Kurt Viledidn't even realise it was his real name
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 8 January 2023 00:09 (one year ago) link
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Well, the name and the fact that the lead vocalist seemed very skeezy during an appearance on The Real World 25+ years ago
― beamish13, Sunday, 8 January 2023 00:11 (one year ago) link
morrissey
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 8 January 2023 00:11 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxK-jFI9xPUbefore the name got any recognition. I think I saw something saying they cherry picked the name from a longer sentence or had teh significant parts revealed to them from their state of intoxication or something. Something about it being part of a Chris Roberts review or something.
I came across the lp in the 2nd hand record shop I used to frequent when they were still very unknown. Pink/puke coloured vinyl lp somehow new in an otherwise 2nd hand record shop. I picked it up put it on the listening player, liked what I heard so bought it. & hearsd later taht I got it oddly early, Seemed to be before the actual release date. Yerself Is Steam.
I caught a few dates on the end of the tour they had started supporting Ride on. They did about 4 more dates on their own.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 8 January 2023 12:16 (one year ago) link
I don’t care how many AOTYs it gets, I’m not listening to a band called Jockstrap
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 8 January 2023 12:26 (one year ago) link
Peaness.
Would make a good double bill with Jockstrap.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 8 January 2023 14:43 (one year ago) link
Couple more novelty band name I recently came across:
Lana Del RabiesMichael Cera Palin
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 02:43 (nine months ago) link
Tallest Man In the WorldPortugal the Man
probably some other bands with "man" in the name
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 02:54 (nine months ago) link
"Lana Del Rabies" and "Joanna Gruesome" are both incredible names because the reference material is somewhat insular, as opposed to awful names like "Wevie Stonder" or whatever
― sean paul akerman (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 02:58 (nine months ago) link
I wrote off Portugal the Man because of their name and finally broke down and listened and there i was writing Portugal the Man off again
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 02:59 (nine months ago) link
Tallest Portuguese Man in the World
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 03:02 (nine months ago) link
I had a dream the other night about a band called The One Night Show with Lay Jeno, which they subsequently shortened to Lay Jeno. I would not listen to them either way, if they actually existed.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 10:15 (nine months ago) link
Happy The Man
― nickn, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:47 (nine months ago) link
Mortugal the Pan
― mirostones, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 23:46 (nine months ago) link
Blake Mills
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Thursday, 3 August 2023 17:02 (nine months ago) link
Cage the elephantFoster the people
― /asarco (AcnalbasacNoom), Thursday, 3 August 2023 17:10 (nine months ago) link
Was shocked to learn that Blake Mills was not a Detroit techno guy...
― henry s, Thursday, 3 August 2023 17:15 (nine months ago) link
Ha Ha The Moose
(docked an additional star for being a moe. side project)
― henry s, Thursday, 3 August 2023 17:17 (nine months ago) link
AlvvaysChvrches
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Thursday, 3 August 2023 19:51 (nine months ago) link
Both of those seem like bands who found a non-annoying name they like, but couldn't get the twitter handle / trademark / discogs entry, so they inflected it enough to be unique. I do sympathize with bands trying to find an unclaimed band name in 2023 without resorting to "ha ha the moose".(also, your loss on both of those bands)
― enochroot, Thursday, 3 August 2023 20:44 (nine months ago) link
One of these days we should have a poll of ungooglable bands. The Band, The Music, X, The The.
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 3 August 2023 20:54 (nine months ago) link
!!!
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:12 (nine months ago) link
The oldest I ever felt was when I found out there's a band called Alvvays. Spelling shit in a Transylvanian accent is a thing now? No fucking way.
Anyway I later found out it was just to make the name google-able but the damage was done.
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, May 31, 2022 12:47 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
ROFL @ "Ha ha the moose"
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:14 (nine months ago) link
There was a trailer all over BBC 6Music a few weeks ago for a show called "Lose Yourself With Jockstrap", delivered in that terribly earnest 6Music trailer voice. Did wonders for my mental wellbeing.
― fetter, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:47 (nine months ago) link
tbf the 6Music voice would make anything sound horrible
― Let's talk about local tomatoes (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:48 (nine months ago) link
Ha ha the moose
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:53 (nine months ago) link
said Gramps, watching Rocky & Bullwinkle.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:54 (nine months ago) link
I would like that name a little better if I knew that's where it came from.
