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by Prime wants the old AB back on December 20th, 2008

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What bands perform a song with a title that is the same as their name? (videos welcome) Below, the Iron Butterfly Theme:

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  • by Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy on December 20th, 2008

    Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy

    Iron Maiden did a song called "Iron Maiden", on the album "Iron Maiden".

    Living In a Box did a song called "Living In a Box", on the album "Living In a Box".

    And of course, Bad Company, as a10 mentioned already. :)

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  • by a 10sEn is the AB Ninja Lounge bartender on December 20th, 2008

    a 10sEn is the AB Ninja Lounge bartender

    I came across this song, but the band Bad Company had a song called "Bad Company" on an album with the same name.

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  • by ALF - Gordon Shumway on December 20th, 2008

    ALF - Gordon Shumway

    There is a full version of this song, but it wasn't on YouTube.

    The Monkees - "(Theme Song) The Monkees"

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  • by Shadow is Gone on December 20th, 2008

    Shadow is Gone

    The Highwaymen - "Highwayman" ....... (almost!)

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  • by DebbieInc on January 8th, 2009

    DebbieInc

    There's WAR who sang <duh> WAR (what is it good for..absolutely nothin!)

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  • by iwnit on January 7th, 2009

    iwnit

    1) "Eponymous Songs- Artist who sing songs with the band's name by winalotta
    Anthrax
    Bad Company
    Beastie Boys
    Black Sabbath
    Blue Murder
    Big Country
    Bo Diddley
    Body Count
    Butthole Surfers
    Damn Yankees
    Drivin'N'Cryin'
    Fishbone
    Fleetwood Mac
    Green Day
    Icehouse
    Imperial Teen
    Iron Maiden
    Louis XVI
    Madness
    Meat Puppets
    Metal Church
    Motorhead
    Night Ranger
    Pet Shop Boys
    Porno for Pyros
    Slipknot
    Snoop Dogg
    Talk Talk
    They Might Be Giants
    Train
    Wang Chung
    X"
    Source and further information:
    http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.27249/Music


