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** Of course, the band was originally called Garyuu Wave in the Japanese version, ''[[Gyakuten Saiban 4]]''...
* The Weird Sisters, from ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', said to be one of the most popular wizard bands out there, and booked to play at Hogwarts at the Yule Ball in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Goblet of Fire]]''. ([[Harry Potter (film)|The film]] made them punk rockers.) Nymphadora Tonks is a fan.
* The Band With Rocks In, from ''[[DiscworldSoul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]''. Also The Whom, The Blots and The Surreptitious Fabric, all names briefly used by a wannabe band (and not coincidentally all puns on the names of real bands).
* ''[[The Commitments]]''. Chosen deliberately, and explained in the book & film that "all the great sixties bands were 'the somethings'".
** And naturally, there are at least two bands called "The Somethings".
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* Pugilism and the Third Autistic Cuckoo, from ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]]
* Razor and the Scummettes from ''[[Maniac Mansion]]''
* Bertie the Balladeer and his Troubadour Rascals, from ''[[Discworld/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]''.
* Eddie and the Cruisers. (The name of the movie, and the artist the soundtrack was credited to.)
* Eddi and the Fey in Emma Bull's ''[[War for the Oaks]]''.
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=== Literature ===
* ''[[DiscworldSoul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'' has a band named &U (an obvious [[Shout-Out]] to the real-life band U2).
 
=== Real Life ===
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=== Wacky Word/Referential Bands UNSORTED Examples ===
* ''[[My So-Called Life]]'' had Frozen Embryo.
* We're Certainly Dwarfs from ''[[DiscworldSoul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'', a parody of [[They Might Be Giants]]. The band formerly known as The Whom etc. eventually performs under the name And Supporting Bands.
* Most of the nonsense phrases Dave Barry said "would make a good name for a rock band" (which tended not to be so nonsensical when viewed in context).
** ''[[The Federal Duck]]'' in particular is a truncation of the real-world "Federal Duck Stamp Program."
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=== Literature ===
* Trollz, in ''[[DiscworldSoul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]''. They wanted to just be called Trolls, because they were, but were eventually pursuadedpersuaded to misspell their name.
 
=== Live-Action TV ===
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