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What's the worst band name you've heard?
At my school, there's a band named Tear Down December.
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I really dislike band names that are short sentences with exclamation points.
Thunderbirds are now! is pretty terrible, and You Say Party! We Say Die! has twice the pain. The more I think about it, it isn't an entirely uncommon phenomena.
A name that really annoys me though is !!!
If I can't pronounce your bands name, I can't yell about them on the internet, and that makes me sad :(
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http://www.purevolume.com/ourdyingday1
Not only is the name hideously godawful, but if you can tell by the 1 in the URL, there's ALREADY AN OUR DYING DAY. Come on guys.
And yeah, the exclamation point kind of bugs me. Godspeed You! Black Emporer drives me crazy because I feel required to take a fairly long pause after the oh so energetic Godspeed You!
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Hot Hot Heat springs immediatly to mind.
And the Beatles. I mean come on, we all know it. That's a bad pun. A bad, bad pun.
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I can't believe I never noticed that pun. I thought thats how you spelt Beetle for most of my life as well. Damn you The Beatles!
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I think Ned's Atomic Dustbin had an absolutely awful name, as did the Boo Radleys.
I have a pet hate for bands named after other musicians' songs, albums, creations.
I also think The Pixies had a pretty dumb name, only redeemed a little by its insinuations of being soft.
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Wow.
Boo Radleys.
I mean, I like literary references too, but like, make sure they actually make a good name.
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Clap your hands say yeah is annoying because people randomly make very un-funny, predictable comments.
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Hot Hot Heat springs immediatly to mind.
And the Beatles. I mean come on, we all know it. That's a bad pun. A bad, bad pun.
Exactly, everyone knows it, therefore it's a brilliant band name because it's catchy.
My top three worst band names:
3. Dudefish
2. Help She Can't Swim
1. Crevis Inspection (sic)
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Acid House Kings
The I Live the Life of a Movie Star Secret Hideout
Red House Painters
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And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead.
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My top three worst band names:
3. Dudefish
2. Help She Can't Swim
1. Crevis Inspection (sic)
I don't know what you're talking about...1 and 3 are absurdly hilarious and great. Oh yeah, speaking of which, I thought that THRET or THRETT would make a really good name for a shitty '80's metal band.
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Panic! At The Disco
FUCK OFF
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Hot Hot Heat springs immediatly to mind.
And the Beatles. I mean come on, we all know it. That's a bad pun. A bad, bad pun.
Exactly, everyone knows it, therefore it's a brilliant band name because it's catchy.
Actually, what I meant was "We all know it's awful but nobody dares to say so, because that would be 'criticising the Beatles'."
Still, could've been worse. They could have called themselves "Herman's Hermits".
Or "Gerry and the Pacemakers".
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There's a local band called "Last Night's Tragedy". Arrrrg.
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The Go! Team
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Seriously, what's wrong with people now days?
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Everything But The Girl
Experimental Audio Research
LCD Soundsystems
Liquid Tension Experiment
My Chemical Romance
Red Hot Chili Peppers
System of a Down
Verve Pipe
A name that really annoys me though is !!!
If I can't pronounce your bands name, I can't yell about them on the internet, and that makes me sad :(
You probably know this but, their name is pronounced by saying any three three syllables thrice. It's usually done as chk-chk-chk, but for your purposes you can call them shit-shit-shit. I really like them though.
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I like saying Yeah Yeah Yeah.... It's kinda fun and it's a blast to do in a Shaggy voice from Scooby Doo. Don't ask.
Hmm bad names. I absolutely despise the names...
Avenged Sevenfold
HIM (Wtf is Him?)
And while I love their music, I absolutely despise the name Blue October.
Ok, it's NOT cool to choose a colour and a random noun and make a band name unless you're the Silver Jews.
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And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead.
Its actuallly more pretentious that that even:
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
Also, Phish, Danielson, the Eagles of Death Metal, the Islands, Mates of State.
!!! is pronounced chk-chk-chk. I like to pronounce it by looking really excited.
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Danielson? Isn't that just his/their birth name?
HIM (Wtf is Him?)
His Infernal Majesty.
Why do I know this!?
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good bands with bad names:
the boy least likely to
clap your hands say yeah
death cab for cutie
the go! team
the shins
sunset rubdown
the wailin jennys
the yeah yeah yeahs
bad bands with bad names:
nickelback
destiny's child
nsync
backstreet boys
98 degrees
dashboard confessional
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(http://www.nettwerk.com/images/artists/artists/panurge.jpg) (http://www.panurge.net)
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Let's not forget Hoobastank. If individual names count I also nominate Englebert Humperdinck
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Lunachicks. Come on, seriously.
Pavement.
Anything with random exclamation points (up to and including !!!)
The Album Leaf.
As I Lay Dying.
From Autumn To Ashes.
Shite emo bands with stereotypical names.
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I never liked the name Broken Social Scene. The band is frickin' awesome, but the name sounds so generic and anti-society
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Good bands, bad names:
7 Seconds
9 Shocks Terror
A Day in Black and White
The Blood Brothers
Bad bands, bad names:
36 Crazyfists
Chain of Strength
The plot to blow up the Eiffel Tower (their first record is great, though)
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Pavement.
I like that name, and band.
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HIM (Wtf is Him?)
I think it's like, you know, a pronoun. Pretty deep stuff, man.
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Good bands, bad names:
The Blood Brothers
I actually really like that name. As for Pavement, love the band, hate the name.
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The Album Leaf.
I learned how to play the Debussy song. It's actually quite pretty. I like the name now.
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clap your hands say yeah
death cab for cutie
Concurrence. They're not entirely too lame when you're typing it over the interwebz, but in normal music-related conversation, bringing up a band with more than 4 syllables is a pain in the tush.
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I just abreviate to "Death Cab" when I have to- I quite like that name.
Danielson? Isn't that just his/their birth name?
The family name is actually Smith. Thats what makes the choice so much lamer.
I also think The Shins isn't such a bad name. The actual word is so rarely used I don't even assoicate the band with the body part. When I hear "shins" I only think about the band.
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HIM (Wtf is Him?)
His Infernal Majesty.
Why do I know this!?
There's a band called Him that've been going since the mid-90s. Sorta post-dub experimentalism or whatever.. very 90s-New-York, to my mind. They released some stuff on Fat Cat.
If we want to talk about pretentious punctuation how about GYBE? I'll get it wrong, but they moved from Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Godspeed You Black Emperor! (or vice versa).. and that seems really lame.
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Good bands, bad names:
The Blood Brothers
I actually really like that name.
