The inexplicable annual ritual.

It's hard to imagine a song like this being released nowadays.

A smooth, feel-good hit that resonates across generations

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This 1975 rock album just returned to No. 1 after 50 years, breaking The Beatles' record for longest gap between chart-topping albums

Under the wire.

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So it's July again, when Internet readership drops off sharply and strange things happen on this blog while no-one's looking. Arguably the strangest is the annual Offering of Rock Groups Yearning to Be, that yearly list of potential group names posted for the benefit of literally anyone who wants one. (Full details here.) Included in the deal is permission to reveal to anyone who enquires that your group's name was bestowed by a Zen hermit monk. And that all by itself is worth the price of admission. (Which is zero. Don't ask; it's a Zen thing.) So once more into the breach. Extra credit to anyone who catches the literary, historical, scientific, and pop culture references that follow. _In Google veritas._ _Rock Groups 2025_ The Window Holgar Tsunami Turtle Der Pfeilstorch Concrete Animals of Mexico Einsatz Exidor Fala Does Mind Hyōgaiji (may I suggest that you also take 丂 as your logo) Vines's Boot The Offcuts Morton's Fork PTT The Skeleton Men The Dumb Waiters Headbolt Deadbolt Gasket The High-Fivin' White Guys Daily Driver Harfang Elon Musk Membrane Jonas Grumbey The Heat Monkeys The Luck Hinge Plug Ugly The Roadside Dinosaurs Pilori French Club Uh-Oh Chongo Gaturro Motormouse _(Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com and agenerous photographer.)_

So it's July again, when Internet readership drops off sharply and strange things happen on this blog while no-one's looking. Arguably the strangest is the annual Offering of Rock Groups Yearning to Be, that yearly list of potential group names posted for the benefit of literally anyone who wants one. (Full details here.) Included in the deal is permission to reveal to anyone who enquires that your group's name was bestowed by a Zen hermit monk. And that all by itself is worth the price of admission. (Which is zero. Don't ask; it's a Zen thing.) So once more into the breach. Extra credit to anyone who catches the literary, historical, scientific, and pop culture references that follow. _In Google veritas._ _Rock Groups 2025_ The Window Holgar Tsunami Turtle Der Pfeilstorch Concrete Animals of Mexico Einsatz Exidor Fala Does Mind Hyōgaiji (may I suggest that you also take 丂 as your logo) Vines's Boot The Offcuts Morton's Fork PTT The Skeleton Men The Dumb Waiters Headbolt Deadbolt Gasket The High-Fivin' White Guys Daily Driver Harfang Elon Musk Membrane Jonas Grumbey The Heat Monkeys The Luck Hinge Plug Ugly The Roadside Dinosaurs Pilori French Club Uh-Oh Chongo Gaturro Motormouse _(Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com and agenerous photographer.)_

An iconic 1969 track has been ranked as the best country rock song of all time, topping a genre that has included songs from many titans of the music industry. The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dix...

So it's July again, when Internet readership drops off sharply and strange things happen on this blog while no-one's looking. Arguably the strangest is the annual Offering of Rock Groups Yearning to Be, that yearly list of potential group names posted for the benefit of literally anyone who wants one. (Full details here.) Included in the deal is permission to reveal to anyone who enquires that your group's name was bestowed by a Zen hermit monk. And that all by itself is worth the price of admission. (Which is zero. Don't ask; it's a Zen thing.) So once more into the breach. Extra credit to anyone who catches the literary, historical, scientific, and pop culture references that follow. _In Google veritas._ _Rock Groups 2025_ The Window Holgar Tsunami Turtle Der Pfeilstorch Concrete Animals of Mexico Einsatz Exidor Fala Does Mind Hyōgaiji (may I suggest that you also take 丂 as your logo) Vines's Boot The Offcuts Morton's Fork PTT The Skeleton Men The Dumb Waiters Headbolt Deadbolt Gasket The High-Fivin' White Guys Daily Driver Harfang Elon Musk Membrane Jonas Grumbey The Heat Monkeys The Luck Hinge Plug Ugly The Roadside Dinosaurs Pilori French Club Uh-Oh Chongo Gaturro Motormouse _(Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com and agenerous photographer.)_

Under the wire.

