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Author: Delvin
Date: 02-09-11 12:54
I'm confident this topic has been covered on the board, but Nosepail's mention of the group Wussy makes me want to re-visit it.
Let me qualify it (just a little) and ask: What band name (that's been used) would you rather leave the band, rather than accede to?
If my bandmates wanted to call our group Wussy, I think I'd quit. (Which makes me sound kind of wussy, I guess.)
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-09-11 13:04
As much as I dearly love the band and the music, I would never, in a million years, stay in a band called The Queers (not out of homophobia, but out of fear of offending a whole lot of people or having to answer the question, "what's the name of your band?").
But Nose was right: Ass Ponys takes the cake. For that matter, I would not want to be in a band called Cake. For that additional matter, I would not want to be in a band called The Band. If I were in a band called The Band, I would rename it something cooler and sleeker and more modern, like (oh, I don't know) Wilco.
One of my ex-students tags a young relative in her Facebook photos as "my nephew and godson Ethan James." I think that's a good band name.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-09-11 13:05
"(Wow, the punctuation was really important in that post)"
Oh, man--got a rip-snortin' good laugh out of that post. Thanks for that.
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Author: HollowbodyKay
Date: 02-09-11 13:10
When bad names happen to good bands?
Come spurts readily out as a primo example of a truly ill-considered band name. Which is a damned shame, because eleven:eleven is a dour, goosebump-raising masterpiece. I love that CD. Really I do.
On the other hand, I can recall having a semi-friend play some tunes by a band called Snot and thinking "Well, at least that awful name is put to good use here."
Can we see a pattern emerging here? Band names that reference bodily fluids are RIGHT OUT in my book. Please note that the Butthole Surfers are technically exempt from this rule, as their name only references a body part.
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Lubricated Goat was a pretty awful name as well. Based solely on the name, I'd rather be in GWAR. That's saying a lot.
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... and "Beatles?" WTF? Maybe that's why all the girls were screaming? Bugs?
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-09-11 13:12
"Come spurts readily out as a primo example of a truly ill-considered band name."
Good points by Kay. . . and while I was reading the opening lines, I was reminded of my least favorite band name of all time: Pearl Jam.
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Author: Jermoe
Date: 02-09-11 13:19
In defense of Pearl Jam (a phrase I never thought I'd use), their original moniker was much better: Mookie Blaylock (shown here schooling some guy called Jordan:
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-09-11 13:21
Yes, yes! I knew that (and am a huge basketball fan who played a little college hoops). Athletes' names are a great source for band names and song titles. The Pernice Brothers have a song about Bjorn Borg that I love. . .
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Author: nosepail
Date: 02-09-11 13:25
I love that Band Of Horses song about Detlef Schrempf, the original non-athletic, white 3-point sharp-shooter., not named Larry Joe Bird. He recently appeared on Parks and Recreation I hear.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 02-09-11 13:29
> If I were in a band called The Band, I would rename it something cooler and sleeker and
> more modern ...
Yeah, like ... The Pop Group.
Have to agree with Erik, on a band name that upsets or offends more people than it's worth. John Speck had a lot of problems with his band getting stuck with the name The Fags. I've had more than one friend ask, "So are these guys actually gay, or is it just a rude band name?"
Interesting that the name Wussy bugs me so much ... because the name Ninety Pound Wuss is hilarious, IMO.
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Author: nosepail
Date: 02-09-11 13:32
Aw, come on guys: The Queers is a perfectly fine punk rock band name. Dont be so PC. The Fags is a little harsher on the ear, for sure, but what a fabulous band!
If you want offensive: The original band name for Dinosaur Jr was "All White Jury". Funny. But offensive, for sure.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-09-11 14:00
"Aw, come on guys: The Queers is a perfectly fine punk rock band name. Dont be so PC. The Fags is a little harsher on the ear, for sure, but what a fabulous band!"
Great bands, for sure.
