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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
agreed
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
― Genghis Khan and his brother Don (G00blar), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:21 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^I have been struggling with friends' recommendations owing to their name
― yes threads (country matters), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:38 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Gastunk has a name that just doesn't entice.
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Ween.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
And also Death Cab For Cutie.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Heltah SkeltahCunninglynguistsAll Natural
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Anal Cunt.... there's a tough one to defend.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:15 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yeah anything with "Wolf" in the title
― yes threads (country matters), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:28 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Rapeman, and I'm a pretty big Albini fan.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Any band called The Black whatevers (Keys, Lips, Angels etc). Especially Black Kids.
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
dude you should check out black sabbath, good stuff
― wassup rockers? (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Were they called The Black Sabbaths? Exactly.
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:26 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Retro prog band Wobbler. Maybe they're great, but fucking hell.
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:29 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
The Pooh Sticks
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Fudge Tunnel
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 22:43 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, but Fudge Tunnel sound exactly like what you'd expect them to with a name like that,
I too hated the Pooh Sticks for their name. Then I heard their music, and I hated them even more.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I too am on the no-more-animals/black/crystal names anti-bandwagon. Obviously I've made exceptions, but yeah.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
bands that use thee instead of the.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
i knew there was something i was forgetting.
unfortunately most of those bands are pretty quality imo
― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
daimn.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Mi@sma & The Carousel Of Headless Horses
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:28 PM (1 hour ago)
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Disco Inferno sure have a misleading band name. Wish I'd looked into them a lot sooner.
I always assumed the Deftones were some kind of ska punk band. Was suprised by their actual output.
Was completely put off by the Presets assuming they were hipster shit. Well, they're not far removed from that but they're actually also pretty good.
― one art, please (Trayce), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
ILM I'm disappointed in you. All this time and no Gay Dad mention? For shame.
― display names have been changed to protect the innocent (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I avoided Neutral Milk Hotel for years, and still feel embarrassed trying to convince people they should give them a listen.
Never gave Super Furry Animals a thought because of their name. Now kicking self.
― staggerlee, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I punched a wall the first time I heard the name Fallout Boy.
― Popper, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
A lot of the groups already mentioned are in this thread.
Add: Raccoo-oo-oon, Wildildlife, roughly 99% of all post rock groups with a name containing more than three words, metal groups that sounded like an angry 13 year-old named them (christfucker666 or whatever)... I could go on and on, really.
― slugbaiting (rockapads), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:03 (fifteen years ago) link
oh god Neutral Milk Hotel otm
i was camping w/some pals and someone started playing songs from Aeroplane (<--- I understand that this is embarrassing on its own) and this dude was like 'hey who is that i'd like to check them out' and i was genuinely embarrassed to give him the name :-/
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Chickenfoot gets written off for the name and for SH equally
― outdoor_miner, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Case/Lang/Veirs were good
― Chavez video on MTV, July 1995 (morrisp), Thursday, 5 October 2023 21:02 (six months ago) link
TS: Heck, Loggins & Messina vs. West, Bruce & Laing
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Thursday, 5 October 2023 22:51 (six 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 (six 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 (five months ago) link
did they do "Finally"
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:35 (five months ago) link
OMG is that the pun they were going for? Dying.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:42 (five months ago) link
I should have listened to it first. Of course.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:47 (five 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 (five 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 (five months ago) link
That’s probably the best pun of this millennium so far
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:44 (five months ago) link