Songs By Artists With Out-Of-This-World Names

So, I was listening to this song on the radio the other day, and the singer's name contained the name of a planet. Which got me thinking...what other artists/bands have outer-space-related names. As it turns out, I found quite a few. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Freddie Mercury  ~  "The Great Pretender"

2)  Bruno Mars  ~  "When I Was Your Man"

3)  30 Seconds To Mars  ~  "The Kill (Bury Me)"

4)  Jupiter Rising  ~  "Electropop"

5)  Saturn  ~  "Kuch Nahin"  (a Pakistani hard rock band? – very cool!)

6)  Elephants From Neptune  ~  "Can't Come In"

7)  Empire Of The Sun  ~  "We Are The People"

8)  A Rocket To The Moon  ~  "Ever Enough"

9)  Walk The Moon  ~  "Anna Sun"

10)  Space  ~  "Female Of The Species"  (the 1990s English indie rock band)

11)  Space  ~  "Magic Fly"  (the 1970s French electronic music band)

12)  Galactic Cowboys  ~  "I'm Not Amused"

13)  Phantom Planet  ~  "California"

14)  Satellite  ~  "Say The Words"

15)  Bill Haley & His Comets  ~  "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy"

16)  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour  ~  "Major"

17)  Jefferson Starship  ~  "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"

18)  UFO  ~  "Lights Out"

Songs By Bands With Numbers In Their Names

My earlier post today included a song by Maroon 5, which got me thinking...how many bands with numbers in their names are out there putting out good music? As it turns out, there were quite a few. Here's just a sampling of what I found, in ascending chronological order...

1)  OneRepublic  ~  "All The Right Moves"

2)  U2  ~  "Beautiful Day"

3)  3 Doors Down  ~  "It's Not My Time"

4)  4 Non Blondes  ~  "What's Up"

5)  Ben Folds Five  ~  "Brick"

6)  Eve 6  ~  "Inside Out"

7)  Seven Mary Three  ~  "Cumbersome"  (Two different numbers in one band name – nifty!)

8)  Hot 8 Brass Band  ~  "Ghost Town"

9)  Nine Inch Nails  ~  "We're In This Together"

10)  10CC  ~  "I'm Not In Love"  (Wait, this song again? Apparently so.)

11)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  "3AM"

12)  30 Seconds To Mars  ~  "Closer To The Edge"

13)  38 Special  ~  "Caught Up In You"

14)  UB40  ~  "The Earth Dies Screaming"

15)  98 Degrees  ~  "The Hardest Thing"

16)  blink-182  ~  "Adam's Song"

17)  311  ~  "Down"

18)  Building 429  ~  "Listen To The Sound"

19)  Thousand Foot Krutch  ~  "Move"

20)  10,000 Maniacs  ~  "These Are Days"