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Weekend Rock List: Color Bands

3/27/09, 5:22 pm EST

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty

Besides bands named after Animals, we noted a big number of acts with color-related names at SXSW. The Black Lips, White Lies, Red Fang, YellowFever, the Pink Spiders and countless more. Therefore, this week’s Rock List is dedicated to the best artists to use hues in their moniker. Tell us your favorites, and on Monday we’ll compile the rainbow results and announce the winner. Before you dig out that box of Crayolas, check out our picks (and a note to street teamers: don’t bother spamming the Rock List, those kinds of votes don’t count in the final tally):

• Pink Floyd
• The White Stripes
• Black Sabbath
• Al Green
• Black Flag

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mike | 3/27/2009, 5:37 pm EST

green day

sim | 3/27/2009, 5:56 pm EST

James Brown
Deep Purple
Otis Redding
Moody Blues

Verne | 3/27/2009, 6:18 pm EST

Black Lips

this hard-hitting journalism is the reason i read rs.

Topher | 3/27/2009, 6:27 pm EST

Green Day, duh

The Black Keys
Black Sabbath
Silverchair
The Black Crowes
Blues Traveler
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

David | 3/27/2009, 7:01 pm EST

black keys
Goldfrapp
pink floyd
pink martini
red hot chili peppers
santigold

Hmmm. | 3/27/2009, 7:17 pm EST

Does “Red Hot” really count?

Bozo McDuckie | 3/27/2009, 7:28 pm EST

Green Apple Quick Step
Blue Cheer
White Stripes
Pink
Jackson Browne (just pretend it’s, like, an English spelling)

StrummerJones | 3/27/2009, 8:00 pm EST

The White Stripes
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
Santigold
Green Day
James Brown

1. Green Day
2. James Brown
3. Joan Jett And The Black Hearts
4. The White Stripes
5. Santigold
6. Otis Redding
7. Al Green

BillyBreathesJF | 3/27/2009, 8:02 pm EST

Pink Floyd
Black Sabbath
Black Flag
James Brown
Whitesnake
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blues Traveler
Blue Oyster Cult
Deep Purple
Living Colour

StrummerJones | 3/27/2009, 8:03 pm EST

pfft

sorry i have my initial list up there

take the one on bottom

roknrol188 | 3/27/2009, 8:52 pm EST

Green Day
White Stripes
Otis Redding
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ryan | 3/27/2009, 8:55 pm EST

Deep Purple
Red Hot Chili Peppers
King Crimson
Silversun Pickups
Blue Oyster Cult

Gassman | 3/27/2009, 9:04 pm EST

Deep Purple
Pink Floyd
Black Sabbath
Green Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Black Light Burns
White Zombie
Barry White
The White Stripes
Whitesnake
Al Green
Blue Oyster Cult
The Blues Brothers
James Brown
Otis Redding
Moody Blues

me | 3/27/2009, 9:06 pm EST

green day
deep purple
red hot chili peppers
living colour

thezero | 3/27/2009, 10:42 pm EST

black sabbath

living colour

black flag

white zombie

johnnyb | 3/27/2009, 11:10 pm EST

black sabbath
green day
pink floyd

Dude Man | 3/27/2009, 11:54 pm EST

1.Deep Purple
2.Black Sabbath
3.Pink Floyd
4.Blue Oyster Cult
5.The Moody Blues
6.Rainbow
7.The Black Crowes
8.Living Colour
9.Whitesnake
10.Green Day
11.Black Tide
12.The White Stripes
13.Blue Cheer
14.Frijid Pink

Dude Man | 3/27/2009, 11:56 pm EST

Would Rainbow count?

Anonymous | 3/28/2009, 12:09 am EST

Big Black
Black Sabbath
black tape for a blue girl
Blackmouth
Frank Black and the Catholice
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Black Heart Procession
Tragic Black

and because English isn’t the only language with colors

Mano Negra
Noir Désir

Dan Page | 3/28/2009, 1:06 am EST

Blue Cheer
Blue Magic
Black Kids

JSuzart | 3/28/2009, 1:21 am EST

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Frank Black / Black Francis
Black Keys
Black Kids
Black Flag
Black Dice
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The White Stripes
Barry White
White Zombie
White Lies
Pink Floyd
The Soft Pink Truth
Santigold
Silver Apples
Silver Jews
James Brown
Chris Brown (haha nobody can mention him)
Al Green
Green Day
Deep Purple
Macy Gray
David Gray
The Ruby Suns

Hubbard, OH | 3/28/2009, 1:42 am EST

Being from Ohio, the Black Keys are all that matter.

