Comments on: the “how many can you name” game http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/ The Best Records from Detroit and Beyond Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:56:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Max http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1591 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:17:53 +0000 http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1591 You win, man. The only one I could come up with was Deez Nutz, named after my balls. You win, man. The only one I could come up with was Deez Nutz, named after my balls.

]]> by: Cousin Justin http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1590 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:32:59 +0000 http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1590 WHAT!!!! I am a huge Turin Brakes fan! WHAT!!!! I am a huge Turin Brakes fan!

]]> by: admin http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1589 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:38:26 +0000 http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1589 Something tells me you cheated. Something tells me you cheated.

]]> by: Cousin Justin http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1588 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:40:54 +0000 http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1588 Aberdeen, after the city of Aberdeen Aberfeldy, after the Scottish town Alabama, after the U.S. state of Alabama Alabama 3, after the same U.S. state; known as A3 in some countries for legal reasons Alaska!, after the U.S. state of Alaska Alcatrazz, after the island and prison in San Francisco Bay. All Saints, after All Saints Road, London Alter Bridge, after a bridge on Alter Road in Detroit, Michigan America, after the United States of America Anberlin, after the city of Berlin Antietam, after the American Civil War Battle of Antietam, which was named after Antietam Creek, where it took place Arcturus named after the star Arcturus Asia, after the continent of Asia Atlanta, after the U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia Backstreet Boys, after Back Street Market, a shopping area in Orlando, Florida Barcelona, after the city of Barcelona Bay City Rollers, after Bay City, Michigan Bayside, after Bayside, Queens in New York City The Belmonts, after Belmont Street in The Bronx Beirut, after the city of Beirut Berlin, after the city of Berlin Bethlehem (Jesus music) and Bethlehem (German band), both after the city of Bethlehem Black Oak Arkansas, after the U.S. town of Black Oak, Arkansas The Blue Nile, after the Blue Nile river. The Bosstones, after Boston, Massachusetts. See also The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Boston, after the city of Boston Brazil, after the country of Brazil Brazzaville, after the city of Brazzaville Briskeby, after a neighbourhood in the borough Frogner in Oslo, Norway Bush, after Shepherd's Bush, a district of London Byzantine, after the former Byzantine Empire Cabaret Voltaire, after the Cabaret Voltaire, a night club in Zürich Café Tacuba, after a hundred-year-old Mexico City restaurant Cairo, after the city of Cairo Calexico, after the city of Calexico, California Chelsea, named after Chelsea, part of London. (There were several bands with this name.) Chicago, after the city of Chicago (originally Chicago Transit Authority) Children of Bodom, after Lake Bodom in Finland, place of the famous Lake Bodom murders Chilliwack, after the town of Chilliwack in British Columbia Cinder Road after the road in Timonium, Maryland Cruachan, after the ancient capital of the kingdom of Connacht in Ireland. Cuba, after the nation of Cuba (band later became Air Cuba) Cypress Hill, after a location in South Gate, California Defiance, Ohio, named after the city of Defiance, Ohio. Delaware, after the U.S. state of Delaware Dessau, after the German town. Dimmu Borgir, after an area of lava formations near Mývatn, Iceland Dover, named after the town and port of Dover in England, United Kingdom Dream Theater, after a now-demolished cinema in Monterey, California Dru Hill, after Druid Hill Park, a section of Baltimore, Maryland The Dubrovniks, after Dubrovnik, a city Croatia Earlimart after Earlimart, California Earth, after the planet Earth (also an early name of Black Sabbath) East 17, after the postcode for the London community of Walthamstow Easterhouse after Easterhouse, a suburb of Glasgow Eastern Lane named after a street in Berwick Uupon Tweed. Egypt, after the name of the country Egypt Enderby after