Lol, you probably are, I’d wager.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 June 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
my bloody valentinedead, bloody valentineYou make me scream in my house
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 June 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
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.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 28 June 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
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.
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 28 June 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
Most. The Beatles for sure outgrew that name. The Beach Boys.
― enochroot, Monday, 28 June 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
master of treacle i said trust not like but why would it matter to metal whether i do either
― Left, Monday, 28 June 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
One might say that Smashing Pumpkins outgrew their name, or did they in fact grow into it?
― alan dean impostor (Matt #2), Monday, 28 June 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
Lol
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 June 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
Foxygen
― ✖, Monday, 28 June 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
always parse that as Foxy Generation, not sure if that's better or worse.
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 28 June 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
I just thought the concept of ‘trust’ is a weird way to approach a genre of music, whether you like or dislike it
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 28 June 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
horsey
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 July 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
Do Make Say Think.
Worst band name ever.
― RobbiePires, Thursday, 1 July 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
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.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 July 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
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.
― the kim variant (Matt #2), Thursday, 1 July 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
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
― cwkiii, Friday, 2 July 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
(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).
― delta variant blues (morrisp), Friday, 2 July 2021 00:32 (two years ago) link
― ✖,
Yeah, red card. You can't come back from 'foxygen'
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
A band called Deflatormouse C/D?
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 00:58 (two years ago) link
Haha, that's fair.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 01:02 (two years ago) link
I came up with deflatormouse when i was 10, but there are other deflatormice out there. Including (i think) an emo band.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 01:04 (two years ago) link
Foxygen, too, would have been ok as a screen name.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
It's pretty interesting seeing what's a complete no-no for other people. I can see how agreeing a band name might be a nightmare. For me Foxygen is a bit goofy but it's short enough not to bother me. It's when a band name is three words and more of snippet of bad poetry than a band name that I'm like uh-uh.
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 01:26 (two years ago) link
foxygen is a triple whammy of sounding stupid, inexplicable and somehow boring
― ✖, Friday, 2 July 2021 01:33 (two years ago) link
They were just kids
Pitchfork: Which one of you came up with the name Foxygen?Sam France: It was something my friend said about a guy that she found attractive. She said he was sexy or hot, or that he was her foxygen, or something like that. We were probably about 13. I don't know why, but it stuck.
Sam France: It was something my friend said about a guy that she found attractive. She said he was sexy or hot, or that he was her foxygen, or something like that. We were probably about 13. I don't know why, but it stuck.
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 01:36 (two years ago) link
I think a lot of terrible names probably come from bands when they are very young. See also poor old Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, whose career I think was probably sabotaged by that name.
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
After struggling to come up with a band name, they decided "we might as well stick with the most ridiculous crap name we could think of."
Fair enough.
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 01:40 (two years ago) link
"foxy" in general needs to be approached with caution.Gzm never stood a chance anyway.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 02:01 (two years ago) link
Good or not, the name suited them for a time
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 02:02 (two years ago) link
Yeah for a time but by 1998 or so they were writing a lot of non-weird, classically beautiful songs that I’m sure could have had a wider audience without that baggage.
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 02:07 (two years ago) link
I was about to say, we're talking about a band that sang "i'm a pekingese/i'm a cottage cheese" over a faux metal riff with fake monty pythonesque opera singing.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 02:09 (two years ago) link
Hobestly tho, I think their later stuff could have had a wider audeience if they'd written it in the 1970's
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 02:12 (two years ago) link
I like gzm don't get me wrong. And love 'barafundle' in particular
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 02:14 (two years ago) link
Garcia Peoples
― calstars, Friday, 2 July 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
Pen geag glas, if fingers were xylophones and the barafundle bumbler are all time xp
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 02:22 (two years ago) link
I have a friend who insists that Foxy Shazam is the worst band name of all time. I always maintain that it's not even the worst band name with 'foxy' in it tho. That name, despite my better instincts, actually makes me curious to hear the band.
I'd like to theorize that modifying 'foxy' with even more dubious words sonehow lessens the blow, but that would be terribly dishonest. The truth is i actually really like the word 'shazam'.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 2 July 2021 03:02 (two years ago) link
I think I like the word foxy quite a lot.
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
I still don’t know how to pronounce “Charli XCX” (and I’ve listened to all her albums).― delta variant blues (morrisp), Thursday, July 1, 2021 8:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― delta variant blues (morrisp), Thursday, July 1, 2021 8:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Fairly certain there's at least a few songs with a "Charli Ecks-See-Ecks" tag on them.
― peace, man, Friday, 2 July 2021 11:35 (two years ago) link
how else would you say it
― Left, Friday, 2 July 2021 11:37 (two years ago) link
Charlie Ten One-Hundred Ten
― davey, Friday, 2 July 2021 11:57 (two years ago) link
Charli Straight-Edge C
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Friday, 2 July 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
Her first name is actually pronounced Ceeharley
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 12:17 (two years ago) link
I'm afraid Greentea Peng fits here for me. Undoubtedly I am missing out, but it sounds like a YouTube channel about health food shops or an artisan teabag brand.
― Piedie Gimbel, Friday, 2 July 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
Greentea Peng is a funny one bc her name def fits the vibe
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 2 July 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
Snapped Ankles
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 2 July 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
Fairly certain there's at least a few songs with a "Charli Ecks-See-Ecks" tag on them.Must’ve missed it! That’s obv my first guess, but it sounds like someone’s uncool dad guessing (wrong) how to pronounce an artist name.
― delta variant blues (morrisp), Friday, 2 July 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
rn I am listening to Freakadelic by Jooklo Stellar Tribe; I really love this record a lot but man if anything was worth mentioning in this thread...
― cwkiii, Friday, 2 July 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
I did pointedly ignore the Jooklo groups for several years before stumbling across a description of this record that finally made me curious enough to check them out, so it is actually on topic haha
― cwkiii, Friday, 2 July 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Hoobastank
no regrets
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 2 July 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link