Bands you refuse to listen to because their name is awful

[tufty79]

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MortisHead.

What

 

[Spandex]

I was surprised when someone on here said that Psychick Warriors of Gaia are apparently not a ropy psytrance act. I still haven't got around to listening to them to confirm this though.

They pre-date dodgy psy-trance by over half a decade. Their name comes from associations with Psychic TV - a couple of them were part of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth crowd in the 80s. Exit 23 from 1990 was canned on the early trance scene and their influence leaked into psy-trance when that became a thing.

 

[hitmouse]

I suppose you have to give Ordinary Boys points for honesty. "Alright lads, we've written these forgettable tunes that have nothing special about them, now all we need is a name that lets listeners know that they shouldn't expect anything new or unique."

 

[Spandex]

There's an obvious cororlary to this. Bands with names you find intriguing, clever, fun etc but turn out to be drek or misaligned to your genre assumptions.

Starsailing is a classic detroit techno tune by Galaxy 2 Galaxy, so I was dismayed when I found Starsailor are a shit indie band.

 

[fishfinger]

Dread Zeppelin.

Have no idea if they were any good, but the name was just such a groan...

A band, fronted by an Elvis impersonator, doing cod-reggae versions of Led Zep songs.

 

[tufty79]

Yay or nay?
From the album Gravelands


i think his real name is James Brown

 

[Knotted]

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Dread Zeppelin.

Have no idea if they were any good, but the name was just such a groan...

It totally suits the band. What it says on the tin.

 

[xenon]

What

I quite like them.

 

[tufty79]

I quite like them.

I don't like them I live them

 

[xenon]

A band, fronted by an Elvis impersonator, doing cod-reggae versions of Led Zep songs.

Yeah I dont' think tribute bands count do they. They're supposed to have dire puns.
The Rolling Clones etc.

Me and a mate a long time ago, talked about doing a punk ahem, tribute to Mick Hucknell. Neither of us actually liked his music but Mick Shrapnel and Simply Dred was basically the whole idea. My mate at least had dreds...

 

[mojo pixy]

A lot of people who use their RL name are fucking legends in my opinion. Regardless of your/my taste in music. I admit that I probably have limited knowledge compared to a lot of folks on here but,
Bob Seger; wanted to do his own music and not be produced by some music exec. wank stain, saved up his cash and produced his own album.
Tom Petty; signed with a label and, like so many before him got fucked over. Claimed bankruptsy, started over and made it big.
Vanessa Carlton; Had a hit, label said lets just make more of these and she said "no, I wanna be creative", and walked away.
Jill Jackson; Started off with a bang in Speedway, didn`t like it and left to do her own folk thing.
And that guy who all the ladies throw their panties at while at his show in Vegas, that guy, fucking legend.

It's not that someone using their own name can't be good (they can be and are) but that someone using their own name is unlikely to grab my attention enough to bother to listen to their music.

 

[tufty79]

It's not that someone using their own name can't be good (they can be and are) but that someone using their own name is unlikely to grab my attention enough to bother to listen to their music.

Should I start a teh mojo pixys Tribute band?

 

[killer b]

There's an obvious cororlary to this. Bands with names you find intriguing, clever, fun etc but turn out to be drek or misaligned to your genre assumptions.

Bring Me The Horizon have an amazing name, and their music is total toilet

 

[mojo pixy]

Should I start a teh mojo pixys Tribute band?

what a horrifying thought

 

[elbows]

Anthrax
Napalm death
and any other try hard look at me I'm so shocking metal bands

Hopefully Lawnmower Deth are exempt from that.

 

[elbows]

Reminds me of Toad the Wet Sprocket, wtf kind of name is that?.

Its the sort of name that is stolen directly from a Monty Python sketch.



Lead electric triangle

 

[sideboob]

Its the sort of name that is stolen directly from a Monty Python sketch.



Lead electric triangle

Thank you for that. List of legends expands, to include Sir elbows.

 

[xenon]

Bring Me The Horizon have an amazing name, and their music is total toilet

I keep hearing their name recently so played one random track the other week but it didn't make much impression. Just looked at their wiki page, Sykes sounds like a twat but I'm a bit curious to listen to the Cut up version of Suicide Season.

 

[tufty79]

Its the sort of name that is stolen directly from a Monty Python sketch.



Lead electric triangle

*Ping!

 

[tufty79]

Philistines jr



Always make me think of beesonthewhatnow , if that's ok with him?

 

[tufty79]

Philistines jr



Always make me think of beesonthewhatnow , if that's ok with him?

Quick! danny la rouge ! It's been in my heart all along if you listen to the end

 

[josef1878 2.0]

Silly name, great band. I didn't realise until they recently changed their name that One Little Indian records was so named because its run by one of the guys from Flux of Pink Indians.

Derek Birkett

 

[josef1878 2.0]

Anthrax
Napalm death
and any other try hard look at me I'm so shocking metal bands

Before the long hair Anthrax there was and still is an anarcho Anthrax

 

[rubbershoes]

Before the long hair Anthrax there was and still is an anarcho Anthrax

I ddn't get where I am today by listening to any band called Anthrax, whatever their musical stylings

 

[mojo pixy]

Anthrax is largely obsolete in these days of Cattle Decapitation

 

[cloudyday]

Blancmange

 

[hash tag]

Baby bird.
Baby metal
cabbage

 

[hash tag]

Not to keen on
Toothgrinder.
Dentists

 

[josef1878 2.0]

I ddn't get where I am today by listening to any band called Anthrax, whatever their musical stylings

Just take a deep breath and hold your nose

 

[rekil]

and you will know us by the trail of the dead

Too many words tryhards