Asia Of Montreal Jets To Brazil I'm From Barcelona Brazillian Girls Manitoba Tokyo Police Club Beirut Paris, Texas Texas Is The Reason
has there been a thread about this kind of thing before? is it just me or is this becoming increasingly commonplace? aside from Asia, it seems to be mostly contemporary indie bands. and, beyond them being mostly crappy band names, wouldn't this lead to constant misunderstandings and confusion? what's the point?
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 13:36 (nineteen years ago)
Texas Sun Ra
― Mark G, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 13:40 (nineteen years ago)
Ozark Henry Tripoli
(couple of Belgians you might not know, don't know)
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 13:45 (nineteen years ago)
Illinois.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 13:46 (nineteen years ago)
Berlin
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 13:49 (nineteen years ago)
do places in time count? (Queens Of The Stone Age!)
er, maybe not.
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 13:55 (nineteen years ago)
Styx
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:01 (nineteen years ago)
Mars
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:04 (nineteen years ago)
perhaps I should've specified "places on earth, that someone actually from there might've named their band after"
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:08 (nineteen years ago)
Japan
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:09 (nineteen years ago)
Japan Nirvana
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:10 (nineteen years ago)
Arctic Monkeys
― The Wayward Johnny B, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:12 (nineteen years ago)
Guadalcanal Diary
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:22 (nineteen years ago)
Space
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:24 (nineteen years ago)
Air
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:26 (nineteen years ago)
China Crisis
― Mark G, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:37 (nineteen years ago)
Fudgetunnel
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:41 (nineteen years ago)
The Beautiful South
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 14:44 (nineteen years ago)
Poco
― everything, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:12 (nineteen years ago)
http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/reuters_molt/1804158084.jpg
― acrobat, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:14 (nineteen years ago)
Bay City Rollers
― henry s, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:15 (nineteen years ago)
Big Country
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:15 (nineteen years ago)
I bet some of this list aren't from the places they're named after!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bands_named_after_places
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:16 (nineteen years ago)
Mission of Burma?
― DustinR, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:17 (nineteen years ago)
Sandie Shaw. Unless she was born on a beach.
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:18 (nineteen years ago)
Afghan Whigs
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:24 (nineteen years ago)
Julie London
― DavidM, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:26 (nineteen years ago)
Dusty Springfield
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:31 (nineteen years ago)
Wait, they're not Whigs?
― Phil D., Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:35 (nineteen years ago)
Atlanta Rhythm Section
apparently from Doraville, a suburb of ATL...
― henry s, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:36 (nineteen years ago)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
― Vornado, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:38 (nineteen years ago)
Ocean Colour Scene
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:41 (nineteen years ago)
Pavement
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:42 (nineteen years ago)
Magma
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:45 (nineteen years ago)
Venetian Snares
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:46 (nineteen years ago)
Tina Arena
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:47 (nineteen years ago)
Bing Crosby
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:56 (nineteen years ago)
When People Were Smaller and Lived by the Water
― ellaguru, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:58 (nineteen years ago)
Manic Street Preachers
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:59 (nineteen years ago)
Boards of Canada
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.norwayrocks.com/main.htm
The band from New Jersey that's rockin' the world!! Their debut indie album "Night Dreams" was called "one of the years 10 best CD's " by rock magazines around the world. "Arrival", the label debut on Frontiers Records and Nippon Crown, received rave reviews. throughout Europe and Japan.
― MRZBW, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 17:14 (nineteen years ago)
Nirvana
Yeah, but they made up for it by naming one of their records In Utero.
