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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: almost thursday on 06 Feb 2006, 08:57
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Architecture in Helsinki
Stryper
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Death Cab for Cutie
Fruit Bats
Red Red Meat
American Music Club
Nothing historically bad, but I've never liked any of these. Don't really like too many of these groups either.
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I'll limit this to bands I actually like:
Echo and the Bunnymen
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Death Cab for Cutie
Experimental Audio Research
Rapeman
System of a Down
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Crispy Ambulance
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any band name with the word anal in it:
anal blast
anal cunt
anal intruders
anal flatulence
i dare not to think of any more retarded band names.
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Pearl Jam.
No, seriously. I haven't been able to take the name seriously since I found out Pearl Jam is a euphemism for sperm.
Nickelback. Straylight Run.
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Deliberately awful: you can't really beat "Anal Cunt"
Unintentionally awful: Limp Bizkit is a pretty stupid name.
Experimental Audio Research
Sweet, another fan. I love the CD I have :D
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i have it:
broken social scene.
i win.
i mean, seriously, what they were thinking? and it´s a good band.
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Straylight Run
You know what that refers to right? Pity the bands crap.
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Deliberately awful: you can't really beat "Anal Cunt"
Unintentionally awful: Limp Bizkit is a pretty stupid name.
Experimental Audio Research
Sweet, another fan. I love the CD I have :D
Which one, I've got Data Rape and Beyond the pale.
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Crispy Ambulance
holy shit, i've heard of them. i think that name is as funny as hell.
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Oh please.
1. Crevis Inspection
2. Test Icicles
3. Dudefish
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You know what that refers to right? Pity the bands crap.
Enlighten me.
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I don't remember, but it had something to do with William Gibson's Neuromancer. It's just a terrible choice for a band name. You know, like naming your metal band after something from a Tolkien book. It just makes you seem like more of a nerd. The irritating variety.
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I don't remember, but it had something to do with William Gibson's Neuromancer. It's just a terrible choice for a band name. You know, like naming your metal band after something from a Tolkien book. It just makes you seem like more of a nerd. The irritating variety.
Jethro Tull - named after the inventor of the seed drill (well, the one credited with it anyway.)
Now THAT'S nerdy.
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i saw a band called the owls not so long ago. seriously. the owls. thank god there just a local band.
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I recant, in my opinion the worst band name ever is from a mexican band called.... Genitallica
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Broken Social Scene.
I mean, I assumed they were some crappy emo band before I actually LISTENED to them, and now I love them.
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I recant, in my opinion the worst band name ever is from a mexican band called.... Genitallica
sorry, but that is an awesome name
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Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia....
Forward, Russia! (seriously folks, enough already with the strange Russia fixation...that's Pintsize's job)
Elastica
Xploding Plastix (the music, however, is awesome)
Fall Out Boy
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I don't remember, but it had something to do with William Gibson's Neuromancer. It's just a terrible choice for a band name. You know, like naming your metal band after something from a Tolkien book. It just makes you seem like more of a nerd. The irritating variety.
In The Neuromancer Trilogy, the hacking attacks made by the console jockeys are called 'Runs', so the Straylight Run is when whatshisname assaults the data systems of the villa Straylight at the end of The Neuromancer.
Also, aren't all you indie kids supposed to be all post-modern? Intertextuality should make you wet. Or is it only OK when you're quoting from Catcher in the Rye or High Fidelity?
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Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia....quote]
you must be crazy, that name is awesome.
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The Dischord Of A Forgotten Sketch
The Breastfeeders
Guns and Roses (aw, come on!)
Blessed By A Broken Heart ---> they look just like their name
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I don't remember, but it had something to do with William Gibson's Neuromancer. It's just a terrible choice for a band name. You know, like naming your metal band after something from a Tolkien book. It just makes you seem like more of a nerd. The irritating variety.
In The Neuromancer Trilogy, the hacking attacks made by the console jockeys are called 'Runs', so the Straylight Run is when whatshisname assaults the data systems of the villa Straylight at the end of The Neuromancer.
