Artists You've Written Off/Pointedly Ignored because of their name

chris brown.

i went to school with a guy called chris brown.

it's not a name that really 'pops', is it?

micah blue smaldone

i think i'm just jealous that i didn't have rich hippie parents.

"condo fucks (how could one of my fave bands who have a decent name call their last project like that, my esteem for them has definitely decreased after that.)"

this is all part of the joke, no?

all band names suck, people should just record themselves under their real names, or even better, some kind of identifying number

Death Cab For Cutie (even finding out about the Bonzo Dog link doesn't appeal)
Modest Mouse
Fuck Buttons
Holy Fuck
Crystal Castles

Various solo artists with really dull names, so dull I can't recall them.

http://www.the-fly.co.uk/upload/images/album_reviews/Joe-Lean-And-The-Jing-Jang-.jpg

Hefner were better than McClusky- both very good, too. Bad and rather misleading names.

I always thought Nirvana was a terrible name, given their approach, and given that there were a ton of bands in their greater scene that were far more mind-manifesting (Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Loop)

Hefner were a terrible band.

You know, I never bothered listening to Hefner or McClusky, and the names were a big part of that.

xpost re artists performing under their own dull names - I get over this, but initially, my reaction tends to be "What, you just couldn't be bothered going to the trouble?"

A Place To Bury Strangers

oooh...I'm so scared!

Pantytec

yeah condo fucks makes me lol

if i could punch a name, cute is what we aim for & i love you but chosen darkness would be those names

Mclusky not McClusky

the bee AY tles

In addition to My Morning Jacket, My Brightest Diamond.

I thought A Place to Bury Strangers were a screamo/nu-hardcore band for the longest time.

I'm sure someone's mentioned them already but Dogs Die in Hot Cars

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah used to piss me off (i.e. "You're for getting an ampersand!!!")

forgettin'

I've seen them live (they were good) and got a record (not as good) but ever time I try to tell someone about Raccoo-ooo-oon I feel like a total dipshit. So them.

^

Oh, and the worst: To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie

OTM!

The Crystal Method

ooooh, a drug reference...how cool!

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

^^^so bad it's worth multiple mentions

Oooh, didn't see that one.

On! Air! Library! Especially bad because "On Air Library" wouldn't be a bad band name at all.

Oh, and the worst: To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie

― grandavis, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:47 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ah this bums me out....anyway i know all of them and can only say they are great, super duper people and you are missing some great music.

"Oh, and the worst: To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie"

Sorry, I like a lot of stuff on Kranky, and a lot of bands with questionable names, but just can't make it past this one. Immediately rings an alarm, like someone wearing Keds. Certainly as much my problem as theirs.

Cute is what we aim for

Forgot that one! Now thanks to ILX I think of them as - one of those bands with some kind of shitty Cuddlestein Mountain names.

Banjo or Freakout
AIDS Wolf
Gay Against You

Psychedelic Horseshit.

Natalie Portman's Shaven Head
Dananananaykord

I can't believe some of these bands are real.

AIDS Wolf has this on lock

Cute is what we aim for

arent they just some warped tour emo band? those seem like they should be exempted from this thread due to their uniformity wrt terrible names

Nobody's brought up all the ska bands with some ska-related term in their names or metal bands with highly genre-specific type names. Probably because those that write off/pointedly ignore those names also write off/pointedly ignore those genres.

AIDS Wolf has this on lock

― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 20:52 (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

Just heard of them on another thread: the Babys.

just listened to a song by psychedelic horseshit. it sounded exactly like that.

Art Brut
Man Man
!!!

... and anything else that screams tone deaf 20-year old with a beard.

Unnecessary punctuation is a recurring theme. I mean, who names a band

Boats!

with an exclamation mark? I mean, you might as well call your band "we'reabunchoffucktardsobv".

If I recall there was a band named "Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start" or whatever that Nintendo cheat was. Owch! And the title of their album was "Worst Band Name Ever," which self-awareness did not exonerate them.

I can't believe some of these bands are real.

When I was in high school we were bored and playing "outdo each other listing obscure bands" and the nerdiest loner guy came up with "People with Chairs up their Noses" and we roundly mocked him for making shit up.

And then later I found out that was a real band :|

To this day I lose sleep, wondering how much our mockery shaped that lonely young man's future ;_;

lol i have some of their tracks. they're crap.

I always wondered what they were like. Were they a sort of Mr Floppy novelty punk mob or something?

novelty postpunk in a makers of the dead travel fast but not nearly as good sort of vein

Does It Offend You, Yeah?

When I found out a band called itself "Stars of Track and Field," I laughed smugly, and thought, "That's a shitty name for a band. Who would name themselves after a Belle & Sebastian song... Shouldn't the name-influencing band at least be long dead and gone and/or legendary in some respect?" Then I realized JUST EXACTLY HOW SHITTY THAT BAND NAME WAS, and my music reviewer co-worker and I ritually destroyed the review copy of the CD. We're talking scratching, biting, ripping, breaking and eventually setting on fire. Then they sent us four more review copies. I think one died by paper shredder.

woods - saw them hyped in the metro this morning, immediately irritated by lack of definite article (DON'T TRY IT unless you're swans or boredoms)

As much as I love the band, I cringe every time I see the name Working For A Nuclear Free City