Jimmy Eat World (saw it on someone's end of the decade list)
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 17:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
Oingo Boingo
― Mark G, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 08:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
ppl don't understand that "pure at heart" means something different than "pure of heart"?
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
sorry for reposting the same shit again.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 09:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
― If You Lived Here You'd Be SB'd By Now (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 09:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
What's ridiculous about the name Radiohead? Or Coldplay for that matter.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
Now Spoon, that's a stupid name for a band.
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
Not for a shit band.
― If You Lived Here You'd Be SB'd By Now (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
Also, I cannot bring myself to listen to something called CAGE THE ELEPHANT
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
casiotone for the painfully alone at least is ridiculous AND funny.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
Um. Yeah if taking those names at face value is your stance then I guess so.
― ╓abies, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
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 (4 years ago) Permalink
I always liked the supposed origins of the name AIDS Wolf (IIRC an urban myth about rabid wolves wandering into big cities and transmitting AIDS) but got the impression with the band, especially after limited interaction with them, that they were more the type who'd be mouthing "that's right, we went there" after telling you their name
― S-Ban Hour Best Hit Parade (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 13:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
Met this dude at a party a few months ago. Haven't heard the music, but he seemed like a nice guy.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
cruiserweight. as it turns out they're a pretty dope little poppy punk band.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
Understanding the backstory to AIDS Wolf's name makes it only marginally more tolerable. My reaction to these is slightly mysterious I suppose, as I don't have any problem with Dead Kennedies, which is pretty offensive. I think DJ Mencap has nailed it though.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
He is a nice guy, he and my sis used to work together in SF and I've chatted with him a few times.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
AIDS Wolf are actually pretty cool people.
― giving a shit when it isn't your turn to give a shit (sarahel), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
Saw Casiotone for the Painfully Alone in a basement in Mid-Missouri and I liked it. Not buying any records any time soon.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Here We Go Magic" is a band name?
There was some really lazy student journalism on display when the band Cave played in town a few weeks ago (a band that formed in this town and that anyone with any kind of relationship to the local music scene could have made a comment on) and the blurb in the back of the paper just said "I can't google this band but someone told me they were worth seeing so I guess you should go." The price I pay for living in a town with an unusually high student journalism population.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
student journalisT pop.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
if i was writing a live show calender full of silly soundbytes i would not be ashamed at all to write that about a band with a googleproof one-word name. i dunno if the blurbs in that particular paper are more factual/serious as a rule, though.
― moonshipley journey to baja fresh (some dude), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
Guess I was just butthurt cuz I used to be in the band, lol.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
haha
― moonshipley journey to baja fresh (some dude), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
i think it's a pretty dumb blurb
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
What's ridiculous about the name Radiohead?― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:02 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:02 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^Mind is blown that this is a real post.
― tuppence d bag (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
It was a terrible name for a SONG
― tuppence d bag (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 19:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
Terrible? Seriously?? It just sort of sits there not drawing attention to itself imo.
― If You Lived Here You'd Be SB'd By Now (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 20:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
there's no way a mind which thinks that's an acceptable band name could ever be anything other than 100% contemptible.
awww this is so wrong - its ridiculous and funny and, most importantly, accurately encapsulates the music (which, at least at the outset) was this very lovingly constructed miserablist/minimalist keyboard pop (composed and performed solely on cheap keyboards). I love Owen, good guy.
― Wrinkles, I'll See You On the Other Side (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 20:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I never took offense to that name. It seems appropriately self-effacing and accurate.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 20:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
Another one I could never bring myself to listen to, but not just because of the name - the covers were pretty dire too: Dayglo Abortions.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 20:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
x-posts Yes to Shakey re: CftPA
I really like the one Casiotone album I own a lot and he was charmingly awkward and funny when I saw him a couple years ago. I don't know how anyone could hear that name and not realize that it's v funny.
― TAT THY SAD EAGLE (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 20:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
hearing or seeing the band plays into your opinion - I thought "I love you but I've chosen darkness" was a really funny band name until I discovered they had no sense of humor
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 20:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
' I thought "I love you but I've chosen darkness" was a really funny band name until I discovered they had no sense of humor'this made me laugh so perhaps you should forgive them their horrible earnestness?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 20:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
re: CFTPA
I also always loved how he consistently referred to CFTPA as a "band" onstage, in the plural, etc. even tho it was just one guy. ("Hi we're Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. This song is called "Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Joins the Foreign Legion".)
― Wrinkles, I'll See You On the Other Side (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 20:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
Anal Cunt & Does It Offend You, Yeah? FTW. Haha, kinda two sides to the same coin, methinks.
Margot & The Nuclear So-And-So's is not only ridiculous but half-assed at the same time.
― "But didn't MBV come from a nasty goth background?" (Bimble), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 21:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
Anal Cunt & Does It Offend You, Yeah?
now that is a band name we could all get behind!...2 wrongs make a right?
― henry s, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 21:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
really? GREAT band..
― jump in the looool (electricsound), Thursday, 28 May 2009 01:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
no, trip, you're totally right. go cave!
― we hug you (Tape Store), Friday, 29 May 2009 07:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
Anal Cunt is totally appropriate for the music though.
Radiohead is one of those names that you've spent enough time around to not even really consider. Actually thinking about it though, yeah, it's pretty lame. Definitely retains a whiff of the 90's.
I still kind of wish Eyehategod was just called I Hate God. That's a name.
― Oym a cripe... Oym a weer-dew... (circa1916), Friday, 29 May 2009 08:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
i listened to clouddead once despite the pseudo name. i regretted it. negative bonus points for the annoying spelling: cLOUDDEAD, wtf.
― alex in mainhattan, Friday, 29 May 2009 08:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
Carissa's Wierd
― someone knows about persian cats (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 00:18 (3 years ago) Permalink