my two were mentioned:
My Morning Jacket - got over it and think they're pretty aceDeathcab for Cutie - i think i heard them once and found them unremarkable enough to go on ignoring
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I know it's shallow of me but no matter how many times they sweep the Voice poll I still can't bring myself to listen to The Guys Who're Gonna Beat J0hn D's Ass
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Big Dick McGee
― brocktune (jeff), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I like the name but I couldn't forgive him for killing his wife marion
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Black Moth Super Rainbow OTM.
― ilxor, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
clap your hands say yeahthe yeah yeah yeahs
basically
― yes threads (country matters), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Fucked Up, for awhile, now i like them a lot
― wassup rockers? (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
minus the bear
― yes threads (country matters), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Dr. Dog, I guess. I've still never knowingly heard them.
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
It took me a while to get around to checking out Eyehategod because of the name. I'm glad I got past that.
Pissed Jeans, oddly enough, doesn't bother me as a name. It suits their sound. They're good! One of the better pigfuck revival acts out there.
― buttslam is a pretty good move (circa1916), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah yeah yeahs is a great band name, except for when you have to say it aloud
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
funny, i do remember, way back when I was a teen, hearing about this band Pavement and thinking, come on, come up with a real band name, dudes. Just sounded boring, along the lines of grunge bands naming songs "Porch."
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
You couldn't pay me a million dollars to listen to one second of the work of a band with a name like "Death Cab for Cutie". No fucking way.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Final FantasyDr. Dog
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
ryan adams
i figured anybody w/name that close to bryan adams who didn't change it couldn't possibly be any good.
― m coleman, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe i'm in the minority here, but Death Cab For Cutie's name is my fave thing about them, becuz it makes me think of that funny Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band song.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
!!! is another one, actually
― I can sit in my car all day, and that doesn't make me a car. (HI DERE), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
In case y'all didn't know:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Cab_for_Cutie_(song)
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
(oh xpost!)
and yet, they are totally humorless and sound nothing like the Bonzos AND are just terrible in general
― Pre-Beatles Yoko Ono (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
agreed
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
― Genghis Khan and his brother Don (G00blar), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
They've been too ubiquitous here for me to write them off solely because of their name, but I think I might have given Arctic Monkeys more of a chance if they were called just about anything else instead.
― Genghis Khan and his brother Don (G00blar), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I gave Dananananaykroyd a listen on emusic out of morbid curiosity (expected some horrible joke band) and was pleasantly surprised with my favorite album of the year to date...
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^I have been struggling with friends' recommendations owing to their name
― yes threads (country matters), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Used to really be bothered by At the Drive-In too. Even if it's a stab at Poison's "Talk Dirty To Me" (is it?), it's just lame.
Haha, I never made that leap from At-the Drive In to Poison, but I love it!
― display names have been changed to protect the innocent (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i had a friend who was really into the pAper chAse & kept insisting i check them out but i refused because i thought their name looked dumb. now, "When & If The Big One Hits" is one of my favorite songs but i still don't like looking at their name.
more recently, i had a similar experience with tUnE-YaRdS.
― myndbloom, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Gastunk has a name that just doesn't entice.
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Ween.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
And also Death Cab For Cutie.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Heltah SkeltahCunninglynguistsAll Natural
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Anal Cunt.... there's a tough one to defend.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
After disliking Crystal Castles, feeling meh about Crystal Stilts, and not getting much from Deerhoof, I'm unreasonably skeptical of recent advice to check out Crystal Antlers.
― bendy, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah anything with "Wolf" in the title
― yes threads (country matters), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
apart from "Wolf Eyes" because they were the first one I knew about and they blew my 17 year-old brain to bits
Crystal Antlers are great and better than those other bands (judgment based entirely on the one show we played with them - haven't heard their recorded output)
― Pre-Beatles Yoko Ono (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
for a long time one reason i didn't get into radiohead was their name. most bands have stupid names these days. and make crap music. coldplay anyone? what kind of name is clouddead? arctic monkeys i have never listened to (is their name supposed to be funny?) but i don't think i missed something. as mentioned upthread the whitest boy alive is a terrible name. like kings of convenience btw. but kings of convenience at least had some great guitar songs. twba are just plain dull. kings of leon i never listened to 'cause of the name. there must be dozens of others i can't think of right now.
― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Rapeman, and I'm a pretty big Albini fan.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Any band called The Black whatevers (Keys, Lips, Angels etc). Especially Black Kids.
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
dude you should check out black sabbath, good stuff
― wassup rockers? (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Were they called The Black Sabbaths? Exactly.
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
i have no interest in them at all, but
someone still loves you boris yeltsin
has got to be among the worst names ever
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Looking at this thread title I felt an immediate identification with the premise. But now I can't for the life think of an example of this that applies to me, although I know there are a lot.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Retro prog band Wobbler. Maybe they're great, but fucking hell.
