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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:22

Barclay James Harvest (BJH) and all those 3 letter "abbreviation bands"
elp, elo...
Yes (Roger Dean's logo is pretty cool and I like some of their albums)
Asia (nice logo and artwork too but extremely boring music)

however the most stupid names can be found in metal music ;-)

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:22
and amon düül ll... WHAT IS THAT?!!?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:26
Originally posted by MorgothSunshine MorgothSunshine wrote:

Pavlov's dog

By the way, your quote is a slightly misquoted Niels Bohr quote. He stated: "There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true."



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:31

CAN....

OR

PINEAPPLE THIEF


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:31

Originally posted by nimrodel nimrodel wrote:

and amon düül ll... WHAT IS THAT?!!?

"Amon" (or in some spellings "Ammon") is an ancient Egyptian God with the horns of a ram. "Düül" is a character from Turkish literature. And the "2" simply stems from the fact that the original Amon Düül split up, and those who left added the "2" to distinguish themselves from the others.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:31
Originally posted by Manunkind Manunkind wrote:

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=584

 

 

Nothing can compete with this thread really it can't.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:38
Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

Originally posted by Manunkind Manunkind wrote:

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=584

 

 

Nothing can compete with this thread really it can't.

Actually one just might:

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=349

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:11

Flower Kings

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:16

"10cc" as well as "The Loving Spoonful". Both names refer to the average volume of the ejaculate as the result of a male orgasm.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:23
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

"Premiata Forneria Marconi" were named after a shop that sold sweets.


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I'm not in harmony with you... For the italian way to prog "Premiata Forneria Marconi" is a good name... Is the synthesis of the long english prog names, plus the mediterranean sound... Perfect for me...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:23
the mars revolta
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:26
Originally posted by dodaro dodaro wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

"Premiata Forneria Marconi" were named after a shop that sold sweets.


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I'm not in harmony with you... For the italian way to prog "Premiata Forneria Marconi" is a good name... Is the synthesis of the long english prog names, plus the mediterranean sound... Perfect for me...

I was not joking. There really is a shop of sweets somewhere in Italy that has the name "Premiata Forneria Marconi". The information is from a rock lexicon.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:37
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

"10cc" as well as "The Loving Spoonful". Both names refer to the average volume of the ejaculate as the result of a male orgasm.

Yes, the name comes from that but I have to give my (I think) expert opinion on that. Let me explain: it's not that I'm an expert in male ejaculates (I only know about my own, at least since I was a teenager and did some competitions with friends), but that I'm a physiologist, with some expertise in reproductive physiology, and I can tell you for sure that the volume is very variable, but seldom bigger than 5 cc.
I'm sure if most of my male fellow forum members were given a 10cc container and asked to fill it they would be really scared after looking at its size. Oh, by the way, size doesn't really matters...

So yes, those might be the most stupid band names ever...

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:43
I love Supertramp, but I consider it's rather a stupid name.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:44
  • Tangerine Dream - How many dreams do you have in orange.
  • Echolyn - sounds like a character from He-Man
  • Porcupine Tree and Pineapple Thief...
  • Hatfield & the North
  • Godspeed you Black Emperor
  • Portishead
  • Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
  • Platypus
  • The Dayjob Orchestra
THIS IS ELP
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:52
Originally posted by threefates threefates wrote:

  • Tangerine Dream - How many dreams do you have in orange.
  • Echolyn - sounds like a character from He-Man
  • Porcupine Tree and Pineapple Thief...
  • Hatfield & the North
  • Godspeed you Black Emperor
  • Portishead
  • Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
  • Platypus
  • The Dayjob Orchestra

"Hatfield and the North" are named after a sign on the M1 motorway in England. I saw that sign myself.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:53
Originally posted by nacho nacho wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

"10cc" as well as "The Loving Spoonful". Both names refer to the average volume of the ejaculate as the result of a male orgasm.

Yes, the name comes from that but I have to give my (I think) expert opinion on that. Let me explain: it's not that I'm an expert in male ejaculates (I only know about my own, at least since I was a teenager and did some competitions with friends), but that I'm a physiologist, with some expertise in reproductive physiology, and I can tell you for sure that the volume is very variable, but seldom bigger than 5 cc.
I'm sure if most of my male fellow forum members were given a 10cc container and asked to fill it they would be really scared after looking at its size. Oh, by the way, size doesn't really matters...

So yes, those might be the most stupid band names ever...

 

 

I always knew men were exaggerating, no wonder I'm a lesbian.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:56

The Enid

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:04

The Flower Kings have by far the worst name...and they wonder why they have trouble attracting a wider audience?  Tool is also in this day and age a painful name for them to have chosen seeing as homosexuals are branded that through slang.  And c'mon, Pain of Salvation?  That's cringe-worthy as well.   

I happen to think the Mars Volta is a good name; in an explanation (for those who don't know) the founders said volta is a word an Italian director used meaning constant change, and mars comes from both their obsession with sci-fi elements and as the god/ddess(? i forget which) of war...why not? 

Note: I enjoy all these bands.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:09
Originally posted by threefates threefates wrote:


  • Tangerine Dream - How many dreams do you have in orange.

  • Echolyn - sounds like a character from He-Man

  • Porcupine Tree and Pineapple Thief...

  • Hatfield & the North

  • Godspeed you Black Emperor

  • Portishead

  • Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

  • Platypus

  • The Dayjob Orchestra


Probably except The Dayjob Orchestra all those names are great. Especially Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
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