELLO?!?!?!?
Admittedly, that was a gross oversight.
The Dead Milkmen (assuming they are zombies and they can glass you with milk-bottle shards)
Sex Pistols
Gaye Bikers on Acid
Love
900. MC 900 Foot Jesus
Franz Ferdinand :D
WATCH YOUR BACK HAPSBURGS
Scorpions!
Also, VENOM.
If you happen to be Depeche Mode, KMFDM.
OMG YOU WIN!!!
NITZER EBB is clearly the loser, here
Sigh.
KMFDM is an initialism for "Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit", which translates directly as "no pity for the majority".
Sucks is a KMFDM single released prior to the 1993 album Angst. It contains four versions of the song "Sucks" as well as "More 'N' Faster", a reworked version of "More & Faster" from More & Faster and Virus.
The song includes the lyric "We don't like Michael Jackson, we hate Depeche Mode, we don't care for Madonna or Kylie Minogue", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the various (false) interpretations of the initialism "KMFDM" at the time, including "Kill Mother-Fucking Depeche Mode", "Kidnap Madonna For Drug Money" and "Kylie Minogue Fans Don't Masturbate".
-yes we know- we saw them live in 1991. They sucked.
The Murder Junkies (with or without GG)
(The) Hives?
If the Hives can kill, then the Cramps get an honorable mention.
Can hives kill? I didn't really think this one through too much
Wait, I can make this work. Bee hive, whacked with rake, releases inhabitants which karmically sting angry homeowner (unaware of fatal bee-sting allergy).
Cannonball Adderley
Manhiem Steamroller
Rocket From The Crypt
Bad Manners
Black Cobra
CIV
And also I don't think !!! have ever killed anyone.
The Damned.
Trans Am
Galaxie 500
REO Speedwagon
chevelle
Agent Orange
Unless you are an Army class action defense atty:
Agent Orange
Wolves in the Throne Room.
yes
The Postal Service**only applies to band members
like The Donner Party
The Fiery Furnaces
The Hot Snakes!
- The Rapture
and Insane Clown Posse.
Filth
Majority Rule
Swallowing Shit
Total Shutdown
The Gossip
The Need
Pussy Galore
Goldfinger
James Bond III?
Steve Albini edition:
Shellac
Rapeman
The Mr. T Experience
I was JUST thinking that, seven hours after the fact.
Black Flag (if you are a roach)
Or a huffer.
or a WEEZER.
Antioch Arrow
Foetus Under Glass
You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
Foetus Interruptus
But, oddly, not
Foetus
Liars (OH YES I JUST DID THAT)(NO RULES, JUST RIGHT ON CAPS LOCK TUESDAY)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Ha!
Boy's Life, if you're Buddy Holly
Jefferson AirplaneFlight of the ConchordsB-52'sU2Foo FightersJet-headslap-There's a band called You, Me and Iowa. Kinda lethal for Buddy, the Hawkeye State.
Madonna?
Wire
East River Pipe
Detroit Cobras
Gang of Four!
Coil
Nice.
Heatmiser
Iron and Wine
Rolls Royce
Morphine
They Might Be Giants
Grievous Bodily Harm
Vampire Weekend
The Mothers of Invention (but they would only do it of necessity)
The Drifters
The Vagrants
Bad Brains
Cake
The Coup
The Cramps
The Flaming Lips
The Presidents of the United States of America
And, special Wu-Tang Clan & Affiliates Section:
Master Killer
60-Second Assassin
U-God
Dark-Skinned Assassin
Killah Priest
Killarmy
Deadly Venoms
The Old Dirty Bastard
UM, GRAVEDIGGAZZZZZ!!!
The Runaways
The Embarrassment
Rockpile
and….Big Audio Dynamite
death by stereo
drowning pool
… And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
theory of a deadman
Babyshaker
MF Doom
King Geedorah
Viktor Vaughn
DOOM
AWESOME
-aw fuck- Madvillain
Telekinesis
BOAT
Javelin
LA Riots
Espers
Robbers On High Street
Hadouken!
Caribou
Karate
Wild Beasts
Mystery Jets
Friendly Fires
Born Ruffians
Broken Bells
Asleep at the Wheel
Howlin' Wolf
The Highwaymen
I Am the World Trade Center
SNOOP
Lil Bow Wow if you're the Postal Service
The Scissor Sisters
Tiger Trap
Huggybear
Shonen Knife
one day as a lion
Millions of Dead Cops (zombies and/or if you just leave the bodies around to fester and contaminate the area Black Plague style)
Reagan Youth
the police?
