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

I'm surprised nobody on this thread has mentioned the Insane Clown Posse

That name is actually a reference to an Old West volunteer group that rounded up mentally-ill comics.

i was always put off by another band name connoting old-timey mental deficiency

Mumford & Sons

in that case I think the name perfectly reflects the music so whether it attracts or repels you, it's done its job (I guess that might be true of many others in this thread tbf)

it's true, the name telegraphs their whole thing so well that i know for a fact i will never need to listen to them to confirm

Given their terrible name and their ILM derided swing-ska-Oingo Boingo sound, Cherry Poppin' Daddies may be the guiltiest guilty pleasure CD I own.

Virgin Prunes

Badbadnotgood

I might have written off The Good, The Bad and The Queen if I hadn't already written them off because of Albarn.

Macklemore
Papa Roach
Mumford and Sons, seconded. Just sounds blah. Will never listen to this. Don't even know what it is.

Bands with a person's name + band ie Dave Matthews Band. Like, come up with something cool like Vinnie Vincent Invasion

The Beatles.

Does everyone know that Mumford is the name of the main guy in Mumford & Sons? Who I just found out today is married to Carey Mulligan!

tbh before i really knew anything about him, I wrote off John Foxx for his name, thinking he was some sub-Howard Jones/nik kershaw type major label dude

not that I have a problem with either of those dudes nowadays lol

xxp i will elide my jokes about Mumford and Sons and Carey Mulligan and instead point to the band's wack "centrist" politics

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/16/mumford-sons-on-jordan-peterson-the-grenfell-tragedy-and-being-hated

they were in the news yesterday on the same limpdick bullshit

https://mrwinstonmarshall.medium.com/why-im-leaving-mumford-sons-e6e731bbc255

I'm surprised nobody on this thread has mentioned the Insane Clown Posse

― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, June 25, 2021 10:50 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Because it’s a great name

Illuminati Hotties

I thought I liked the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. Was nice enough music to have in the background as I worked. But followed along with some of the lyrics last night and they were pure shit and it all made sense why they have such a terrible name.

I don't think I've ever done this tbh.

Artists You've Written Off/Pointedly Ignored because of their album names: I’m sorry but shit like “Panzerfaust” is why I don’t trust metal

I’m not sorry and shit like a Decibel rave that cites Varg lyrics as a selling point is also why

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Car Seat Headrest

Yeah that is indefensible

Bark Psychosis was an example of this for me, something about their name just made my eyes glaze over and ignore them, for years and years. Too bad! They are one of my favourite bands, now

I used to see Bark Psychosis' name in gig listings a lot at the time and the awkwardness in the name made me curious enough to go and see them on spec (still as a three-piece) they quickly became pretty much my favourite band and have remained so.

green day
every time i hear the name is like having a huge wave of boredom wash over me

Artists You've Written Off/Pointedly Ignored because of their album names: I’m sorry but shit like “Panzerfaust” is why I don’t trust metal

I’m not sorry and shit like a Decibel rave that cites Varg lyrics as a selling point is also why

Maybe spend a little more time investigating the near-bottomless genre rather than using/be taken in by some cheap bait to confirm surface-level suspicions?

i hope I’m not alone in putting off listening to MBV for many years because of their name.

Lol, you probably are, I’d wager.

my bloody valentine
dead, bloody valentine
You make me scream in my house

Def saw MBV in my sisters' collections for years and rmde at the name before finally checking them out after reading enough good press on them.

There's an alternate universe/timeline where MBV followed their original inspiration and ended up third tier Amphetamine Reptile noise misanthrope punk. They sorta "outgrew" their name. Meat Puppets, too. Must be others.

Most. The Beatles for sure outgrew that name. The Beach Boys.

master of treacle i said trust not like but why would it matter to metal whether i do either

One might say that Smashing Pumpkins outgrew their name, or did they in fact grow into it?

Lol

Foxygen

always parse that as Foxy Generation, not sure if that's better or worse.

master of treacle i said trust not like but why would it matter to metal whether i do either

I just thought the concept of ‘trust’ is a weird way to approach a genre of music, whether you like or dislike it

horsey

Do Make Say Think.

Worst band name ever.

Pigeons Playing Ping-Pong

I mean, jesus, even if they weren't fourth rate jamband also-rans that would still be one of the worst band names I've ever heard.

There's that whole category of band names you weren't put off by, but you feel you have to qualify recommendations of them with "but they're good, honestly" when the person you're talking to pulls a face. My Bloody Valentine and American Music Club for example.

Bands you like but only listen to when no one else is around because of the anxiety caused by worrying someone will ask what you're listening to and you'll have to say their name out loud

(Which also has the separate subcategory of names you don't know how to pronounce, but that's off topic)

I still don’t know how to pronounce “Charli XCX” (and I’ve listened to all her albums).

Foxygen

― ✖,

Yeah, red card. You can't come back from 'foxygen'

A band called Deflatormouse C/D?

Haha, that's fair.