Topic: Worst band names. (Read 54992 times)

nuisance · « **Reply #50 on:** 28 May 2006, 23:31 »

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.

Rubby · « **Reply #51 on:** 28 May 2006, 23:34 »

Tapes n' Tapes sucks.

On a side note: Sudden Infant Dance Syndrome is an awsome band name.

tortillafactory · « **Reply #52 on:** 28 May 2006, 23:42 »

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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.

Inlander · « **Reply #53 on:** 29 May 2006, 00:29 »

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.

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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.

jcknbl · « **Reply #54 on:** 29 May 2006, 01:16 »

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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.

Kirbo · « **Reply #55 on:** 29 May 2006, 04:51 »

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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.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #56 on:** 29 May 2006, 06:17 »

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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.

McTaggart · « **Reply #57 on:** 29 May 2006, 06:32 »

On the difficult to file note, Roots Manuva goes under R right?

moderately brie · « **Reply #58 on:** 29 May 2006, 07:54 »

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?...."

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #59 on:** 29 May 2006, 08:20 »

Bob Dylan.

John Denver.

Why can't you just embrace your germanic names?

Synchronicity · « **Reply #60 on:** 29 May 2006, 22:07 »

Malfunkshun
The Postal Service
Pish
Puddle of Mudd
Tears for Fears
Maroon 5
Tripping Daisy
U2
Sweaty Nipples

Thrillho · « **Reply #61 on:** 30 May 2006, 09:14 »

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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.

papercutsuicide · « **Reply #62 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 13:29 »

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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?

Thrillho · « **Reply #63 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 16:09 »

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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.

Kai · « **Reply #64 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 16:14 »

Yeah, I'd have to agree; that name IS terrible.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #65 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 16:30 »

This is why Fuck never got anywhere, even if they are decent enough.

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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.

BillyxRansom · « **Reply #66 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 17:49 »

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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.

Kai · « **Reply #67 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 18:06 »

Yeah, I don't like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, but even I try to keep the elitist bullshit to a minimum, dude.

Houdinimachine · « **Reply #68 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 18:14 »

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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.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #69 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 18:21 »

BillyxRansom, you are part of the reason nobody likes Tool fans. Stop being a dick.

Lines · « **Reply #70 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 07:13 »

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.

McTaggart · « **Reply #71 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 07:35 »

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.

vivouk · « **Reply #72 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 08:18 »

I can't believe no-one's mentioned The New Pornographers yet.

Champ Blankman · « **Reply #73 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 09:10 »

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....

quietnow · « **Reply #74 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 09:22 »

gnarles barkley. chumbawumba.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #75 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 11:59 »

Hoobastank.

That pretty much beats every other name.

Hooba the stank, now?

vivouk · « **Reply #76 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 12:07 »

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Hoobastank.

That pretty much beats every other name.

Hooba the stank, now?

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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

papercutsuicide · « **Reply #77 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 13:41 »

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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"

Lines · « **Reply #78 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 17:53 »

yeah, acorns beats the other names, but göran is interesting. and it'd get some funny mispronunciations.

Alex H. · « **Reply #79 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 21:15 »

Anyone remember The Moffats? Now THAT name... yikes.

McTaggart · « **Reply #80 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 23:12 »

Basically, I can't image a band called 'The Retarded Acorns' playing something classy. Acorns, on the other hand could pull off anything.

Johnny C · « **Reply #81 on:** 05 Jun 2006, 23:23 »

The Acorn is pretty good. But the name is taken. And is kind of stupid to read.

Dr Jason · « **Reply #82 on:** 06 Jun 2006, 02:32 »

My younger brother was in a horrible band for a while called Fatal Depression. In their defense they were thirteen.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #83 on:** 06 Jun 2006, 07:08 »

That is not a good defense.

Kai · « **Reply #84 on:** 06 Jun 2006, 07:16 »

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".

Psyclone · « **Reply #85 on:** 07 Jun 2006, 14:54 »

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.

PoliceDiscoLites · « **Reply #86 on:** 07 Jun 2006, 16:29 »

Dogs Die In Hot Cars.
My Chemical Romance.
Sixpence None the Richer.

Valrus · « **Reply #87 on:** 07 Jun 2006, 17:48 »

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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."

BrainToad · « **Reply #88 on:** 07 Jun 2006, 19:39 »

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.

Felix · « **Reply #89 on:** 07 Jun 2006, 19:51 »

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.

nuisance · « **Reply #90 on:** 07 Jun 2006, 19:51 »

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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.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #91 on:** 07 Jun 2006, 21:14 »

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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.

Phrozen · « **Reply #92 on:** 07 Jun 2006, 22:44 »

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Sixpence None the Richer.

Its a literary reference. Frankly, I thought it was pretty nifty.

PoliceDiscoLites · « **Reply #93 on:** 08 Jun 2006, 15:01 »

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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.

Johnny C · « **Reply #94 on:** 08 Jun 2006, 16:52 »

One, it's Alexisonfire. It's a reference to an "adult contortionist" named Alexis Fire, or so the legend goes.

Second,

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gnarles barkley

Get off of my Internet.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #95 on:** 08 Jun 2006, 21:44 »

Sixpence None The Richer comes rom "Mere Christianity", a series of Radio Broadcasts by CS Lewis

Shaft · « **Reply #96 on:** 09 Jun 2006, 06:32 »

SikTh

WHY

OllieA · « **Reply #97 on:** 09 Jun 2006, 06:36 »

I don't like Korn, especially that backwards 'r'.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #98 on:** 09 Jun 2006, 06:56 »

or the k for that matter, that's how we spell it in Danish.

Phrozen · « **Reply #99 on:** 09 Jun 2006, 10:45 »

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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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nuisance

tortillafactory

jcknbl

moderately brie

Praeserpium Machinarum

Synchronicity

papercutsuicide

Praeserpium Machinarum

vivouk

Champ Blankman

TrueNeutral

vivouk

papercutsuicide

Dr Jason

TrueNeutral

PoliceDiscoLites

nuisance

Phrozen

PoliceDiscoLites

OllieA

Praeserpium Machinarum

Phrozen