Enderby Land, Antarctica Enon after Enon, Ohio E Street Band, after E Street in Belmar, New Jersey Europe, after the continent of Europe Everything but the Girl, after an old-fashioned furniture shop in Hull, England Ezo, after the island of Hokkaidō (formerly known as Eizo) Fountains of Wayne, after a lawn ornament store in Wayne, New Jersey Geneva, after the city of Geneva, Switzerland Gondwanaland, after the prehistoric continent of Gondwanaland Gorky Park, after Gorky Park, an amusement park in Moscow Great Lakes, after the Great Lakes. (There was also a 1960s psychedelic band called The Great Lakes.) Groom Lake, after a large dry salt flat known as Groom Lake in Nevada, where Area 51 is located. The Greenberry Woods, after a housing development near the University of Maryland. Green River, after the Green River in the U.S. state of Washington (via the nickname of serial killer Gary Ridgway) Halifax, named after Halifax, a city in Canada The Harrisons, named after Harrison Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield UK Hatfield and the North, named after Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, and more specifically after road signs pointing to "Hatfield and the North" Hedley, after the town of Hedley, British Columbia, Highway 101, after US Route 101 on the west coast of the United States Hiroshima, after the city of Hiroshima The Holloways after the inner-city district of Holloway in the London Borough of Islington H-Town, after a common nickname for Houston, Texas Idaho, after the U.S. state of Idaho The Iveys after a street in Swansea, Wales (band later became Badfinger) Japan, after the nation of Japan Two bands named Jerusalem, after the city of Jerusalem Kansas, after the U.S. state of Kansas The KC All Stars, after the U.S. City of Kansas City, Missouri Kashmir, after the Led Zeppelin song "Kashmir," which is in turn named after Kashmir, a region of South Asia Kensington Market, after the Kensington Market neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario Kingston Trio, after Kingston, Jamaica; the group considered itself at first to be primarily a calypso group. The Knickerbockers, after Knickerbocker Road in Bergenfield, New Jersey Kohima, band in Wisconsin, USA named after the town of Kohima in India Laibach, after the former name of Ljubljana, Slovenia LondonLeningrad, after the Russian city of Saint Petersburg (formerly known as Leningrad) Linkin Park, after a park (now known as Christine Reed Park) in Santa Monica, California (spelling was changed from Lincoln to Linkin because the domain name lincolnpark.com was unavailable) Little River Band, after Little River, Victoria, Australia London, after the city of London Lorene Drive, after a street in Victorville, CA Luxembourg, after the country Luxembourg The Manhattan Transfer, after John Dos Passos's novel Manhattan Transfer, which is in turn named after the Manhattan Transfer train station in New York City The Manhattans, after Manhattan, a borough of New York City Manitoba, after the Canadian province of Manitoba (now recording as Caribou for legal reasons) Manassas, after Manassas, Virginia Marcy Playground, after the playground of Marcy Open School in the U.S. city of Minneapolis Mars, after the planet Mars Matmatah, french rock band named after a berber village in southern Tunisia Matmata. Maxïmo Park, after Maximo Gomez Park, a meeting place for Cuban revolutionaries Memphis, after the town of Memphis, Tennessee. Mir, after the Russian space station of the same name Missouri, after the U.S. state of Missouri MC5, after Detroit, Michigan, the "Motor City" Mojave 3, after the Mojave Desert Monaco, after the Principality of Monaco Mount Rushmore, after the U.S. monument Mount Rushmore Mount Shasta, after Mount Shasta, California Myslovitz, after the Polish town of Mysłowice Nantucket, after the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts Nazareth, after the city of Nazareth New England, quartet formed around Boston New England (produced by Paul Stanley of Kiss) New York Dolls, after New York Dolls Hospital, a toy repair shop Nickel Creek, after a small town of the same name in Texas Nile, after the river Nile Oasis, after the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon, England; or, according to some sources, a nightclub in Manchester Of Montreal, after the city of Montreal 112, after the Atlanta club, Club 112 Oregon, after the U.S. state of Oregon Orleans, after the city of New Orleans O-Town, after a common nickname for Orlando, Florida Over the Rhine, after