Anonymous | 3/28/2009, 5:29 am EST

Pink Floyd
Black Crowes
Green Day

RTickle | 3/28/2009, 6:57 am EST

Yellow Submorons (chicago)
the Grays
the Greenhornes
Blues Magoos
Tangerine Dream
Rhymes With Orange
Red White & Blues Band
Purple Dave
Pink Fairies
Brownsville Station
Savoy Brown
Violet Femmes
Rainbow.
Red Volkert
White Witch
N.E. Color ULike

LOL | 3/28/2009, 1:26 pm EST

“Black Lips

this hard-hitting journalism is the reason i read rs.”

xD

my favorites are... | 3/28/2009, 4:30 pm EST

The Pink Spiders
Silverstein
Plain White T’s
The Bride Wore Black
The Black Kids
Green Day
Bedlight For Blue Eyes
The White Tie Affair
These Green Eyes
Yellowcard
The Black Dahlia Murder

l. | 3/28/2009, 4:38 pm EST

green day
the pink spiders

Romanov | 3/28/2009, 5:10 pm EST

Black Sabbath.Green Day.Deep Purple.

Hil | 3/28/2009, 5:39 pm EST

The Pink Spiders
Green Day

Enrique | 3/28/2009, 10:26 pm EST

Red Datsun

you guys missed out. | 3/29/2009, 12:52 am EST

deep purple

moody blues

king crimson

and to the idiot who keeps putting pink spiders a million times under different names, shut the f^*k up.

carmen | 3/29/2009, 1:16 am EST

green day :)

ashley | 3/29/2009, 1:54 am EST

Agent Orange
Black Flag
Red Hot Chili Peppers
White Stripes

Would the Aquabats count?

caffeineaddict | 3/29/2009, 5:11 am EST

the pink spiders
obviously

paul | 3/29/2009, 5:34 am EST

THE PINK SPIDERS
the blackout
silverstein
the white tie affair

myspace asked | 3/29/2009, 7:43 am EST

me to say pink spiders
x

Mary | 3/29/2009, 8:07 am EST

The Pink Spiders without a doubt!

k | 3/29/2009, 8:21 am EST

red hot chili peppers

Substance-S | 3/29/2009, 8:53 am EST

The Pink Spiders!

chooodude | 3/29/2009, 10:51 am EST

Black Sabbath
Living Colour
Deep Purple
Al Green
James Brown
Blackstar
Blue Oyster Cult
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pink Floyd
Whitesnake

I really want to put Rainbow on here like some people have, but I just can’t agree that rainbow is a color.

katie | 3/29/2009, 12:05 pm EST

the pink spiders, for sure

Oscar | 3/29/2009, 1:57 pm EST

Sorry to so belatedly plug our unreleased early 80’s No Wave outfit from Mexico City, but it’s now or never: Ruido Blanco! (Presently trying to follow up on it, but NOBODY still able to climb up on stage wants to play with me on my angry gerontopunk project Los Viejos Verdes…).

rote7123 | 3/29/2009, 2:08 pm EST

Green River
The Aquabats
Agent Orange

Ando | 3/29/2009, 2:16 pm EST

Pink Floyd
Black Sabbath
White Zombie
Green Day
The White Stripes
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Black Crowes
Deep Purple
Black Flag

Anonymous | 3/29/2009, 2:28 pm EST

pink floyd

the one with pink on the brain | 3/29/2009, 2:38 pm EST

THE PINK SPIDERSSSS!!!

Mrs Ruston | 3/29/2009, 2:40 pm EST

Ohhh you know i gotta vote
THE PINK SPIDERS!!!!

Twitter Twit wits | 3/29/2009, 2:40 pm EST

The Pink Spiders!!!!

Dude Man | 3/29/2009, 3:15 pm EST

Whoever keeps changing their blog name and posting Pink Spiders a thousand times, please stop. It’s unfair to the rest of us who voted once.

Animal#9 | 3/29/2009, 3:15 pm EST

Living Colour

carekeesh | 3/29/2009, 3:18 pm EST

black flag
black gold
black lips
black rebel motorcycle club
brilliant red lights
the color fred [does this count?]
neon trees
tickle me pink
white lies

THE PINK SPIDERS.

