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Firefly 
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Posted: July 21 2007 at 06:50 |
Time to play "What were they smoking??"
In all genres there are some pretty atrocious names that almost always make you laugh and shake you head. Sometimes, they actually stop you from wanting to listen to them, and sometimes, it's the reason you check them out. Prog has som beauts, as does death/black/grindcore.
What are the worst/funniest/wtf ones you can think of???
I always thought Porcupine Tree was a pretty awful name for a band...and Sweden's Friendship Time, Mecki Mark Men, Baby Grandmothers all had me asking that question. What were you lot smoking??? 
I'll give some more that aren't prog in a moment...along with the translations of the names, because therein lies the comedy.
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Floydian42
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 12:56 |
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Pineapple Thief is another bad PT.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 13:05 |
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Hapshash and the Colored Coat featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids.
A German band named "Scheiss die Wand an" ("Sh*t against the Wall").
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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thellama73
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 13:09 |
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I avoid bands that use Months, days of the week and seasons as part of their names, because they almost always turn out to be ultra mellow snoozefests. I'm not too fond of numbers as part of band names either.
Edited by thellama73 - July 22 2007 at 13:09
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Dean
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 13:31 |
 thellama73 wrote:
I avoid bands that use Months, days of the week and seasons as part of their names, because they almost always turn out to be ultra mellow snoozefests. I'm not too fond of numbers as part of band names either. |
My initial reaction was, "Nah, that's not right, what about..." then the best I could come up with was Novembre, Wednesday 13 and Mostly Autumn - so, "Yeah, that's sooo right" 
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Dim
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 13:49 |
Death
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laplace
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 14:01 |
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Beggars Opera and Isildurs Bane really, really get on my nerves.
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moebius
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 15:35 |
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The Flower Kings?? Asia??
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 15:48 |
moebius wrote:
The Flower Kings?? Asia?? |
Those two are horrible. I actually like the name Porcupine Tree. 
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Dim
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 17:11 |
king of Siam wrote:
moebius wrote:
The Flower Kings?? Asia?? |
Those two are horrible.
I actually like the name Porcupine Tree.
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I also like porcupine tree... and asia, THE NAME
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Dean
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 17:14 |
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Dumb names are great - Who is going to remember a dull named band - am I right? Yes?
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darkmatter
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 17:20 |
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Symphony X is a pretty cheesy band name to me.
Edited by darkmatter - July 22 2007 at 17:26
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magnus
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 19:33 |
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Green Carnation makes no sense to me. I'm enjoying their music so far though. :)
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The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes
Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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Philéas
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 19:38 |
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Pain of Salvation is the one that always comes to mind first. But there are many others equally bad or worse.
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Dean
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 19:56 |
magnus wrote:
Green Carnation makes no sense to me. I'm enjoying their music so far though. :) |
The Green Carnation is a book from the 19 century that was loosely based on Oscar Wilde's relationship with Lord Douglas that indirectly lead to his trial of for Gross Indecency. In the novel, the Green Carnation was a symbol if identification that certain young men wore to identify themselves to each other. Whether that information is relevant in this circumstance I know not. 
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chamberry
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 19:57 |
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Worst band names? I have lots:
The Rock Of Travolta
The Samuel Jackson Five
AndyDickTracyMorganFreeman
My Dad Vs. Yours
Hooray for post-rock!
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Hallogallo
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 20:27 |
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Murple
De De Lind
Gilgamesh
Tako
Jumbo
Passport
Egg
All excellent bands BTW. Of course I could name a thousand death/black metal band names that are priceless
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zappaholic
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Posted: July 22 2007 at 20:37 |
Wasn't there a "worst band names" thread like a week ago?
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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Rimantas B.
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Posted: July 23 2007 at 03:13 |
schizoid_man77 wrote:
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What's so wrong with these names?
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Firefly
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Posted: July 23 2007 at 06:52 |
zappaholic wrote:
Wasn't there a "worst band names" thread like a week ago?
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Maybe....but I did a search and nothing came up.
Oh dear. Did you know there's a metal band somewhere in the world called Goat's Ass Trumpet? 
Edited by Firefly - July 23 2007 at 07:42
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