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 17:26 (nineteen years ago)
Mercury Rev Orbital Galaxie 500 Bill Haley and his Comets
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 17:34 (nineteen years ago)
Geneva
― blunt, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 17:38 (nineteen years ago)
Heaven 17 Frankie Goes to Hollywood
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:14 (nineteen years ago)
Minsk
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:19 (nineteen years ago)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
― bakerstreetsaxsolo, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:23 (nineteen years ago)
Underworld Saint Etienne Spandau Ballet
― everything, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:25 (nineteen years ago)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:27 (nineteen years ago)
Mannheim Steamroller
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:30 (nineteen years ago)
I believe Dan Snaith is from Ontario, not Manitoba. And Handsome Dick Manitoba is from NYC.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:30 (nineteen years ago)
New Bomb Turks
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:32 (nineteen years ago)
Dessau
― henry s, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:32 (nineteen years ago)
M.A.R.R.S.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)
That's why I put Manitoba on the list, jaymc. Did anyone say otherwise?
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:41 (nineteen years ago)
soviet france la bradford a silver mount zion
― Sandy Blair, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)
The Neptunes.
― chap, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 18:44 (nineteen years ago)
Sahara Hotnights
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 19:02 (nineteen years ago)
Oslo
― Jeb, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 19:26 (nineteen years ago)
Aberdeen
― David Bachyrycz, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 19:57 (nineteen years ago)
The Dukes of Hamburg
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 20:31 (nineteen years ago)
Neptunes named after the Roman god, not the planet.
― Mark Rich@rdson, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 21:09 (nineteen years ago)
Huntsville Brownsville Station The Egyptian Lover
― henry s, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 21:22 (nineteen years ago)
Labradford is named after a basketball player. Bradford, I believe, are actually from Bradford
― Morley Timmons, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 23:40 (nineteen years ago)
Architecture in Helsinki Are Dimmu Borgir actually from iceland?
― Trayce, Thursday, 14 June 2007 00:21 (nineteen years ago)
Are Dimmu Borgir actually from iceland?
Norway.
― MRZBW, Thursday, 14 June 2007 01:07 (nineteen years ago)
Future Sound Of London. Not from London, not from the future.
― dermoth, Thursday, 14 June 2007 03:12 (nineteen years ago)
tel aviv
― venimdenim, Thursday, 14 June 2007 04:58 (nineteen years ago)
North Sea
― Drooone, Thursday, 14 June 2007 05:00 (nineteen years ago)
nashville pussy
― venimdenim, Thursday, 14 June 2007 05:06 (nineteen years ago)
Dr. Bombay
― Tuomas, Thursday, 14 June 2007 08:13 (nineteen years ago)
Easterhouse Aberfeldy
― Tom D., Thursday, 14 June 2007 08:46 (nineteen years ago)
St. Etienne!
― Tom D., Thursday, 14 June 2007 08:48 (nineteen years ago)
PARIS HILTON
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 June 2007 09:03 (nineteen years ago)
Lebanon, the Chesterfields, Hatfield and the North. And here is a gratuitous big-up for terribly-named local (Oxford, UK) band Sunnyvale Noise Sub-Element.
Almost seems weirder to name your band after where you are from. I mean, what the hell made someone from Boston or Chicago say one evening, "Hey guys, I have this amazing name for our band..."?
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 14 June 2007 09:19 (nineteen years ago)
Cornershop
― onimo, Thursday, 14 June 2007 11:35 (nineteen years ago)
Vermont Vermont
― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 14 June 2007 11:39 (nineteen years ago)
Durham Durham
― Tom D., Thursday, 14 June 2007 11:40 (nineteen years ago)
Kanye West
(Kanye)
― onimo, Thursday, 14 June 2007 11:41 (nineteen years ago)
Monaco
― onimo, Thursday, 14 June 2007 11:44 (nineteen years ago)
Ann Peebles
― Tom D., Thursday, 14 June 2007 11:49 (nineteen years ago)
I hate all of you.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 14 June 2007 12:33 (nineteen years ago)
Baltimora
― Tom D., Thursday, 14 June 2007 12:42 (nineteen years ago)
Electric Universe (wherever that is)
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 14 June 2007 13:37 (nineteen years ago)