Pointless game

OK here's some band names which have gone through predictive text on my mobile phone and come out garbled. Some are more obvious than others, can you guess them?

mistana
purestpans
fairsopt contention
lands
showcfewwadey
hows
mout the goosle
resultusa
marijlion
grindepoco
imhol boredklm

Hmmm...time for bed I think...

Is the fifth name down...

Showadywady?

Patrick Crowther | 30 April 2008 - 6:05am

Yes

That one was easy. Why you would need to text Showaddywaddy to anyone though, I don't know.

Niks | 30 April 2008 - 8:19am

On Sunday Night

A friend texted me with "Yes, I did go to see Showaddywaddy at De Mont. Very strange. Need bleach." Haven't heard from him since.

collibosher | 30 April 2008 - 11:27am

I think it's;

Nirvana
Supertramp
Fairport Convention is dead easy as it Mott the Hoople

My phone thinks there is someone called Norrissey - perhaps we'll have to call HWCBN that from now.

Andrew Harrison | 30 April 2008 - 9:38am

Four points

For you sir!

Niks | 30 April 2008 - 10:56am

Some more

lands = James
hows = Inxs

"Mout the Goosle" by Grindepoco could be a Wikipedia prog album...

Simon Hoyle | 30 April 2008 - 10:05am

Bonus points

They were tricky ones.

Niks | 30 April 2008 - 10:57am

Are these close?

marijlion = marillion
grindpoco = grandaddy

Seamus | 30 April 2008 - 11:21am

Grindpoco

Grinderman?

Sven | 30 April 2008 - 11:27am

Bingo!

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Niks | 30 April 2008 - 12:07pm

Last two

It's raining so there wasn't much else to do during the lunch break...

resultusa = Sepultura
imhol boredklm - Gogol Bordello

Simon Hoyle | 30 April 2008 - 12:36pm

You win

Now get back to work.

Niks | 30 April 2008 - 1:25pm

Yet Elvis comes out

Yet Elvis comes out perfectly.

Tezzyboy | 30 April 2008 - 7:50pm