Un-abreviating band names

[Answerprancer]

Ok, go for it.
I'll start the ball rolling:

Thomas Not Very Important, and the Cardiac Damagers.

(Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)

[douglas9401]

Agrarian revolutionary

[NazNomad]

"Mark Knopfler must be one of the greatest guitarists alive..."

You'll get no argument here.

[boxtops]

Hear Hear MR, brilliant guy - tonight has been Knopflerful on BBC4, excellent.

[MarkRae]

But how about the next bit...?

[Mick-Talbot]

jewel from an oyster fruit preserve

[NazNomad]

A style of cuisine that might be ambiguous.

[boxtops]

Thief's revolutionary device

[NazNomad]

... I'm not a huge fan of Dire Straits, neither do I hate them ... I'll take the 5th, should we ever have it here.

[tiggerblue10]

Wireless top

[boxtops]

Place near Blackpool's raincoat

[tiggerblue10]

The weevils

[NazNomad]

Fake medication.

[boxtops]

Agree with naz, Knopfler is the genius but I spent many dazed hours listening to DS in the 1970s...

[Mick-Talbot]

3rd planet from the sun, Scirocco, and inferno

[tiggerblue10]

Large sound of explosive material

[NazNomad]

Saint Petersburg Cattle Ranchers

[NazNomad]

Steal from the Living Dead

[Mick-Talbot]

next male in line to the throne and the radical change in ways of thinking and behaving

[Answerprancer]

BRILLIANT answers so far, here are some of my decipherings:
'Female monarchy of a prehistoric period' - Queens Of The Stoneage
'Kalashikovs 'N' Cadbury's' - Guns n roses
'Jewel from an oyster fruit preserve' - Pearl Jam
'Wireless top' - Radio Head
'next male in line to the throne and the radical change in ways of thinking and behaving' - Prince Buster (?)
aagh ! to some of the others.
Translate if you wish.

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