Scissorfight-Eagles of Death Metal
New Order
Okkervil River
Slowdive
Matt Pond PA
Skrewdriver
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Swervedriver
Squeeze (via an angry Boa Constrictor)
Cheap Trick (via an angry prostitute)
Shonen Knife
James Gang
The Supremes (assuming they are omnipotents who can strike you down with vengeance)
Status Quo
Georgia Satellites
Bobby Day & the Satellites
Shaolin Satellite
Spinal Tap (poorly executed)
The Commodores
The Chieftains
Emperor
Ted Nugent
Ride
The Long Ryders
New Riders of the Purple Sage
U2
SR-71
Blackhawk
King Geedorah (MF Doom)
Dr. Dooom
Dr. Octagon
The Buzzcocks
Prince
Queen
Gwar
…and if we're going to put Das Racist, uh, Boy Crisis?
AC/DC
Molly Hatchet
Sting
The Jabbers
Ether
Helium
Stars
Attila
Nero
Sun Ra
Earth Crisis
Plane
Hole
Beirut
Warsaw
GG ALLIN IF YOU'RE GG ALLIN -HEADSLAP-
Ooooh, Elliot Smith too.
Mark Linkous :(
The Bryds
The Smiths
The Frames
The Cure (if poison was)
The Doors (if you open them to perception ONE TOO MANY TIMES)
The Points (Fredericksburg, VA represent)
@Matt: i went to college in Fred!
I've only got friends from there, but time has been spent in the 'burg!
I haven't been back much since I graduated…I live in DC now. I miss Carl's ice cream tho.
Am a DCist myself, actually. (Well, now Arlingtonian, BUT.)
The French Kicks
La Brea Stompers
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators
Christopher Lee (if you're a Saxon man)
The Magnetic Fields
Low Skies
Kitchens of Distinction
Shit, the second one should have been Sparks
Le Shock
The Electrocutions
The Electric Eels
Ben Watt
Cat Power
Electrelane
The Electric Six
#JESUS
Magnolia Electric Co.
The Drive-By Truckers
Tupac
Biggie Smalls
#TOO SOON
Sister Sledge
Leadbelly
Everything but the Girl
The Girls
Girl Talk
MISOGYNIST
Pedro The Lion
Badfinger
Eels
Bangles
Chotchke
Jewel
Jewel KILLCHER
Chris Brown
Lotion
The Strokes
Pulp
Arab Strap
Burning Spear
Combustible Edison
Everclear
Norfolk and Western
The Old 97's
The Subways
My Bloody Valentine
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Air
The Blow
The Books
The Band
Editors
MGMT
Bruce Springsteen
Foxy Brown
Yes, Foxy Brown, because this is like that time there was a listicle about acts named after things that can kill you and Ninety-Nine [#98] realized that just about anything can kill something.
Well, that and this!
I was hoping someone would explain that.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The John & Spencer Booze Explosion
Boss Hog and Cletus
Extra Width
The Roots
Wheat
The Starvations
As a matter of decency, these two were intentionally left out:
AIDS Wolf
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Shrimp Boat (CURRENT EVENTS Y'ALL)
Stray Gators
Whale
+Midnight Oil
This Mortal Coil.
Sandwiched between Cocteau Twins.
Austrian Death Machine
Painkiller
Pro-Pain
Type O Negative (if you run out of it/it gets contaminated)
Boredoms
Air Miami
Unrest
Bratmobile
S.C.U.D.
Tel Aviv
Versus
Olympic Death Squad
Velocity Girl
Vomit Launch
The Dead Kennedys.
KILLING JOKE -headdesk-
Busdriver
The Derailers
Run On
Grenadine
Liquorice
Tsunami
Mazzy Star (if it goes supernova)
Supernova
Stellastar
Void
Gray Matter
Iron Cross
……………Voivod?
Oh fuck, Flotsam & Jetsam
Death From Above 1979
The Fall
Pavement
I do not care if Pavement has already been used.
THE FALL HAS BEEN USED TOO
#AWLBUNDSMAN
Fun Lovin' Criminals
The Court and the Spark
Prisonshake
Grendel
Gojira
Blue Oyster Cult
Girls Against Boys
His Name is Alive
My Dad is Dead
No Means No?
She Never Blinks
Throwing Muses
Edith Frost
State of Alert
DC Youth Brigade
Nation of Ulysses
Brainiac
The Butthole Surfers. Lastlike!
Europe
Asia
Fuck you for sticking The Final Countdown in my head.
Triumph
Rush
I was hoping for 'Heat of the Moment'
The Stray Cats. Toxoplasmosis, yo.
Ministry
Lords of Acid
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Moby
The Dismemberment Plan
Panic! at the Disco
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Temptations
Oh but that's a nice one, The Temptations.
General Public
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Icicle Works
Tomahawk
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Faith No More
Texas
HAHAHAHA.
Preston School of Industry
Architecture In Helsinki
400 Years
400 Blows
Struggle
Failed Cleveland Band Addition:
Hostile Amish
Styx
The Devil Dogs
Deadly Avenger
Cream
The Rakes
Shovel (needs attribution)
Tractor
Tool
Uck, God, NINE INCH NAILS
Did you resign as AWLBUDSMAN?
Couldn't HACK it.
The Chieftains
Silly Wizard
DeDannan
Government Issue
Septic Death
Samhain
I've been resisting proper names, but, c'mon, Danzig.