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
more upsetting are bands whose names are dope and then turn out to be garbage
and yeah, jim otm. i felt like i had a grip of terrible band names i hate ready to drop here and now i'm dry
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
The Pooh Sticks
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Fudge Tunnel
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess I don't like to be reminded of poop
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't listen to Fuck Buttons for a long time because their name sounded like some stupid Vice Magazine bullshit. but I'm glad I got over it because I actually really like 'em.
― I'm the head soul brother in the US. Where to now? (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
also I think I would've liked Wooden Shjips about 80% more if their name wasn't spelled like that.
(interestingly, this did not keep me from diggin' Wzt Hearts)
― I'm the head soul brother in the US. Where to now? (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
The DDDBM&T thread on here has at least twice as many posts as the Manfred Mann thread! That's not saying much though tbf.
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 October 2023 10:14 (five months ago) link
DDDBMT?maybe if the name was shorter, catchier, and had any euphony in it, there would be more recognition of ilthem. at this point the name sounds like a graveyard of tech or pharma names.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Thursday, 5 October 2023 15:58 (five months ago) link
DDDBMT are the best band bloody ever
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 5 October 2023 16:25 (five months ago) link
KMFDDDBMT
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 5 October 2023 16:33 (five months ago) link
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mike and Tich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Dee,_Dozy,_Beaky,_Mick_%26_Tich
― koogs, Thursday, 5 October 2023 16:39 (five months ago) link
Terry, Blair & AnouchkaFrench Frith Kaiser ThompsonEmerson, Lake & Palmer
Are there any acts named after the members that can't be written off just for doing that? Even when Fred Frith is involved?
― fucking beanie hat music (Matt #2), Thursday, 5 October 2023 16:47 (five months ago) link
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe were pretty great. Better than whatever line-up of Yes was doing the rounds at the time.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:30 (five months ago) link
By the time the Rabin/Squire/Kaye/White Yes actually put out another record and toured, they had reunited with ABWH!
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:48 (five months ago) link
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer does roll off the tongue somehow, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe does not
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 October 2023 17:50 (five months ago) link
Uh, French Frith Kaiser Thompson are totally awesome…
― Chavez video on MTV, July 1995 (morrisp), Thursday, 5 October 2023 18:31 (five months ago) link
d'oh, CSN(Y) of course.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Thursday, 5 October 2023 19:18 (five months ago) link
Are there any acts named after the members that can't be written off just for doing that?
Um Simon & Garfunkel, Hall & Oates, Ashford & Simpson, Richard & Linda Thompson?
Loads of acts whose names include an ampersand are p cool. Heck, Loggins & Messina, Sonny & Cher, Ike & Tina, Tegan & Sara; Peter, Paul, & Mary
― The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 5 October 2023 20:29 (five months ago) link
The real wall was the friends we mad etc.
― The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 5 October 2023 20:30 (five months ago) link
Ergh, bad puffin, loose pasting/posting, sorry
OK maybe there's one or two or possibly more, but then again there's West, Bruce & Laing. Seems to be worse when the people involved are already known, i.e. a supergroup.
― where were you in '22? (Matt #2), Thursday, 5 October 2023 20:55 (five months ago) link
Case/Lang/Veirs were good
― Chavez video on MTV, July 1995 (morrisp), Thursday, 5 October 2023 21:02 (five months ago) link
TS: Heck, Loggins & Messina vs. West, Bruce & Laing
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Thursday, 5 October 2023 22:51 (five months ago) link
Heck, Loggins & Messina otm for next band I see at a club in Portland
Will never not be delighted by the existence of Ezra Ray Hart
The Supergroup Ezra Ray Hart features Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra, and Emerson Hart of Tonic.
― Florin Cuchares, Friday, 6 October 2023 03:16 (five months ago) link
Crywank
― (ㅇㅇ) (+ +), Thursday, 26 October 2023 14:28 (five months ago) link
ugh
― Left, Thursday, 26 October 2023 14:29 (five months ago) link
i don't know anything about them. they may be the greatest band ever. but no.
― (ㅇㅇ) (+ +), Thursday, 26 October 2023 14:29 (five months ago) link
Sissy Penis Factory
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:26 (four months ago) link
did they do "Finally"
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:35 (four months ago) link
OMG is that the pun they were going for? Dying.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:42 (four months ago) link
I should have listened to it first. Of course.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:47 (four months ago) link
I’d listen to Sissy Penis Factory based on name alone
― as a lyricist he is from hell (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 20:37 (four months ago) link
Arists (sic) You've Pointedly listened to because of their name
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:22 (four months ago) link
That’s probably the best pun of this millennium so far
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:44 (four months ago) link