It's actually quite good if you know the play I (think) it refers to.
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I think it was someone on this forum who made the following comment regarding ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead.
No, we'll know you by your fucking long name
Anyways... horrible band names.
Go!Go!7188: This one has random numbers AND ! In their defense they can really rock out. The name is actually pronounced Go!Go! Nana Ichi Hachi Hachi.
Seagull screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her: These guys are form Japan, and they're wierd. Hooray for engrish!
Thee Michelle Elephant Gun: cool band, wierd name/
Zwan: Billy Corgan grew a mustache, found God and looked like a total poof. But really, what is a Zwan? A goth Swan?
Name Taken: No shit?
The Guess Who: Arrrg... I don't like the Who, I dislike this band even more because I don't get their name.
Stroke 9: What happens on Stroke 9?
Number One Fan: Huh?
No Use For a Name: Yeah, shitty bands rarely need names.
The Music: Way to put some effort into it guys.
Foo Fighters: What is Foo and why are they fighting it?
Pussycat Dolls: Arg...
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I forgot:
SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT
EDIT: If I remember right, "Foos" were slang for UFOs. So Foo Fighters would be UFO fighters.
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1. Foo Fighters were what fighter pilots in WWII were called.
2. Foo Fighters were what fighter pilots who did battle with UFOs were called.
I remember not which one is correct.
EDIT Johnny C you post too quickly
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Yahr, a Foo Fighter is a type of WW2 UFO.
And I think Seagull screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her is a literary reference though fuck me if I can think what it's referencing.
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I just abreviate to "Death Cab" when I have to- I quite like that name.
But what does one do for CYHSY? "I was listening to some awesome Clap Hands yesterday..."
'Cause "The Clap Hands" sounds like a folk band from Idaho. Why Idaho? Why the hell not?
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we uh... we in idaho do not have much folk music actually...
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When I was in Idaho it did not seem like a folky place.
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But what does one do for CYHSY? "I was listening to some awesome Clap Hands yesterday..."
I usually shorten it to Clap Your Hands.
PS It's now Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I think it makes it easier, now I only need to put emphasis on two word instead of four. They take their name from a little known 1976 Japanese black-and-white documentary by director Mitsuo Yanagimachi, which follows the exploits of a Japanese biker gang, the Black Emperors.
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Let's not forget Hoobastank. If individual names count I also nominate Englebert Humperdinck
Taken from a really old composer or something, if I remember right.
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I'd like to add The The. I've never listened to them, but come on.
Also, I just remembered Death From Above 1979. Ugh.
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we uh... we in idaho do not have much folk music actually...
When I was in Idaho it did not seem like a folky place.
You gotta dig DEEP. Real deep.
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There's also Taking Back Sunday.
I wonder what the bands were on when they named themselves...
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The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
Bubblepuppy
Ultimate Spinach
and my personal favorite bad band name....
People with Chairs up Their Noses.
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The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
You're kidding me - that's an awesome name!
At the last Darren Hanlon concert I attended he was lamenting the fact that he performed under his own name instead of coming up with some pseudo-band name, a la Smog or Bright Eyes. As he said of performing under his own name: "It's embarassing. You're using a band name your parents thought of."
Seemed pertinent to the conversation at hand.
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And I think Seagull screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her is a literary reference though fuck me if I can think what it's referencing.
They took it from an XTC song, though maybe XTC took it from a book, I'unno.
She Wants Revenge bugs me
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Color Me Badd - I mean, c'mon. Were you not bad enough without the second D?
Hootie & the Blowfish - ...really?
Dave Matthews Band - more of a pet peeve, really. See, I work in the music department at Fred Meyer, and every time someone wants a Dave Matthews CD, I have to look under both M - for "Matthews, Dave" and under D - for "The Dave Matthews Band." Because my co-workers, in a haze of job dissatisfaction, never pay attention to whether the CD is by Dave or by his band when they put it away. The result? A pain in the ass. Never name your band after your own name, because when you split off to go solo - and you know you will - it will cause heartache for music store employees everywhere.
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Haha, record filing hell.
I always thought it would be awesome / truly horrific if record store clerks filed the first ("we're a trio called...") PJ Harvey albums under P and the post-band, "it's just my name now", albums under H.
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Tapes n' Tapes sucks.
On a side note: Sudden Infant Dance Syndrome is an awsome band name.
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I always thought it would be awesome / truly horrific if record store clerks filed the first ("we're a trio called...") PJ Harvey albums under P and the post-band, "it's just my name now", albums under H.
They really should just file solo artists under the band name if their name was IN THE NAME OF THE BAND. Because, you know, there's totally a huge difference in Dave Matthews' sound now that he's gone solo.
Eyeroll.
It wouldn't be so bad if it were just on the shelves, but we have backstock drawers, and the M drawer is 100% farther away than the D drawer. And I have a walking-cast on my foot and it's a pain to bend over. Whine, whine.
But seriously - we don't need seperate places for what is essentially the same artist. Just as the John Mayer Trio isn't filed under J - even though their sound is significantly different from John's solo act - Dave Matthews doesn't need his own little spot on the shelf.
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I always found it amusing when I was in high school and ignorant record stores filed Mazzy Star under S for "Star, Mazzy". It doesn't happen so much these days because the band gained a slightly larger profile.
Color Me Badd - I mean, c'mon. Were you not bad enough without the second D?
My brother used to - jokingly - call them "Colour Me Bad-d", pointedly pronouncing both the Ds.
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Also, I just remembered Death From Above 1979. Ugh.
In their defense they were originally just "Death From Above" but they couldn't use "DFA" beause DFA records didn't give them permission. Thus the change. I think all the late name changes are really interesting Dinosaur Jr., The English Beat etc.
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The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
You're kidding me - that's an awesome name!
It just seems to me it's trying way to hard to be ridiculous, it's funny and all but I don't think that it makes it good. Personal preference though.
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In their defense they were originally just "Death From Above" but they couldn't use "DFA" beause DFA records didn't give them permission. Thus the change. I think all the late name changes are really interesting Dinosaur Jr., The English Beat etc.
Useless fact: In Mexico they are still known as just Death From Above, because they have licensed their stuff to a local indie label and DFA records have not.
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On the difficult to file note, Roots Manuva goes under R right?
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I know someone said it before, but I do believe Broken Social Scene makes anyone who uses the name sound like an elite hipster/scene creep. They're really good though. Just like Clap Your Hands...
A usual conversation about music ends with me going "Do I really have to repeat the name again?...."
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Bob Dylan.
John Denver.
