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Entries Beginning with W

New Name		Original Name		Description		Submitted by:
H.O.R.N.E.T.		W.A.S.P.		Another stinging insect ''spelled out''		Quyjibo
The Waiters and Waitresses		The Waitresses		Most of the band is male.		Frosty The Cat
Walk On The Moon		Walk The Moon		Insert the word "on" and it makes perfect sense.		Alice
Walk The Dog		Walk The Moon		Changing to something literally possible.		Alice
Hall Of Voodoo		Wall Of Voodoo		As in the Voodoo Hall of Fame, if there was one.		Rock Maninoff
Wall Of Doodoo		Wall Of Voodoo		This would work for change a letter in a band name		Amy Vodkahaus
Fall of Voodoo		Wall of Voodoo		Cursed to obscurity... not even on Mexican Radio!		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Peace		War		We've had enough wars already.		Mr. Critic
The Peace Keys		The Warlocks		Keys to peace would be better than warlocks!		Marion Shelby
Warranty		Warrant		If only there were Add a Letter for band names		Alexandria Oyamaha-Cortez
Soldier		Warrior		To modernize a bit!		GlamRockNinjaLord
Was (Was Not)		Was (Not Was)		Makes it grammatically better.		Mr. Critic
We Want Peace		We Want War		We don't need any more wars. It's time for peace.		Candy Welty
The Weather Women		The Weather Girls		They should be grown up by now.		Reggie Pillbox
The Weekdy		The Weeknd		Five days a week. You only get the other two days.		Dongquan
Geezers		Weezer		someday when they're old men, this might apply		Random Madeupperson
Whizzer		Weezer		One of the puppies in '101 Dalmatians' (1996)		Quyjibo
Odd Bob Chosondik		Weird Al Yankovic		It could be used in a 'South Park' episode.		Paul Warren
Weird Al Parodist		Weird Al Yankovic		What he does best		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Dry Dry Dry		Wet Wet Wet		They never seemed to be wet in any way.		Larcen Tyler
Wham, Bam, Thank You Sam!		Wham!		Regarding George Michael's quick exploits in publ		Cautious Lip
White-Us		Wheatus		Another type of bread, and they're all white.		Rock Maninoff
Coral Snake		Whitesnake		Actual kind of snake/gives name more musical sound		Chris
Whitney High Strung		Whitney Houston		Self-explanatory, early in career		Robert D. Arndt Jr.
The Who What Where When Why		The Who		Now we can use all the 5 W's!		Paul Warren
Mir.i.am		Will.i.am		If Will.i.am was a woman?		Rachel
Wooly Nelson		Willie Nelson		He getting to be a little sheepish, isn't he?		Cowboy
The Winans Family		The Winans		Another proper way to indicate their surname.		Alana
The Winanses		The Winans		To clarify that their surname is Winans, not Winan		Alana
Losefast		Winslow		Replaces each syllable with its opposite		Cliff Adair
Wolfbrother		Wolfmother		Because they're all men and it still rhymes		Lefty Lucy
Wolffather		Wolfmother		Since they were all guys.		Roger
Poon Tang Clan		Wu Tang Clan		Because they like to hang out with the ho's.		blaque
Grape Tang Clan		Wu-Tang Clan		These guys look like they prefer Grape to Orange Tang.		Crapper

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