Cryptic Band Names

[Trollheart]

Well done man! Wasn't sure someone would get one, never mind both. 

[Trollheart]

I have a stick and I shall poke the hornets' nest again. Here we go...

TH1: Model ladies who may live at the top of the Empire State Building

TH2: Things germinating in the ground at a very rapid rate

TH3: The situation is looking bleak!

TH4: She's very fast and she makes clothes

TH5: How do you know they're asleep?

Right that's it ya lazy bastards!  I've people to do and things to see. Should hold yaz for a while.

[GD]

I have a stick and I shall poke the hornets' nest again. Here we go...

TH1: Model ladies who may live at the top of the Empire State Building

New York Dolls!

TH2: Things germinating in the ground at a very rapid rate

Prefab Sprout maybe?

TH3: The situation is looking bleak!

Dire Straits?

TH4: She's very fast and she makes clothes

Taylor Swift lol

dunno the last one but maybe someone else can guess it

[Trollheart]

Well done but no to the second one. That leaves us with

TH2: Things germinating in the ground at a very rapid rate

and

TH5: How do you know they're asleep?

[GD]

Well done but no to the second one. That leaves us with

TH2: Things germinating in the ground at a very rapid rate

Oh, then it's maybe Supergrass?

Still blank on TH5 though

[Trollheart]

Nope sorry still wrong. Good guess, but not the right one.

[Saulaac]

TH2: Things germinating in the ground at a very rapid rate.

With Euro 2024 heating up, that's gotta be The Lightning Seeds.


TH5: How do you know they're asleep?

Am going with Electric Light Snore-chestra.

[Trollheart]

Well done on TH2. Not so much on TH5.

Here's a clue: if you look at someone asleep, how can you tell they actually are asleep? I mean sure, their eyes are closed but they might just be resting them. What is it that confirms a person is actually asleep, or perhaps you might even say... dreaming?

Hell, that's all the clues I'm gonna give. Oh, and you all know the band: they were huge.

Gonna throw in a few more.

TH6: A drab uniform for going to mass

TH7: A royal personage changes the entire governmental structure

TH8: An exclamation of surprise or understanding

TH9: Definitely not good for your teeth, even if it's not covered in chocolate

(that's one for us oldies)

TH10: If Eddie is working for the farmer, and likes sheep, what is he doing?

[Saulaac]

Well done on TH2. Not so much on TH5.

Here's a clue: if you look at someone asleep, how can you tell they actually are asleep? I mean sure, their eyes are closed but they might just be resting them. What is it that confirms a person is actually asleep, or perhaps you might even say... dreaming?

Hell, that's all the clues I'm gonna give. Oh, and you all know the band: they were huge.

Gonna throw in a few more.

TH6: A drab uniform for going to mass

TH7: A royal personage changes the entire governmental structure

TH8: An exclamation of surprise or understanding

TH9: Definitely not good for your teeth, even if it's not covered in chocolate

(that's one for us oldies)

TH10: If Eddie is working for the farmer, and likes sheep, what is he doing?

TH5: R.E.M.

TH7: Prince and the revolution

TH9: Was going to say Limp Bizkit but not sure they're old enough

TH10: Ed Shaggin...I mean Sheeran

[Lexi Darling]

Is TH8 A-Ha?

[Trollheart]

Yes to all those, and well done Saulaac for getting REM (Rapid Eye Movement, which occurs when you dream, see?)

Just leaves two...

[Trollheart]

Let's hook this up to a generator and plug it into a dangerously-overloaded plugoard and see if... ah!

It's.. oh. Well, up the power then. No no, just do it... What do you mean, playing God. I am.... ah, just kiddin' big guy.


Right, we have two left. If nobody gets these or tumbleweed continues to blow through the thread tomorrow I'll reveal them all (contain your enthusiasm, as I believe a popular form of comedic entertainment on the televisual picture box would have it) and I'll add in these.

TH1: Close by a vehicle usually involved in transporting goods, and the first letter of the alphabet

TH2: An unwinnable conflict: people always want their fix

TH3: Glenn and Don are rather surprised to find themselves at a Cryptopsy gig

TH4: A grown woman who talks like a baby (No it is not one of my fantasies, you take that back!)

TH5: Yourself as well?

TH6: A drab uniform for going to mass

TH7: Okay, so they may eat people, but they'll grow out of it: they're grand people

TH8: Metal gods sailing in a Portuguese battleship (or stepping on a particular type of jellyfish)

TH9: Definitely not good for your teeth, even if it's not covered in chocolate

(that's one for us oldies)

TH10: Rather a lot of madmen, I'd say

[Lisnaholic]

Very inventive clues, TH,  but I'm not good at this sort of game. That's why I'm proud to have picked off a couple of your easier ones:-

TH5: Yourself as well?
TH7: Okay, so they may eat people, but they'll grow out of it: they're grand people

TH5 = U2
TH7 = Fine Young Cannibals

[Saulaac]

TH1: Close by a vehicle usually involved in transporting goods, and the first letter of the alphabet
Near...van...a  ->  Nirvana    Quite chuffed to have got that one 

TH4: A grown woman who talks like a baby (No it is not one of my fantasies, you take that back!)
Lady Gaga

TH8: Metal gods sailing in a Portuguese battleship (or stepping on a particular type of jellyfish)
Manowar

[Trollheart]

Well done! You're good at this.

As nobody got them (not even Saulaac) here are the answers for the first two original ones left:

TH6: A drab uniform for going to mass = Black Sabbath (surprised nobody got that one!)

TH9: Definitely not good for your teeth, even if it's not covered in chocolate

(that's one for us oldies) = Sweet (or The Sweet)

I'll think up some more. What do you mean, no please don't bother. It's no bother, no bother at all...