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moebius 
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 Topic: The Best and Worst Band Names
Posted: December 05 2006 at 16:05 |
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What do you think is the best and the worst band names??
I think that maybe the best name out there is Fantômas, and the worst might be B]Yes.
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Ricochet
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 16:14 |
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the man machine
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 16:22 |
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at first i didnt like the name gentle giant . its a bit cheesy sounding but i guess it doesnt matter that much.
i like the name soft machine and the mothers of invention
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unicorn coffee
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 16:24 |
Best- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Worst- Egg
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 16:30 |
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Best - easily "Birdsongs of the Mesozoic" - great name with some equally inventive album titles. It's such a pity I hate their music!
There are lots of silly band names - too many to narrow down.
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Philéas
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 16:34 |
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Contrary to the topic creator, I think Yes is the ultimate bandname.
Other names I like (I'll keep it to Prog) are Taal, The Mars Volta, Van
der Graaf Generator and Magma. I've never been a big fan of the names
Gentle Giant (I love their music though) and The Flower Kings.
Edited by Philéas - December 05 2006 at 16:35
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fuxi
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 17:11 |
If Roine Stolt had been a native speaker of English, I'm sure he wouldn't have called his band 'The Flower Kings'. It sounds as if he's some sort of baker! 
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East of Lyra
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 17:11 |
I was never particularly fond of the name 'Yes' either.
My favourite prog band name.. Hmm.. I'd say 'Queensrÿche'
Some other favourites: Led Zeppelin, Soundgarden and Iced Earth.
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stonebeard
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 17:18 |
I've always liked the images "Dream Theater" conjurs.
Flower Kings would be an ok name for a folk prog band I think, but it doesn't suit the band as they are.
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blazno
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 17:20 |
good: Gentle Giant, Can, Mothers of Invention, The Who, Egg  bad: Dream Theater, Death, Nightwish (mostly metal band) worst: Emerson, Lake and Palmer  - sounds like a law firm + everything in that manner
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East of Lyra
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 17:34 |
 blazno wrote:
worst: Emerson, Lake and Palmer- sounds like a law firm + everything in that manner
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Haha. The only thing worse is 'Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe' and their eponymous debut album. Now that sounds like a law firm.
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Peter
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 17:37 |
East of Lyra wrote:
Haha. The only thing worse is 'Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe' and their eponymous debut album. Now that sounds like a law firm. |
 Ha -- should have been titled " Dewey, Fleecem & Howe," eh Lycra? 
Edited by Peter Rideout - December 05 2006 at 17:38
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 17:40 |
Opeth is a wonderful band name.
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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East of Lyra
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 18:09 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
Ha -- should have been titled " Dewey, Fleecem & Howe," eh Lycra? |
Damn.. I've only been posting on the forum for one day and you've already given me an embarrassing nickname.
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Tony R
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 18:10 |
East of Lyra wrote:
Peter Rideout wrote:
-- should have been titled "Dewey, Fleecem & Howe," eh Lycra? |
Damn.. I've only been posting on the forum for one day and you've already given me an embarrassing nickname. |
Yes,Peter behave..... 
Edited by Tony R - December 05 2006 at 18:11
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stonebeard
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 18:12 |
East of Lyra wrote:
Peter Rideout wrote:
Ha -- should have been titled " Dewey, Fleecem & Howe," eh Lycra? |
Damn.. I've only been posting on the forum for one day and you've already given me an embarrassing nickname. |
Fortunately Peter's name is good for that too, so get creative!
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East of Lyra
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 18:16 |
stonebeard wrote:
East of Lyra wrote:
Peter Rideout wrote:
Ha -- should have been titled " Dewey, Fleecem & Howe," eh Lycra? |
Damn.. I've only been posting on the forum for one day and you've already given me an embarrassing nickname. |
Fortunately Peter's name is good for that too, so get creative! |
I'll forgive him, as I just got the original joke.  " Dewey, Fleecem & Howe", that's pretty good. 
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Drew
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 18:18 |
Worst (on the top of my head) Yes, and Flower Kings
Best- Opeth
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 18:27 |
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Favourites (best is too controversial a word)
Pain of Salvation
Van der Graaf Generator
Opeth
String Cheese Incident
Machine and the Synergetic Nuts
Agallloch
Least favourite:
Yes
Genesis
Pure Reason Revolution
Shampoo (a jazz rock fusion band from Belgium in the 1970s)
Frost*
Marillion
Vortex (love the music, but the name lacks originality)
The Gift (most bands with "The" in the title annoy me)
The Music (not a prog band and not a very good band overall and a very pretentious crappy name to boot)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer (most bands that use the band members' names as the titles)
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andu
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 18:43 |
East of Lyra wrote:
Peter Rideout wrote:
Ha -- should have been titled " Dewey, Fleecem & Howe," eh Lycra? |
Damn.. I've only been posting on the forum for one day and you've already given me an embarrassing nickname. |
don't mind the old grumps, i'll protect you because you have a beautiful avatar. it seems many people around relate the names to the music, and don't judge in abstracto. for example, i think dream theater is a brilliant name (and brilliant metaphor) and qwaarn is just some kind of primitive quack. but then i may listen to those two bands (i haven't, yet) and then change my mind about the names. a sample of name i don't like: Ther Nice. it's just the perfect name for the band Dave Gahan plays in in the video for "It's No Good", if you know what i mean. still, maybe i'll listen to The Nice and then suddenly like their name. something more interesting in prog: sometimes the names for bands and especially for songs are chosen so ugly/ridiculous/ludicrous, by intention, that one cannot ignore them and gets stuck with them (in a good way). just think of Atomic Rooster - that's ridiculous, but am i glad they've picked it?  or check the Brand X song names - "Why Should I Lend You Mine" or "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" - those are just instrumental...
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