Names -> Band Name Spoonerisms -> W
A spoonerism occurs when the first letters or syllables of two or more words get swapped. The term spoonerism is named in honor of the Reverend William Archibald Spooner whose students used to write down all the instances of spoonerisms that he made. This page focuses on spoonerisms made with band names.
The Damn Woo Project originally The Wamdue Project
Mae Beam
Johnda Whackson originally Wanda Jackson
Carmen Nunki
Zorin Weave On originally Warren Zevon
old
Wayne Montana & the Findbenders originally Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
Wayne must have been the father of Hannah?
Peter
Noon Waitin' originally Wayne Newton
MOR
Nane Wooten originally Wayne Newton
MOR
Gather Whirls originally Weather Girls
Bruce Curb
Yeared Wow Ankle Vick originally Weird Al Yankovic
funny
Fig Wheeled originally Whigfield
Marcia Todd
The Strite Wipes originally The White Stripes
Peter
The Sty Whore originally The Why Store
Indy
Kill Woe originally Wilco
Rocky
Swill Myth originally Will Smith
Rhoda Dohr
Fill A Ward originally Willa Ford
Blake DeKalb
Nellie Wilson originally Willie Nelson
Ingrid McCannless
Pilsen Wicket originally Wilson Pickett
Pilsen=German name of city now Plzen, Czech Rep.
Marcia Zarwetten-Grassi
Hoody Worm Man originally Woody Herman
Jazz
Clue Wang Tan originally Wu Tang Clan
Marlene L. Ram
Why Clean Jeff originally Wyclef Jean
Regina Haniger
Jynonna Wudd originally Wynonna Judd
Nonsensical, but particularly eeriesome sounding.
Emmy Kay Butanone
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