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S U G G E S T E D
B A N D   N A M E S .


BY JOHN KENYON

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25 SUGGESTED NAMES FOR BANDS IN SEARCH OF ONE,
ALL BEING ACTUAL SLUG LINES FOR STORIES ON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE ON MARCH 9, 2000.

Airport Gridlock
Asia Haze
Baby Product War
Bajak Appointment
Brain Growth
Cops Under Fire
Exit Poll
Flu Season
Gas Tax
Hacker Arrest
Highway Pileup
Horses Shot
Internet Crime
Military Gays
Millennium Sunrise
Minimum Wage
Money Chase
Mozambique
Planes Collide
Prison Guards
Rejected Sitcom
Rocket Tahiti
Sharpton Protest
Smart Pumps
Women Work

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AN ADDITIONAL 25 POTENTIAL BAND NAMES
GLEANED FROM STORY SLUG LINES ON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSWIRE ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2000.

Atlanta Probe
Auction House Suits
Bush [This may already be taken. —Ed.]
Court Crisis
Cyber Pagans
Czech Movies
Female Bishop
Football Melee
Gay Benefits
Hip Hop Exhibit
Homeless Smugglers
Independent Counsel
Latin Quarter
Midwest Wine
Music Band
Olympic Drugs
Seattle Shooting
Selma
Soybean Harvest
Talk Show Politics
Texas Drought
The World, Briefly
Tire Deaths
Too Many Crops
Video Caesar

 

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