Interestingly, I have no problem with the 1960s Jamaican rocksteady band the Gay Lads, both because of my unbridled love of the genre and because it really was not meant in a way that would offend. . .
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Author: MrFab
Date: 02-09-11 14:54
Body parts/sexual orientation don't bug me the way just really DUMB names do, e.g.:
Hootie and the Blowfish
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Sleigh Bells
and, tho they don't really bother me, I cannot imagine going thru life with a name like I Am the World trade Center, or Godspeed You Black Emperor.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 02-09-11 15:39
> Aw, come on guys: The Queers is a perfectly fine punk rock band name. Dont be so PC.
To me, it's not a question of being PC. It's a question of having to waste my time explaining to people why my band has the name it has.
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Author: hoip chiggs
Date: 02-09-11 16:03
I like Tragic Mulatto, a band that was the offshoot of the Dead Kennedys, I think. It may be offensive, but it sure is funny.
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Author: zoo
Date: 02-09-11 16:40
I haven't figured out if Be Bop Deluxe is a really cool name or just dumb (I love their stuff either way).
We haven't even touched on the death/black metal genre that has some truly awful, offensive names that I won't bother to list.
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Author: Michael Toland
Date: 02-09-11 16:47
I remember my conservative father coming across the name the Butthole Surfers in the reviews section of the magazine I wrote for in the 90s and thinking it was a very silly and hilarious name. Which would probably have made Gibby and Leary proud.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 02-09-11 16:51
I've always liked Be Bop Deluxe (both the band and the name).
> I like Tragic Mulatto, a band that was the offshoot of the Dead Kennedys, I think.
I've mentioned this before: I used to have a co-worker (well, at the same company, though not on the same projects) named Albino Negro. Personally, I think The Albino Negroes would be a hilarious band name ... though it sure wouldn't be PC.
I read one review that said Whitesnake is a superb heavy-metal band name, because it's racist and sexist at the same time.
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Author: entropy
Date: 02-09-11 17:28
I just had to check and see if someone had the guts...and by God:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smegma_(band)
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Author: Jermoe
Date: 02-09-11 17:30
While I don't care for their music, Does It Offend You, Yeah takes their name from a David Brent (Ricky Gervais) quote from The Office. So on the rare occasion that band comes up, I can just hear David Brent: "'Does it offend you, yeah? My drinking?"
And I smile appreciatively.
It's still a terrible name, yeah?
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Author: HollowbodyKay
Date: 02-09-11 17:45
Quote:
> If I were in a band called The Band, I would rename it something cooler and sleeker and
> more modern ...
Yeah, like ... The Pop Group.
The Histrionic-Prone Metal Dude Group
Droopy Chanteuse and the Room Temperatures
The Shoegazin' Nancyboy Group
MC Seemingly "Real" Millionaire Gangster Rapper
Th'Inbred Hillybilly Jingo Jamboree Band
The Pan-Cultural Pan-Ethnic Flash-In-The-Pan Group
Hottie Frontwoman and her Generic Backing Band
(((At least that's that the comp's liner notes say)))
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Author: wade
Date: 02-09-11 18:04
Dumpster Juice. There's nothing cool about being self-consciously gross.
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Author: MrFab
Date: 02-09-11 18:26
Quote:
I just had to check and see if someone had the guts...and by God:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smegma_(band)
Legends! Since early '70s. Lotsa great stuff from those guys, and since they've been around for so long I never really think about their name. But I might now...
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Author: rebelwithoutaclue
Date: 02-09-11 22:12
i recall a band named june n the exit wounds who i believe had a sound that was kind of mellow not exactly matching their name.
this leads me to a question . Are there any bands whos names dont fit the type of music that they sound like and because fo that have hurt their careers?
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Author: Paganizer
Date: 02-09-11 22:23
I don't understand why "All White Jury" is offensive. It's like "Uninformed Voter".
The name "Wussy" evokes no response one way or t'other.
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Author: Paganizer
Date: 02-09-11 22:34
Quote:
Are there any bands whos names dont fit the type of music that they sound like and because fo that have hurt their careers?