    2) "List of songs with the same name as their performers
    A's "A" (from album A vs Monkey Kong)
    Ad Infinitum's "Ad infinitum" (from album Ad Infinitum)
    Anal Cunt's "Everyone In Anal Cunt Is Dumb" (from album 40 More Reasons To Hate Us) and "I'm In Anal Cunt" (from album 40 More Reasons To Hate Us)
    Angelwitch's "Angelwitch" (from album Angelwitch)
    Anthrax's "Anthrax" (from album Fistful of Metal)
    Art in America's "Art in America" (from album Art in America)
    Assorted Jelly Beans' "Assorted Jelly Beans"
    Bad Company's "Bad Company" (from album Bad Company)
    Bad Religion's "Bad Religion"
    Beastie Boys' "Beastie Boys"
    Belle & Sebastian's "Belle & Sebastian"
    Big Country's "In a Big Country" (from album The Crossing)
    Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath" (from album Black Sabbath)
    The Blood Brothers' "Mutiny on the Ark of the Blood Brothers" (from album This Adultery is Ripe)
    Blue Öyster Cult's "Blue Öyster Cult" (from album Imaginos)
    Born Blind's "Born Blind" (from album One for All)
    bob hund's "bob hund" (from album Omslag: Martin Kann)
    Brand Nubian's "Brand Nubian"
    Built to Spill's "Built to Spill" (from album Ultimate Alternative Wavers)
    Children of Bodom's "Children of Bodom" (from album Hatebreeder)
    Julian Cope's "Julian H. Cope" (from jehovahkill)
    Daddy DJ's "Daddy DJ"
    Dali's Car's "Dali's Car"
    Damn Yankees' "Damn Yankees" (from album Damn Yankees)
    Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley" (from album Bo Diddley)
    D.O.A.'s "D.O.A." (from album Hardcore '81)
    Doop's "Doop"
    Dr. Octagon's "Dr. Octagon"
    Dschingis Khan's "Dschingis Khan"
    Enkindel's "Enkindel" (from album "Some Assembly Required"; the band lather changed their name to The Enkindels)
    Fishbone's "Fishbone (Is Red Hot)"
    Green Day's "Green Day"
    G-Unit's "G-Unit" (from album Beg For Mercy)
    Hammerfall's "Hammerfall" (from album Glory to the Brave)
    Hard Skin's "Hard Skin" (from album Hard Nuts And Hard Cunts)
    Iced Earth's "Iced Earth" (from album Iced Earth)
    Imperial Teen's "Imperial Teen" (from album Seasick)
    In Extremo's "In Extremo" (from album Verehrt und Angespien)
    In Flames' "In Flames" (from album Lunar Strain)
    Iron Maiden's "Iron Maiden" (from album Iron Maiden)
    JFA's "Jodie Foster's Army" (from album Blatant Localism)
    Jilted John's "Jilted John"
    Kool & the Gang's "Kool and the Gang" (from album Kool And The Gang)
    Living in a Box's "Living in a Box" (from album Living in a Box)
    Louis XIV's "Louis XIV" (from album The Best Little Secrets Are Kept)
    Love City Groove's "Love City Groove" (the United Kingdom entry in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest)
    Madness's "Madness" (a Prince Buster cover)
    Manowar's "Manowar"
    Masta Killa's "Masta Killa" (from album No Said Date)
    Meat Puppets' "Meat Puppets" (from album Meat Puppets)
    Miljoonasade's "Miljoonasade" (from album Pesuhuoneesta keittiöön)
    Minor Threat's "Minor Threat" (from album Minor Threat)
    The Monkees' "(Theme From) The Monkees"
    Motörhead's "Motörhead" (a Hawkwind cover, from album Motörhead)
    Mr. Big's "Mr. Big" (a Free cover)
    Mr Blobby's "Mr Blobby"
    Pennywise's "Pennywise" (from their debut album)
    Pink Grease's "Pink G.R.Ease"
    Rammstein's "Rammstein" (from album Herzeleid)
    Reagan Youth's "Reagan Youth" (from album Volume 1)
    Renegade Soundwave's "Renegade Soundwave"
    The Rolling Stones' "Like a Rolling Stone" (a Bob Dylan cover)
    Siddharta's "Siddharta" (from album ID)
    Skyclad's "Skyclad" (from album The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth)
    Slipknot's "Slipknot" (from album Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat)
    Soulfly's "Soulfly", "Soulfly II", "Soulfly III", "Soulfly IV", "Soulfly V" (one from each Soulfly album)
    Snoop Dogg's "Snoop Dogg"
    Talk Talk's "Talk Talk" (from album The Party's Over)
    Talulah Gosh's "Talulah Gosh"
    They Might Be Giants' "They Might Be Giants" (from album Flood)
    Tin Machine's "Tin Machine" (from album Tin Machine)
    Voivod's "Voivod" (from album War and Pain)
    White Town's "White Town" (from album Women in Technology)
    Brian Wilson's "Brian Wilson" (from the album Live at the Roxy Theatre, a cover of the song by Barenaked Ladies)
    Wu-Tang Clan's "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit" (from album Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers)
    An unusual case is with New Zealand band Shihad. In 2001, they had a song called "Pacifier" on their The General Electric album. They changed their name to Pacifier after the September 11, 2001 attacks (for marketing reasons in the U.S. to avoid comparisons with a jihad). In 2004, they reverted their name back to Shihad."
    Source and further information:
    http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-songs-with-the-same-name-as-their-performers