the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in the band's hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio The Paddingtons after the area of Paddington in the City of Westminster, London Paloalto, after the preschool attended by singer James Grundler (not after Palo Alto, California, as commonly assumed) A train station in Ulaanbaatar, namesake of the French experimental post-rock group Ulan BatorPankow, after Pankow, a borough of Berlin Pantera - originally Pantego, a Texas town Paris, Texas, after the U.S. town of Paris, Texas Parkway Drive, after a street in Byron Bay, Australia Philpot after Philpot, KY, U.S.A. Portishead, after the English town of Portishead, Somerset Queen City Kids, after the nickname for Regina, Saskatchewan Rammstein, after the German city of Ramstein via the Ramstein airshow disaster at Ramstein Air Base in 1988 Rascal Flatts, after a geological formation near Catoosa, Oklahoma Salem, after the former name of Jerusalem Sawyer Brown, after Sawyer Brown Road in the Bellevue section of Nashville, Tennessee Scrantonicity, a portmanteau of Scranton, Pennsylvania and the 1983 Police album Synchronicity. Scrantonicity II, after Scranton, Pennsylvania Sidi Bou Said, after the town of Sidi Bou Said in northern Tunisia. Sing-Sing, after Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Ossining, New York[citation needed] Sleater-Kinney, after a road in Lacey, Washington Sodom, after the destroyed biblical city Sodom. Soho, after Soho, an area of London Soundgarden, after the Sound Garden in Seattle, a kinetic sculpture that makes sounds in the wind Spain, after the nation of Spain Sparta, after the Ancient Greek city of Sparta Sugarhill Gang, after the Sugar Hill area of Harlem, New York City Sugarland, after the city of Sugar Land, Texas Texas, after the U.S. state of Texas (via the title of the Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas) Toronto, after the city of Toronto Towers of London, after the historic landmark in London, England Turin Brakes, after the city of Turin UK, after the United Kingdom Ulan Bator, after the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar The United States of America, after the United States of America Valencia, after the Spanish city of Valencia Venice, after the U.S. city of Venice, California, which in turn is named after Venice in Italy Wailing Wall, after the Western Wall in Jerusalem Waltham, after the U.S. city of Waltham, Massachusetts Warsaw, after the Polish capital city (band later became Joy Division) X-Japan, after the nation of Japan Youngstown, after a city in Ohio Yukon, after the Canadian Territory of Yukon I win!!! Aberdeen, after the city of Aberdeen
Aberfeldy, after the Scottish town
Alabama, after the U.S. state of Alabama
Alabama 3, after the same U.S. state; known as A3 in some countries for legal reasons
Alaska!, after the U.S. state of Alaska
Alcatrazz, after the island and prison in San Francisco Bay.
All Saints, after All Saints Road, London
Alter Bridge, after a bridge on Alter Road in Detroit, Michigan
America, after the United States of America
Anberlin, after the city of Berlin
Antietam, after the American Civil War Battle of Antietam, which was named after Antietam Creek, where it took place
Arcturus named after the star Arcturus
Asia, after the continent of Asia
Atlanta, after the U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia
Backstreet Boys, after Back Street Market, a shopping area in Orlando, Florida
Barcelona, after the city of Barcelona
Bay City Rollers, after Bay City, Michigan
Bayside, after Bayside, Queens in New York City
The Belmonts, after Belmont Street in The Bronx
Beirut, after the city of Beirut
Berlin, after the city of Berlin
Bethlehem (Jesus music) and Bethlehem (German band), both after the city of Bethlehem
Black Oak Arkansas, after the U.S. town of Black Oak, Arkansas
The Blue Nile, after the Blue Nile river.
The Bosstones, after Boston, Massachusetts. See also The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Boston, after the city of Boston
Brazil, after the country of Brazil
Brazzaville, after the city of Brazzaville
Briskeby, after a neighbourhood in the borough Frogner in Oslo, Norway
Bush, after Shepherd’s Bush, a district of London
Byzantine, after the former Byzantine Empire
Cabaret Voltaire, after the Cabaret Voltaire, a night club in Zürich
Café Tacuba, after a hundred-year-old Mexico City restaurant
Cairo, after the city of Cairo
Calexico, after the city of Calexico, California
Chelsea, named after Chelsea, part of London. (There were several bands with this name.)
