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Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:04 pm
by big_dave_Archive
tommydski wrote:big_dave wrote:Bands that have names that permanently link them to things that they "move on from", so to speak. Pere Ubu, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, The Fall, etc.
How do you figure Big Dave?
Bands that have names that link them to stuff that the band moves on from pretty quickly. The "literary" side of the Fall was pretty much over with MES' puberty, R.E.M. gave postpunk the heave-ho, Sonic Youth ditched the reggae and Pere Ubu decided that Europe was basically a backwater that crushed the spirits of the "rubes" and never produced anything they'd connect themselves to.
Oh yeah, ZZ Top eventually ditched the blooz. I guess that counts.
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:34 pm
by h8 m0dems_Archive
I vote that all band names are band, some are just worse than others, and if the band is good the bad name is more tolerable. Oh, it also helps if the name suits the music.
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:50 pm
by sunlore_Archive
Three pages in and nobody has mentioned "The Beatles"?
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:51 pm
by Johnny 13_Archive
sunlore wrote:Three pages in and nobody has mentioned "The Beatles"?
They were not a good band.
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:59 pm
by sunlore_Archive
sunlore wrote:Three pages in and nobody has mentioned "The Beatles"?
Johnny 13 wrote:They were not a good band.
Oh, okay.
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:15 pm
by Skronk_Archive
Adam CR wrote:Fugazi, No Means No, Screaming Trees, Nirvana, pretty much any contemporary bands called The something(s)...
gio wrote:Butthole Surfers is a pretty terrible band name.
placeholder wrote:Skinny Puppy. A fine band with a godawful name.
lemur68 wrote:Jawbox
Shudder To Think
Pavement
Helmet
burndaddy wrote:Rapeman
Killing Joke
Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Slint
tommydski wrote:Crazy Horse
Neutral Milk Hotel
Red House Painters
Husker Du
The beauty of disagreement. Hahaha. Here are my picks:
We're From Japan!
The Raincoats
Yob
Your Ten Mofo
I'm iffy about Team Sleep being a good name.
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:34 pm
by thebowlox_Archive
Audio Explorations is a fucking horrible band name, but they were cool live. They had a keyboard that played itself. Such a bad name, though. It actually made the band a little worse.
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:51 pm
by alex maiolo_Archive
Ty Webb wrote:Some good buddies of mine are in a metal/heavy rock band called Alabama Thunderpussy. Personally, I like the name, but they catch a lot of flak for it.
The lame thing is that Nashville Pussy was already on the scene when these guys started up.
For shame! How do they sleep at night?
-A
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:42 pm
by robert thefamilyghost_Archive
h8 m0dems wrote:I vote that all band names are band,
Good bands with bad names.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:44 pm
by h8 m0dems_Archive
whoops... I meant bad.. obviously