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Build A Body With Bands

Earlier this week, my friend Nathan, from the fabulous band Gossip, came up with an idea to try to form a whole body out of band names. He offered up these initial suggestions:

Leggs, Inc.
The Eyes
Long Hind Legs
No Neck Blues Band
Limp Wrist
P---- Galore
The D----

This half-formed body is mostly legs and genitals thus far, so we need some help completing the task. And, since the concept is abstract, there's no reason to have the figure be correctly proportioned. Our body of bands can have 10 heads and 20 arms, but the goal is to have at least one of everything. Is it possible? Let's try.

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I'll get us started with some Flaming Lips and Crooked Fingers.

Oh, and there's one more aspect to this challenge: Once our body of bands is formed, I'll compile the list and ask people to make illustrations of the result.

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Carrie Brownstein

Carrie Brownstein

Carrie Brownstein is a writer and musician. She was a member of the critically acclaimed rock band Sleater-Kinney. Her writing has appeared in 'The New York Times,' 'The Believer,' 'Pitchfork,' and various book anthologies on music and culture. Read Carrie's F.A.Q.

 

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