Why can't you just embrace your germanic names?
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Malfunkshun
The Postal Service
Pish
Puddle of Mudd
Tears for Fears
Maroon 5
Tripping Daisy
U2
Sweaty Nipples
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In their defense they were originally just "Death From Above" but they couldn't use "DFA" beause DFA records didn't give them permission. Thus the change. I think all the late name changes are really interesting Dinosaur Jr., The English Beat etc.
Useless fact: In Mexico they are still known as just Death From Above, because they have licensed their stuff to a local indie label and DFA records have not.
There's a lot of bands along those lines I think. I believe Jack White's Raconteurs have to be called The Saboteurs in Australia due to some ageing jazz band already having the name.
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Bob Dylan.
i nearly whent berzerk there then i remembered that this isnt about the music but about the name. (sorry i will take my medicine)
but i thought you peeps could help me, me and a couple of friends are going to start a band and whe are going to call ourselfs "the retarded acorns". so what do you guys think and most of all have anyone of you heard of a band called that?
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Bob Dylan.
i nearly whent berzerk there then i remembered that this isnt about the music but about the name. (sorry i will take my medicine)
but i thought you peeps could help me, me and a couple of friends are going to start a band and whe are going to call ourselfs "the retarded acorns". so what do you guys think and most of all have anyone of you heard of a band called that?
That's a terrible name for a band, in two ways.
Firstly, it just sucks.
Secondly, it'll offend people. I mean, if you have any will to have any sort of success, you're completely fucked from the off.
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Yeah, I'd have to agree; that name IS terrible.
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This is why Fuck never got anywhere, even if they are decent enough.
i nearly whent berzerk there then i remembered that this isnt about the music but about the name. (sorry i will take my medicine)
Well it might as well be both so you might consider getting riled up anyway.
I am just not keen on Bob Dylan and never have been.
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good bands with bad names:
clap your hands say yeah
this is not by any means a good band. i'm sorry. they are horrible terrible piece of garbage band. sorry for your musical taste.
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Yeah, I don't like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, but even I try to keep the elitist bullshit to a minimum, dude.
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this is not by any means a good band. i'm sorry. they are horrible terrible piece of garbage band. sorry for your musical taste.
You sir are both wrong and a clueless retard.
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BillyxRansom, you are part of the reason nobody likes Tool fans. Stop being a dick.
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the name pussycat dolls pisses me off. and they suck. so that just makes it worse. bands named after people are also annoying. like DMB. seriously, i think you could come up with a better name than your own.
i don't know if i would listen to the retarded acorns. i like acorns, but i'd find another adjective.
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Just 'Acorns' would be a pretty awesome name. Except if you were going to go for the retarded acorns just acorns wouldn't really fit your kind of music.
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I can't believe no-one's mentioned The New Pornographers yet.
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I have a problem with bands whose names have multiple words, but no spaces like Hellogoodbye, mewithoutyou, sensesfail, and Alexisonfire. Or course, my other problem with Alexisonfire is that I never knew if it was Alex is on fire or Alexis on fire....
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gnarles barkley. chumbawumba.
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Hoobastank.
That pretty much beats every other name.
Hooba the stank, now?
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Hoobastank.
That pretty much beats every other name.
Hooba the stank, now?
In an interview with Launch Yahoo Doug Robb said the name had no particular meaning. "You're going to ask me what it means. It doesn't mean anything. And it's really cool, it's one of those old high school inside-joke words that didn't really mean anything."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoobastank
:D
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Just 'Acorns' would be a pretty awesome name. Except if you were going to go for the retarded acorns just acorns wouldn't really fit your kind of music.
okay, akorns would actually be pretty cewl. but how do you know what cind of music whe will play when not even whe who will play in the band knows
and whe actually had some other names like: "wally woods gang bang", "göran pärsons project" (swedens primeminister)
,"northernbuyington" (direct translation of our town to english), "shabos folower"
and vivouk i actually like the name "the new pornographers"
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yeah, acorns beats the other names, but göran is interesting. and it'd get some funny mispronunciations.
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Anyone remember The Moffats? Now THAT name... yikes.
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Basically, I can't image a band called 'The Retarded Acorns' playing something classy. Acorns, on the other hand could pull off anything.
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The Acorn is pretty good. But the name is taken. And is kind of stupid to read.
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My younger brother was in a horrible band for a while called Fatal Depression. In their defense they were thirteen.
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That is not a good defense.
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My friend had a band called Plethora of Blood when he was 13.
Nevermind that Plethroa literally means "an excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area".
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Butthole Surfers. -Nuff said.
Architecture in Helsinky - If that's not snobbish, I don't know what is.
Destiny's Child - Shouldn't it be "children"?Wanna bet Beyonce came up with the name in preparation for her solo "career"?
The Feeling - Most. Emo. Name. Ever.
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Dogs Die In Hot Cars.
My Chemical Romance.
Sixpence None the Richer.
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Architecture in Helsinky - If that's not snobbish, I don't know what is.
In light of the sound of their music and the fact that "Helsinki" sounds funny when you say it, I think it's supposed to be sort of whimsical.
Also: "Helsinki."
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Two local bands:
Hope Kills
Misfortunate Outcomes
7 Seconds isn't that bad of a name until you find out that their lead singer has given himself the pseudonym, Kevin Seconds. Still a good band.
And my local record store can't decide if !!! goes under A (since it's a symbol) or C (because of chk-chk-chk) and there is some albums in both sections.
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September Is Falling
Toto
Seven Days Not A Week
Iron Butterfly
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
and finally, The Hot Springs, because people always go : "Who? The Offspring?"
There was also a band named Vilains Pingouins in Quebec in the early '90s.
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Massive Attack
Randomness: my copy of 'Blue Lines' just says "Massive" as the band name, cos it was released when the first Gulf Massacre was happening and you weren't allowed to have war-like connotations with your music at that time.
I reckon Massive Attack is a great name, if you think of "massive" as describing who's doing the attack, i.e. "Attack of the dancehall massive!" Of course completely irrelevant to their style since they turned their backs on soundsystem culture a zillion years back... but was cool at the start. And I'm guessing a lot of kids who got into them later wouldn't know about the idea of massive as a noun, beyond Ali G. "Big up the Staines massive!"
Edit: Ooh, a doozy (did I write that?) is The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. How unwieldy is that? Franti got it right with Spearhead.
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And my local record store can't decide if !!! goes under A (since it's a symbol) or C (because of chk-chk-chk) and there is some albums in both sections.
<In the record shops here, they just go on their own category, labelled !!!(chk-chkchk) just before the A, strangely, thgey are filed on the Electronic section.
