I made a post earlier where I translated songs into one language, then another, and then the same way back. That was great fun, so I wanted to do it again. This time I've taken band names and even personal names of some of the most acclaimed artists. They are translated first into French, then German, and back again, using Altavista's Babel Fish translater.

Here's some great suggestions for a tribute band:

Beach Boys - Boys of beach
Velvet Underground - Velvets at the Bottom
The Clash - The Divergence of Opinions
Stevie Wonder - Miracle of Stevie
Pink Floyd - Floyd Rosa
Talking Heads - Chiefs Speaking
The Kinks - Times
Beck - Container of Colouring
Sex Pistols - Guns of Sex
Blur - Diffuse Mark Clean
The Band - Volume
The Stooges - Activation
Chuck Berry - Bay of Tool
The Cure - Treatment
Nick Cave - Cave of Cut
Pulp - Fruit Meat
Nick Drake - Duck of Cut
Grateful Dead - Died With Recognition
The Smashing Pumpkins - Sensational Pumpkins
The Temptations - Tests
The Strokes - Races
My Bloody Valentine - My Valentine Blazing
Pretenders - Candidate
Grandmaster Flash - Short Information of Grandmaster

Sex Pistols - Guns of Sex
Blur - Diffuse Mark Clean
Grateful Dead - Died With Recognition

These three were particularly amusing to me. Especially how Blur became that...

English-French-Greek-English

Joy Division = Department Her Charms
Can = Container
Echo and the Bunnymen = Echo and the Men Rabbits

Here's some more.

The Replacements - The Exchange
The Verve - Joy of Life
King Crimson - Incarnat of a King
The Streets - Roads
Chic - Knack
Can - Box
Nine Inch Nails - Last Nine Nails of a Tariff
A Tribe Called Quest - A Trunk Requires Research
Underworld - Hell
Suede - Sweden
Daft Punk - Punker Idiotisch
The Four Tops - Four Surfaces

Just so happenes Ive been looking for a band name. Being a fan of the CLASH, I find "the Divergence of Opinions" a kool name

I though so too. That was best one, and it sounds like a real band name too.

nah, for a krautee I HAVE to go for "Punker Idiotisch". arount ze völt arount ze völt...

Working my way down the list.

Soundgarden - Guards of Sound
TLC - Thin Layer Chromatography
New York Dolls - Headstocks of New York
Fatboy Slim - Thin Fatboy
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Counters the Apparatus
Talk Talk - Maintenance of Maintenance