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Poll Question: Which prog band do you think has the best name?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
7 [5.38%]
3 [2.31%]
28 [21.54%]
10 [7.69%]
4 [3.08%]
14 [10.77%]
4 [3.08%]
16 [12.31%]
3 [2.31%]
7 [5.38%]
7 [5.38%]
9 [6.92%]
5 [3.85%]
13 [10.00%]
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I always liked the name Genesis.

Neuschweinstein (hope i spellt that right!) has a great name
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Van Der Graaf Generator is a really cool name. It represents both the scientific and mystical, two sides the band seems to explore. A very appropriate name.
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Dream Theater is a nice and mysterious name, the name also suits the band which is important.
Personally I like shorter names for a band, I especially like Yes and Rush so the latter gets my vote.
Gentle Giant is sort of a Cute name for a prog band :)
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I'm partial to my own band's name, Onward! Defrosted Tuna Team.
After names like Jupiter Bonfire (Obscure parody of the guitarist in Steppenwolf who wrote Born to Be Wild), Negative Creep (Nirvana reference), Chemical Plant Zone (Sonic reference), Stargazer (Rainbow), Working Class Heroes (John Lennon), Sweet Soul Brothers (Jet Set Radio), and Cogs in Cogs (Gentle Giant), this may or may not be the one we settle on.
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From your list, Hatfield and the North (from the famous road sign as others have pointed out.)

Other names I like:

  • Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses
  • Machine and the Synergetic Nuts
  • Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
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-Pink Floyd

-The Mars Volta

-King Crimson
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

BTW, I agree about Pink Floyd. Good name..wierd and obscure.

Not so obscure: the band take its name after two blues singers.
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My favourite band names of the list are Porcupine Tree, Genesis and Jethro Tull but I also like this band names

NEUSCHWENSTEIN
KYRIE ELEISON
PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI
IL CASTELLO DI ATLANTE
CANARIOS...

and some others...
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1. Pink Floyd
2. King Crimson (check out my sig...)
3. Yes

And "The Mars Volta" is pretty cool too.



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Other... 

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, GODSPEED! You Black Emperor... and others
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I think Dream Theater is a very neat name. And it suits their music very well.
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Van Der Graaf Generator
King Crimson
YES
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For me it's Yes the best name for a band due to it's simplicity!! But it must have been damn hard to invent!!
yet you still have time!
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Pink Floyd and Nektar are surely cool names
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Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

while black metal really has the edge for absolutely ridiculous names....


Really?

That's so interesting.
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Here's some other (non-prog) names that I like: -

1) Kilburn and the High Roads (not to be confused with Hatfield and the North).

2) Crispy Ambulance

3) Arthur Hodgson and the Kneecaps (as featured in The Rutles film "All You Need is Cash").

 
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Pink Floyd, and King Crimson both great names. Hatfield and the North sticks in the memory 'cos its a road sign on must be the A1 coming out of London.

I've always thought Yes and Genesis  had naff names.
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