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Coffee Break: Band names that lie

Mumford & Sons
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by Anna Reed

August 22, 2017

Sometimes bands will choose a name for themselves that is simply not factual. Maybe they are "The *blank Sisters" or "*blank* and Sons" or they are named after a last name that none of them have.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from band names that lie?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Thanks to Loran for writing in with today's theme idea!

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Songs played

The Tallest Man On Earth - 1904
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
Thompson Twins - Lies
Of Montreal - Fugitive Air
We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
The Donnas - Take It Off
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But a G Thang feat. Snoop Dogg
Ben Folds Five - Jackson Cannery
The Presidents of the United States of America - Lump