I seem to recall (for whatever reason) several times telling people Yo La Tengo were not a hip hop group.
jeez, a list of many
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Author: MrFab
Date: 02-10-11 00:45
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I seem to recall (for whatever reason) several times telling people Yo La Tengo were not a hip hop group.
They were filed in the 'Spanish' section of the L.A. Central Library. Those mariachi fans must have been surprised.
I know someone who thought that YoYo Ma was a rapper.
The name 10,000 Maniacs certainly didn't fit the music, at least after the first album.
Weird names for punk/hardcore bands: Painted Willy, Gorilla Biscuits, 100 Flowers (ok, they were a little on the artsy side), Mucky Pup, Embrace...
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Author: dj45rpm
Date: 02-10-11 01:39
Mindfunk. You know a band with a name like that is gonna suck. And you'd be right.
Killer Pussy
Harry Pussy (actually not sure if this one's pure crap, pure genius, or somewhere in between)
Snatch
Mother Love Bone
and +1 on Love Spit Love
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Author: Nile
Date: 02-10-11 04:40
dj45rpm wrote:
> Mindfunk. You know a band with a name like that is gonna suck.
> And you'd be right.
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> Killer Pussy
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> Harry Pussy (actually not sure if this one's pure crap, pure
> genius, or somewhere in between)
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> Snatch
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> Mother Love Bone
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> and +1 on Love Spit Love
You forgot Nashville Pussy.
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Author: Michael Toland
Date: 02-10-11 08:52
dj45rpm wrote:
> Mindfunk. You know a band with a name like that is gonna suck.
> And you'd be right.
>
> Killer Pussy
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> Harry Pussy (actually not sure if this one's pure crap, pure
> genius, or somewhere in between)
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> Snatch
>
> Mother Love Bone
>
> and +1 on Love Spit Love
>Nile wrote:
>You forgot Nashville Pussy.
And Snatches of Pink.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 02-10-11 11:50
Nashville Pussy (the band) took its name from a Ted Nugent stage rap on one of his live albums. Having seen that band a couple times, I can say that its live act measures up to the Nuge's reputation, at least. NP was an especially entertaining live act in the early days, when Corey Parks was in the band. A blonde biker-ish female bassist who's six-foot-three, and who breathes fire onstage? How can you miss with that?
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Author: Michael Toland
Date: 02-10-11 12:44
I saw NP a couple of times with Corey (the first time opening for Motorhead) - the fire breathing thing was usually preceded by some chick-on-chick action (just kissing, pervs) between her and guitarist Ruyter Suys. They definitely knew how to hold the crowd's attention. (What is Corey Parks doing these days, anyway?)
Strangely enough, though, the best I ever saw them was a tour without Corey. They eschewed all the gimmicks and just played like it was their last gig - it was pretty awesome.
I've seen them since (again, opening for Motorhead, but in a much bigger venue than the first time) and they weren't nearly as good. Then again, their last couple of records have been kind of by-the-numbers, so maybe it's a lack of compelling material.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-10-11 13:41
"the fire breathing thing was usually preceded by some chick-on-chick action (just kissing, pervs) between her and guitarist Ruyter Suys. They definitely knew how to hold the crowd's attention."
You know...there are some things written on this board that make me howl with laughter--and this is one of them. Thank goodness I'm working from home today, or my colleagues would hear me cracking up and think I'm nuts (not that they don't already).
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Author: Nile
Date: 02-10-11 14:20
Michael Toland wrote:
> (What is Corey Parks doing these days, anyway?)
She married Duane Peters of US Bombs and joined his group Duane Peters and the Hunns to form the new group Die Hunns. That group seems to be dormant.
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Author: Michael Toland
Date: 02-10-11 14:32
Seems I read she divorced him recently.
I heard a Die Hunns record a couple of years back. Not bad. Very Social Distortiony.
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Author: Jermoe
Date: 02-10-11 15:30
Speaking of names...