Also, aren't all you indie kids supposed to be all post-modern? Intertextuality should make you wet. Or is it only OK when you're quoting from Catcher in the Rye or High Fidelity?
Nah, we can all quote from half read Wikipedia articles on books by existentialists.
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I'm honestly not sure whether Electric Wizard falls under terrible or awesome. If they threw in another z it's be surefire awesome.
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As in Electric Wizzard or Electric Wizardz (To appeal to a younger generation)?
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I hate Death Cab for Cutie and System of a Down.
And their names too.
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Wizzard
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Wizardz is cooler.
Also, what the hell does System of a Down mean, exactly? Is there some psuedo-intellectual high school philosophy class bullshit I'm missing here?
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More like Chico State political science.
One of my ex-coworkers goes to Chico State, he got upset at me when I made that joke.
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I dislike bands that name themselves really obviously after other bands' songs. eg Pretty Girls Make Graves. Seriously guys, you need to be more creative than that. We all know who the Smiths are, okay?
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On that note, the Boy Least Likely To. The list of bands with terrible Morrissey-inspired names goes on and on...
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Dr. Dog... just ugly.
Captain Beefheart... I love the guy, but could you really be that surprised that you didn't make it in the music biz with a name like that?
Shout Out Out Out Out... Damn you and your awkward fucking name!
World's Largest Dinosaur... There's no way to make that sound good.
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Captain Beefheart's name actualyl came from a movie he and Zappa were makign in their teens, Captain Beefheart Vs. The Grunt People. I don't think Beefheart's goal was really to make it in the music business per say. But then again, I don't know. Beefheart works in weird ways. He says he switched to painting because he can make more money that way, so I dunno.
Also, World's Largest Dinosaur is an awesome name.
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At least it's better than Don Van Vliet. Poster child for a pseudonym.
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Cuntripper
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Every Time I Die
It's just pathetic! I can't imagine something worse than that.
Nickelback is terrible too, the music contributes a lot to that too.
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I dislike bands that name themselves really obviously after other bands' songs. eg Pretty Girls Make Graves. Seriously guys, you need to be more creative than that. We all know who the Smiths are, okay?
Pretty Girls Make Graves is not necessarily a reference to the Smiths song, it could rather be a reference to a line from Kerouac's The Dharma Bums.
Radiohead falls into your category, though. Named for the Talking Heads song.
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for a while, the worst band name i ever heard was The Ska-ker Moms.
then i heard there was a band called The Ska-ker Balls.
also, bands whose names are a complete sentence irritate me:
Cute is What We Aim For
The Number 12 Looks Like You
Small Towns Burn a Little Slower
etc.
although, i must say "Yo Dad Got Raped by Santa" (from that random band name generator) would be an awesome name.
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Lets see...
Disturbed(by what exactly? They are disturbing me that's for sure)
Iced Earth
Menfolk(it's hardcore, it's shit)
The Nein(The No wtf?)
Sorry About Dresden
Stars(I love them and all but that is just uninspired)
Sunny Day Real Estate
Volcano, I'm Still Excited(may be the worst name ever)
Supertramp
In Flames
A Fire Inside(there is a reason it's abbreviated)
Rock Hard Power Spray
Deep Purple
Wet Wet Wet
etc. etc.
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I don't remember, but it had something to do with William Gibson's Neuromancer. It's just a terrible choice for a band name. You know, like naming your metal band after something from a Tolkien book. It just makes you seem like more of a nerd. The irritating variety.
In The Neuromancer Trilogy, the hacking attacks made by the console jockeys are called 'Runs', so the Straylight Run is when whatshisname assaults the data systems of the villa Straylight at the end of The Neuromancer.
Also, aren't all you indie kids supposed to be all post-modern? Intertextuality should make you wet. Or is it only OK when you're quoting from Catcher in the Rye or High Fidelity?
