Band Names from phrases in The Technical Difficulties' Citation Needed episodes
Since Feb 2020, I have been watching and rewatching the Citation Needed series by Technical Difficulties .
[Playlist The Technical Difficulties: Citation Needed in the correct damn order but only the proper episodes - YouTube ]
Earlier this month, I realized they usually had a couple band-name-worthy phrases per episode.
And I started keeping a list, with notes about band name jokes cracked by the actual Tech Dif members.
Herewith, the best ones (explicit phrases or implied ideas) from each episode, excluding the phrases in the title/Wikipedia-Article and phrases taken from elsewhere.
Big Lobster
Steampunk Siri
Monkey Film Union
LOBBO!
(And honestly, Mystery Biscuits would be a great band name.)
Newgate Novel
Clever Cravat
"Furious Strumpets" - band name riff by Chris Joel and Tom Scott
Stefania Follini
Cave Skateboard
Theremin to the Moon
Simplehuman
Microbiobial
GreenPricks
Bossche Bol
Rocketship Baguette
Neckerwestheim
Nuclear Plums
Another Rod on the Barbie
Counts of Andex
Hans-Free
The Flag of Mars
Caramel Guts
Beneath a Purple Banner to Glory
Rifle Our Sh*t
Arctic Winter Games
Elementary Rocketry
Underhand Spear Slide
(And Gary Brannan riffing out the a chorus of 'Too Much Cheese Can Kill You')
Thomas Trueblood
British Shouting Association
Marrowy Clogs
The Coffin Ray
Lost Desert Penguins
BIG Plankton
Benthic Bony Fishes
Centennial Light
Lowbrow + Commemorative
Message from Earth
Stop Digging, Old Boy
Intergalactic Sexts
Flitch of Bacon
Still Cheese
Lisa Clayton
Brummie Bastard (which is suggested as the name of a boat)
The Swarm
Stang-Out Mouth
(And 'Less Bee, More Didgeridoo' would be a fine album title)
The SS Bessemer
SteelMember
Bowel-Loading Doors
The Boobrie
A Trail of Bollocks
UK Independence Pandas
Sergeant Reckless
Equine Shuttle Bus
Horse Webbing
Sidney Weltmer
"Ferric Shoulder" riff by Chris Joel
Cat-Powered Glider
Delivery to a Package
Vulgar Abuse Exemption
Genuine Old Crone
Vicious Punching Method
Jimmy Carter's Rabbit
Swamp Rabbit
Graham Island
Depth-Charge Fishing
Project Cybersyn
Voodoo Gillet
Rocket-Arsed Pigeons
Crudite d'Etat
Cello Scrotum
"Johnny and the Fantastic Deviants" riff by Chris Joel
Cyclist's Cyst
Shanghai Fugu
Glass Not Buzzer
Poisonous Eyes
Victor Lustig
Horse with Chips
Fake Guilty Plea
Hydraulic Telegraph
The Handle on Nouns
Gentle Piddling
Biscuits That Man!
Blowy Tubes
Thomas Midgeley Jr
Three Diversions Deep
All Manner of Deviancy
Pope Infestation
Backpackers Xpress
A Tinful of Arseholes
Bite Attendant
Camp Bonifas
Artillery-Shelled Crab
Bowie Junk Criteria
Camille Flammarion
Astrauthor
Seven-Tailed Comet
(and 'Cobwebs on the Telescope' would be a fine album title.)
Ruth Belville
Guerilla Time-Setter
Hand-Pump of Chronology
The Ice-Block Expedition
Bellend Melter
Absinthe + Chainsaw Night
Jack Churchill
Thief of Bagpipes
$100 Hamburger
Sky Burgers!
Stephens' Island Wren
Release the Cobras!
Panthers in the Closet
Horrible Reverse Werewolf
Julie D'aubigny
Artless Euphemism
Acoustic Kitty
Tinfoil Cat
Benjamin Rush
Westwood Expedition
Chalk + Mercury
Uncle Pillory
Charles Blondin
Elastomastring
Aerial Shepherd
Sark Football Team
Through the Orange
Turra Coo
The National Cow (possibly a cover band of Dave Barry's garage band Federal Duck)
Drone General Strike
Ultimate LOLs
The Flip-Flap Railroad
Metaphorical Railway
Difficult in Norfolk
Not Enough Mules to Play With
Marshmallow Bearing
Seals! Irons!
Sandbags + Monkeys
John Stonehouse
Privately-Owned Scumbag
Atomic Annie
Train! Very!
(And 'Atomic Shells for Beaches' would be a fine album title)
Nuclear Sword
Hug the Bomb
Chicken Mines
"Suddenly-Irradiated Chickens" band name riff by Chris Joel
Battle of Fishguard
Different Routes to Education
(And 'A Little Late for Vikings' would be a fine album title)
Political Joke Incoming
Invade with Art
Norwegian Butter Crisis
Butterlanche!
Smørpanic!
(And 'The Butterfingers of Capitalism' would be a fine album title.)
Juan Pujol Garcia
(And 'Too Late for an Armada' would be a fine album title.)
Shepherd Spy
Hail Cannons
Nepo Slian
(And 'Farting into Clouds' would be a fine album title.)
Officially Bollocks
Facts Kill Humour
('Weather-a-bugger-abouty Treaty' as an improvised song from Gary Brannan and Matt Gray)
Un-anger the Weather
The Crazy Eights Incident
(Gary Brannan mis-heard the article title as 'The Crazy Apes', which would be a good band name.)
Chemically Bad Things
Anti-Gravity Yard
(And 'Quite a Bit of America' would be a fine album title.)
A Very Naughty Engine
Sweater Curse
(And 'A Genre of Sweaters' would be a fine album title.)
Knitting Gags
Relationship Coroner
posted by Useless Information Man at 19:24
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