Chicago, after the city of Chicago (originally Chicago Transit Authority)
Children of Bodom, after Lake Bodom in Finland, place of the famous Lake Bodom murders
Chilliwack, after the town of Chilliwack in British Columbia
Cinder Road after the road in Timonium, Maryland
Cruachan, after the ancient capital of the kingdom of Connacht in Ireland.
Cuba, after the nation of Cuba (band later became Air Cuba)
Cypress Hill, after a location in South Gate, California
Defiance, Ohio, named after the city of Defiance, Ohio.
Delaware, after the U.S. state of Delaware
Dessau, after the German town.
Dimmu Borgir, after an area of lava formations near Mývatn, Iceland
Dover, named after the town and port of Dover in England, United Kingdom
Dream Theater, after a now-demolished cinema in Monterey, California
Dru Hill, after Druid Hill Park, a section of Baltimore, Maryland
The Dubrovniks, after Dubrovnik, a city Croatia
Earlimart after Earlimart, California
Earth, after the planet Earth (also an early name of Black Sabbath)
East 17, after the postcode for the London community of Walthamstow
Easterhouse after Easterhouse, a suburb of Glasgow
Eastern Lane named after a street in Berwick Uupon Tweed.
Egypt, after the name of the country Egypt
Enderby after Enderby Land, Antarctica
Enon after Enon, Ohio
E Street Band, after E Street in Belmar, New Jersey
Europe, after the continent of Europe
Everything but the Girl, after an old-fashioned furniture shop in Hull, England
Ezo, after the island of Hokkaidō (formerly known as Eizo)
Fountains of Wayne, after a lawn ornament store in Wayne, New Jersey
Geneva, after the city of Geneva, Switzerland
Gondwanaland, after the prehistoric continent of Gondwanaland
Gorky Park, after Gorky Park, an amusement park in Moscow
Great Lakes, after the Great Lakes. (There was also a 1960s psychedelic band called The Great Lakes.)
Groom Lake, after a large dry salt flat known as Groom Lake in Nevada, where Area 51 is located.
The Greenberry Woods, after a housing development near the University of Maryland.
Green River, after the Green River in the U.S. state of Washington (via the nickname of serial killer Gary Ridgway)
Halifax, named after Halifax, a city in Canada
The Harrisons, named after Harrison Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield UK
Hatfield and the North, named after Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, and more specifically after road signs pointing to “Hatfield and the North”
Hedley, after the town of Hedley, British Columbia,
Highway 101, after US Route 101 on the west coast of the United States
Hiroshima, after the city of Hiroshima
The Holloways after the inner-city district of Holloway in the London Borough of Islington
H-Town, after a common nickname for Houston, Texas
Idaho, after the U.S. state of Idaho
The Iveys after a street in Swansea, Wales (band later became Badfinger)
Japan, after the nation of Japan
Two bands named Jerusalem, after the city of Jerusalem
Kansas, after the U.S. state of Kansas
The KC All Stars, after the U.S. City of Kansas City, Missouri
Kashmir, after the Led Zeppelin song “Kashmir,” which is in turn named after Kashmir, a region of South Asia
Kensington Market, after the Kensington Market neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario
Kingston Trio, after Kingston, Jamaica; the group considered itself at first to be primarily a calypso group.
The Knickerbockers, after Knickerbocker Road in Bergenfield, New Jersey
Kohima, band in Wisconsin, USA named after the town of Kohima in India
Laibach, after the former name of Ljubljana, Slovenia

LondonLeningrad, after the Russian city of Saint Petersburg (formerly known as Leningrad)
Linkin Park, after a park (now known as Christine Reed Park) in Santa Monica, California (spelling was changed from Lincoln to Linkin because the domain name lincolnpark.com was unavailable)
Little River Band, after Little River, Victoria, Australia
London, after the city of London
Lorene Drive, after a street in Victorville, CA
Luxembourg, after the country Luxembourg
The Manhattan Transfer, after John Dos Passos’s novel Manhattan Transfer, which is in turn named after the Manhattan Transfer train station in New York City
The Manhattans, after Manhattan, a borough of New York City
Manitoba, after the Canadian province of Manitoba (now recording as Caribou for legal reasons)
Manassas, after Manassas, Virginia
Marcy Playground, after the playground of Marcy Open School in the U.S. city of Minneapolis
Mars, after the planet Mars
Matmatah, french rock band named after a berber village in southern Tunisia Matmata.
