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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 I

Eisbrecher pronounced as Ice-brekkur

Sort of like "icebreaker" (in fact, this is the German word for icebreaker).

Joseph

Idina Menzel pronounced as id-DEE-na men-ZELL

Her last name is emphasized on the second syllable

Brionna Secret

INXS pronounced as in excess

I used to think that the band name looked like it was pronounced "inks".

B1982

India.Arie pronounced as In-dee-uh Ar-ree

She dropped the period between her first and last name since people were pronouncing it as "dot".

Sheila Oh

Einsturzende Neubauten pronounced as ine-stur-ZEND-eh NOY-baw-ten

German for "collapsing buildings"--which is pretty much what most of their music sounds like.

Agrimorfee

Yngwie Malmsteen pronounced as ING-vay MAHLM-steen

Danish metal/neoclassical guitar player

Schrodinger

Incubus pronounced as Ink-ewe-bus

Natalie Ellwood

Incubus pronounced as INK-you-bus

The word refers to a male demon who rapes female humans and thus eats their souls. His female counterpart is a succubus, pronounced "SUCK-you-bus." By comparison to an incubus, a succubus seduces male humans, and she eats THEIR souls during sex.

Parker Gabriel

Izabel Varosa pronounced as is-a-bell- vuh-roe-sa

Kate

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