Tyagaraja: "Tie-YAH-gah-RAH-jah"
Alternate: "GIVE THE MAN BACK HIS BOOKS ALREADY."
Sade: "Sha-DAY"
Alternate: "Mom and Dad's bedroom door is locked again."
Samhain: "Saw-WHEEN"
Alternate: "Just say Sam-hain and shut up."
Einsturzende Neubauten: "Ein-STUR-zen-duh NOI-bout-en"
Alternate: "Just point at the album and smile politely."
Portishead: "PORE-tiss-head"
Alternate: "Heroin"
Yngwie Malmsteen: "Eeeng-VAY Mahlm-STEEN"
Alternate: "Not Eddie Van Halen"
NOFX: "NO-Eff-Ex"
Alternate: "Playskool My First Punk Band"
Alexisonfire: "Uh-LEK-sis On Fire"
Alternate: "Man, Warped Tour makes me feel old now."
Avett Brothers: "EH-Vett Brothers"
Alternate: "Is this Dawes/Fleet Foxes/Mumford & Sons?"
The XX: "The Ex Ex"
Not Acceptable: "The 20"
Ke$ha: "Keh-SHUH"
Alternate: "Is that a fake ID, because if it is you can't put glitter on me there."
Yeasayer: "YAY-Say-er"
Alternate: "Pitchfork said so."
MGMT: "EM-Gee-EM-Tee"
Alternate: "That one band that you only own the first album from."
Kylesa: "Ky-LESS-ah"
Alternate: "(blood-curdling scream)"
INXS: "In-EX-ess"
Alternate: "The band from the Six Flags commercial, right?"
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