― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:19 (twenty years ago) link
― brian badword (badwords), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:20 (twenty years ago) link
― nestmanso (nestmanso), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:23 (twenty years ago) link
― nestmanso (nestmanso), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:25 (twenty years ago) link
I think what most of us are getting at here is what the name of a band reveals about the intellect of a band. Some of the best band names are utter nonsense, having been made up by people who realize that giving your band name some kinda "meaning" would be unbearably pretentious. Band names like Ned's Atomic Dustbin are great, IMO. Bad band, of course, but don't let that color your appreciation of their ridiculous band name. Look -- at least it's not "arty."
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:26 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:26 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:28 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:31 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:32 (twenty years ago) link
add to the list: Facial Defecation, Anal Cunt
― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:32 (twenty years ago) link
Hey, eat shit. You're an endless fountain of negativity about everything possible, and it's getting fucking boring. Lighten up, sourpuss.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:34 (twenty years ago) link
1. made a joke about Sonic Youth, a band I like.2. listed one band, Jackie-O Motherfucker, as falling into the category of having a stupid name, with the caveat that at least I gave them a chance.3. questioned whether naming a band from a Beatles movie is "inscrutable" (hint: it isn't!).
I didn't:
1. list a lot of bands.2. personally attack anyone for their choices or comments until attacked by Kenan.
Yeah, you're right, I clearly am "an endless fountain of negativity about everything possible," that's why I did these things. Unlike yourself.
― hstencil, Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:40 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:46 (twenty years ago) link
WHY TWO D's?? WTF
― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:49 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:50 (twenty years ago) link
Well, yeah, the only reason I have this knowledge is because of the band name. Therefore, still in the realm of the abstract.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:51 (twenty years ago) link
― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 08:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Elliott (ebb), Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:02 (twenty years ago) link
I post positive stuff about things I like all the time. It's just that you don't, or won't, or can't, see/read it. Also, this is not the most positive thread subjet matter on ILM, but I don't see you jumping down anyone else's throat.
― hstencil, Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:14 (twenty years ago) link
You didn't. Maybe that's why I'm bitter.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:18 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:28 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:30 (twenty years ago) link
― sucka (sucka), Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:31 (twenty years ago) link
― sucka (sucka), Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 29 November 2003 09:35 (twenty years ago) link
Limp Bizkit and Puddle of Mudd and Queens of the (new ?) stone age..The worst possible names. But maybe were all out of sync with what sounds cool these days...
― kevin brady (groeuvre), Saturday, 29 November 2003 11:16 (twenty years ago) link
― nestmanso (nestmanso), Saturday, 29 November 2003 11:23 (twenty years ago) link
― kevin brady (groeuvre), Saturday, 29 November 2003 11:31 (twenty years ago) link
You think Queens of the Stone Age is "the worst possible name"? On what grounds? Do you think you might look gay if you wear their T-shirt?
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 29 November 2003 12:48 (twenty years ago) link
NOFX. I hate names that I can't figure out how to say.
― Debito (Debito), Saturday, 29 November 2003 12:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Iam Anonentity, Saturday, 29 November 2003 13:26 (twenty years ago) link
Seems to me a pretty clever name. I likes.
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Saturday, 29 November 2003 14:16 (twenty years ago) link
also: The Cranberry Saw Us. Nearly as unforgiveable as the band they eventually became.
I also thought Pussy Crush was a horrible sounding name.
― Neil FC (Neil FC), Saturday, 29 November 2003 14:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Angus Gordon (angusg), Saturday, 29 November 2003 15:19 (twenty years ago) link
I think An Emotional Fish actually has a good name. It says anomie or alienation but also passion at the same time.
― sucka (sucka), Saturday, 29 November 2003 15:26 (twenty years ago) link
― kevin brady (groeuvre), Saturday, 29 November 2003 15:27 (twenty years ago) link
― kevin brady (groeuvre), Saturday, 29 November 2003 15:32 (twenty years ago) link
I've always liked "Deftones" as a play of words on being tone deaf.
― John Fredland (jfredland), Saturday, 29 November 2003 15:32 (twenty years ago) link
― kevin brady (groeuvre), Saturday, 29 November 2003 15:33 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 29 November 2003 21:35 (twenty years ago) link
DufusMoldy PeachesI Love You But I've Chosen DarknessSpeedball BabyINXS
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Saturday, 29 November 2003 22:37 (twenty years ago) link
4. Hootie & the Blowfish[...]6. An Emotional Fish[...}9. Phish
Hmmm...
― OleM (OleM), Saturday, 29 November 2003 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
― cs appleby (cs appleby), Sunday, 30 November 2003 07:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Sunday, 30 November 2003 07:40 (twenty years ago) link
"The Von Bondies" pleases me on a gut level, can't say why exactly.
No one's mentioned Puddle of Mudd?WHY TWO D's?? WTF
-- Gear!
"Pudle Of Mud?"
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 7 January 2006 09:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― xero (xero), Saturday, 7 January 2006 10:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 7 January 2006 11:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― xero (xero), Saturday, 7 January 2006 11:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul (scifisoul), Saturday, 7 January 2006 12:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Shirk Circus.Weeping Tile.Deep Blue Something.Third Eye Blind.Boom Crash Opera.Mary's Danish.Blow Monkeys.Low Pop Suicide.Big Bam Boo.
― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Saturday, 7 January 2006 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
It had the good taste to be inscrutable when the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performed a song by the name of "Death Cab For Cutie" in the Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour in 1967. Credit where it's due, dammit.
The band DCFC is only inscrutable in that one wonders why a band would willingly write and perform music that sounds like background music for prescription drug commercials. Go on, try it: the next time you hear a DCFC song, say out loud, "Are you suffering from seasonal allergies?"
― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Saturday, 7 January 2006 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link
(BTW, sorry if I sounded smug, xero, wasn't my intention at all. Python fans can be a tiresome lot, can't they?)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 7 January 2006 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Wogan Lenin (dog latin), Saturday, 7 January 2006 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
I hate the name "Antony and the Johnsons."
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Saturday, 7 January 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Soul CoughingWalt Mink (who were not altogether bad)Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
― xero (xero), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― bendy (bendy), Saturday, 7 January 2006 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― nancyboy (nancyboy), Sunday, 8 January 2006 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Sunday, 8 January 2006 03:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― corey c (shock of daylight), Sunday, 8 January 2006 05:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― blownspeakers (lucy), Sunday, 8 January 2006 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link
The exception being "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah". I've never heard their music and I'm not sure I even want to cause it might spoil my appreciation of their awesome name.
........
Jim CrowAnyone with "Lil" in their name.
― R. J. Greene, Sunday, 8 January 2006 06:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― poodle puddle, Sunday, 8 January 2006 06:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― caek (caek), Sunday, 8 January 2006 07:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Sunday, 8 January 2006 07:14 (eighteen years ago) link
-- R. J. Greene
Actually, my personal specific exception was the awesome Nomeansno - a name that, in print, doesn't even LOOK like a full sentence.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Sunday, 8 January 2006 10:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rombald, Sunday, 8 January 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 8 January 2006 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― clotpoll, Sunday, 8 January 2006 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sheryl, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― katie, a princess (katie, a princess), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Gah) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Cunninlynguists
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 24 April 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Fuck them.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 6 January 2022 23:29 (two years ago) link