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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Jan 10, 2019 13:02:42 GMT -5
“Taylor Swift”
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Post by joladella on Jan 10, 2019 13:59:57 GMT -5
How could I not think of my beloved REM!
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Post by andybellwillring on Jan 10, 2019 14:00:51 GMT -5
Bad bandnames that deserve to be mentioned: Arctic Monkeys Neutral Milk HotelThe Jam The The (might be the worst of all) The War On Drugs Now that is a dreadful name, sounds like a parody of that sort of American indie act. Always thought Manic Street Preachers is a great name and was also indicative of their early sound. |
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Post by frjdoasis on Jan 10, 2019 14:50:50 GMT -5
Potato Peelers
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Post by funhouse on Jan 10, 2019 15:06:43 GMT -5
Bad bandnames that deserve to be mentioned: Arctic Monkeys Neutral Milk HotelThe Jam The The (might be the worst of all) The War On Drugs Now that is a dreadful name, sounds like a parody of that sort of American indie act. Always thought Manic Street Preachers is a great name and was also indicative of their early sound. It kept me away from listening to them for a long time, which is a shame really. |
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Post by funhouse on Jan 10, 2019 15:15:55 GMT -5
Before I forget, all bands naming themselves after a city or continent, shame on you all.
America
Boston
Chicago
Europe
^
I'm looking at you.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Jan 10, 2019 15:22:08 GMT -5
“Various Artists”, just to fuck over everyone who uses iTunes.
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Post by Hans Gruber on Jan 10, 2019 15:30:09 GMT -5
Most great brands have great band names.....the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, THE Clash, Nirvanã, Oasís..., it's kinda like magic.
One great band I think that has a terrible band name is: Tame Impala....not sure what that's about, maybe the story behind it's interesting.....
Thanks.
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Post by mimmihopps on Jan 10, 2019 16:15:46 GMT -5
Before I forget, all bands naming themselves after a city or continent, shame on you all. America Boston Chicago Europe ^ I'm looking at you. Japan Beirut Netherlands (they changed the band name to Pale Sea later) |
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Jan 10, 2019 16:49:44 GMT -5
Agreed:
Blind Guardian
Alestorm
Lagerstein
Gloryhammer
Morbid Angel
Others I like:
Cannibal Corpse
Dying Fetus
Porcupine Tree
Opeth
What were they smoking to have these names:
XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX* (aka Gore)
Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis (and yes it is spelt correct)
*- shortened version of their real name, no I'm not posting it again, Dying Fetus is tame comapred to that.
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Post by funhouse on Jan 11, 2019 0:53:08 GMT -5
Before I forget, all bands naming themselves after a city or continent, shame on you all. America Boston Chicago Europe ^ I'm looking at you. Japan Beirut Netherlands (they changed the band name to Pale Sea later) Beirut is a little more acceptable imo, but I can't really explain why, besides that it sounds better. |
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Post by mancraider on Jan 11, 2019 3:21:45 GMT -5
The Human Beanz. A great dad joke in band form.
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 11, 2019 11:36:12 GMT -5
Most great brands have great band names.....the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, THE Clash, Nirvanã, Oasís..., it's kinda like magic. One great band I think that has a terrible band name is: Tame Impala....not sure what that's about, maybe the story behind it's interesting..... Thanks. Let's be honest, The Beatles is actually a pretty corny pun. Thankfully, time has moved on enough so that most people don't even realise it IS a pun, and their cultural influence is such that until an embarrassingly late age I didn't know that wasn't even how you spelled the insect. |
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Post by madferitusa2025 on Jan 11, 2019 12:00:15 GMT -5
Most great brands have great band names.....the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, THE Clash, Nirvanã, Oasís..., it's kinda like magic. One great band I think that has a terrible band name is: Tame Impala....not sure what that's about, maybe the story behind it's interesting..... Thanks. Let's be honest, The Beatles is actually a pretty corny pun. Thankfully, time has moved on enough so that most people don't even realise it IS a pun, and their cultural influence is such that until an embarrassingly late age I didn't know that wasn't even how you spelled the insect. Always seemed creative for me. Especially seeing as it was based on Buddy Holly and the Crickets. Crickets now known as an absence of response. In the world of animal band names, at least it had relevance to their musical style. |
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Post by funhouse on Jan 11, 2019 12:53:31 GMT -5
I just had to post this.
With that said, I do think it is a good name.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 11, 2019 14:31:04 GMT -5
Mogwai
Queens of the Stone Age
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 11, 2019 14:37:51 GMT -5
Separating this from the quality of music, I actually think Take That is a good name. It's been ruined by association with Take That, of course, but it could have been good. Ehh...Sounds a bit camp, to me. Not that I have a problem with campiness in music. But bandnames should sound good when you say ‘em out loud. “Take that” sounds like sommat my nerdy schoolmates would say when we were on Xbox Live and they were raking in the killstreaks on CoD. |
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 11, 2019 14:46:21 GMT -5
Separating this from the quality of music, I actually think Take That is a good name. It's been ruined by association with Take That, of course, but it could have been good. Ehh...Sounds a bit camp, to me. Not that I have a problem with campiness in music. But bandnames should sound good when you say ‘em out loud. “Take that” sounds like sommat my nerdy schoolmates would say when we were on Xbox Live and they were raking in the killstreaks on CoD. A little, but I reckon I could imagine some kind of edgy glam band called Take That and it would sound cool. Also the poetry student in me wants to note that it ends on a stop consonant, which is quite rare in band-names. |
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Post by seanrulesrh on Jan 11, 2019 14:58:40 GMT -5
Everything Everything
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Post by funhouse on Jan 11, 2019 16:01:50 GMT -5
You may not think about it every time you hear it, but when you do, it is hard to avoid the fact that U2 sounds like a one hit wonder boyband.
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Post by asimarx on Jan 11, 2019 16:36:49 GMT -5
They might have been mentioned already but I always felt that the name 'My Bloody Valentine' perfectly sums up how they sound.
Same with Depeche Mode but maybe the name just became a trademark.
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Post by matt on Jan 12, 2019 16:50:10 GMT -5
A great band name is one your not going to forget. Prefab Sprout comes to mind.
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Post by matt on Jan 12, 2019 16:51:42 GMT -5
Echo & The Bunnymen is great too - a surreal take on all those acts from the 1950/60s such as Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, etc.
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Post by The-Ghost-Dancer on Jan 12, 2019 18:47:54 GMT -5
Good name for a 50s rock n roll band would of been chucky charcoal and the firelighters
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Post by crisppacket on Jan 22, 2019 14:32:44 GMT -5
Interesting, I always though credence Clearwater revival was a shit name for a band- too wordy and wtf does it mean?  ?? Nirvana is a pretty cool name though, sonic youth too |
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