Bands with geographically misleading names

[hitmouse]

You know, like:
Alabama 3
Black Country, New Road
Of Montreal
The Kingston Trio

I'm sure there must be loads more.

 

[Yossarian]

Boards of Canada

 

[Steel Icarus]

Sleaford Mods
Mission of Burma
Mars Volta

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Actually Yanks who do not live in the Stoke Newington cemetery.

 

[danny la rouge]

Mull Historical Society
Bay City Rollers

Also, despite reports to the contrary, the Who do not live at Leeds.

 

[Yossarian]

Hanoi Rocks? More like Helsinki Rocks

 

[Fozzie Bear]

There is also a dodgy looking Oi band from Finland called Kings Cross.

King's Cross

King's Cross Discography at Discogs

www.discogs.com

 

[Elpenor]

The Beautiful South

 

[Steel Icarus]

Mega City Four

 

[SpookyFrank]

Mull Historical Society

He's actually from Mull.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Bombay Bicycle Club
Beirut

 

[Steel Icarus]

Berlin

 

[A380]

Pasadena Roof Orchestra

 

[Humberto]

Japan

 

[A380]

Asia

 

[Santino]

Freddie Mercury

 

[Yossarian]

Nazareth - I thought they were American but Wikipedia says they're from Dunfermline and they named themselves after Nazareth, Pennsylvania

 

[A380]

Whitney Houston

 

[A380]

Freddie Mercury

Yeah, he was from Venus.

 

[hitmouse]

Just looked up where Boston are from, turns out they're one for the "bands with names that are geographically accurate but very unimaginative" thread. Or possibly the "bands with geographically accurate names that could still potentially be misleading if you thought they might be from Lincolnshire" thread.

 

[mx wcfc]

Red London
Eastfield
Blyth Power

 

[Maggot]

Texas

 

[Ground Elder]

Orchestra Harlow
Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk
Brenda Holloway

 

[Yossarian]

Spandau Ballet

 

[hitmouse]

Warsaw

 

[Sweet FA]

Tygers of Pan Tang.

Neither large felines nor from the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

 

[hitmouse]

Defiance, Ohio are actually from Columbus, Ohio, so I suppose they score half a point in this round.

 

[krtek a houby]

China Crisis

 

[Cloo]

The Japanese House - they're not a house either
Danzig
Portugal the Man

 

[krtek a houby]

Big in Japan