Gang Gang Dance.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
^wish i had pointedly ignored them instead of actually putting myself through the misery of listening to them
― balls deep understanding (electricsound), Thursday, 5 May 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
u nuts, Saint Dymphna one of the best albums of the decade & new one is utterly fab
― ilxor, I know you sometimes feel like ilx revolves around you (ilxor), Sunday, 8 May 2011 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
+ God's Money woooooow
― ilxor, I know you sometimes feel like ilx revolves around you (ilxor), Sunday, 8 May 2011 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember in the late 80's/early 90's hearing the name "Beat Happening" and thinking, what a horrible name for a band.
― Maltodextrin, Sunday, 8 May 2011 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
quite happy to be considered all shades of insane for not agreeing with this in any way shape or form
not the thread for it tho i guess
― pitch defect (electricsound), Sunday, 8 May 2011 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Bat For Lashes or whatever the fuck they're called.
― crustaceanrebel, Sunday, 8 May 2011 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
can't tell if you're making a joke or genuinely don't understand this thread
jokez
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Sunday, 8 May 2011 06:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Oneohtrix Point Never
― some dude, Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
NOOOOO, some dude... You're missing out. I get why it's irritating, but at least 106.7 is something resembling real. Personally, I can barely contain my homicidal rage at "Uh Huh Her" and "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart"...
― Clarke B., Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
not really a type of music i listen to a lot of so it's not like i'm willfully depriving myself -- i'm just saying holy shit what a terrible name
― some dude, Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
saw a guy today with a tshirt for (what i assume is a band called) "thine eyes bleed". I'll let you imagine the font.....
― m0stlyClean, Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Norman Nodge
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 23 June 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw a band t-shirt for a band called Vulvectomy today
― Boehner & der club of GOP (Ówen P.), Thursday, 23 June 2011 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
New clitgaze duo
― Clarke B., Friday, 24 June 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
When Saints Go Machine
― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
totally enormous extinct dinosaurs
their PR has been conscientiously updating me on this band for some years now and i just cannot
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 08:24 (twelve years ago) link
And So I Watch You From Afar
― Peas, Ants, Pigs & Astronauts (PaulTMA), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
When Saints Go Machine is a horrible horrible name
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
It is supposed to be a pun isn't it?
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
It's not a very good one if so. I've hated having to say their name outloud (which I do on occasion if someone asks me for music recommendations).
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
Grizzly Bear.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Don Nots (Mount Cleaners) (Mount Cleaners), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
Mwahaha
― Pato The Cape GOAT (some dude), Friday, 9 March 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
i blame the internet
― Nultified Ancients of Man U (Noodle Vague), Friday, 9 March 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
xp - at least one of them used to be in a band called Ned. cool guy.
― sarahell, Friday, 9 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
There's a band in Atlanta called Groove Stain, which is hilarious and the worst name I have ever heard for a band EVER.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 9 March 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
Reptar
― tanuki, Friday, 9 March 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
lol groove stain
― Pato The Cape GOAT (some dude), Friday, 9 March 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
Most unappealing band name I have heard in a long time:
Bushwick Book Club
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 April 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
Leftover Crack... I had no idea.
― SeanWayne, Thursday, 26 April 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
The Beatles - who wants to listen to insects?
― Hinklepicker, Thursday, 26 April 2012 07:05 (twelve years ago) link
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:29 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:38 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omg i just got what this pun is meant to be
i cannot
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Thursday, 26 April 2012 07:21 (twelve years ago) link
Girls
― caulk the wagon and float it, Thursday, 26 April 2012 11:18 (twelve years ago) link
twenty | one | pilots
― jjjdoom (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Dirty Projectors
― Supper's Burnt (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
or indeed any 'Dirty' band
Prefab Sprout
― anagram, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:00 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Prefab Sprout just recently graduated from being an Artist I've Written Off/Pointedly Ignored Because of Their Name to an Artist I Play Around Other People With Great Trepidation Due To Fear That They Will Ask Me Who It Is and I Will Have To Say Their Name Out Loud.
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Butthole Surfers
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
I remember an band called "Weeknd" placing in some ILM poll... The missing "e" irritates me so much I never want to listen to them.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
alt-j (∆)
― diamonddave85, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Missing or superfluous letters automatically put bands on this list for me these days. Just tired of it already.
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
Like in Beatles maybe?
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
Nah, that happened before I got tired of it. ;)
― cwkiii, Thursday, 30 August 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Drive By Truckers
― Vic Perry, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
It's so you can Google them isn't it?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
That makes sense. But then there are newish bands with names that seem to have been chosen deliberately to defy Google (e.g. The Men, Girls) that still come up as the #1 search result when you search for their name + "band". I don't know, I guess it's mostly in my head, but I tend to avoid bands that jump on what appear to be band name trends; like if you formed some time in the middle of the last decade and have the word "Wolf" in your name, you were written off/pointedly ignored.
It's the all caps-no vowels band names in particular these days that have been bugging me. But at least this thread exists so I can take comfort in knowing I'm not alone in being unfairly dismissive!
― cwkiii, Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
Anything that makes me use Character Map.
― Click here to read in HD (dog latin), Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/SiteNewAnswersControllerServlet
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry
The Presets
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
why not just call your band "Autopilot" (actually, that's a better name) or "Phoning It In"