Worst prog band name
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Topic: Worst prog band name
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Worst prog band name
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 01:55
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We soon had the polls about the best band name of the 60s/70s prog outfits and we found out that Atomic Rooster is considered the best one. But how about some really bad names that do not work that well... This time no polls, just an open discussion, and it doesn't matter from which decade the band is.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 01:59
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is it bands with bad names that I enjoy? Bands with bad names in general? I could google that for a giggle, when I have some time. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 02:25
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CAN lol. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 02:30
I would say both really, you might enjoy the band, you might not. But we need bands with terrible names, that's the point.
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Cristi wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 02:35
For worst band names in general, I think Garbage has one of the trashiest names. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 02:37
so since you put this thread in the prog section, it's only prog bands, right?
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 02:37
I did not know Garbage was a prog band.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 02:44
They aren't, but Crimson Mellotron said we can choose bad band names in general too.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 02:46
then this thread should not be in the prog section. I'll be honest then, I am tired of people not caring what they post, how they post and where they post.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 03:07
After years of over-analyzing "What constitutes what" w labels, genres, etc., I honestly expect such consistency of disorientation lol. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 03:09
| The two names that immediately spring to mind are t and IT. I love the music of both, but they are near impossible to google, unless you include additional Information about what you’re looking for - which works (mostly) for albums, but anything else can be a bit of a a search for a needle in a haystack. |
Posted By: Homotopy
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 03:17
| Yeah, names like T, 3, and so on are the worst. In close competition are prog metal bands with names like "An Abstract Illusion", i.e. tasteless combos of abstract (no pun intended) words. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 03:21
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...So is this worst PROG band name as the title suggests, or is it now ANY band...? ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 03:37
well, thank you for mentioning An Abstract Illusion, I am listening right now and they are good. I'm gonna listen some more.  Also, not a bad name if you ask me.
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 03:59
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The The. Makes searching a PITA. Great band though. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 04:04
| I don’t generally have such a problem with those. An Abstract Illusion sounds alright to me. I really enjoyed Baikal this year, from Asian Death Crustacean. I’ve heard a few people that have not thought much of the name, but I really like it. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Porcupine Tree, etc. All fine with me. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 04:08
The The gets my vote too for the most boring band name, but I've never heard their music, mainly because I was put off by the name.
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Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 04:14
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I have these for your delectation! The Samurai of Prog (really!!) United Progressive Fraternity With a special mention for Emerson Lake and Palmer for sounding like a firm of solicitors |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 04:28
And then there's Giles, Giles & Fripp, who also sound like a firm of solicitors.
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Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 05:10
Yes indeed. And moreover, looked like one
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 05:14
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 05:19
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My pick would be more along the lines of Birth Control or perhaps any band with Orchestra in the title, and that includes Electric Light Orchestra. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 05:43
Birth Control sounds like the name of some extreme metal band. I like the ELO name, it's fine by me.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 06:24
Yes, it's in the title
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 06:25
I don't know this band, I might have to check them out. Please tell me if the name is an indication for the music?
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 06:29
ok band, excellent vocalist - Scottish singer Shirley Manson.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:06
Thanks! I never knew the Scottish singer's name was Shirley Manson, even though I have three albums of Garbage, and you're right, the band are much better than the trashy name implies. After all, they recorded the theme to a Bond movie. Garbage - The World is Not Enough |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:06
Hi, What is strange is that at the time a "can" was a very large amount of grass that you smoked ... and this group was not about drugs at all ... and I think they did it on purpose. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:08
or maybe he just dislikes that band name, simple as that.
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:30
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Frumpy is an awful name for a band IMHO. Maybe it communicates something different in their native German, but in England it means an unattractive woman. A lot of proggers think the 1976 album by Automatic Fine Tuning is pretty good, and hopefully the music (which I've not heard) is better than the dull and uninspiring band name. For non-prog I've always thought the band Noel Redding formed after leaving the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Fat Mattress was quite spectacularly bad. And the Naplam Death frontman Lee Dorrian was in a group called Septic Tank - I mean really! ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:31
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this is easy VDGG. Too long --cant pronounce---dont know what it means---maybe if their name was Yes or Genesis I'd like their music
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:34
Frumpy may have taken their name from their singer, Inga Rumpf, although she's definitely not frumpy.  |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:35
Frumpy is actually a really good band, with the excellent Inga Rumpf on vocals. I don't know what Frumpy means in German (I could google it and see if it means anything). Maybe it is an English word. Don't mind the name. Fat Mattress sounds cool. Septic Tank?! Also grind band?
