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Symphony X and Psychotic Waltz are really cheesy.
 
And IQ sounds very pretentious.
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Butthole Surfers   (though strangely charming..)








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Steve Albini might know how to arrange mics, but this band name is awful. Oh sure, its based on some comic book from Japan, but that doesn't make the name any less disgusting.
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I was surfing the net and found a huge data base of really bad band names, here's the link.
 
 
Seriously folks, if this thread stays open long enough all the names in PA will be in it.  And I see a lot of posts cherry picking sub-genres they don't like.
 
So what constitutes a good band name?  I'll go ahead and agree that names that contain vulgarity are probably a good indication of lack of substance.

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Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

Originally posted by moebius moebius wrote:

The Flower Kings?? Asia??

Those two are horrible.
I actually like the name Porcupine Tree.Tongue


I thinks it depends on your mother tongue. For me, as a german-speaking, names likes Porcupine Tree don't sound very stupid. Wink
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Originally posted by Thunder Thunder wrote:

Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

Originally posted by moebius moebius wrote:

The Flower Kings?? Asia??

Those two are horrible.
I actually like the name Porcupine Tree.Tongue


I thinks it depends on your mother tongue. For me, as a german-speaking, names likes Porcupine Tree don't sound very stupid. Wink
It's not that stupid for an Englishman either, it's just not that clever ... Pork You, Pine Tree. Meh.
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Kissing The Anus Of A Black Cat is by far the worst band name ever... LOL


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What about the ZODIAC MINDWARP? Anyway 1980s pop and rock are full of bad names:
KAJAGOOGOO
JOHNNY HATES JAZZ
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS
PREFAB SPROUT (even if their music is really fine)
PENDRAGON
SCRITTIPOLITTI
MILLI VANILLI (and they couldn't even sing!!!)
TRAVELLING WILBURIES
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN (I used to think they had something to do with the Italian metalhead Paul Chain...)
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
BOYS MEET GIRLS
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRLS
 
Many Heavy Metal names really suck
DISMEMBERED
ENTOMBED
CARCASS
NECHROPHAGY
NECHRODEATH
ROCK GODDESS
PINK CREAM 69
 
and some contemporary ones
YEAH YEAH YEAHS
CLAP YOUR HANDS AND SAY YEAH
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (good music, but what a silly name!)
FRANZ FERDINAND
MAROON 5 (in Italian the words "maroni" actually means "testicles")
BLINK 182, SUM 42 and similar
 
I think I'll take another visit here...
 
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Well, if you dislike names originating after places in general,  then yes, but they are not worse than Chicago, Boston, Kansas,Neuschwanstein etc.
Being Hungarian and Peruvian doesn't make them inferior.Wink


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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

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Gregor Samsa (I like the name, but not the band, so in this case it's the wrong name for this type of band; I expect to hear and avant band to have such a name)
 
They are obviously Franz Kafka fans with a name like that.
 
Strange that they're not prog though, because i've always accosiated Kafka with prog for some reason.
 

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(names that blatently reflect the bands ideology aren't very clever and dont sound very nice)
 
REO Speedwagon is the name that has haunted me for years. Its just so..so..Bad. it sounds like a fricken automobile.

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Originally posted by sbooth sbooth wrote:

 
REO Speedwagon is the name that has haunted me for years. Its just so..so..Bad. it sounds like a fricken automobile.
 
It's a fire truck.
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Originally posted by A B Negative A B Negative wrote:

Originally posted by sbooth sbooth wrote:

 
REO Speedwagon is the name that has haunted me for years. Its just so..so..Bad. it sounds like a fricken automobile.
 
It's a fire truck.
as made famous by Dr Spooner LOL
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