Anonymous | 3/29/2009, 3:21 pm EST

Red hot chili peppers
James Brown
Black sabbath
White Stripes
Deep Purple
Al Green
Macy Gray

Anonymous | 3/29/2009, 4:14 pm EST

The Black Ghosts
The Black Keys
Black Lab
Black Lips
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Black Octopus Lipstick Project
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Dan Black
David Gray
Earl Greyhound
Little Black Dress
Matt White
Nine Black Alps
Purple Crush
Rainbow Arabia
The Redwalls
Silver Jews
Silverchair
Silversun Pickups
White Rabbits
The White Stripes

alli | 3/29/2009, 4:26 pm EST

the Pink Spiders!!
Blues Magoos
pink skull
the Black Hollies
Cream (if that counts as a color instead of the liquid)
Black Black

StrummerJones | 3/29/2009, 5:10 pm EST

Does anyone else get the feeling that The Pink Spiders threw something on their website or something? They really aren’t that good.

Anonymous | 3/29/2009, 6:33 pm EST

The Black Keys
The White Stripes

Pink Spiders | 3/29/2009, 7:52 pm EST

Red Datsun

courtneyy | 3/29/2009, 10:05 pm EST

black sabbath and the pink spiders =)
oh wait and green day and anthony green

7upisgood | 3/29/2009, 10:06 pm EST

the pink spiders

KS | 3/29/2009, 10:22 pm EST

red hot chili peppers
black sabbath
the pink spiders
the white stripes

christina | 3/29/2009, 10:42 pm EST

The Pink Spiders
Black Gold

Nobody Baby | 3/29/2009, 11:01 pm EST

The Pink Spiders

sassy sally | 3/29/2009, 11:03 pm EST

uhmmm, I think The Pink Spiders should be chosen, they are so great and yet so underrated with all their talent and amazing performances!
:) )

tpsrmy chicago | 3/29/2009, 11:44 pm EST

the pink spiders, definitely!
:)
as well as green day or yellowcard, but definitely THE PINK SPIDERS!

*i just would like to clear the air, all the pink spiders comments being post are all by different people. It is not the same person posting these comments, The Pink Spiders just have a very dedicated street Team! :)

The Spider Army | 3/29/2009, 11:47 pm EST

The Pink Spiders!

And I second that, TPS has a VERY didicated street team!

Brian | 3/29/2009, 11:55 pm EST

The Pink Spiders

Anonymous | 3/30/2009, 12:03 am EST

(and a note to street teamers: don’t bother spamming the Rock List, those kinds of votes don’t count in the final tally)

THAT WAS NOT THERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS. SCAM!!!

C. Crowley | 3/30/2009, 12:23 am EST

THE WHITE STRIPES

AND

THE PINK SPIDERS

III | 3/30/2009, 1:16 am EST

The White Stripes
The Black Keys
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Black Crowes
Pink Floyd
Black Mountain
The Black Angels
The Greenhornes

norzie | 3/30/2009, 1:43 am EST

THE PINK SPIDERS!

anotherPlanet | 3/30/2009, 2:05 am EST

theWhiteStripes
{they’re red hot}

StrummerJones | 3/30/2009, 10:01 am EST

“(and a note to street teamers: don’t bother spamming the Rock List, those kinds of votes don’t count in the final tally)”

Thank fucking God. Now The Pink Spiders won’t unfairly win this completely rewardless Weekend Rock List!

wrecksracer | 3/30/2009, 11:18 am EST

Red Crayola

wrecksracer | 3/30/2009, 11:19 am EST

Yellowman

Noelle | 3/30/2009, 3:11 pm EST

THE WHITE STRIPES !
The Black Keys

Verne | 3/30/2009, 4:32 pm EST

the pink spiders

Sythenast | 3/30/2009, 5:24 pm EST

Blue Oyster Cult
Pink Floyd
White Stripes
Black Sabbath
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Deep Purple
James Brown
Joan Jett And The Black Hearts
Silverchair
King Crimson

ryan | 3/30/2009, 10:57 pm EST

the Pink Spiders

steph | 3/31/2009, 12:08 pm EST

The pink spiders are the best.
And don’t question the dedication of the pink spiders fans. Just because you
Don’t have support doesn’t mean you should fight inspiration that a band gives to the people.

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