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Sixpence None the Richer.
Its a literary reference. Frankly, I thought it was pretty nifty.
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Sixpence None the Richer.
Its a literary reference. Frankly, I thought it was pretty nifty.
Oh! I guess I never caught that. What's it refering to? I always just thought it sounded like something someone from Robin Hood would say.
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One, it's Alexisonfire. It's a reference to an "adult contortionist" named Alexis Fire, or so the legend goes.
Second,
gnarles barkley
Get off of my Internet.
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Sixpence None The Richer comes rom "Mere Christianity", a series of Radio Broadcasts by CS Lewis
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SikTh
WHY
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I don't like Korn, especially that backwards 'r'.
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or the k for that matter, that's how we spell it in Danish.
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Sixpence None The Richer comes rom "Mere Christianity", a series of Radio Broadcasts by CS Lewis
Also a book. I believe the quote came from the book though.
It comes from a section talking about how if a child asks his father for six pence to buy him a gift the father will become "six pence none the richer" or something to that effect... The actual quote is in the liner notes for their very first album. I'd have to go dig it up.
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Pavement.
I like that name, and band.
I concour.
chumbawumba.
I will hunt you down and you will die.
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Kiss.
Good band, good music, crappy name.
Damageplan is stupid too, though I haven't heard their music.
But this is about names I assume.
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Kiss.
Good band, good music, crappy name.
I think you've got that inside out.
Wait, I mean, you're just fucking wrong.
I don't think even most Kiss fans would say that Kiss's music is 'good.' Outside of 'God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You,' which is only good in a semi-ironic way and was written for them.
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is that the song that plays over the ending of Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey? Because that song is awesome.
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is that the song that plays over the ending of Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey? Because that song is awesome.
indeed sir.
Zwan. what the hell?
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You know, I actually liked KoRn's name at one point when I was young and stupid because supposedly they had named themselves after this really sick story where some guys were felching and got a piece of corn in their mouth...
But then later they just started saying the name came from nowhere and I was very disappointed. Or maybe they just couldn't say felching on MTV.
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The Korn mention reminded me of Staind and Trapt.
Gag me.
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Bands with lame names that do exist.
-Kevin Shields (The band is 'called' Kevin Shields)
-...and meanwhile back in communist Russia (Essentially combines the essence of two bands with overly long names)
-Any band with 'Wolf' or 'Black' in it's name as there are just too many.
-Interpol is kind of a lame name as people around you make bad jokes about it.
Additional fact: If you want to piss off a music snob who likes the Dead C insist they are talking about Deadsy.
Bands with lame names I made up:
-The Magic Hat Prisoners
-The Car Antenna Druids
-These Doors Could be Windows
-The Singing Potatoes
-Throne of Car Parts
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Head Wound City
Dysrhythmia
Wizardzz
Rah Bras
Hernatovore
Paulson
Gatsby's American Dream
Me and Him Call It Us
Destroyer Destroyer
SIDS
Party of Helicopters
You Are Switzerland
Drive Like Jehu
Portugal. The Man
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I like the name Drive Like Jehu.
But that's just because I pretty much have a hard on for DLJ/Hot Snakes/Anything else related, so.
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I like the name Drive Like Jehu.
But that's just because I pretty much have a hard on for DLJ/Hot Snakes/Anything else related, so.
I don't dislike the name, nor do I dislike the band itself, but you can't honestly say it's a good band name
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Bands with lame names that do exist.
-Kevin Shields (The band is 'called' Kevin Shields)
I bet Kevin Shields is angry. I certainly wouldn't mess with him.
-Throne of Car Parts
YOINK! :D
Drive Like Jehu is not a bad name, and honestly that's enough for most bands.
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KoRn
Cock and Ball Torture
Right Said Fred
Still Remains
Wednesday 13
Fallout Boy
Blink 182
Sum 41
The Crüxshadows
Deep Purple
Dope
Dry Kill Logix
Fairground Attraction
From First to Last
Hot Chip
Jack Off Jill
Joy Division
Dreadful Shadows
Lostprophets
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Joy Division is a neat name. What the hell are you talking about?
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Joy Division is a neat name. What the hell are you talking about?
... I actually have no idea.
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... I actually have no idea.
You were right about the rest though.
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Dry Kill Logix
They're actually Dry Kill Logic, which makes the name not quite as stupid, though it's still not that good.
I don't agree with all the rest of your list though, even leaving aside Joy Division.
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Heh, in my opinion they're not so good. But obviously people have differing tastes.
Oooh, I didn't know that, on my playlist they're listed as Dry Kill Logix. I have lots of random crap on there that I don't even know how it got there.
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Joy Division is a neat name. What the hell are you talking about?
Insert a joke about a phone call from the 1950s here.
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Dysrhythmia
How is that not a great band name? It's appropriate for them, if nothing else.
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Paulson
God that band sucks. Sorry I have nothing more to contribute, but god damn that band sucks.
I heard abuot that KoRn rumor as a kid, too.. I never really believed it.
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Just 'Acorns' would be a pretty awesome name. Except if you were going to go for the retarded acorns just acorns wouldn't really fit your kind of music.
There's an implication there that I find very interesting. But I digress - back to the topic.
Re: Massive Attack - whether "massive" is an adjective or a noun (gerundive?) is ambiguous. In "Blue Lines" it's definitely used as a noun, but in "Five Man Army" it feels more like an adjective.
I have to say that almost any band name of three or more words excluding "the", "and", "of" and proper names sucks almost by definition, but they're far from alone. A quick A-Z of crap names:
Acceleradeck - just nail a sign saying "WANKERS" to your heads, why don't you?
Bulletproof Electric Revue - and all other "randomly stab the dictionary" names.
The Cooper Temple Clause - see above, except worse because it was clearly planned
Delerium - misspelling words does not make you alternative and cool.
Evanescence - nor does making them up, you talentless emo fucks.
The Faint - either your band name is shit, guys, or you need to discover the Wonderful World of Nouns.
Gravity Kills - a cookie to the first person to guess this band's genre without knowing it in advance
Homliss Derelix - this act wrote a song called "Fuck You". I guess they thought the audience were making a request after the first number.
In The Nursery - the guy who named your band clearly never left.
Jah Wobble - WTF?
The Kingsbury Manx - we're back to "random shit" again.
Lacuna Coil - undoubtedly meant to be deep and meaningful; achieves 0 for 2.
Mr Mister - don't complain, though, the music is worse.
The Notwist - will be first against the wall when the revolution comes...
