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== Band Names With Numbers ==
These come in three varieties: The band name that has a number describing a certain quantity; and the band that just sticks a number on the end for no apparent reason. A lot of these bands just stick the numbers on because another band already had their original name and threatened to sue, e.g. [[Blink 182]], who stuck the number on because there was a dance band called [[Blink]]. The band names that count their members represent a third type.
A sub-genre of this is the band name that is only a set of numbers, like 911 or 311. There were a lot of number bands in the 1990s, but the fad seems to have ended quickly, probably because people realised that words were infinitely more memorable, and the internet allows you to check if someone already has the band name you want already.
Another subvariety is names in the form "(The) Number Nouns". Unlike the number-only name, this is not a fad but a naming style that has lasted decades, including such groups as [[The Four Tops]], [[The Three Tenors]], [[The Four Seasons]], [[Six Hits and a Miss]] and [[10,000 Maniacs]].
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=== [[Video Games]] ===
* The Runaway Five from ''[[EarthBound]]''. There appears to be six of them.▼
=== [[Real Life]] ===
* Onerepublic—yeah, it's spelled out, and mashed into one word, but it's there.
* The Matt Kurz One (instead of just "Matt Kurz")
* Plus One might be an interesting side note, at least—at one point, two of them left, so Plus One was minus two.
* 2 Unlimited▼
* [[U2]] (named after a plane)
* 3 (Keith Emerson, Robert Berry and Carl Palmer)
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* The Minus Five
* Pizzicato Five (2 to 3 members plus studio band)
▲* The Runaway Five from ''[[EarthBound]]''. There appears to be six of them.
* 6ix
* Electric Six, featuring six members.
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* The Old 97's (although that is a reference to a folk song)
* 100 Demons
* Two unrelated English Apollos - Apollo 100 and Apollo 440▼
* Blink-182
* [[311]] (their name is derived from Omaha police code for indecent exposure [a friend of the band's was arrested for skinny dipping]. It is
* BR-549, a country band named after Junior Samples' silly phone number in ''[[Hee Haw]]''.
* Could also go in Grossout/Blasphemy, but Australian band Destroyer 666.
* 808 State▼
* The Dancing French Liberals of 1848
* Death From Above 1979 - The "1979" was used to distinguish from Death From Above Records.
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* 35007 ("Loose" upside down)
* [http://www.tapefive.com/ Tape Five]
▲* 2 Unlimited
▲* Two unrelated English Apollos - Apollo 100 and Apollo 440
▲* 808 State
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