The Misfits
Tracey Thorn
Nile
Bad Religion
The fact that it's taken us this long to get to Pantera saddens me. Greatly.
Would have looked really good next to Los Lobos and Le Tigre. For shame!
Superchunk
Archers of Loaf
Blood on the Dance Floor.
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Swans
Cannibal Ox
-Inquisition
-Burnt At The Stake
-Redd Kross
I would say Coheed and Cambria but I've never been sure what that means and I can't be bothered to google it.
Sirhan Sirhan
Fall Out Boy
Racetraitor
Botch
Rage Against the Machine
Amateur Radio Operator
Ambulance LTD
Goodnight Nurse
Interpol
Tokyo Police Club
I Spy
Helicopters
The Stranglers
NWA.
The Aquabats
Dethklok
Radiohead (sounds like a good way to get electrocuted)
Manic Street Preachers
(stop worrying and) LOVE THE BOMB (for my DC punk headz)
Urge Overkill
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Stone Roses
Daft Punk
The Clash
Brutal Truth
Annihilator
Hellhammer
Iced Earth
The Kills
The Angry Samoans
Adrenalin O.D.
Some MUST have said Public Enemy by now…
Hunters & Collectors
Hoodoo Gurus
Fourth Floor Collapse
2 for 1 special:
Mt St. Helens Vietnam Band
Soylent Green
Immolation
Arctic Monkeys (too cute to kill tho?)
The Sword
Napalm Death
Sleep
Suffocation
Decapitated
Behemoth
The Flesh Eaters
45 Grave
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Hole
Train
The Strokes
The Postal Service
Hammer
Bonus! Canadian Content additions:
Sweeney Todd
Death From Above
Cowboy Junkies
The Deadly Snakes
Me Mom & Morgantaler (if you're a fetus)
Parachute Club
I was wondering how long it would take to get to Death from Above!
The Doughboys
Glass Tiger (if thrown with enough force)
Metric (you could get confused about the speed limit in Kanada)
Shania Twain
The Black Donnellys
More CanCon:
Lesbians On Ecstasy
Nazi Dog
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Damn! I just scrolled through all the comments thinking "bingo! No Death From Above".
You gonna field that username rendit, or do I have to?
#WRONG BACKCHANNEL, SORRY #IT MIGHT BE CLT BUT THERE ARE STILL RULES
NO COMMAS WITHIN HASHTAGS
The Listicles
Wavves
M.I.A.
Abattoir
Infectious Grooves
Body Count
Fugu
Switchblade Symphony
ELO
Slaughter
Faster Pussycat
Ratt
Jimmy Eat World
Apparently being a member of Big Star kills too.
The End
The Last
FIN
Nuclear Assault
#NUCLEAR OPTION
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Tokyo Police Club
Death Cab for Cutie
The Bird and the Bee
Coldplay
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Bjork (cause she's cray cray)
Into Another
Gorilla Biscuits
Black Dog
Meat Puppets
The Cure
Dead Boys
The Jam
Sex Pistols(?)
The Cars (!)
The Slits
M.I.A.
Black Lips (ok ok not very pc, I am sorry!)
Friendly Fires
Harlem
High places
Children Collide
The Horrors
Dum Dum Girls
Fleet Foxes
Tiny Vipers
Bodies of Water
Danger Mouse
Phoenix
Pixies
Laughing Clowns
Loose Joints
The Parking Lot Experiments
Pearl Harbor
Fever Ray
The Dodos (hmm things that are dead?)
Salem
The Sandwitches
The Stooges
The Triffids
Woods
Do I get a prize?
Sorry to anyone whose ideas I have accidentally repeated.
No Doubt
Battles
The Jayhawks
Broken Social Scene
Love Das Racist. Also, is Die!Die!Die! too literal?
Gang Gang Dance
The Bicycles
The Cribs (if you're a baby)
Islands (if you're stranded)
Jesus Christ (The Indie Band)
Manic Street Preachers
We Are Scientists (no you're not)
Titus Andronicus
Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!
Lesbians on Ecstasy
The Godfathers
The Buggles
What? Video DID kill the radio star.
The Bear Quartet
The Slits
The Pillows
Cosmic Psychos
The Panda Band
Dizzee Rascal
White Lies
The Horrors
Cut Off Your Hands (if not done properly, I suppose)
Secret Knives
Crocodiles
Deerhunter
Child Rebel Soldiers
The Avalanches
Battles
Collapsing Cities
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Pull Tiger Tail
Smog
The Knife
Golden Axe
The Zombies
Three 6 Mafia
The Stranglers
Justice (STILL COUNTS, RIGHT?)
The Decemberists
The Animals
The Craters
I don't know if these count but:
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Bikini Kill
Ra Ra Riot
Sex Pistols
Surely we should fear… THE GODZ.
Death of Samantha didn't work out so well for Samantha.
And Anteitam didn't work out so well for able-bodied men in 1862.