I'm not really an indie kid, though. I don't think anyone who listens to Alter Bridge(at least I never defiled myself with their previous incarnation) will have the guts to call themselves that.
Intertextuality is one of my pet peeves. I nearly punched my friend when he suggested I name by band Engywook.
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Which one, I've got Data Rape and Beyond the pale.
Mesmerised :)
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Cuntripper
WORST names, not BEST names.
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Disturbed(by what exactly? They are disturbing me that's for sure)
"We chose this name because that's what the world is" - singer dude. Pretty lame reason.
Volcano, I'm Still Excited
You win the thread.
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get him eat him
the prayers and tears of arthur digby sellers
clap your hands say yeah!
for indie rock anyways
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Pretty Girls Make Graves is not necessarily a reference to the Smiths song, it could rather be a reference to a line from Kerouac's The Dharma Bums.
Yay! I'm not the only person who knows that!
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Yes, but SuicideGirls (http://suicidegirls.com/words/Pretty+Girls+Make+Graves/) reveal the Smithy origin:
SR: First of all, who came up with the name Pretty Girls Make Graves?
AZ: One day Derek and I were listening to records and when we flipped through the Smiths first album, we started talking about what a great song title it was, and we agreed it would be a great band name. This was before the band had formed, and when we set up our first practice, we just kept calling it "Pretty Girls" practice. So we never even asked anyone if they liked it!
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this whole thread makes me smile.
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I don't remember, but it had something to do with William Gibson's Neuromancer. It's just a terrible choice for a band name. You know, like naming your metal band after something from a Tolkien book. It just makes you seem like more of a nerd. The irritating variety.
Dude, you just insulted a whole genre of music. Better watch your back, one day you'll be walking down the street, and all of a sudden all these guys wearing tight leather pants with long hair and fake swords are going to pop out of nowhere and attack you! With their awesomely bad shredding skills and fantasy lyrics! OmG drAgoNFoRCE fTW! >.>
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Cuntripper
WORST names, not BEST names.
you got me
I just luuuuuurv sayin' cuntripper.
cuntripper.
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You know, like naming your metal band after something from a Tolkien book. It just makes you seem like more of a nerd. The irritating variety.
Think about how many fricken times Led Zeppelin mentions Tolkien. It's cool, okah?
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But then again Led Zeppelin is rubbish
*runs for cover*
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But then again Led Zeppelin is rubbish
*runs for cover*
Die. Now.
I kid. : o We're each entitled to our own opinions I guess..........
The Postal Service
Seriously, pssh....I dunno, but that name really bugs me. It isn't really creaitive at all, they just named their band after a two word noun...pssh.
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Oh absolutely but my opinion is the only right one.
To be honest I hold nothing against Led Zeppelin, I just enjoy being a prick ;)
From now on I will only refer to Skyclad as Scantily-clad and The Residents as The Accidents. Oh and Testament as Excrement.
I kids, I kids :)
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The Postal Service just remind me of Post Office by Bukowski which just is a sad book. But on the other hand Bukowski reminds me of that song by Modest Mouse called Bukowski which makes me happy.
Therefore is Postal Service a great band name
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Puddle of Mudd probably win the award for the most awful band name ever.
everytime I heard "Puddle of Mudd" an image of a 13 years old girl popped up in my head delcaring that Puddle of Mudd is her favourite because the lead singer is "hot".
I wanna die.
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Skyclad as Scantily-clad
Ironically, Skyclad means 'naked', and the name refers to how we're all brothers and sisters under the masks we wear, so, uh, it's not even really an insult against the band...
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Crap names, eh?
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Circle Takes The Square
Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Moody Blues (because they're nor moody nor bluesy)
Dragonforce (this is my friend Joel who thinks this. I think it's a sweet name)
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
And so on...
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STAIND.
this name is everything i hate about modern music. it's a stupid workd to appeal to depressed kids mispelled intentionally so it appeals to the fucking idiot kids who abbreviate everything just because it's cool. i hate that shit, and the band suck too.