Oingo Boingo - ... but only if the list is sorted alphabetically.
The Pink Mountaintops - there is no excuse for this name other than a level of drug consumption sufficient to kill three bull elephants or Keith Richards.
Quarterflash - not too objectionable, but the worst Q name I could find. Feel free to add your own suggestions here.
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - hint: attempting to make your fans look like dicks when they ask for your album is not the course of wisdom.
The Shamen - it's shamans, you drug-addled raver fuckwits.
The Tiny Trendies - so twee it's physically painful.
UNKLE - if you're going to use an acronym, please have it be short for something. If you don't, I might start making answers up.
Vixtrola - imagine if Delerium and Evanescence bred. They'd call their kid "Vixtrola".
Wiskey Biscuit - too drunk to spell, it seems.
Xymox - I'm sure they named their band that so they could cheat at Scrabble.
The Young Gods - if ever a name screamed "pretentious poseurs", this is it.
Zodiac Youth - if the only way you think your album will be noticed is if it's the last one on the shelf, perhaps music is not the career for you.
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Evanescence - nor does making them up, you talentless emo fucks.
Actually it's a real word.
Gravity Kills - a cookie to the first person to guess this band's genre without knowing it in advance
I'm going to say 90's alternative/industrial rock, with a secondary bet on bad grunge. I'll also bet they're probably bad and American, because I've never heard of 'em.
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - hint: attempting to make your fans look like dicks when they ask for your album is not the course of wisdom.
The voice of bitter experience? I would probably have personally put Raging Speedhorn here.
Xymox - I'm sure they named their band that so they could cheat at Scrabble.
You mean Clan of Xymox, right?
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Gravity Kills - a cookie to the first person to guess this band's genre without knowing it in advance
I'm going to say 90's alternative/industrial rock, with a secondary bet on bad grunge. I'll also bet they're probably bad and American, because I've never heard of 'em.
*points at nose* Ding-ding-ding First try! Awful Nine Inch Nails wanna bes. (I suppose that's a bit redundant though, eh?)
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Evanescence - nor does making them up, you talentless emo fucks.
Actually it's a real word.
It's not in my dictionary.
(They're still talentless emo fucks, regardless.)
Gravity Kills - a cookie to the first person to guess this band's genre without knowing it in advance
I'm going to say 90's alternative/industrial rock,
Have a cookie, though I'm not sure about the decade.
hint: attempting to make your fans look like dicks when they ask for your album is not the course of wisdom.
The voice of bitter experience?
No; I'm not a fan. BTW, how is Raging Speedhorn a worse name even than The Raveonettes?
Xymox - I'm sure they named their band that so they could cheat at Scrabble.
You mean Clan of Xymox, right?
NSFAIAA; the compilation I have one of their tracks on just says "Xymox". I presume we're not thinking about different acts with similar names, so maybe they changed it.
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A name that makes me gag everytime I hear it is 'Subaudible Hum'.
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It's not in my dictionary.
(They're still talentless emo fucks, regardless.)
Get a better dictionary.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=Evanescence
No; I'm not a fan. BTW, how is Raging Speedhorn a worse name even than The Raveonettes?
The crude sexual overtones.
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Wednesday 13
Blink 182
Sum 41
YES
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Portugal. The Man
Uma vez que sou um cidadão Português, não acho que esse nome seja estúpido
O facto de ser utilizado por uma banda do Alaska é que é estúpido.
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In case you were wondering, what I said was:
"Since I'm a Portuguese citizen, I do not consider that name stupid. Though the fact that it is used by a band from Alaska is pretty stupid.
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Alright, several things to cover here.
First, I have a feeling it means something, but the name Daft Punk has never made sense to me. Anybody?
Second, I realize their band names are pretty terrible, but a few bands that have been bashed a bit on here I happen to really like. Still, their names do suck, so point taken.
Third, I hat to be picky, but for whoever said it earlier, it is Bill & Ted's EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, not Bogus Journey. One of the top ten movies of all time has to be said correctly.
That's all I've got. Right, then.
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Third, I hat to be picky, but for whoever said it earlier, it is Bill & Ted's EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, not Bogus Journey. One of the top ten movies of all time has to be said correctly.
Nope, 'God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You' was played at the end of Bogus Journey.
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First, I have a feeling it means something, but the name Daft Punk has never made sense to me. Anybody?
It only doesn't make sense if you either a) don't know what the word Daft means. (Get a dictionary) or b) don't realize that the word punk can mean more than just a type of music (get a dictionary)
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Third, I hat to be picky, but for whoever said it earlier, it is Bill & Ted's EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, not Bogus Journey. One of the top ten movies of all time has to be said correctly.
You do know those are two different films, right?
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Gravity Kills - a cookie to the first person to guess this band's genre without knowing it in advance
I typically refer to their genre as Shit. They're awful.
Dysrhythmia
How is that not a great band name? It's appropriate for them, if nothing else.
Oh, it's appropriate for their music, I just think it's a silly name.
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In case you were wondering, what I said was:
"Since I'm a Portuguese citizen, I do not consider that name stupid. Though the fact that it is used by a band from Alaska is pretty stupid.
I don't think their name is stupid simply because it says "Portugal" in it, I think the name, as a whole, is stupid.
Portugal. The Man? I mean....come on.........that's just dumb.
Anatomy of a Ghost is a bad name as well.
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some of these may have been mentioned already
Thursday
As I Lay Dying
Rufio (I dont care if it did come from Hook, the name still sucks, and so did Rufio in the movie. I'm glad he died)
I Would Set Myself On Fire For You (Yes, this is a real band)
Please Inform the Captain this is a Hijack
Evergreen Terrace (OH I GET IT, ITS A REFERENCE TO THE SIMPSONS! CLEVER!)
Fallout Boy (see above)
Craig's Brother
Jimmy Eat World
Dashboard Confessional
And None Of Them Knew They Were Robots
Pedro the Lion
Reggie and the Full Effect
Saves the Day
At The Drive-In
The Weakerthans
Desert City Soundtrack
Something With Numbers
Nickelback
Godsmack
!!!
The Arcade Fire
Bloc Party
I could go on, but i am growing bored.
EDIT: I had to add this one in because the name angers me: Yellowcard.
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I think I enjoy or at least don't mind about half the names getting trashed here. Also: please do not bash the name if (a) you have never heard the band and/or know nothing about the band; or (b) if you do not know what the words mean. A corollary to (b) is that if you do not know the word, that does not necessary mean it doesn't exist (you narcissist).