    3) "Some pop music artists have recorded songs with self-referential, or eponymous, titles. Examples include:
    "Bad Company" by Bad Company
    "In a Big Country" by Big Country
    "Aah the Name Is Bootsy" by Bootsy Collins
    "My Name Is (Slim Shady)" by Eminem
    "Clash City Rockers" by The Clash
    "My Name Is Prince" by Prince
    "Green Day" by Green Day
    "Jurass Finish First" by Jurassic 5
    "Louis XIV" by Louis XIV
    "Monkees Theme" by The Monkees
    "The E-Street Shuffle" by Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
    "Talk Talk" by Talk Talk
    "No-Dave Party" by AFI (Instrumental song, Dave is the lead singer of AFI)
    "Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley
    "Song of Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley
    "Diddley Daddy" by Bo Diddley
    "Hey Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo's Guitar" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Meets the Monster" by Bo Diddley
    "Story of Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley
    "Run Diddley Daddy" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley Is a Lover" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley Is Loose" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo's Blues" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo's Vacation" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo's Bounce" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo's Twist" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo's a Lumberjack" by Bo Diddley
    "Cookie-Headed Diddley" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley's Dog" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo's Waltz" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley's Hootenanny" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo's Beat" by Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry
    "Bo Diddley 1969" by Bo Diddley
    "You, Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley-itis" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo-Jam" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley Jam" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley Put the Rock in Rock & Roll" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley Vamp" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Pop Shake" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo-Pop Quake" by Bo Diddley
    "Jus' Like Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley
    "Turbo Diddley 2000" by Bo Diddley
    "Bo Diddley Is Crazy" by Bo Diddley
    "Oops! Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley "
    Source and further information:
    http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-eponymous-songs


    4) "List of songs with the same name as song artists - Hat Tricks

    Artist name, song title and album title identical.

    a * denotes a song that's sourced from the album with the identical title, however a linked ** will link you to the band's album (with the identical title, but the song is sourced from)

    Ad Infinitum's "Ad infinitum" (from album Ad Infinitum)
    Almafuerte's "Almafuerte" (from album Almafuerte)
    Angel Witch's "Angel Witch" (from album Angel Witch)
    Art in America's "Art in America" (from album Art in America)
    Bad Company's "Bad Company" (from album Bad Company)
    Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath" (from album Black Sabbath)
    Blue Öyster Cult's "Blue Öyster Cult" **
    Damn Yankees' "Damn Yankees" (from album Damn Yankees)
    Girl Thing's "Girl Thing" (from album Girl Thing)
    Iced Earth's "Iced Earth" (from album Iced Earth)
    Iron Maiden's "Iron Maiden" (from album Iron Maiden)
    Kool & the Gang's "Kool and the Gang" (from album Kool And The Gang)
    Living in a Box's "Living in a Box" (from album Living in a Box)
    Mägo de Oz's "Mägo de Oz" (from album Mägo de Oz)
    Meat Puppets' "Meat Puppets" (from album Meat Puppets)
    Metal Church's "Metal Church" (from album Metal Church)
    Minor Threat's "Minor Threat" (from album Minor Threat)
    Motörhead's "Motörhead" (a Hawkwind cover, from album Motörhead)
    OSI's "OSI" (from album OSI)
    Pennywise's "Pennywise" (from their debut album)
    Porno For Pyros' "Porno For Pyros" (from album Porno For Pyros)
    Slipknot's "Skipknot" **
    Soulfly's "Soulfly", "Soulfly II", "Soulfly III", "Soulfly IV", "Soulfly V" (one from each Soulfly album)
    Tin Machine's "Tin Machine" (from album Tin Machine)
    Train's "Train" (from album Train)
    Victor, an Alex Lifeson solo project, has the song "Victor" on album Victor
    Warsaw's "Warsaw" (from album Warsaw)"
    Source and further information:
    http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/List_of_songs_with_the_same_name_as_song_artists_-_Hat_Tricks/id/1665408


    Rammstein - Rammstein
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9z-9RdwwM

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  • by Suomynona on December 21st, 2008

    Suomynona

    Black Sabbath ~ "Black Sabbath"
    Talk Talk ~ "Talk Talk"

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