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Ironically, Skyclad means 'naked', and the name refers to how we're all brothers and sisters under the masks we wear, so, uh, it's not even really an insult against the band...
I knew that(the naked bit), but I couldn't come with anything that had clad in it. And I think we can both agree any insulting of Skyclad would have to be at least slightly tongue-in-cheek. They are, like, bulletproof or something.
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STAIND.
this name is everything i hate about modern music. it's a stupid workd to appeal to depressed kids mispelled intentionally so it appeals to the fucking idiot kids who abbreviate everything just because it's cool. i hate that shit, and the band suck too.
I was just about to say! Yeah I think this is my pick for #1 worst.
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I dislike bands that name themselves really obviously after other bands' songs. eg Pretty Girls Make Graves. Seriously guys, you need to be more creative than that. We all know who the Smiths are, okay?
Agreed. It's even worse if the band using the other band's song as a name is really similar to the original band, e.g. Godsmack = AIC jr. Inexplicably, I like Godsmack, but they really are trying to be Alice in Chains.
As far as my pick for absolute worst band name:
P.O.D. or "Playable On Death." Does that name make any sense to anyone else? I can't even figure out what they're trying to accomplish with the name. It's too silly to sound hardcore, plus they're not (hardcore).
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Meat Shits..Trapt..Fuck A Cunt Til it Bleeds..ugh..
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i think it's 'payable on death' and it's a reference to christianity and the concept of heaven. i think.
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Well, I only know german bands with really stupid names. For instance, there's Bluthusten ("to cough blood"), Abstürzende Brieftauben ("The crashing carrier pigeons") and Dödelhaie ("Penis-Sharks"). All of them are really, really bad, too.
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i think it's 'payable on death' and it's a reference to christianity and the concept of heaven. i think.
Ah, that makes it...no, wait. That actually makes it more stupid, at least for a band name.
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Anal Cunt
and
Get cape. Wear cape. Fly.
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i think get cape... is really cool, man.
today i was listening to a shitcore band called penis of death... that's symaltaneously the best AND worse name i've ever heard.
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But then again Led Zeppelin is rubbish
*runs for cover*
Dude, you listen to the Strokes. That's pretty much all this debate needs.
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Led Zep is cool, but some of their lyrics make me cringe.
"T’was in the darkest depths of mordor
I met a girl so fair,
But gollum, and the evil one crept up
And slipped away with her.
Her, her....yea.
Ain’t nothing I can do, no."
Mordor? Gollum? What are you, twelve?
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In The Neuromancer Trilogy, the hacking attacks made by the console jockeys are called 'Runs', so the Straylight Run is when whatshisname assaults the data systems of the villa Straylight at the end of The Neuromancer.
Also, aren't all you indie kids supposed to be all post-modern? Intertextuality should make you wet. Or is it only OK when you're quoting from Catcher in the Rye or High Fidelity?
I'm not post-modern, I'm post-modem.
I agree, anything with anal in the name is bad.
My list:
A Guy Called Gerald(Industrial)
A(Rock)
8 Foot Sativa(Metal)
Black Tape for a Blue girl(Goth)
Cold By Winter(Metalcore)
Dave Howard Showers(Industrial)
Love Spirals Downwards(Goth)
Norma Jean(Metalcore)
And the best name ever:
Drunken Vengence Bastard(French crust punk)
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Black Tape for a Blue Girl is such a GODAWFUL name.
I was in the cd store a week ago, and I saw a band called Funeral Rape. Their album was A Chainsaw in the Cunt. Classy, guys.
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there are band names where they state the obvious:
fiery furnaces, magic magicians, etc...
I'm not sure if it's some post-ironic hipster thing or what
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Dude, you listen to the Strokes. That's pretty much all this debate needs.
Your point being?
If you mean that someone who listens to the Strokes occasionally, can only be wrong then so be it. But I would far rather be happy than right, any day.
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the strokes kick ass, man.