Corey Parks is the sister of former Duke center/NBA journeyman Cherokee Parks:
And she and Duane Peters have a son named Clash Peters.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-10-11 15:57
Cherokee Parks--there's a name I haven't heard in a while. Going a bit further back (regarding Duke), my HS team scrimmaged against a team that Greg Koubek played for. He was a sixth man for those great Duke teams from the late 1980s into the early 1990s, and I think he still holds the record for appearing in a final four every year of his college career. The massive ass-whooping he would put on us feels better in retrospect.
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Author: BCE
Date: 02-10-11 22:36
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsen.
Ack. Awful name. Awful, awful, awful.
And someone's gotta say it, but: Abe Vigoda.
Great band. Undesirable name.
What's next, a band called Betty White? (Don't answer that.)
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Author: dj45rpm
Date: 02-11-11 01:15
I Love You (they were a clearance bin staple for awhile).
Any band after 1980 that was calling itself the Usual Suspects or Youth in Asia.
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Author: Heff
Date: 02-11-11 12:20
dj45rpm wrote:
> I Love You (they were a clearance bin staple for awhile).
>
I'm pretty sure I saw these guys open up for someone. They were pretty proud that they were going to be on an upcoming episode of 'Married With Children'
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Author: MrFab
Date: 11-01-11 17:11
I was thing of Vince Clark today for some reason and was reminded of this thread: he's a talent, but in the '80s I used to wonder why he choose to name his bands Yazoo, and Erasure. They're so dumb (the names, not the bands), it used to bother me.
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Author: hoip chiggs
Date: 11-02-11 07:28
Sunny Day Real Estate - wtf? I don't get it.
Grizzly Bear - too plain. How 'bout Claws?
Blink 182 - stupid. How 'bout Hernia No. 68?
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Author: Jermoe
Date: 11-02-11 14:19
I think "Yazoo" is a tribute to either the town (Yazoo City) in Mississippi or the record label named after the town in Mississippi. Were either of these touchstones for Clark & Moyet? I don't know.
I've always thought Erasure was an interesting name.
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Author: HollowbodyKay
Date: 11-02-11 15:12
Any band called "The New Beatles" would cause me to puke uncontrollably.
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Worst band name for a band that deserved better? "Come." Hands down. Heaven forbid that you'd ever have to discuss that band with your granny.
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What's the worst fake band name ever? ""Wyld Stallyns" was pretty bad as intentionally bad band names go.
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Author: MrFab
Date: 11-02-11 15:29
Speaking of "Wyld Stallyns" there was a metal band at my (early '80s) high school called:
Krüde Witch
My friends and I still chuckle over that one.
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Author: kwk
Date: 11-05-11 18:43
How about bands whose names are way cooler than the band itself...like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. I remember critics used to call them BRMC, like they were some kind of JAMC or something. Your band name should not qualify for abbreviation unless you rule. Just a thought.
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Author: MrFab
Date: 11-06-11 01:25
I was always annoyed that a band as lame as Def Leppard would try to have a name that dares to recall Led Zeppelin. And I wasnt even a huge Zep fan. It'd be like if Nickelback called themselves something like Busker Tu.
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Author: BCE
Date: 11-06-11 19:23
Can't believe nobody mentioned The Muslims, who are now known as Soft Pack. They were the big Pitchfork "It" band not too long ago.
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Author: Aitch
Date: 11-13-11 17:59
"It'd be like if Nickelback called themselves something like Busker Tu."
Or if the Foo Fighters called themselves Husker Don't.
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Author: HollowbodyKay
Date: 11-28-11 19:27
Quote:
the julian assange experience.
I went looking for quasi-relevant "Saint Julian" (as in Saint Julian Assange) imagery and found this instead.
I was hoping to find an image of that decal
that came along with the "Trampoline" 12" single (got a copy in a box at home somewhere), but it has Julian Cope's name all over it instead of just "Saint Julian" like I'd been hoping for.
Drat.
Dreams burn down.
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