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The best name -- Van der Graaf Generator (incidentally, also the favourite band).
 
The coolest -- Gnidrolog (especially for the Slavic ears...).
 
The worst -- there's always another step to (unattainable) perfection...
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Originally posted by Sasquamo Sasquamo wrote:

  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.




Someone beat you to it... a long time ago.

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:vx1ibkd96akx


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Originally posted by rileydog22 rileydog22 wrote:

Hawkwind; it's spacy and mysterious, just like the band. 


Hawkwind was originally Nik Turner's nickname, a vaguely onomatopoaeic reference to his flatulence!

It's still a great name, one of my favourites along with Van der Graaf Generator and Soft Machine.

Worst names include Gentle Giant and Gnidrolog.
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Originally posted by Rosescar Rosescar wrote:

I actually like the name Emerson, Lake & Palmer

I can understand that because, despite "sounding like a law firm," it has a nice sound to it.
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Points: 4659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 11 2006 at 20:15
Originally posted by ResidentAlien ResidentAlien wrote:



Originally posted by Sasquamo Sasquamo wrote:

  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.
Someone beat you to it... a long time ago.http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:vx1ibkd96akx


I have three of their albums (on cassette). Their music isn't much more creative than their name...
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Originally posted by Nowhere Man Nowhere Man wrote:


Originally posted by Rosescar Rosescar wrote:

I actually like the name Emerson, Lake & Palmer

I can understand that because, despite "sounding like a law firm," it has a nice sound to it.


It sounds like a detergent company e.g. Procter & Gamble
    
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no, No, NO! You're all wrong! The greatest band name ever is a group that's never been mentioned here.
 
Atomic Rooster.
 
Can't be beat. Period. Bar none. Forever. Until I think of something better.
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Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

no, No, NO! You're all wrong! The greatest band name ever is a group that's never been mentioned here.
 
Atomic Rooster.
 
Can't be beat. Period. Bar none. Forever. Until I think of something better.
 
What about Atomic Kitten? LOLLOLLOL
 
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"King Crimson" is the god of all awesome band names.

Dream Theater is clearly the worst
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Lets bump this one I'd like to see some of the best names, as long as the subject is fresh.
 
My favorite name:
Strapping Young Lad (its just such a fun left turn from what they play)
 
My least favorite:
A**l C**T  (Very uncool)

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as a balancing force i'll claim anal c**t as being the single best possible band name ever achieved by man.

here's a terrible band name: "Pain of Salvation"
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Fudge Tunnel is a great name.
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Originally posted by rileydog22 rileydog22 wrote:

Hawkwind; it's spacy and mysterious, just like the band. 

Actually the band's name was created because of the habit of one of the members (Nik Turner) of hawking (coughing) and passing wind. But if one doesn't know the story one can also interpret the name in a poetic way, as the wind that carries the hawk through the air, which is quite fitting for the band's music, because they certainly can sting with a hawk's beak and talons, but there is a lot of spacy wind in their music too.

There are some band names I am not quite sure about whether they are good or bad. Examples:
Hatfield and the North (certainly a unique idea to name yourself after a road sign).
Henry Cow. (Sounds not too bad in English, but then I always have to think that the German equivalent would be "Heinrich Kuh", and that simply makes me udder  ... pardon, shudder. Wink)
10cc. (Especially when you know what they are named after Confused)



Edited by BaldFriede - September 13 2007 at 22:23


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Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

Originally posted by ResidentAlien ResidentAlien wrote:



Originally posted by Sasquamo Sasquamo wrote:

  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.
Someone beat you to it... a long time ago.http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:vx1ibkd96akx


I have three of their albums (on cassette). Their music isn't much more creative than their name...


Kind of makes me wonder why you ended up buying three of their albums, instead of stopping after just oneLOL

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Best - King Crimson, Genesis

Worst - Emerson Lake and Palmer, Dream theater
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These aren't necessarily prog but...
 
Good - The Knack, Rolling Stones, Soundgarden, Genesis, Nirvana, Renaissance, Talking Heads
 
Bad - the Cars, Bread, The Young Rascals
 
So Bad It's Almost Good - The Flaming Groovies 
 
Stupidest - T.B.A. - There was once band out of Toronto that picked this name and to their surprise, never developed much of a following.
Casting doubt on all I have to say...
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Originally posted by DT_ELP_Yes DT_ELP_Yes wrote:

Dream Theater-Bad
Yes-Good
 
Mabel Greer's Toy Shop -  Awful
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