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I think his point is that the Strokes are a polarizing band to the point that any argument over the merits of other love-em-or-hate-em groups (like Led Zeppelin) can be reduced to a question of subjective taste. "You hate Led Zep? Whatever, I hate the Strokes. Let's not argue because will tear each others' hearts out over rock minutiae."
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i thought it was that the Strokes sucked. But really no biggie here, I have nothing against Led Zeppelin, I was simply being impish :)
Alas no-one got my HGTTG reference (¤) (¤) <--- Sad alien puppy eyes.
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Uh, yeah. I said he hated the Strokes. Whatevs.
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Here's a question that you guys might be able to help me with:
When some people you know have formed a band and set up a myspace with mp3s and everything, have a REALLY TERRIBLE band name, like almost BEYOND TERRIBLE, how do you break it to them?
How do you convince them that anyone with any taste would think it is a REALLY TERRIBLE band name? Especially when one of the band members is your ex-boyfriend so they might think you are just being nasty, when really you just want to save them from embarrassment and more importantly, save the music scene from having this BLOODY AWFUL band name inflicted upon them.
If you want to know how TRULY HORRIFIC the name is, PM me.
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But then again Led Zeppelin is rubbish
*runs for cover*
Die. Now.
I kid. : o We're each entitled to our own opinions I guess..........
The Postal Service
Seriously, pssh....I dunno, but that name really bugs me. It isn't really creaitive at all, they just named their band after a two word noun...pssh.
That makes no sense. If you simplify anything down to parts of speech, nothing is really original.
"Led Zeppelin was just an adjective and a noun; how lame"
"Black Sabbath was just a religious term and a color; gay"
Sheesh. Also, the name is pretty cool if you know where it comes from. When DNTEL and Gibbard made the music, they sent their seperate parts to eachother through the internet; thus, a play on e-mail and a description of how the music was made became their name. It's pretty cool. Better than someone naming their song after a song they like.
You can still hate it, it's just I thought the reasoning was a tad odd.
A name I hate?
Husker Du
Death Cab for Cutie
The Von Bondies
The Ponys
Good bands, bad names. :P
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When some people you know have formed a band and set up a myspace with mp3s and everything, have a REALLY TERRIBLE band name, like almost BEYOND TERRIBLE, how do you break it to them?
Tell them their name really sucks and it makes you vomit.
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A name I hate?
Husker Du
The Von Bondies
Do you like Husker Du though? I reckon they're awesome.
I actually like The Von Bondies when I thought their name was "The Von Bonds", now I hate them simply because their name pisses me off so much. I'm not even sure why it's so awful to my ears, I just despise that name.
Are there any bands who's name makes you angry enough not to listen to them?
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Rumpelstiltskin Grinder is pretty awful, but completely awesome at the same time. They aren't half bad actually, thrash metal with some great riffs.
http://www.rumpelstiltskingrinder.com/html/mp3.html
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edguy is a pretty bad band name.
but hte band itself is good.
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The Postal Service
Seriously, pssh....I dunno, but that name really bugs me. It isn't really creaitive at all, they just named their band after a two word noun...pssh.
I don't know why, but I think it's funny that they actually had to get permission from the US Postal Service to be able to use that name.
I've never heard this band, but I saw the name in a CD store one time:
The Butthole Surfers
Really, it just goes back to the thing with having 'anal' in the name being stupid. Anything that has do with an anus makes a bad band name.
I've also always thought that ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was an unnecessarily long name. They even included ellipses in the name. What's the point of that?
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The Postal Service
Seriously, pssh....I dunno, but that name really bugs me. It isn't really creaitive at all, they just named their band after a two word noun...pssh.
I don't know why, but I think it's funny that they actually had to get permission from the US Postal Service to be able to use that name.
I've never heard this band, but I saw the name in a CD store one time:
The Butthole Surfers
Really, it just goes back to the thing with having 'anal' in the name being stupid. Anything that has do with an anus makes a bad band name.