Here meet we again, at the end of another July, and I still haven't dropped the annual list of rock groups. (For the uninitiated, the meaning of that incoherent statement will be found here.) So I'm going to let the embedded link above do the heavy lifting and dive right into this year's harvest. _Rock Groups Waiting to Happen, 2026_ Hellbender Arrow Stork The Socks (nerd rock) The Gorn Hellschrieber The Fulfillment Centre Catflap Zingibro Die Schreibtischtäter Knife Aftermath Rolling O Fork Medium Large Little Tiffany and the Friend Zone Shakuhachi Stryx Point No Point Fox 3 The Shoals of Heaven Widdershins Yclept John and the Bystanders Whackbat Tigidou Racer X Mzungu Roland Letter Man Spearcat Pterry and the Pterydactyls _(Photo courtesy ofKameron Kincade and Unsplash.com.) _

Here meet we again, at the end of another July, and I still haven't dropped the annual list of rock groups. (For the uninitiated, the meaning of that incoherent statement will be found here.) So I'm going to let the embedded link above do the heavy lifting and dive right into this year's harvest. _Rock Groups Waiting to Happen, 2026_ Hellbender Arrow Stork The Socks (nerd rock) The Gorn Hellschrieber The Fulfillment Centre Catflap Zingibro Die Schreibtischtäter Knife Aftermath Rolling O Fork Medium Large Little Tiffany and the Friend Zone Shakuhachi Stryx Point No Point Fox 3 The Shoals of Heaven Widdershins Yclept John and the Bystanders Whackbat Tigidou Racer X Mzungu Roland Letter Man Spearcat Pterry and the Pterydactyls _(Photo courtesy ofKameron Kincade and Unsplash.com.) _

Here meet we again, at the end of another July, and I still haven't dropped the annual list of rock groups. (For the uninitiated, the meaning of that incoherent statement will be found here.) So I'm going to let the embedded link above do the heavy lifting and dive right into this year's harvest. _Rock Groups Waiting to Happen, 2026_ Hellbender Arrow Stork The Socks (nerd rock) The Gorn Hellschrieber The Fulfillment Centre Catflap Zingibro Die Schreibtischtäter Knife Aftermath Rolling O Fork Medium Large Little Tiffany and the Friend Zone Shakuhachi Stryx Point No Point Fox 3 The Shoals of Heaven Widdershins Yclept John and the Bystanders Whackbat Tigidou Racer X Mzungu Roland Letter Man Spearcat Pterry and the Pterydactyls _(Photo courtesy ofKameron Kincade and Unsplash.com.) _

Here meet we again, at the end of another July, and I still haven't dropped the annual list of rock groups. (For the uninitiated, the meaning of that incoherent statement will be found here.) So I'm going to let the embedded link above do the heavy lifting and dive right into this year's harvest. _Rock Groups Waiting to Happen, 2026_ Hellbender Arrow Stork The Socks (nerd rock) The Gorn Hellschrieber The Fulfillment Centre Catflap Zingibro Die Schreibtischtäter Knife Aftermath Rolling O Fork Medium Large Little Tiffany and the Friend Zone Shakuhachi Stryx Point No Point Fox 3 The Shoals of Heaven Widdershins Yclept John and the Bystanders Whackbat Tigidou Racer X Mzungu Roland Letter Man Spearcat Pterry and the Pterydactyls _(Photo courtesy ofKameron Kincade and Unsplash.com.) _

There are two sides to the story.

So it's July again, when Internet readership drops off sharply and strange things happen on this blog while no-one's looking. Arguably the strangest is the annual Offering of Rock Groups Yearning to Be, that yearly list of potential group names posted for the benefit of literally anyone who wants one. (Full details here.) Included in the deal is permission to reveal to anyone who enquires that your group's name was bestowed by a Zen hermit monk. And that all by itself is worth the price of admission. (Which is zero. Don't ask; it's a Zen thing.) So once more into the breach. Extra credit to anyone who catches the literary, historical, scientific, and pop culture references that follow. _In Google veritas._ _Rock Groups 2025_ The Window Holgar Tsunami Turtle Der Pfeilstorch Concrete Animals of Mexico Einsatz Exidor Fala Does Mind Hyōgaiji (may I suggest that you also take 丂 as your logo) Vines's Boot The Offcuts Morton's Fork PTT The Skeleton Men The Dumb Waiters Headbolt Deadbolt Gasket The High-Fivin' White Guys Daily Driver Harfang Elon Musk Membrane Jonas Grumbey The Heat Monkeys The Luck Hinge Plug Ugly The Roadside Dinosaurs Pilori French Club Uh-Oh Chongo Gaturro Motormouse _(Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com and agenerous photographer.)_

The inexplicable annual ritual.