great band, shame about the name

I agree that Sonic Youth is a clumsy moniker (though the genesis cited above is interesting)--I dislike all names with "youth" in them, Youth Brigade, Wasted Youth, Musical Youth. Maybe it's the Nazi overtones (not serious about this, well, maybe a little).

Some friends once tried to think of which band names could be euphemisms for puking, and "Fountains of Wayne" was at the top of the list.

Mildlife.

We can't let reggae bands off the hook, here. Burning Spear.

I went to go see a really good gig by @ last month. @! Like ffs guys. It was so annoying whenever anyone asked who I saw.

Mildlife

This flashed my brain back to Wildildlife, a name I haven’t thought of in over a decade but that also fits.

there's someone on the 100% Electronica label who changed her name from Negative Gemini to "Neggy Gemmy" which is such an insane downgrade. I'd never tell anyone I listened to someone named "Neggy Gemmy"

Calling a band Rapeman was kind of the height of Albini's tryhard nature, wasn't it?
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 29 January 2004 11:13 bookmarkflaglink

alas, it was not

Shitfucker
Sextrash

Those guys should swap nouns.