I've also always thought that ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was an unnecessarily long name. They even included ellipses in the name. What's the point of that?
Well, Butthole Surfer was gay slang for a gay surfer. Awesome band too.
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See, I remember reading somewhere that they just really slung words together to get the name.
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A name I hate?
Husker Du
The Von Bondies
Do you like Husker Du though? I reckon they're awesome.
I actually like The Von Bondies when I thought their name was "The Von Bonds", now I hate them simply because their name pisses me off so much. I'm not even sure why it's so awful to my ears, I just despise that name.
Are there any bands who's name makes you angry enough not to listen to them?
Husker Du is ace. I think a lot of good bands have lame names.
As for Trail of Dead. I so agree. I just call them by the last 3 words, it's much easier. Good thing the band made Source Tags & Codes, one of the best albums ever.
Oh yeah. IMO.
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i saw a band called the owls not so long ago. seriously. the owls. thank god there just a local band.
hmm really? i know there is a indie poppish band called The Owls and another kinsella project just called Owls.
someone needs to name their band The O Rlys.
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see, owls on it's on is okay, but throwing a 'the' on the beginning is so fucking indie it hurts.
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see, owls on it's on is okay, but throwing a 'the' on the beginning is so fucking indie it hurts.
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see, owls on it's on is okay, but throwing a 'the' on the beginning is so fucking indie it hurts.
By that reckoning "The The" would be Indie Kings. Awful name though.
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Tell them their name really sucks and it makes you vomit.
Well I tried this, in a not so harsh way, but the guy I was talking to had no idea it was a cliche and got really annoyed and in the end basically told me to shut up and tell the one who came up with the name-who is my ex. So I'm going to have to try and get my best friend to explain that *sick bag at the ready* "Rose Thorn" is so dire it could not be worse unless it had the word "Black" in front of it. And it's very close to the name of (as a Google showed) a goth clothes shop and a BDSM club.
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By that reckoning "The The" would be Indie Kings. Awful name though.
Sadly he is not, frankly it sucks that no-one knows The The :(
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Tell them their name really sucks and it makes you vomit.
Well I tried this, in a not so harsh way, but the guy I was talking to had no idea it was a cliche and got really annoyed and in the end basically told me to shut up and tell the one who came up with the name-who is my ex. So I'm going to have to try and get my best friend to explain that *sick bag at the ready* "Rose Thorn" is so dire it could not be worse unless it had the word "Black" in front of it. And it's very close to the name of (as a Google showed) a goth clothes shop and a BDSM club.
Black Rose Thorn of a Thousand Butterflies with Razorblade Wings.
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^ You win.
I can just imagine the conversation-
Me: I'm sorry, but the internet thinks your name sucks. One forum poster suggested that you complete the pseudo-gothic emo image that your band name suggests by renaming yourselves "Black Rose Thorn of a Thousand Butterflies with Razorblade Wings".
He would totally not get it.
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Actually, whether it works depends entirely on how serious he is. It is a generally acknowledged fact that the names of goth/industrial etc. bands must be:
a) clicheville (Black Atmosphere, Deathstars, Die Laughing)
b) references to old horror films (Nosferatu, London After Midnight, Carfax Abbey)
c) Awful puns or semi-puns (The Newlydeads, Electric Hellfire Club)
d) Plain wierd (Clan of Xymox, Libitina, Killing Miranda)
e) something to do with the word 'coil' (Coil, Mortal Coil, Icon of Coil)
f) A veiled reference to the nazis (Death in June, Joy Division)
g) Vaguely offensive (Alien Sex Fiend, Christian Death, Blade Fetish)
h) Nonsensical cultural reference (Bauhaus, Rosetta Stone, The Mission UK)
j) All of the above with more k's (My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Inkubus Sukkubus, Ikon)
So, really, that could be the perfect name. I mean, part of the appeal of goth bands is their often atrocious names. Then you can use put-downs like "By the powers of darkness, Lucretia, this bands use of cold, distant synthesisers is almost as cliche as their name. I tire of the musings of 'Alien Bats From the Crypts of Zarathustra's sister, Jane'. Let us retire to my boudoir to swoon and read pre-raphaelite poetry."