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:38
I remember the British comedy trio the Goodies did a spoof music paper report on ELP continually splitting and reforming due to musical differences, first as Lake, Emerson and Palmer, then Palmer, Emerson and Lake, and eventually Lemerpal, Aker and Son. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:38
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Fresh Maggots is probably the worst name for a Prog Folk band, although thankfully, the grubby name is not a reflection of their music.
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:45
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The so-called Post Rock/Math Rock sub genre would have monopolized the Razzies here, no contest: All Will be Quiet And So I Watch You From Afar As the Poets Affirm Beaten By Them Celestial Wolves Empty Solos Echo War From Above In the Mountain Giraffes? Giraffes! I Am Waiting For You Last Summer Let Airplanes Circle Overhead Lo There Do I See My Brother The Sea Like Lead Souls Vibrating in the Universe Sweep the Leg Johnny Tangled Thoughts of Leaving You Already Know These might all be mighty fine bands worthy of anyone's time but someone needs to slay that post modern conceit that opportunistic nihilism is a social construct y'all. ------------- 
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:49
Another band I haven't heard of, will have to check them since they have a hot vocalist (not hotter than Akerfeldt but still)
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:51
I like ELO's name but I agree about Birth Control
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:53
Yeah with Frumpy I was commenting on their name, not the quality of their music! I think Septic Tank were a bit punkish. I did hear one of their tracks and funnily enough given their name it sounded at one point as though the lead singer was taking a large and painful dump.  ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:57
my bad then, i understood you didn't know Frumpy's music. Sorry about that.
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:00
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Seriously? It has to be Gandalf's Fist. What were they thinking with that one? ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:02
Van der Graaf Generator is a great name, definitely not the worst. The name fits in very well with their music. It is some device which accumulates electric charge, creating tensions up to 5 MV or more. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:03
what do they play? I know a psych-rock band called Gandalf. Nice band and album.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:06
I do feel that bands should avoid anything connected to LOTR, it's just perpetuating the goblins and wizards view of prog that people have. Isildur's Bane is another one. And Marillion, although I'm guessing some people don't realise that.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:09
| My pet hate is bands that name themselves after well-known prog albums or songs, I mean, there's even a prog band called Supper's Ready ffs. Unless you're a tribute band then think of your own name. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:10
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:12
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:14
I thought Supper's Ready WERE a Genesis tribute band.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:15
These names sound cool to me, I never really connected them to LOTR. Maybe it' just me.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:16
I have that excellent Gandalf album in my CD collection, and there's also a prolific New Age artist called Gandalf too.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:16
Wait, there is a band called Supper's Ready and they are NOT a cover band? Well, that's sad...
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:16
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Samurai of Prog must be the dorkiest name ever.  invent and insert a puke smiley here  Even Dorks Of Prog would be better  |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:19
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Samurai of Prog is an awful name. And I guess what stops me from listening to this guy's music. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:19
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:19
There's a French band called Abacab. They don't sound like Genesis though. There was a band from Israel (if I remember right) called Trespass, but they sounded like ELP. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:20
Exactly. There's one in PA and they don't appear to be a tribute. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1194" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1194
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:23
exactly... I'm not even remotely interested in hearing one note of his music.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:43
A-ha, so there really IS a Genesis tribute band called Supper's Ready, and they're a spaghettified version of Genesis from Italy.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:45
Just amazing
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 08:50
spaghettified? you were trying to be funny nd ended up rude. The name a-ha never bothered me. I also love their music.
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Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:25
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Bulbs. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:27
what do they play?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:31
"Spaghettified" is actually a real word. In theoretical physics, it's what happens when you get too close to a black hole and get stretched out like a string of spaghetti.
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:33
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There are also spaghetti westerns, something to be proud of, so why not spaghetti prog? (although we have already RPI) ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:35
I would propose Atomic Rooster - ridiculous name, but I voted for them in the "Best prog band name" poll...  ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:41
That was my line of reasoning too. No one's offended by the term "spaghetti western", so why would anyone be offended by the term "spaghetti prog"? If anything, "Krautrock" is a more offensive term than "spaghetti prog", and yet no one gets their knickers in a knot over the term "Krautrock" If "Krautrock" is now considered an acceptable term for German Prog, then why not "Frog Prog" too, for French Prog?
