Wednesday, November 2, 2011: Spin Doctors - Two Princes

The Spin Doctors is an absolutely killer band name.

Obviously, The Killers is a pretty killer band name too. But, somehow, just not as cool.

For those who may not know, "Spin is a form of propaganda, achieved through providing an interpretation of an event or campaign to persuade public opinion in favor or against a certain organization or public figure. While traditional public relations may also rely on creative presentation of the facts, "spin" often, though not always, implies disingenuous, deceptive and/or highly manipulative tactics". Thank you, as always, Wikipdedia.

And a person who engages in Spin is a Spin Doctor.

So, you have that, plus you have the thing that a record does (spins, for those of you gentle readers under 30), plus you have just the coolness of the Musical Doctor combination, (thank you Dr Teeth, Dr John and Dr Feelgood), which all works to make The Spin Doctors probably one of the coolest band names ever.

Other cool band names are The Dead Kennedys, The Dead Milkmen, Talking Heads, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (see above), Stone Temple Pilots, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, REM, Uriah Heep, Velvet Underground, Butthole Surfers, Rage Against the Machine, Question Mark and the Mysterians (or is it ? and the Mysterians, I never could get that right), The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Who, The Smiths, The Band, The Supremes, Joy Division, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and probably the coolest band name ever: Led Zepplin.

Love it.