SXSW 2012: Bizarre Band Names Explained! The Breakdown on 11 WTF Acts

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For weeks, SXSW attendees have been agonizing over their schedules, checking their lists and RSVPing for the best parties, all with the hopes of seeing their favourite bands and squeezing all the free food and booze they can out of the festival.
But what happens when Bruce Springsteen, Big Star and the Jesus And Mary Chain are all playing on the same night (March 15) and no amount of "Do you know who I am?!" can get you into the venues they're playing at?

It's time to go off the grid.

Sure you could go see next-big-thing acts like ASAP Rocky or Caveman -- or flag AOL Music's awesome showcase featuring Kaiser Chiefs and the Temper Trap -- and you would be thoroughly satisfied. But where's the risk in that?

Instead, you could go on an adventure with How I Quit Crack. Or Puffy Areolas. Or Moonmen on the Moon, Man. Or B L A C K I E ALL CAPS WITH SPACES. Or perhaps any one of A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Gay Witch Abortion and Jingle Punks Hipster Orchestra. Stumbling upon these uniquely named bands when you least expect it is what adds the chipotle sauce to the BBQ ribs that is your SXSW experience.

With that in mind, Spinner fired up the strangeness detector and talked to 11 of the weirdest named acts playing SXSW 2012.

Here's what they're all about:

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