Inspired by Lopez' entry on the word association thread: Illinois Speed Press. I'm sure there must be bands out there somewhere with names like The San Francisco Chinese Laundry or the Metal Delivery Company or the Brick Lane Bagel Bakery.
Company though only in the sense of a firm. So in the sense of opera, ballet, theatre, orchestra is not allowed nor is company in the sense of socializing i.e. Bad Company, Misery Lovers Company.
Same for Limited, only in the sense of a firm please.
I will however allow ambiguous band names that can be interpreted in two ways e.g. British Sea Power (could refer to a maritime oil or utility company OR could refer to British naval supremacy in the 1700 and 1800s)
But most importantly there must be a minimum of two words in the band name, otherwise we're going to end up with a list of every one word band name that is also the name shared by a company or part of a company - Lotus, Tesla, Wolf, Matchbox, Caterpillar, Bulldog etc.
Off the top of my head here are some of the more well known ones. I'm expecting y'all to come in with some more modern and/or obscure ones
Buffalo Springfield
1910 Fruitgum Company
The Electric Peanut Butter Company
Pacific Gas & Electric
Public Image Ltd.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
International Harvester
British Sea Power
I seem to remember a band with Power & Light in their name but can't remember the whole name.
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