For example:
The Arcade Fire. An awesome name. Goes with the music from Funeral well -- ties into that death of innocence/growing up motif they're so fond of. Why are they called The Arcade Fire? Google it, it's kind of funny.
Edit: Or Goblin Cock. You might think that's a silly name, until you hear them (they're joke metal and have songs in Elvish). Then it becomes an awesome name.
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I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
I'll disagree on the a bunch of the ones on that list, JodyAnthony. A bunch of them just aren't bad, and in some cases you seem to be thinking "They make bad music, therefor their name must be bad."
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I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
I'll disagree on the a bunch of the ones on that list, JodyAnthony. A bunch of them just aren't bad, and in some cases you seem to be thinking "They make bad music, therefor their name must be bad."
Or, maybe I'm thinking that in my opinion the names are stupid.
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Yeah, there are a few on there I'd disagree with too.
Also: On And None of Them Knew They Were Robots: It's a shame they took their name from such an awesome song and still suck.
EDIT: Oh man, I love "I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness", but man is the name terrible.
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my mistake everyone. just let me know what names my opinion of is wrong and i will go change them. is that better?
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YES
YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE
MY OPINION IS LAW
BITCH
EDIT: Just to make myself not seem like a total ass, the majority of your list I'd agree with. there's just a couple that I actually happen to like.
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I'm with you on "I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness" in terms of them being good, Kai. Well, at least their EP is, I haven't listened to their album yet. But yeah, when I saw there name, I burst out laughing. Of course, the only reason I checked them out in the first place was the bad name, so I suppose it's a decent marketing gimmick.
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Why do i have to have a criteria? why cant I just think the name looks or sounds stupid?
Edit: how bout instead of complaining about what names I personally don't care for, you list the names that you don't care for, like the thread was supposed to be about anyway
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I saw a band called The Folk tonight- a seriously awful name.
Also, any band called Fragile. All 3 million of them.
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May have been mentioned:
The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
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Get Cape Wear Cape Fly.
SHIT NAME.
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Not if youre a DC comics fan.
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Still a pain in the arse to say.
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or the k for that matter, that's how we spell it in Danish.
This is kinda dredging up, but Forseti have a song called Korn, for that reason, and I always feel odd listening to it, even though it's very good.
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Shut your eyes or you'll burst into flames
The Capes
She's a Kamikaze Machine
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
Cutting Pink With Knives
Destiny's child - isn't it children?
Dúné
F.U.K.T
and so on.
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Wow, that IS awful. It makes me feel like I just threw up when I say it.
Also, I don't know what just happened but the forum gave me the cookie option of logging in as KharBevNor. Now I'm confused. Who am I again?
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That depends. What are your feelings on metal?
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SKYCLAD.
It even gave me a matching password (don't worry Khar, I only saw ****** and it disappeared in seconds).
I was thoroughly weirded out for a few seconds.
Note: I do like Skyclad, but not nearly as much as Khar. And I still don't know half the bands he talks about.
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That is...odd. Where do you live?
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Not if youre a DC comics fan.
What like me, you mean?
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First, I have a feeling it means something, but the name Daft Punk has never made sense to me. Anybody?
The story is that the two guys from the band who released the best song so far this millenium (Digital Love) used to play some kind of rock as teenagers. They released a single, and it got a damning review which dismissed their music as "daft punk." They liked the phrase and used it as their name when they started releasing house.
That's what I recall from the press around the time Da Funk suddenly blew up, so I may not be remembering rightly.
Edit: What's up with this?
Destiny's child - isn't it children?
Pretty sure this is the second or third comment to this effect. I don't like the name, but since when is an artist's name taken so literally? Goddamn those 1000 Homo DJs, they were nothing of the sort! 10000 Maniacs? That's way out of line.
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...that the two guys from the band who released the best song so far this millenium (Digital Love)...
*cough*
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Xymox - I'm sure they named their band that so they could cheat at Scrabble.
You mean Clan of Xymox, right?
actually, they were orignally a duo, a male who worked on synthesizer and keyboards, and a woman who did the vocals, and were named Xymox. Eventually, they split for creative differences, and the male continued on working as the band, re-naming it "Clan of Xymox". Yes, it's pretentious, I know. and, as a note, Clan of Xymox produced much better work than Xymox ever did.
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That is...odd. Where do you live?
The Netherlands.
More bad band names:
Life Of Agony. (I mean, seriously, are they trying to get us to laugh at them?)
Dry Cell. (You're named after a battery. Clever.)
Deadsy. (In a British accent, "I'm feeling just a bit deadsy".)
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Not if youre a DC comics fan.
What like me, you mean?
I did'nt know youre a DC comics fan, but the name sounded like the band were sitting around reading Superman when they decided on the name. Seriously.
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Naming my band "Land Tanks". Inside joke, easy to say, and conveys our sound. Also doesn't make any sense.
Broken Social Scene I don't like. To most people not familiar with them, dropping the name will make them think you're listening to another My Chemical Romance pop-punk-emo crap band.
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If you know a little bit about the band's history, and the relationships between its various members, the name is actually hysterically funny.
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If you know a little bit about the band's history, and the relationships between its various members, the name is actually hysterically funny.
Sure it is. I just don't like saying it to the people who don't know BSS.
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Broken Social Scene sounds really namedropping-ish. Even if you're not just namedropping, it still sounds like it.
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Anything with random exclamation points (up to and including !!!)
there's a bunch of guys around where i live that made a band called "xclamation x". they're a hardcore band with a bunch of rules that just make fun of hardcore bands that set forth rules for themselves.(like, "no song over 45 seconds" or "every song title must be a family guy quote")
all of there shirts and stickers and shit though, just say "!X"
i hate just about any name with the word 'dead' in it.
"the ____" bands are usually hit or miss. i don't know any bands with "the" names that i just kind of like. but i can think of plenty that i hate
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The Celibate Rifles strikes me as a particularly bad name for a band. "It's like the Sex Pistols...in reverse! GEDDIT?!"
GoGoGo Airheart is another. And as someone mentioned before, most "complete sentence" names are pretty bad, too.
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V-2 Schneider
I anxiously await Addison's post in this thread.
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Are V2-Schneider a band? If so they win at having a referential name.
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It's the title of a Bowie B-side, I know. BUT THE NAME IS AWFUL.
Probably the first and last time I contact a band to beg them to change their name (they've just adopted it).
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Anything with random exclamation points (up to and including !!!)
i hate just about any name with the word 'dead' in it.
"the ____" bands are usually hit or miss. i don't know any bands with "the" names that i just kind of like. but i can think of plenty that i hate
um... Dead Kennedys?
