― 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
― Poppy (poppy), Sunday, 30 November 2003 07:44 (twenty years ago) link
bands with stupid names that i nonetheless adore:echo and the bunnymenwe've got a fuzzbox and we're gonna use itbutthole surfersthe tubeway army
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 30 November 2003 08:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 30 November 2003 17:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 30 November 2003 18:45 (twenty years ago) link
also XBXRX is incredible
death before dying is the worst name I'm ever heard though
― Sonny A. (Keiko), Sunday, 30 November 2003 19:44 (twenty years ago) link
― kinski (kinski), Sunday, 30 November 2003 19:48 (twenty years ago) link
On topic: Frozen Ghost. Glass Tiger. White Lion.
But who am I to talk? I was in a band called Desert Ice. And I named it! (I was 15! I swear!)
― spittle (spittle), Sunday, 30 November 2003 20:13 (twenty years ago) link
However, I like His Name is Alive, for the soul reason as it sounds good when said aloud. That's the biggest problem I had when trying to come up with a band name, getting to something that I could tell people without being embarassed. I still haven't done it.
Bad band names of my own: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead. Godspeed You Black Emperor. And that's true, I still can't bring myself to listen to either bands music... and when my friend's play them in their cars, I try my best to tune it out.
― David Allen, Sunday, 30 November 2003 20:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 30 November 2003 21:50 (twenty years ago) link
Super Furry Animalsdefinitely second Hoobastank -- obliquely evoking crotch-rot does not a good band name makeany jam band name that references eatin', dirty shit, or drugs
― Clarke B., Sunday, 30 November 2003 22:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 30 November 2003 22:56 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 1 December 2003 00:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 1 December 2003 11:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 1 December 2003 11:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 1 December 2003 11:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 December 2003 12:52 (twenty years ago) link
― brian badword (badwords), Monday, 1 December 2003 13:24 (twenty years ago) link
― brian badword (badwords), Monday, 1 December 2003 15:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 December 2003 15:49 (twenty years ago) link
not that i could ever possibly like ska anyway.
― brian badword (badwords), Monday, 1 December 2003 16:17 (twenty years ago) link
― brian badword (badwords), Monday, 1 December 2003 16:18 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Monday, 1 December 2003 16:21 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Monday, 1 December 2003 16:24 (twenty years ago) link
Yeah, this is just flatly unacceptable to me.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 December 2003 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Monday, 1 December 2003 16:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 1 December 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Blahde Blah, Sunday, 17 July 2005 10:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Telephonething (Telephonething), Sunday, 17 July 2005 10:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Johann (johann), Sunday, 17 July 2005 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link
I third G Love, he's gotta be a clod
Trashcan Sinatras and the Lounge Lizards slipped in under my radar and got a reprieve of sorts.
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Sunday, 17 July 2005 10:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Sunday, 17 July 2005 11:00 (eighteen years ago) link
all of that shit.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 17 July 2005 11:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― dmun drive-in (dmun), Sunday, 17 July 2005 11:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― nicholas de jong (nicholas de jong), Sunday, 17 July 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― p.j. (Henry), Sunday, 17 July 2005 13:40 (eighteen years ago) link
OPO Archers: Lowest Part Is Free
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 17 July 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Sunday, 17 July 2005 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link
But anyway:Nada Surfthe Dandy WarholsTricky Woo (who I've actually heard - they're o.k.)Danko JonesPreston School of Industry
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Sunday, 17 July 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 July 2005 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link