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Hmm...you would be right...but they wouldn't "get" the putdown either.
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Steriogram
Stop. Mispelling. Words. On. Purpose.
I dig the band though
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Khar, that putdown post would have totally been in my sig if it weren't too long. That was hilarious.
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yeah, khar is definitely my second favourite forumer.
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'Alien Bats From the Crypts of Zarathustra's sister, Jane'.
ZOMG NIETZCHE/ZOROASTER REFERENCES
BUt yeah, that post wins the internet.
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By that reckoning "The The" would be Indie Kings. Awful name though.
Sadly he is not, frankly it sucks that no-one knows The The :(
I know The The. I haven't heard that much by him, but he is good.
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Actually, whether it works depends entirely on how serious he is. It is a generally acknowledged fact that the names of goth/industrial etc. bands must be:
a) clicheville (Black Atmosphere, Deathstars, Die Laughing)
b) references to old horror films (Nosferatu, London After Midnight, Carfax Abbey)
c) Awful puns or semi-puns (The Newlydeads, Electric Hellfire Club)
d) Plain wierd (Clan of Xymox, Libitina, Killing Miranda)
e) something to do with the word 'coil' (Coil, Mortal Coil, Icon of Coil)
f) A veiled reference to the nazis (Death in June, Joy Division)
g) Vaguely offensive (Alien Sex Fiend, Christian Death, Blade Fetish)
h) Nonsensical cultural reference (Bauhaus, Rosetta Stone, The Mission UK)
j) All of the above with more k's (My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Inkubus Sukkubus, Ikon)
So, really, that could be the perfect name. I mean, part of the appeal of goth bands is their often atrocious names. Then you can use put-downs like "By the powers of darkness, Lucretia, this bands use of cold, distant synthesisers is almost as cliche as their name. I tire of the musings of 'Alien Bats From the Crypts of Zarathustra's sister, Jane'. Let us retire to my boudoir to swoon and read pre-raphaelite poetry."
Which ikon do you refer to? The Australian Ikon, or the British Ikon?
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Which ikon do you refer to? The Australian Ikon, or the British Ikon?
DOST THOU! DOST THOU!
*ahem*
For the purposes of the post, it doesn't actually matter. But the Australians I suppose.
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I may catch some grief for this. Maynard can come up with a really neat band name, A Perfect Circle, that references the fact that there is a theory that if you can draw a perfect circle, you're crazy but artistically brilliant. So he knows his crap. Right?
TOOL? Someone explain this one to me. Please. I think... genitals... I think... phillips screwdriver.... BUT IN CAPITALS!
Also: Hed P.E.? WTF?
PS: Finding Trail of Dead albums in a record store is always fun. "Is it under A for And? Y for You? T for Trail? I have no clue.
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Also: Hed P.E.? WTF?
The 'P.E.' stands for 'Planet Earth', I believe, but I'm not sure if that actually brings any more light on the situation...
KoRn is a fucking stupid name. Not only is it mis-spelled, but it means nothing.
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Also: Hed P.E.? WTF?
The 'P.E.' stands for 'Planet Earth', I believe, but I'm not sure if that actually brings any more light on the situation...
KoRn is a fucking stupid name. Not only is it mis-spelled, but it means nothing.
Yes... yes it is.
So Hed Planet Earth?... Is it like some pulp fiction space captain Buckaroo Bonzai style all staring into the void as the view of our peaceful green planet becomes more clear. "'Hed... Planet Earth. Make it so."
Because... that's dumb.
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Ask a TOOL fan what TOOL stands for and you'll be sure to get you daily dosage of psuedo-intellectual high school philosophy 101 bullshit about referenes to Nazis or some shit.
KoRn fans, ask them what it means, and they'll turn their hat sideways and curse at you.