Band Names and Whether or Not They Are Dumb
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Band Names and Whether or Not They Are Dumb
The Smiths are what spurred this idea. I couldn't decide if it was a great name or a terrible one. In the end, that "ths" sound put me off and I decided it wasn't a great name.
Same with The Beatles - it's pretty well acknowledged that one of the greatest bands has one of the worst names, right? A bad pun that made sense for a few years in the early 60s. Was it Lennon who said he thought the name was dumb, too?
Then you've got your proper band names, like, I don't know, Hawkwind or The Who or The Crown Heights Affair or Iron Maiden.
It's something we don't talk about much...bands sometimes pick really terrible names.
Anyway, what's a great band name? And a crap one?
Same with The Beatles - it's pretty well acknowledged that one of the greatest bands has one of the worst names, right? A bad pun that made sense for a few years in the early 60s. Was it Lennon who said he thought the name was dumb, too?
Then you've got your proper band names, like, I don't know, Hawkwind or The Who or The Crown Heights Affair or Iron Maiden.
It's something we don't talk about much...bands sometimes pick really terrible names.
Anyway, what's a great band name? And a crap one?
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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To some extent with successful bands, the name - however poor - just seems right in the end. Although Limp Bizkit are an exception to that, a crap name that doesn't seem to be any better nearly 20 years after they first appeared.
I don't mind The Smiths. It's a deliberately plain name for a band that wasn't. A bit like The The, it's conceptual. Whether that still works 30 years down the line is another matter.
I don't mind The Smiths. It's a deliberately plain name for a band that wasn't. A bit like The The, it's conceptual. Whether that still works 30 years down the line is another matter.
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If you google 'worst band names' you get lists of try-hard 'offensive' metal bands, mostly.
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Helloween. That's rubbish.
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I like Small Faces, though the reason for the name makes you think less of it.
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Moleskin wrote:If you google 'worst band names' you get lists of try-hard 'offensive' metal bands, mostly.
Right, they sound like names that idiots thought up to amuse their friends for a few shows. I feel like Limp Bizkit's name just wasn't ready for the kind of success they achieved.
I like Small Faces, too, thought I'll admit I had to think twice about it.
You think preposterous hippy band names or preposterous metal band names are worse? I mean, pick one of those Picadilly Sunshine comps...some true howlers in the late 60s.
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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You get used to them, they lose their character quite quickly.
The 'the' thing is funny. Two people I know got irritated with me when I referred to their favourite band as The Pixies. Apparently there's no definite article.
The 'the' thing is funny. Two people I know got irritated with me when I referred to their favourite band as The Pixies. Apparently there's no definite article.
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Count Machuki wrote:Moleskin wrote:If you google 'worst band names' you get lists of try-hard 'offensive' metal bands, mostly.
Right, they sound like names that idiots thought up to amuse their friends for a few shows. I feel like Limp Bizkit's name just wasn't ready for the kind of success they achieved.
I like Small Faces, too, thought I'll admit I had to think twice about it.
You think preposterous hippy band names or preposterous metal band names are worse? I mean, pick one of those Picadilly Sunshine comps...some true howlers in the late 60s.
I think preposterous metal band names are worse. It's that 'trying too hard' thing.
Hippy nonsense is fine. I wanted to call my band The Daisy Chain.
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Carla Breakthrough-Lark wrote:You get used to them, they lose their character quite quickly.
The 'the' thing is funny. Two people I know got irritated with me when I referred to their favourite band as The Pixies. Apparently there's no definite article.
Clearly it is important to the relative bands. (Although there is a compilation called Death to the Pixies you can use in your next argument with your mates - surely it ought to be called "Death to Pixies"?)
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That's right, yeah! It's on the T-shirts too.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Moleskin wrote:Count Machuki wrote:Moleskin wrote:If you google 'worst band names' you get lists of try-hard 'offensive' metal bands, mostly.
Right, they sound like names that idiots thought up to amuse their friends for a few shows. I feel like Limp Bizkit's name just wasn't ready for the kind of success they achieved.
I like Small Faces, too, thought I'll admit I had to think twice about it.
You think preposterous hippy band names or preposterous metal band names are worse? I mean, pick one of those Picadilly Sunshine comps...some true howlers in the late 60s.
I think preposterous metal band names are worse. It's that 'trying too hard' thing.
Hippy nonsense is fine. I wanted to call my band The Daisy Chain.
Daisy Chain isn't bad. But, look, just limiting myself to that comp I mentioned:
Roger Bloom's Hammer
Zuider Zee
Pythagoras Theorem
Granny's Intentions
Persimmon's Peculair Shades
Crocheted Doughnut Ring
Can you imagine a Granny's Intentions t-shirt? Terrible...what were they thinking.
About the "THE" thing...I like it. I especially like "THEE" bands (usually garage rock).
Yet The The is not a good name. Conceptual, sure, but perpetually awkward and confusing. Yet The Who is a great name, so who knows?
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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The Spanish thing of calling U2 'ooh dos' and the Rolling Stones 'Los Rolling' is funny.
And the way they pronounce 'The Ramones'
And the way they pronounce 'The Ramones'
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Those are some poor names.
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Moleskin wrote:I like Small Faces, though the reason for the name makes you think less of it.
They were faces, ie mods, and they were small. Does what it says on the tin really.
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It’s easy to forget what a terrible name U2 is.
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Carla Breakthrough-Lark wrote:The Spanish thing of calling U2 'ooh dos' and the Rolling Stones 'Los Rolling' is funny.
And the way they pronounce 'The Ramones'
Rah-dyo-head is contagious - I have trouble saying it the proper way now.
There's a good name - Radiohead. Nothing too dumb about that.
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Carla Breakthrough-Lark wrote:The Spanish thing of calling U2 'ooh dos' and the Rolling Stones 'Los Rolling' is funny.
And the way they pronounce 'The Ramones'
Separate thing but this reminds me of how Tom Jones has a very affectionate nickname of "Tjuren ifrån Wales" ("the Bull from Wales") in Sweden which almost always accompanies his name there. While a bull may connote masculinity and strength in English, the nickname is definitely not very flattering.
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Helloween.
not dumb but ONLY for today.
not dumb but ONLY for today.
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Dumb
The Four Skins
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The Polyphonic Spree
Kula Shaker
Led Zeppelin
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Ned's Atomic Dustbin (good name for a goon show episode, mind)
The Four Skins
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The Polyphonic Spree
Kula Shaker
Led Zeppelin
Splodgenessabounds
Ned's Atomic Dustbin (good name for a goon show episode, mind)
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What about those million and a half local doo-wop bands named after birds?
The Smews
The Orioles
The Crab Plovers
give me a break...
The Smews
The Orioles
The Crab Plovers
give me a break...
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D