Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
― Glow-In-The-Dark Shutter Glasses and the Rebirth of Camp (los blue jeans), Sunday, 19 April 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe we need to have a T/S thread about who is more annoying - Margot et al. vs. AIDS Wolf
― photoshop your disgusting ass partner into passive-aggressive notes (sarahel), Sunday, 19 April 2009 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Gorky's OTM. Was thinking about that today when "Desolation Blues" came up on shuffle.
― staggerlee, Sunday, 19 April 2009 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart better be DAMN good...
― henry s, Monday, 20 April 2009 02:41 (fifteen years ago) link
"Natalie Portman's Shaved Head" is one of the worst band names ever. Hoobastank is up there too though.
― phantompenguin, Monday, 20 April 2009 03:06 (fifteen years ago) link
any band name with 'stank', 'scent', 'smell' or the like will put me off immediately. same for any songs with those words in the title
― pale spector (electricsound), Monday, 20 April 2009 03:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Animal Collective made me think of hippie jam bands where the musicians have power animals.
well that is pretty accurate
― akm, Monday, 20 April 2009 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Made out of babies always sorta creeped me out..
― carahNYC, Monday, 20 April 2009 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Is there a band called o_O ?
Back in the days of IDM there was an unsigned artist on a record label I sort of ran, who called himself Cell but also ran under a range of pseudonyms including Cel, Sell, Sel etc. but I also remember him using o_O on some of his tracks, which is where I first saw that flavour smiley. His stuff was really good and I remember Aphex Twin being interested in signing him to Rephlex but Cell didn't believe it was really RDJ and told him to fuck off.
― the next grozart, Monday, 20 April 2009 11:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Animal Collective puts me off. As does A.R.E. Weapons -- who are laughable anyway, so it's a lose-lose situation, really.
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 20 April 2009 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link
LMFAO
http://www.interscope.com/images/artist/lmfao.jpg
― i am david suzuki (get bent), Monday, 20 April 2009 12:55 (fifteen years ago) link
apt name because i did just lmfao looking at that picture.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Monday, 20 April 2009 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link
a friend reminded me of another one:
Brightblack Morning Light - the reason why I've pointedly written off/ignored Black Moth Superrainbow - because their name sounds like Brightblack Morning Light.
― photoshop your disgusting ass partner into passive-aggressive notes (sarahel), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Funki Porcini
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 April 2009 04:55 (fifteen years ago) link
johnny foreigner.. but i finally heard some and it not bad
― private static void (electricsound), Thursday, 30 April 2009 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
this applied to the Arctic Monkeys before I heard them. great bands should not have a shit name, it's confusing.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm A Fucking Gymnist
― THESE ARE MY FEELINGS! FEEL MY FEELINGS! (I eat cannibals), Thursday, 30 April 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Or rather, I'm A Fucking Gymnast, since I can't spell.
― THESE ARE MY FEELINGS! FEEL MY FEELINGS! (I eat cannibals), Thursday, 30 April 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Best Kissers In The WorldShe Wants Revenge
― henry s, Friday, 1 May 2009 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Thighpaulsandra
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Killing Joke
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:06 AM (1 month ago)
I know, right?
That name sounds so goth.
― Everybody Wants To Shag King Boy Pato (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 11:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Prefab Sprout
― anagram, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
I was about to say Deja Voodo but I've actually heard them.
Deja Voodoo, though. Man.
― SQUIRREL WITH A PEOPLE FACE (╓abies), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 12:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I actually like that, in a trashy garage-punk way.
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 12:47 (fourteen years ago) link
This cunt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach
Obviously just ripping off JSB's style and name.
― ambience chaser (S-), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, that name is terrible
― Dante ... Bruno . Vico .. Passantino (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Ducktails
― dad (gnarly sceptre), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
ppl don't understand that "pure at heart" means something different than "pure of heart"?
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I've definitely written off Ducktails even though my friends swear by them
― 51st Century Breakdown (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, I cannot bring myself to listen to something called CAGE THE ELEPHANT
Jimmy Eat World (saw it on someone's end of the decade list)
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Oingo Boingo
― Mark G, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 08:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Pure at heart = 'underneath all the evil, he's actually a nice bloke'
Pure of heart = 'doesn't drink,smoke,swear, and spends all his spare time reading the bible'
or something like that.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 08:56 (fourteen years ago) link
for a long time i did not give radiohead a chance. partly due to their ridiculous name, partly due to the hype, partly due to thom yorke's voice. from amnesiac on i listened to their music.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 09:13 (fourteen years ago) link
with coldplay though everything is in harmony. a stupid name, a shitty voice, empty lyrics which seem to be written by a robot. plus boring music which isn't worth commenting on.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 09:17 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry for reposting the same shit again.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 09:19 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/noodle_vague/aviano.jpg
― If You Lived Here You'd Be SB'd By Now (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link
What's ridiculous about the name Radiohead? Or Coldplay for that matter.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Now Spoon, that's a stupid name for a band.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Not for a shit band.
― If You Lived Here You'd Be SB'd By Now (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link
There have been occasions where bands have gone "ah, we're a bit shit, let's give ourselves a stupid name" and then for some reason get sudden success.
Farmer's Boys, e.g.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't worry. From what I've heard you're not missing anything.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:04 (fourteen years ago) link
casiotone for the painfully alone
― billstevejim, Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:33 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
there's no way a mind which thinks that's an acceptable band name could ever be anything other than 100% contemptible
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:09 (fourteen years ago) link
casiotone for the painfully alone at least is ridiculous AND funny.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I swear I read someplace that said cold play is a "random sequencing" of any particular thing. Like...if radio DJ played an arbitrary shuffle of songs, "a cold play of Lilly Allen, AC/DC, etc etc..."
Can't recommend quoting me on that.
― ╓abies, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Pissed Jeans is pretty bad, but yeah, AIDS Wolf is not only the worst of all the Wolf names, but also the worst band name ever.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Um. Yeah if taking those names at face value is your stance then I guess so.
― ╓abies, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Coldplay are a hangover from the 90s school of Brit indie band naming ie - "make sure your band has a name with as few connotations as possible". See also Blur.
I think I prefer this to new-skool Google-friendly band names.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
but coldplay is about the most google-friendly name imaginable. or do you think you will find one page with coldplay on it where it doesn't stand for the band?
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link