kurtz Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Not gonna lie, I still do this. It's a highly useful tool to weed out bullshit. 99% of the time it's dead accurate too. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raidenradio Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Protest the Hero Thought it was stupid. I was wrong, then their last album came out and now I'm right again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I have never heard a song by The Twilight Sad and I never will do to them having the worst band name ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 The Horrible Crows. And yea, the band name turns me off more than how bad American Slang was. I think a bad band name can only turn you off of an unknown band. Sounds like you are just bitter that Brian doesn't sound like SOS anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Protest the HeroThought it was stupid. I was wrong, then their last album came out and now I'm right again. Lol. Right on, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 You can pretty much argue any band name sucks, but there's definitely different levels of suck. Basically anything without spaces is probably shit. I refuse to listen to "I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business" because that's a shitty name. I feel like way too many bands with names like that are living so seriously short-term that they're naming themselves on a fad or a trend of ridiculousness. If The Beatles were exactly the same but had some stupid name, what would you think of them? In 35 years could you see yourself in a serious conversation about the longevity and musical impact of a band with a name like Dance.Gavin.Dance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxamaphone Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 If I did that, I never would have given any of the Elephant 6 bands a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 You can pretty much argue any band name sucks, but there's definitely different levels of suck. Basically anything without spaces is probably shit.I refuse to listen to "I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business" because that's a shitty name. I feel like way too many bands with names like that are living so seriously short-term that they're naming themselves on a fad or a trend of ridiculousness. If The Beatles were exactly the same but had some stupid name, what would you think of them? In 35 years could you see yourself in a serious conversation about the longevity and musical impact of a band with a name like Dance.Gavin.Dance? That's a good way to miss out on cool shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadreckoning Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 hhhmmmm.... Maybe that's why none of my bands lasted more than a week, e.g., Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth Crew Sweatstain Charlie and the Unintelligent Designers I'm Proud of My Gay Son However, i am still partial to... Monkey xHeadx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 You can pretty much argue any band name sucks, but there's definitely different levels of suck. Basically anything without spaces is probably shit.I refuse to listen to "I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business" because that's a shitty name. I feel like way too many bands with names like that are living so seriously short-term that they're naming themselves on a fad or a trend of ridiculousness. If The Beatles were exactly the same but had some stupid name, what would you think of them? In 35 years could you see yourself in a serious conversation about the longevity and musical impact of a band with a name like Dance.Gavin.Dance? That's a good way to miss out on cool shit. Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 zlam dunk http://www.facebook.com/zlamdunkmusic?sk=app_178091127385 i dig most of their music, but what a dumb and misleading name. (RIYL: la dispute, mewithoutyou, listener, 'dancier' versions of these bands) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto802 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Basically anything without spaces is probably shit. I think MeWithoutYou can earn an exception here. agaetisbyrjun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Basically anything without spaces is probably shit. I think MeWithoutYou can earn an exception here. And pageninetynine. They write it that way sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 zlam dunkhttp://www.facebook.com/zlamdunkmusic?sk=app_178091127385 i dig most of their music, but what a dumb and misleading name. (RIYL: la dispute, mewithoutyou, listener, 'dancier' versions of these bands) Agreed, the music is promising, but goddamn that name. And their explanation about how they came up with it makes me hate it even more- How did you come up with your name? That also hearkens back to that first epic jam session in the dorm room. We were saying, "It's dance-y, it sounds like punk," and as I remember it, our drummer Daniel stood up behind his kit and said, "It sounds like dance punk, it's dunk! We should be "Dunk"!" And then somebody else was like, "We should be "Slam Dunk"!" But then Daniel was like, "No, the letter "S gets way too much attention, we should be "Zlam Dunk"!" And the rest is history, as they say. They probably should have set down the bong and opened the windows in their dorm room to air it out a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaminrthreat Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'm in a punk/folk band called Tyrannosaurus Zebra. After reading some of the names in this thread I'm starting to think we might not have the worst name ever, but it's still pretty bad. It hasn't proved to be a problem so far, but I probably wouldn't listen to a band with our crappy name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgeagain Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I put out multiple releases by a fantastic band called Wafflehouse*. And yet, when they wanted to change it, they came up with something even worse. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnywreck Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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californiaflow Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 One of our local bands is named Snot Rocket. We also had a band called Don't Feed The Trees (Dave Lombardo of Slayer's son plays keyboard) but they got smart and changed their name finally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedestroys Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza, check em'! As soon as I saw this thread I was gonna drop Danza in it but guess I got beat to it haha. Shit's hard to top. I guess I'll add to it with Eat A Helicopter, The Great Redneck Hope, Eatmewhileimhot! (bleh), Heavy Heavy Low Low, and honestly I never really got The Number Twelve Looks Like You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The Number Twelve Looks Like You is a reference to a pretty badass episode of The Twilight Zone whose name is actually "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_12_Looks_Just_Like_You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedestroys Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 See I knew without a doubt that would be on wikipedia... Laziness prevails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 One of our local bands is named Snot Rocket. We also had a band called Don't Feed The Trees (Dave Lombardo of Slayer's son plays keyboard) but they got smart and changed their name finally. i was friends with a mckinney, tx punk band called Snot Rocket back around 01, they changed their name to Los Mocos about a year later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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