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The Who
The Hu
Propagandhi
Minor Threat
Ruskaja
Circle Jerks
The Slits
Eagles of Death Metal
I'm on board with Propagandhi, Save Ferris, and EODM but I'm unfamiliar with the backstories on the rest. What makes them clever?
So The Who came around when all the band names seemed to be "The something", so The Who kinda poked fun at that trend.
The Hu is a Mongolian metal band (Mongolian as in Hun), and their name is phonetically the same as world famous rock band The Who.
Minor Threat has a double meaning: "Insignificant" Threat and "Youth" Threat. The song "Minor Threat - Minor Threat" really nails that point down.
Ruskaja is just blending "Ruski" and "ska" together, you can probably guess their sound. Fun fact the first time I heard "Energia" I jokingly, accidently guessed their name.
You're on the Internet so I assume you've heard the term "Circle Jerk", but a jerk is also a person, the asshole type, so "Circle Jerks" is just a play on words between those two meanings.
The Slits is an all female punk band, and the name is a reference to that.
Funny how The [Name] is cyclical. Sum 41 had a music video where they jokingly changed their name to The Sums to ride the trend
Jerk is also a play on "clerk" as in Soda Jerk. Circle Jerk referring to group hog cranking is from the 60s I think
Well, Green Day 75 stopped being popular around that time.
Circle Jerks were around long before the internet meaning of the phrase
The phrase was around long before the Internet.