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Coffee Break: Liars!

Ben Folds Five in concert at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.
Ben Folds Five in concert at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.Andrew Gardecki via Flickr; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

by Anna Weggel

August 14, 2019

Ben Folds is in town tonight to play a double bill with the Violent Femmes at Surly Brewing Festival Field and it reminded us of something...

In 2017 we did a super fun Coffee Break about band names that aren't actually descriptive of the band. So for example, "The Tallest Man On Earth" is not actually the tallest man on Earth. The band of Montreal is actually from Athens, Georgia. No one in The Donnas is named Donna. And Ben Folds Five was technically a 3-person operation.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear whose band name is a lie?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
The Zombies - Time Of The Season
Band of Horses - Casual Party
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Me And Mia
Ben Folds Five - Jackson Cannery
10,000 Maniacs - These Are The Days