Artists You've Written Off/Pointedly Ignored because of their name

oh yeah anything with "Wolf" in the title

apart from "Wolf Eyes" because they were the first one I knew about and they blew my 17 year-old brain to bits

Crystal Antlers are great and better than those other bands (judgment based entirely on the one show we played with them - haven't heard their recorded output)

for a long time one reason i didn't get into radiohead was their name. most bands have stupid names these days. and make crap music. coldplay anyone? what kind of name is clouddead? arctic monkeys i have never listened to (is their name supposed to be funny?) but i don't think i missed something. as mentioned upthread the whitest boy alive is a terrible name. like kings of convenience btw. but kings of convenience at least had some great guitar songs. twba are just plain dull. kings of leon i never listened to 'cause of the name. there must be dozens of others i can't think of right now.

Rapeman, and I'm a pretty big Albini fan.

Any band called The Black whatevers (Keys, Lips, Angels etc). Especially Black Kids.

dude you should check out black sabbath, good stuff

Were they called The Black Sabbaths? Exactly.

i have no interest in them at all, but

someone still loves you boris yeltsin

has got to be among the worst names ever

Looking at this thread title I felt an immediate identification with the premise. But now I can't for the life think of an example of this that applies to me, although I know there are a lot.

Retro prog band Wobbler. Maybe they're great, but fucking hell.

more upsetting are bands whose names are dope and then turn out to be garbage

and yeah, jim otm. i felt like i had a grip of terrible band names i hate ready to drop here and now i'm dry

The Pooh Sticks

Fudge Tunnel

I guess I don't like to be reminded of poop

I didn't listen to Fuck Buttons for a long time because their name sounded like some stupid Vice Magazine bullshit. but I'm glad I got over it because I actually really like 'em.

also I think I would've liked Wooden Shjips about 80% more if their name wasn't spelled like that.

(interestingly, this did not keep me from diggin' Wzt Hearts)

Ah, but Fudge Tunnel sound exactly like what you'd expect them to with a name like that,

I too hated the Pooh Sticks for their name. Then I heard their music, and I hated them even more.

I too am on the no-more-animals/black/crystal names anti-bandwagon. Obviously I've made exceptions, but yeah.

bands that use thee instead of the.

i knew there was something i was forgetting.

unfortunately most of those bands are pretty quality imo

daimn.

Mi@sma & The Carousel Of Headless Horses

Looking at this thread title I felt an immediate identification with the premise. But now I can't for the life think of an example of this that applies to me, although I know there are a lot.

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:28 PM (1 hour ago)

Disco Inferno sure have a misleading band name. Wish I'd looked into them a lot sooner.

I always assumed the Deftones were some kind of ska punk band. Was suprised by their actual output.

Was completely put off by the Presets assuming they were hipster shit. Well, they're not far removed from that but they're actually also pretty good.

ILM I'm disappointed in you. All this time and no Gay Dad mention? For shame.

I avoided Neutral Milk Hotel for years, and still feel embarrassed trying to convince people they should give them a listen.

Never gave Super Furry Animals a thought because of their name. Now kicking self.

I think I punched a wall the first time I heard the name Fallout Boy.

A lot of the groups already mentioned are in this thread.

Add: Raccoo-oo-oon, Wildildlife, roughly 99% of all post rock groups with a name containing more than three words, metal groups that sounded like an angry 13 year-old named them (christfucker666 or whatever)... I could go on and on, really.

oh god Neutral Milk Hotel otm

i was camping w/some pals and someone started playing songs from Aeroplane (<--- I understand that this is embarrassing on its own) and this dude was like 'hey who is that i'd like to check them out' and i was genuinely embarrassed to give him the name :-/

Chickenfoot gets written off for the name and for SH equally

Has no one said TV On The Radio yet? I've actively sought out albums, put them on, pondered them for 1minute 30 seconds then thought "But they're called 'TV on the' fucking 'Radio'" and switch them off in disgust.

yea tv on the radio is pretty terrible, tho i like the band

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

Tries so hard and falls so flat. Hootie & the Blowfish is a better name.

Gay Dad have the disadvantage of not seeming for a second like a band one would be missing out on by avoiding because of their name.

I realize this is true of lots of others named here, but Gay Dad even more so.

is there actually someone named Margot in Margot & the Nuclear So and So's? still a terrible name, but much more terrible if there isn't ...

In reality, the band is called Margot after Gwyneth Paltrow's character in the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums.

the best thing about gay dad was their name.

any band that is called something like The Shunts or The Houses or The Bikeracks or anything stupid like that.

it just gets worse...

Pre Margot
Richard Edwards was in a band during his college years called Archer Avenue (named after the street where the characters in The Royal Tenenbaums lived).

WHO THE FUCK NAMES TWO BANDS AFTER THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

A FUCKING LUNATIC, THAT'S WHO

Noah and the Whale, to continue on a vague Wes Anderson theme

Carissa's Wierd

definitely! xpost

Anal Cunt....

― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:15 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

So fuckn backwards. Their name is like reason number one why you should listen to this band

You Say Party! We Say Die!
Baby Animals
Breakestra
J.J. Gray & Mofro
The Decemberists

You Say Party! We Say Die!

^^^works better as an ian riese-moraine username

^^^don't get that, but I'll take your word for it

in the same vein:

Get Him Eat Him

Final Fantasy