a) It's a Monty Python ref.
b) They represent the West Side. Goleta Power.
― JM, Saturday, 24 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
LOVE and TOMORROW are contenders.
but maybe THEM predates?
(non-rock answer - tho of course they played rock support slots at the key moment - wd be AMM: explanation of which acronym I notice Keith Rowe is still keeping shtumm abt, in current Wire)
― mark sinker, Monday, 26 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Nick, Monday, 26 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Duane Zarakov, Tuesday, 3 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Nick, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Also "Northern Uproar" did suggest boring meat 'n' 2 veg britrock of the most ZZZzzz-inducing sort. Fortunately.
x0x0
― Norman Fay, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― tarden, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― fred solinger, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― K-reg, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Killing Joke is actually a pretty good band name.
― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
But hands down, the two most unforgivable band names I've ever heard are oddly enough, both 'soul' related - The Soul Attorneys & Blessid Union of Souls. p.s. Soul Coughing is a really bad name too.
― Kim, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― duane zarakov, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Tuesday, 29 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― tarden, Wednesday, 30 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kim, Wednesday, 30 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Also, Third Eye Blind is a bad bad name.
― Fidelma Maher, Thursday, 31 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― bnw, Thursday, 31 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― tarden, Thursday, 31 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And yes, Led Zep certainly doesn't count (besides, they did this so as cleverly not to be mispronounced: as in Lead Zep and all the little follow-up Zeps).
Um, nor do the Beatles, tho I can't think why not.
― mark s, Thursday, 31 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
[incidentally, d'you actually work near Islington Sainsbury's car-park? Cuz so do I... ]
― Kim, Thursday, 31 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Kim: I wasn't trying to score a point (erm, no, not at all) — I was just certain that misspelling went back some way before the Enz era, even. So "one of" would be misleading.
This all only counts if we also discount the Surfaris, of course.
― mark s, Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― duane z., Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
they might not seem so bad for the non swedes but just trust me on this one mkay?
― Anders Loco, Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Trying to name a band is hard as hell; to pick something out that conveys a bit of what you do -- but without sounding pretentious or jokey or nondescript -- is amazingly difficult. The more serious your band is, the harder it gets.
― Phil, Sunday, 3 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― scott, Monday, 4 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Paul Westerberg stole that one too ;)
― Larms, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Gotta love them metal bands.
― Nathan, Tuesday, 19 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Lindsey B, Saturday, 11 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 11 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― David, Sunday, 12 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― nathalie, Sunday, 12 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
dalek beach party
― flowersdie, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dave q, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jedeye Jonzee, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― thomas boyd, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Billy Dods, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dave S, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kim, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Aleka's Attic and Alisha's Attic.
― Arthur, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nicole, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
killing joke is still the stupidest
― mark s, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Reigndance, Reigndance, Reigndance!
― Reigndance, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Reigndance is pretty terrible tho. And Dalek Beach Party.... whuhh...
i had a really good "worst band name" idea last night, but forgot it! it was 2 words and one of the words was 'Pizza'
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 17 July 2023 01:33 (nine months ago) link
Sounds like band-name trauma induced by this:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1F4B-7agAEotGg?format=jpg&name=large
― Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Monday, 17 July 2023 01:59 (nine months ago) link
Pizza Great Guy
― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Monday, 17 July 2023 13:47 (nine months ago) link
The "ILM Best of 2023 Tracks Nominations" playlist just served me up a song by needanamebro.
― enochroot, Friday, 5 January 2024 17:12 (three months ago) link
they got a new name now bro
https://www.instagram.com/saynow
they're great but I'm glad they changed it that name wasn't doing them any favours
― Left, Friday, 5 January 2024 17:18 (three months ago) link
ruby the hatchet
― organ doner (ledge), Thursday, 18 January 2024 13:44 (three months ago) link
...I had avoided "Amp Fiddler" until a couple weeks ago due to the truly dire choice of name, but turns out he's great!
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Thursday, 18 January 2024 14:39 (three months ago) link