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Some bands have strange pronunciations of their names, that aren't immediately obvious from their spelling.

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Entries Beginning with C

Cartel pronounced as Car-tuhl
Car-TUHL, not Car-TELL
Madisen
Chad Kroeger pronounced as Chad Kro-ger
As in the Midwest supermarket chain.
Ricky
Cibo Matto pronounced as Chee-bo Mot-to
It means "food madness" in Italian, even though the band was part-Japanese.
Sherry
Chiodos pronounced as chee-oh-dose
Not too difficult.
Ashley
!!! pronounced as chk-chk-chk
Layne
!!! pronounced as chk-chk-chk
Possibly the only rock band in history using Vicotr Borge's "Phonetic Punctuation" routine as their moniker.
Agrimorfee
!!! pronounced as chk-chk-chk
I would have used Victor Borge's "phonetic pronunciation" guide instead, for the more sibilant and implosive "fsss-poik, fsss-poik, fss-poik!"
Agrimorfee
!!! pronounced as chkchkchk
apparently pronouncing ! as chk is like pronouncing * star (instead of asterisk) or . as dot (instead of period)
MICHAEL
Coheed and Cambria pronounced as Co-heed and Cam-bree-uh
It's not CAME-bree-uh
Katy
Colm O Cíosóig pronounced as Col-lum oh coo-sak
Drummer from My Bloody Valentine.
Holden McGroin
Craig Chaquico pronounced as Crayg Cha-kee-soh
Guitarist with Starship
MOR
Cruxshadows pronounced as Crew-Shadows
Travis

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