Ruin a band by adding a famous person
The gist
A Bluesky user posted a prompt asking people to ruin a band by adding a famous person.
The wordplay game spread across Bluesky, Facebook and Threads with puns like The J. K. Rowling Stones.
How it unfolded
- Nov 8, 2026Bluesky user @trouteyes.bsky.social posts the prompt "Ruin a band by adding a famous person," offering "Saddam Hussein The Wiggles" and "Kenny Showaddywaddy" as examples.
- Nov 8, 2026Bluesky user @magnus919.com posts "RFKMFDM Jr.," imagining KMFDM fronted by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
- Nov 9, 2026A Facebook group post titled "Ruin a band by adding a famous person?" instead describes a different game: changing one letter of a band or artist name, with the example "Guns N' Moses = Guns N' Roses."
Key terms
- Bluesky
- An American microblogging social media service where users share short posts with text, images, and videos.
- Threads
- An American social media microblogging service operated by Meta Platforms that requires an Instagram account and allows text, photo and video posts.
Source: Wikipedia