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Did anyone mention The The?
I cant decide if its clever or stupid.
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I have always thought the former, primarily because he is pretty fucking great!
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It's the title of a Bowie B-side, I know. BUT THE NAME IS AWFUL.
Probably the first and last time I contact a band to beg them to change their name (they've just adopted it).
Aside from being a track on "heroes", V2-Schneider is a reference to one of the members of Kraftwerk, so V2-Schneider the band are referencing a reference.
As an aside, I wonder if Schneider TM is also a Kraftwerk reference.
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And You Will Know Me By My Cock In Your Ass
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Architecture in Helsinky - If that's not snobbish, I don't know what is.
In light of the sound of their music and the fact that "Helsinki" sounds funny when you say it, I think it's supposed to be sort of whimsical.
Also: "Helsinki."
Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is known for its functional, as in functionalism, architecture. Both practical and beautiful, it makes sense as a band name, but 'Architecture in Melbourne' seems to work the same way. Snobbish? If you listen to their music, the name won't be so much snobbish as awesome.
However, I've yet to come across anything dealing with AiH's decision for the name.
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Anything with random exclamation points (up to and including !!!)
i hate just about any name with the word 'dead' in it.
"the ____" bands are usually hit or miss. i don't know any bands with "the" names that i just kind of like. but i can think of plenty that i hate
um... Dead Kennedys?
and i mostly meant for new bands, like "given up for dead" "between the buried and me" crap like that.( i know the second one doesn't acutally use the word 'dead', but you get what i mean)
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I hadn't looked back here in a long time, fun stuff is happening. I think.
1. I am sorry to report that after I chewed somebody out for mentioning Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (I corrected them, saying it should have been Excellent Adventure), like 2 weeks later I found out that they were 2 different movies. My apologies, think of me as an ignorant fucktard if it makes you happy.
2. On the topic of Bill & Ted, George Carlin is one of my many heroes. In his book "Napalm and Silly Putty," he addresses this very issue with a list of ridiculous punk bands he's heard of. One of my favorites is Cosmic Groin Pull, but he's got a list of like 150. Did I mention he's my hero?
3. They are a true supergroup, but the name Travelling Wilburys makes no sense. What is a Wilbury and why must it travel so? Whatever it is, it results in a wake of awesome.
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What epic movies.... :-P Sometimes I get a but mindless.
A Love Ends Suicide is pretty much the worst band name ever. Ever. *extra emphasis*
Either that or Hoobastank....
*shudders*
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Gloomy Grim.
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If you think about it hard enough, almost every single band name is pretty stupid. I find it's hard not to think of a band name that couldn't be construed as stupid.
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Good bands with bad/silly/funny names:
Juicy Panic
Acid Mothers Temple
The Boredoms
Bands i've never heard but have a bad name:
Akercocke
All Shall Perish
Anorexia Nervosa
Order of the Ebon Hand
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Semi-pretentious bollocks:
- Dream Theather
- Sonata Arctica
- Pain of Salvation
- Stratovarius
- Dragonforce (see, as it's metal! With the force of a dragon! Dragons are strong!)
And Oi!/punkbands have a history with some of the worst bandnames ever.
- Cocksparrer
- The 4-skins (so you don't actually think they have a lost punk walking around)
- Lower Class Brats
- Combat/Condemned/insert-random other c-word 84
- Anti-Nowhere League.
Just. No.
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And You Will Know Me By My Cock In Your Ass
Wow. That's not a ...Trail of the Dead refrence, is it?
(Unless the other band came first or something. But their name stull sucks.)
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Worst band name ever is Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies.
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And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead.
Now there's a blast from my somewhat non-ancient past!
I remember I went to see them when they played the old pop factory in the Rhondda! Blinding set if I recall...
But yeah. Worst band names, erm....
Broken Bones - WTF?
Wolfmother - Awesome music, but for a name?! Why?!
Greyskull - Same goes for these guys. Rocking good music, but why that name?! I know about the whole He-Man reference, but that is slightly lame.
Joe
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
I LOVE the band/guy (I never know when to refer to a one person band as an entity or him/herself), and I hate the name. It sounds like it should be awful, awful de-pop.
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good bands with bad names:
the boy least likely to
clap your hands say yeah
death cab for cutie
the go! team
the shins
sunset rubdown
the wailin jennys
the yeah yeah yeahs
I love all those names. Especially the first one. I'm least likely to, dammit. Least likely to do what? Everything! So i can relate to the band. I'm also painfully alone, so.... Casiotone.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah? Also a great name. Makes you intrigued.
Final Fantasy is an annoying band name since its impossbile to find the band by searching
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I can't believe no-one's mentioned The New Pornographers yet.
Pornography is good! As are the New Pornographers! Not good is that there is a local band called National Pornographic who are dancy so people get confused.
Lame: bands with similar names. Sydney has Mercy Arms and Damn Arms. They both play indie dance. Who can tell them apart?
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Architecture in Helsinky - If that's not snobbish, I don't know what is.
In light of the sound of their music and the fact that "Helsinki" sounds funny when you say it, I think it's supposed to be sort of whimsical.
Also: "Helsinki."
Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is known for its functional, as in functionalism, architecture. Both practical and beautiful, it makes sense as a band name, but 'Architecture in Melbourne' seems to work the same way. Snobbish? If you listen to their music, the name won't be so much snobbish as awesome.
However, I've yet to come across anything dealing with AiH's decision for the name.
'Melbourne' sounds nowhere near as good as 'Helsinki'. It also isn't as pretty looking. And when you look at a band's name as much as i look at AiH's, this thing matters
bad local bands:
Regular John (good band! Nice guys! bad name!)
God So Loved The World
Town Hall Steps (where all the lame emo kids meet)
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flake music
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Guys, guys...
Test Icicles.
Really.
Plus,
Cute is What We Aim For. Way to induce nausea before we even get to the music, seriously. Bad idea, bad music.
And that's not even delving into the realms of awful band names of my mates...(Cosmic Donut Effect, Fairies in fishnets etc).
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Tiltmeter
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lubricated goat- bunch of dudes that always played naked.
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For me personally, Hoobastank and Lifehouse. Come on, wtf do they mean?
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Best band name ever is Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies.
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Order of the Ebon Hand
Tee hee rediculously obvious Magic: The Gathering references.
Theres a local band that I quite like, that changed their name from A Fir-Ju Well (stange, but somewhat thought prevoking I guess), to Gringo Star. Gringo...Star... They're awesome though, too bad the new name sucks.
