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    Posted: February 16 2009 at 11:05
Originally posted by POSW POSW wrote:

Flying Saucer Attack


What are you talking about? That's an awesome band name.
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A parallel object language with protocols, constraints and distributed delegation by J. Van Den Bos of Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
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elevated, (1 Chr. 4:8), a descendant of Judah.
 
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Morte Macabre is pretty lame ... and wtf is a Procol Harum.
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Originally posted by POSW POSW wrote:

IMO, post-rock band names win this thread. Easily.
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This One Will Destroy You (fixed)
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There are some pretty terrible ones on your list, but also some very good ones - This Will destroy You and GY!BE are a few i actually like.

on to the bad . . .

Van der graff generator
Yes
Camel
Egg
Porcupine Tree
Mr. Bungle (i only say this because i feel uncomfortable every time i bring them up, i like the name for the band)
Kansas (same goes for boston)

The Entire Prog Metal Section barring a few odd balls. They might be able to play their instruments but they sure as hell shouldnt write lyrics or be allowed to give themsleves a name. (Kamelot?)

And basically any band that just tries too hard. ie bands that use any of the following words (combinations just make it exponentially worse): death, die, dying, blood, Bloody, decapitation , Napalm, the Letter "X",  fetus or references to violent acts or overly gross imagery.
examples ... Cattle decapitation, Rancid Meatflaps, Anal c**t, Napalm death, Symphony X, dimmension X, eternity X, Alchemy X, XSavior, and Dying Fetus





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The first name that comes to mind is The Flower Kings... korky
then, there's 1000 metal bands with horrible names...
- Shadow Gallery,
- Beyond Twilight,
- Seventh Wonder,
- Threshold,
- Liquid Tension Experiment (worse: liquid trio experiment),
- Andromeda,
- The Beatles (not metal but lame!)...

I like short and simple names (Yes, Death, Rush...) and long and/or complicated ones à la post-rock (GYBE!, The Pirate Ship Quintet, This Will Destroy You...
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There are far more absurd names that good ones. Too many to list (the bad ones)



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An 80s band in my area came up with the supremely stupid name of TBA.  Funny how they never developed a following.
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So many bad one's, how to choose? And so many of them are bands that I truly love.

Bands I love:

Gentle Giant
Behold...The Arctopus
Coprofago
Bondage Fruit
Pain of Salvation


Bands I don't love so much:

Atomic Rooster
Happy the Man
Khan
Marillion
Acid Mother's Temple

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I always thought Burning Red Ivanhoe was a stupid name, 
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Nice Beaver from Holland. err..... actually its pretty clever way of getting attention......
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and to add to my earlier list:
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Supertramp (didn't take this band seriously for the longest time because of their name)
Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, Trevor Tomkins (more of a list)
 
and maybe this is the place to ask this:
is it Kebnekajse or Kebnekaise?  Last FM (which is not very reliable admittedly) wants the former but here we list the ladder


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Originally posted by POSW POSW wrote:

IMO, post-rock band names win this thread. Easily.

Scanning the list of bands on the genre page brings up all of these.

Auto!Auotmatic!!
Everything Is Made In China
Flying Saucer Attack
God Is An Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
If These Trees Could Talk
Meanwhile Back In Communist Russia
Set Fire To Flames
Souls Vibrating In The Universe
Sweep The Leg Johnny
This One Will Destroy You
World's End Girlfriend
You.May.Die.In.The.Desert.

and Last But... I mean last but not least, the aforementioned Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start
 
these are actual band names? good god Shocked


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IMO, post-rock band names win this thread. Easily.

Scanning the list of bands on the genre page brings up all of these.

Auto!Auotmatic!!
Everything Is Made In China
Flying Saucer Attack
God Is An Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
If These Trees Could Talk
Meanwhile Back In Communist Russia
Set Fire To Flames
Souls Vibrating In The Universe
Sweep The Leg Johnny
This One Will Destroy You
World's End Girlfriend
You.May.Die.In.The.Desert.

and Last But... I mean last but not least, the aforementioned Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start
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The only ones that come to mind are Mother Gong, Supersister and Black Bonzo. LOL


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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

- Bozzio, Levin, Stevens (ELP already did the 3 name thing)


Well, I think a lot of jazz bands already did the 'three-name thing' BEFORE ELP.
 
Jazz, pfffft, that hardly matters WinkLOL


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Boxer
Jo Jo Gunne
Marshall Tucker Band
Made In Sweden
Organisation
Whistler
Bang
Dream Theater 
 
 
Starcastle and Bang is very bad names imo.


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Ugh, I agree with Dixie Dregs, Frumpy, Horslips and Slapp Happy. They all just sound horrible!
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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

- Bozzio, Levin, Stevens (ELP already did the 3 name thing)


Well, I think a lot of jazz bands already did the 'three-name thing' BEFORE ELP.
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One and two word names lead to the most iconic bands so don't go writing off bands name because its simple.  Yes, Egg, Caravan, Camel, Focus, Gong, Gryphon, Magma, The Nice, Rush, and even The Band (not prog but fitting), to name a few, are all fine examples of simple yet iconic band names.
Here are some lame ones (including many one/two worders that just don't pack any punch):
- Dream Theater
- Ambrosia
- Neu! (avoid punctuation in names)
- Audience
- Babe Ruth (now I like the bambino as much as anyone but I don't get this as a band name)
- Bozzio, Levin, Stevens (ELP already did the 3 name thing)
- Dixie Dregs (just unappealing sounding)
- The Flower Kings
- Frumpy
- Glass Hammer
- Gravy Train (this is a bit unfair as had the awful Gravy Train!!!! had not come along later this would be a fine name)
- Horslips
- Jody Grind
- Kansas
- Love
- S.B.B. (avoid punctuation in names)
- Slapp Happy
- Starcastle
- Wallenstein (better suited for a deli, not to sound insensitive Confused)
 
hmmmm, seems the great majority of the bands I listen to have short names.
 


Edited by manofmystery - February 07 2009 at 17:32


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I still have a difficulty with the name of the Muffins. Not enough pompous for me.
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