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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 R

Rammstein pronounced as RAHM-SHTINE

Named after a German industrial-based city.

Agrimorfee

Ralph Tresvant pronounced as Ralf tray-VONT

The surname is of French origin.

Calop

Rihanna pronounced as Ree-Ah-Na

Fizz

Rihanna pronounced as Ree-AH-nah

Rhymes with Brianna. Yeah, I know... but this one DJ on one of my local stations pronounces her name "Ree-ANN-ah", and it drives me crazy!!!

flipside

Roland Orzabal pronounced as RO-LAND OR-ZAB-AL

I once saw a You Tube Video in which a news station misspelled Roland's last name as if it were spelled O-R-Z-A-B-E-L when it's really O-R-Z-A-B-A-L.

Celeste

Ravi Shankar pronounced as Rov-ee Shain-car

MOR

Royksopp pronounced as Ryook Sawp

They're Norwegian.

Tommy

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