Most emo band names too. Seriously. My sister and I realized that there are rules to naming your crappy emo band. You have to either reference a) A season b) a day of the week c) a street name, or d) ashes.
On top of that, the band name Disturbed just pisses me off. Stop with the pandering to spoiled 14 year olds, faux angst. Linkin Park, Trapt, Staind, Limp Bizkit, and all other intentionally mispelled band names all suck too. Unsurprisingly, so do the bands. Egads.
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
I LOVE the band/guy (I never know when to refer to a one person band as an entity or him/herself), and I hate the name. It sounds like it should be awful, awful de-pop.
I went to his show because of the name. I thought 'hey, i'm sad and painfully alone. this music will appeal to me'
the music appealed to me and i made out with a girl i met at the show for like an hour and then she became my girlfriend and then we broke up
but after i met i linked her to QC, 'cause meeting a girl at a CTFTPA show sounds like either the punchline or a set-up to a QC strip
i love all the aggressivly twee names- they let me know what i'm getting into. like there's a local band called The Girls from the Clouds. twee? sure!
also Acid Mothers Temple sounds badass
i hate Hoobastank though
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Not only the worst band name I've ever heard, quite possibly the worst BAND I've ever heard.
Ivan and the Necrolytes.
*puke*
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Semi-pretentious bollocks:
- Dream Theather
- Sonata Arctica
- Pain of Salvation
- Stratovarius
- Dragonforce (see, as it's metal! With the force of a dragon! Dragons are strong!)
And Oi!/punkbands have a history with some of the worst bandnames ever.
- Cocksparrer
- The 4-skins (so you don't actually think they have a lost punk walking around)
- Lower Class Brats
- Combat/Condemned/insert-random other c-word 84
- Anti-Nowhere League.
Just. No.
There is nothing particularly bad about any of these names
Bands i've never heard but have a bad name:
Akercocke
All Shall Perish
Anorexia Nervosa
Order of the Ebon Hand
Or these ones. Actually, I rather like Anorexia Nervosas name, but I'm a reasonably big fan of Anorexia Nervosa, although mainly I'm a fan of Hreidmarrs side project The Count Nosferatu Kommando, which is just about the best name for a band ever. Especially when all your songs are called things like 'Bunkermoon Khaos 3', 'The Cyber Crusdade of a Sado-Necrophile', 'Jim Beamed Ahnenherbe TV', 'Get a Gun, Shoot at Random' etc.
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The Count Nosferatu Kommando, which is just about the best name for a band ever. Especially when all your songs are called things like 'Bunkermoon Khaos 3', 'The Cyber Crusdade of a Sado-Necrophile', 'Jim Beamed Ahnenherbe TV', 'Get a Gun, Shoot at Random' etc.
Out of interest, do they sound anything like Impaled Northern Moonforest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impaled_Northern_Moonforest)?
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For me personally, Hoobastank and Lifehouse. Come on, wtf do they mean?
The latter is a reference to The Who, who are Lifehouse's spiritual predecessors, obviously.
I think they just picked "Hoobastank" because it sounds funny.
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Out of interest, do they sound anything like Impaled Northern Moonforest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impaled_Northern_Moonforest)?
They are grim, but not that grim.
This otherwise shitty punisher video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAQ29I8xBCY) has a poor quality version of 'Get a Gun, Shoot at Random' as its soundtrack.
I WANT TO SEE YOU SUFFER
I WANT TO SEE YOU DIE
I WANT TO SEE YOU TORTURED TO DEATH:
FUCKING KILL YOURSELF!
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Vengeance at Dawn
nothing really wrong with it. i just don't like it.
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It's not a bad name, so much as one that doesn't make sense:
Virginia Coalition; good band, but for some reason the name reminds me of like an army of some sort, which goes completely against their sound. It confuses me.
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They are grim, but not that grim.
This otherwise shitty punisher video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAQ29I8xBCY) has a poor quality version of 'Get a Gun, Shoot at Random' as its soundtrack.
I WANT TO SEE YOU SUFFER
I WANT TO SEE YOU DIE
I WANT TO SEE YOU TORTURED TO DEATH:
FUCKING KILL YOURSELF!
Hmm, apparently they're called The Cosa Nostra Klub now. And they aren't bad either.
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Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
it sounds like it was a first pick from one of those band generators.
Personally I've always been a fan of Major Organ and the Adding Machine (partially because it has been around for a while, but mostly because the abstractness of the name fits with the abstractness of the sound)
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Banane Metalik. I mean, yeah, it's french, but when you look at it, you think "Okay, metal banana, kinda sucks". But no, it's "Killer Bananas" which is somehow even WORSE!
Tenpole Tudor. Demented Are Go! The Astounding Roy Gorbisons. Knock 'Em Stiff. Uptown Savages. Nekromantix (how clever...or not)
Also, local band Rigor Phallus, who were nominated by The Onion as worst band name.
Enuff Z'nuff.
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Mach Pellican
i like them, other people here like them, but if you think about it for a second its like a rejected MegaMan X villian, not a great Ramones style punk band
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Zyklon B
I realy like "Blood must be Shed" but naming yourself after Nazi shit = not cool
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Bands i've never heard but have a bad name:
Akercocke
All Shall Perish
Anorexia Nervosa
Order of the Ebon Hand
Akercocke are actually very good if you like really intense death metal. Also their fashion sense cannot be faulted.
There's a local band that I used to gig with. They used to be called Creep which I thought was pretty cool and whatnot but they just changed it to The Spokesmen for the N.W.O. and now I want to see them play less.
Nothing can beat made up words as band names though. Like the name of my band, which shall remain suspiciously secret until someone bugs me to get me to tell them what it is.
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the worst band name I can think of's gotta be Hoobastank.
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Ruoska
When translated to english it's A Whip. They're actually pretty good. Same genre as Rammstein but in finnish.
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Bottled Revenge.
I know, I know. It's not a real band. But we hadn't slept in over three days!!! God, I hate finals.
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A girl I knew told me that a friend of hers wanted to name a band Rodney King and the LA Riots. Shame they didn't, though. Because that's awesome.
You see, when I hear a bad band name I go "That's AWESOME!" I'm probably seriously mal-adjusted. I still think Echo and the Bunnymen is a GREAT name, even though it raises the eyebrows of everyone I know.
Although I do recall a J-Pop artist with the name of Tommyfeburary13 or something like that. Sounds like a fucking e-mail address!
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hehe, my friend is in a band called Penis Crack Stem. Imagine that. He's also in this band with a name that's like 20 words and number segments long, I can only remember the last two being 666 2006.