Maxïmo Park, after Maximo Gomez Park, a meeting place for Cuban revolutionaries
Memphis, after the town of Memphis, Tennessee.
Mir, after the Russian space station of the same name
Missouri, after the U.S. state of Missouri
MC5, after Detroit, Michigan, the “Motor City”
Mojave 3, after the Mojave Desert
Monaco, after the Principality of Monaco
Mount Rushmore, after the U.S. monument Mount Rushmore
Mount Shasta, after Mount Shasta, California
Myslovitz, after the Polish town of Mysłowice
Nantucket, after the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts
Nazareth, after the city of Nazareth
New England, quartet formed around Boston New England (produced by Paul Stanley of Kiss)
New York Dolls, after New York Dolls Hospital, a toy repair shop
Nickel Creek, after a small town of the same name in Texas
Nile, after the river Nile
Oasis, after the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon, England; or, according to some sources, a nightclub in Manchester
Of Montreal, after the city of Montreal
112, after the Atlanta club, Club 112
Oregon, after the U.S. state of Oregon
Orleans, after the city of New Orleans
O-Town, after a common nickname for Orlando, Florida
Over the Rhine, after the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in the band’s hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio
The Paddingtons after the area of Paddington in the City of Westminster, London
Paloalto, after the preschool attended by singer James Grundler (not after Palo Alto, California, as commonly assumed)

A train station in Ulaanbaatar, namesake of the French experimental post-rock group Ulan BatorPankow, after Pankow, a borough of Berlin
Pantera - originally Pantego, a Texas town
Paris, Texas, after the U.S. town of Paris, Texas
Parkway Drive, after a street in Byron Bay, Australia
Philpot after Philpot, KY, U.S.A.
Portishead, after the English town of Portishead, Somerset
Queen City Kids, after the nickname for Regina, Saskatchewan
Rammstein, after the German city of Ramstein via the Ramstein airshow disaster at Ramstein Air Base in 1988
Rascal Flatts, after a geological formation near Catoosa, Oklahoma
Salem, after the former name of Jerusalem
Sawyer Brown, after Sawyer Brown Road in the Bellevue section of Nashville, Tennessee
Scrantonicity, a portmanteau of Scranton, Pennsylvania and the 1983 Police album Synchronicity.
Scrantonicity II, after Scranton, Pennsylvania
Sidi Bou Said, after the town of Sidi Bou Said in northern Tunisia.
Sing-Sing, after Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Ossining, New York[citation needed]
Sleater-Kinney, after a road in Lacey, Washington
Sodom, after the destroyed biblical city Sodom.
Soho, after Soho, an area of London
Soundgarden, after the Sound Garden in Seattle, a kinetic sculpture that makes sounds in the wind
Spain, after the nation of Spain
Sparta, after the Ancient Greek city of Sparta
Sugarhill Gang, after the Sugar Hill area of Harlem, New York City
Sugarland, after the city of Sugar Land, Texas
Texas, after the U.S. state of Texas (via the title of the Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas)
Toronto, after the city of Toronto
Towers of London, after the historic landmark in London, England
Turin Brakes, after the city of Turin
UK, after the United Kingdom
Ulan Bator, after the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
The United States of America, after the United States of America
Valencia, after the Spanish city of Valencia
Venice, after the U.S. city of Venice, California, which in turn is named after Venice in Italy
Wailing Wall, after the Western Wall in Jerusalem
Waltham, after the U.S. city of Waltham, Massachusetts
Warsaw, after the Polish capital city (band later became Joy Division)
X-Japan, after the nation of Japan
Youngstown, after a city in Ohio
Yukon, after the Canadian Territory of Yukon
I win!!!

]]> by: admin http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1587 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:44:24 +0000 http://cousinsvinyl.com/2008/the-how-many-can-you-name-game/#comment-1587 New York City (70s soul group) New York City (70s soul group)

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