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I always thought "Tangerine Dream" was a bit lame. But I think "Can" wins.
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From the top of my head:

Amps For Christ
The Mars Volta
Explosions in the Sky
Vanilla Fudge


and the bad ones:

The Samuel Jackson Five

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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2006 at 19:30
Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:

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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Just in case this is a language problem:
 
Flower:
 
 
Flour:
 
I imagine their name indicates a retro/hippy sort of focus on love and beauty. It's a very 60s/70s sort of name for a prog band.  With their derivitive, retro sound, I think the name works.Smile
 
 
But tell me please, folks: why is "Opeth" a good band name? (It sounds like a lisp, to me.)
Does it mean anything?Confused


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SmileGoogled it -- Wikipedia says this, of the name Opeth:
 
The name Opeth was taken from the novel Sunbird by author Wilbur Smith, and was originally spelled Opet. In the book, Opet is the name of the location for an ancient empire which translates to "City of the Moon".


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OPETH means  opera death.
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Originally posted by markosherrera markosherrera wrote:

OPETH means  opera death.
 
Hmmmm -- not according to Wikipedia. Ermm
 
Their explanation sounds more credible, to me. Who's right?Confused
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I like "City of the Moon" better.

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The wiki explaination is nicer, but any fool can edit wikipedia which annoys me. I'm still addicted to the thing, though...

I, personally, think "Phil Collins" is a cruddy name for a band.
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I read an interview with Mikael Akerfeldt several years ago, and he confirmed that he did "rip off" the name Opeth from Wilbur Smith.
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Hawkwind; it's spacy and mysterious, just like the band. 

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^Is that good or bad?

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More good (in my opinion) names: Secret Machines, Muse, Rush.
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Hawkwind , The Mars Volta, Harmonium, and Soundgarden are my favorite band names.  Especially Soundgarden, what an awesome name

Bad ones um.... Nektar, Wobbler, Russian Circles, and Asia
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the best onesThumbs Up

shadow gallery
under the sun
king crimson
 
the bad onesThumbs Down
most singles names[yes,asia,camel ......]
the names  of the artist follow the word band [steve miller band.....]


Edited by martinprog77 - December 08 2006 at 04:35
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Worst:
The Used
My Chemical Romance
Taking Back Sunday
And every other emo band...
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Best: King Crimson, Jethro Tull (because who can't like a band named after the inventor of a seed drill Wink), Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd

Worst: Yes (not necessarily because of how it sounds, but because of how it just doesn't seem like something a band should be named), Emerson, Lake and Palmer (for lack of originality)
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The best one? hum..........  I like Jethro Tull, Dream Theater and a band called Nenhum De Nós (No One Of Us - no prog)
 
The Worst? hum...  I love it! But Ambrosia is a bad name.
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Good Ones: King Crimson, Hatfield And The North, Matching Mole, Faust, Opeth

Bad Ones: Yes, Genesis

I actually like the name Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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Best:
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Opeth
Pink Floyd sounds pretty cool
Jethro Tull
Radiohead
Van der Graaf Generator sounds so...smart jajajaj
Iron Maiden fits the band like glove...as does Metallica

Worst:
The Flower Kings (the first one I thought of)
Bubu LOL
Neuschwanstein
The Resident
OOIOO ...what?
First band from outer space LOL I mean...what the f**k?...they won, they won
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Best- Mahavishnu Orchestra:  This is probably the coolest name for a band that anyone has ever come up with in the history of all time.  King Crimson is pretty cool as well, and Genesis isn't a bad name either.

Worst- Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer:  I don't like the name Yes, it just doesn't sound that great, and it's really annoying trying to read a sentence with the word Yes in it, especially when somebody decides not to capitalize it.  Maybe I should start a band with a single mundane word for a name.  How about:

"The"

It would be nearly impossible to read a sentence with my band name in it.
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