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

Apparently there's a a band called "Rapeman", inspired by a manga of the same name. Can't imagine ever buying their records (or the manga, for that matter).

If you were into the Wax Trax scene of the 80s & 90s, you owned those Rapeman EPs.

Tuomas, they were Steve Albini's next band after Big Black split up. It was quite a controversial name at the time, or at least it was a bit of an issue when they visited the UK. I went to see them at Leeds Polytechnic and iirc, that gig only just went ahead after threats by the student union to pull it. Outside the venue there was a sizeable student protest and Albini did have to answer questions about the name in every single interview that I ever read. Was never all that comfortable about the name myself tbh and mostly went to the show on account of the other two groups on the bill (Band of Susans and Dinosaur Jr.).

If you were into the Wax Trax scene of the 80s & 90s, you owned those Rapeman EPs.

yeah, it's true. those dudes copped all their good ideas from the first few big black records.

but christ, "rapeman". tried to be okay with the name, still love the records, but christ.

lol @ CCR

Outside the venue there was a sizeable student protest and Albini did have to answer questions about the name in every single interview that I ever read.

Interesting, what was his justification for the name then?

so many already mentioned above. floetry ffs. kill: rapeman, tUnE yArDs, carissa's wierd, eyehategod, clap your hands say yeah, toad the wet sprocket, the pains of being pure at heart, gastunk, fuck buttons (who i love despite their awful awful name), uh huh her, cunninglynguists, racoo-oo-oon, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, on! air! library!, aids wolf, natalie portman's shaved head, cute is what we aim for, dananananakroyd, does it offend you, yeah?, hoobastank, pocahaunted, gorky's zygotic mynci, casiotone for the painfully alone, ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, dan le sac vs scroobius pip, gay witch abortion, umphrey's mcgee, my cat is an alien, oOoOOo, you say party! we say die onstage!, limp bizkit

also kill some more:

flobots
my chemical romance
sixpence none the richer
save ferris
gogogo airheart
poopshovel
basically any contemporary band with a name evoking hazy summer memories

somebody mentioned black tape for a blue girl. really? always thought that was a lovely name. never heard the band.

IIRC it was just some stuff about how it was solely a reference to the manga strip, and how bizarre that strip was, and that the name wasn't really a big deal for them. xp

haha @ poopshovel btw

rapeman is a great name, what is wrong with you?

black tape for a blue girl are a pretty horrible band I gotta say

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/poopshovel.jpg

"Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Skateboards"

yes, things such as poopshovels, apparently

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/98/l_a841318405c34338b35d8f334259dba7.jpg

^ I think all the acts on Community 3 had terrible names

plus some of the ugliest record covers known to man. remember looking with confused disdain at chicken scratch and horny genius records many a time. never thought to listen to one. spent quite a while looking for opus lengthemus though.

btw, if harrison buttwhistle were a band, well, i'm just saying...

Horny Genius had this one single whose awful cover was a photo of a man holding a bbq-ed cat on a stick.

i am so glad i don't know what you're talking about

(please don't help me know)

For years, that picture was what I thought of whenever I wondered what Iowa was like.

somebody mentioned black tape for a blue girl. really? always thought that was a lovely name.

I dunno. I picture the black tape as something a rapeman would use.

all of the above... plus

If you were into the Wax Trax scene of the 80s & 90s, you owned those Rapeman EPs. - I just realized that earlier I had somehow confused Rapeman with Lard, the intermittent Al Jourgenson/ Jello Biafra collab. I do also recall Rapeman, though. I had the Budd EP at some point. Never really thought it held a candle to Albinis more noteworthy projects & did not investigate further. I think they only put out two or three other records anyway.

Delicate Steve

Steve Albini.

That's seasick steve, just having got off the boat at Dover?

Diddy

my bloody valentine

i finally heard Holy Fuck and they were pretty good

I always liked their name, but they're just kind of a neat instrumental combo, doesn't fit the name at all

the decemberists
mudhoney
soundgarden

Fucking tsarists, I don't know.

the decemberists

plenty other reasons to write off this band

Tones on Tail. What is this? Some kind of dog band?

It's something you would write on a master tape box, to indicate where the line-up tones are on the tape. But I agree it's a dumb name.

aFRAYED KNOTT
DOGEESESEEGOD
BALD KNOBBERS

Gotta love noise/exp alldayer lineups.

Planningtorock

Vintage Trouble

How to Dress Well

Planningtorock

completely otm

tUnE-YarDs

Chris Brown

can't tell if you're making a joke or genuinely don't understand this thread

How does "Master Musicians of Bukkake" not yet make it on this list? Ever ask your gf to go see them with you? You might as well ask her if she wants to go see "Your Pussy Stank"...

Gang Gang Dance.

^wish i had pointedly ignored them instead of actually putting myself through the misery of listening to them

u nuts, Saint Dymphna one of the best albums of the decade & new one is utterly fab

+ God's Money woooooow

I remember in the late 80's/early 90's hearing the name "Beat Happening" and thinking, what a horrible name for a band.