― henry s, Thursday, 3 August 2023 22:14 (nine months ago) link
One of my favorite jokes:
A moose hunter and his friend are hunting in the woods. They come across a third man, who puts up his hands and says, "Don’t shoot, I’m not a moose!" But the moose hunter raises his gun and shoots him. The hunter's friend turns to the moose hunter and asks, "why did you shoot him? He told you he wasn’t a moose!" And the moose hunter goes, "Oh, I thought he said he *was* a moose.”
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 August 2023 00:09 (nine months ago) link
I stayed away from Prefab Sprout for a very long as I thought they were a prog rock band based off there name
― hrep (H.P), Friday, 4 August 2023 01:02 (nine months ago) link
i thought it was '90s indie rock for a long time, and then i realized i was mixing them up with Tobin Sprout
― budo jeru, Friday, 4 August 2023 05:12 (nine months ago) link
(also, your loss on both of those bands)
I want to give them a fair shake!
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Friday, 4 August 2023 05:15 (nine months ago) link
(Perhaps more for the ILX Dreams thread) but last night I was dreamed about a band called Ha Ha The HOOS
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 4 August 2023 19:04 (nine months ago) link
ok, wait, I am going to ask for some further clarification about this one. a) it is literally his real name, and b) not even a bad one at that. struggling to see why this would chase someone off.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 4 August 2023 19:10 (nine months ago) link
"guy's name = it's gonna be characterless and boring, if he had any imagination he'd give it a band name like The Mountain Goats"
-14 year old me
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 5 August 2023 00:24 (nine months ago) link
I was wondering what subset of Prog Rock 'Hats Off Gentlemen, It's Adequate' might be.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 5 August 2023 00:49 (nine months ago) link
xp As a flip side to this, I remember explaining to a friend that Lou Barlow of Sebadoh used the name "Sentridoh" for his solo stuff, and my friend frowned and was like, "What's the deal with this guy??" Like he found the concept genuinely outrageous and distasteful for some reason...
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Saturday, 5 August 2023 01:10 (nine months ago) link
I did hear Beach House once but their name just puts me off.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 5 August 2023 05:12 (nine months ago) link
They're a good band, the name is a bit strange though because it seems to imply a different style of music to what they actually play.
― mirostones, Saturday, 5 August 2023 12:23 (nine months ago) link
Personally, I think that's the only cool thing about them. I'm a sucker for that particular bit of misdirection. See also: Swans, Cherubs. Trying to think of an example of the opposite approach - gnarly name, chill band. I guess The Grateful Dead sort of count
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 5 August 2023 12:38 (nine months ago) link
Spandau Ballet
― Josefa, Saturday, 5 August 2023 14:07 (nine months ago) link
(answering Paul)
"I did hear Beach House once but their name just puts me off."
in a record store the other day I overheard two gen zers talking and one said to the other "if someone likes more than one Beach House album that's a total red flag" and the other one agreed. I don't know what is going on anymore.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 5 August 2023 15:10 (nine months ago) link
lmao akm
― vexingvexillologist, Monday, 7 August 2023 10:16 (nine months ago) link
I guess that rules out Wavves as well?
― anatol_merklich, Monday, 7 August 2023 22:06 (nine months ago) link
i assume you pronounce the 'vv's in "Wavves" though
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 7 August 2023 22:25 (nine months ago) link
if someone only likes one Wire album, that's a pink flag
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 7 August 2023 22:26 (nine months ago) link
("...that's-a Pink Flag," if you're Mario)
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Monday, 7 August 2023 22:44 (nine months ago) link
Car Seat Headrest. I simply refuse to contemplate listening to a band with a 'quick, think of something' name like that.
― giraffe, Friday, 11 March 2022 08:52 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
Dry Cleaning is another one like that.
― Alfred Ndwego of Kenya (Tom D.), Friday, 11 March 2022 09:51 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
https://pressplaypresents.com/artists/gut-health/
― I Left My Harp In Sam Frank's Disco (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 September 2023 12:42 (seven months ago) link
https://www.nme.com/artists/english-teacher
there's a terrible name
― koogs, Saturday, 23 September 2023 13:41 (seven months ago) link