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:57
There is spaghetti prog. The Secret Chiefs 3 have made a career out of soundtrack sounding mixes of Middle Eastern folk music and spaghetti western sounds mixed with all kinds of other world influences. -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:00
both spaghetti western and Krautrock was used in a derogatory way.
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:01
Hmm, "we" might need time not to be offended by that one...
At first, yes, but now they're generally accepted and used terms.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:03
Any band or album with the word "Prog" is an immediate turn off. As a matter of fact, any musical style incorporated into a band or album name triggers thoughts of hot garbage. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:04
now please ask Paul if he uses spaghetti prog respectfully or not. I say "not".
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:05
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Worst prog names i can think of at the moment: Yes Can Bubu The Gathering Tool Frumpy Crack Many more bad band names in punk and metal ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:06
I agree with most names, except The Gathering. What's wrong with it?
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Posted By: Matte
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:08
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Be Bop Deluxe |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:10
Hehe, I like your "please"... but no I won't, because I think he was thinking of the cinema reference I mentioned and furthermore I prefer to think it was not a matter of disrespect and further furthermore I don't want to become an intermediary in your "couples disputes"... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:16
Definitely this one. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:16
just kidding. But I'd lie if I said I wasn't annoyed by the use of "spaghettified Italian prog".
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:21
Yeeah, once they won for best name here on PA, they are automatically out of this! I'm sorry.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:23
They started out as a proggy goth metal band. THey should've called themselves The Gathering of Ghouls os something. You know how it is. Some things just don't appeal to us for whatever reason. That's the case with this one. ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:24
Better than this one.... https://external-preview.redd.it/RzMHIlvcjOxRrHS36DzdZrGxVsIWO5zKiwN4ynkDExM.png?auto=webp&s=8f81236af650de9c8aedf0521cc096f165541bcf" rel="nofollow"> ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:25
Exactly! I was thinking of the cinema reference, and in that regard, the term "spaghetti prog" is no more disrespectful than spaghetti western, or indeed Krautrock. The only person who seems to be offended here is Cristi.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:27
They started out as a proggy goth metal band. THey should've called themselves The Gathering of Ghouls os something. You know how it is. Some things just don't appeal to us for whatever reason. That's the case with this one. [/QUOTE]
they actually started as a death-doom band. The Gathering sounded ominous somehow.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:27
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^ none of those terms are offensive really. Spaghetti and kraut were used to differentiate regions of the world by the comparisons to their local cuisine. Even if meant to be derogatory, Germans and Italians saw the humor in it and embraced it otherwise those terms never would have stuck around. ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:28
they actually started as a death-doom band. The Gathering sounded ominous somehow.
[/QUOTE] Sounds like a bunch of Catholic nuns at the hair salon to me :D To each their own :) ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:31
When they're really on, it's light prog. But otherwise dark prog.
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:34
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There are a lot of them. Always disliked Throbbing Gristle. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:35
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:44
That's one i actually like. Doubt anyone will agree on such things! ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:45
Ha! Oh, boy, saw that coming.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:50
oh, now I get it  I was actually just asking, don't deserve the mockery. I looked them up, they are listed under crossover on PA.
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Posted By: Mind_Drive
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 11:01
omg you are so right with those 2!!! great picks!! xD doesnt get more pretentious and even ironicly its not funny.. ------------- It's just a ride... <3 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 11:08
It was a joke! Why on earth would you think anyone is mocking you, or are you just pretending to be offended?
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 11:13
I'm not offended, that's an exaggeration, but I don't want to get a silly joke when I'm asking a question either.
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Posted By: Mudpuppy64
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 16:35
Pretty Funny joke to be fair lol .
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 19:54
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Posted By: Spacegod87
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 22:12
Lmao, that name is both hilarious and terrible. I don't mind it though, for humour purposes ------------- Levitating downwards, atomic feedback scream. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 23:49
I agree with this, and the tech death band Obscura is my prime suspect. I feel doing that not only diminishes your band but it's a tacky attempt at riding coat tails. None of those bands are ever unique anyway, lol. Also, FRUMPY is one of the worst words in the English language to describe someone or something; that word takes the f**king CAKE (good band name!). ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: November 20 2020 at 00:15
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The Samurai of Prog is really one of the worst names I can think of, and for quite some time it put me off from listening to their music, but when I did i have to admit that they are quite good at making retro-symphonic Prog. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 20 2020 at 01:58
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Bands should just avoid at any cost putting 'prog' or 'progressive' in their name... at least, it would not make me listen to them. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 20 2020 at 02:28
That's the one I've been trying to remember since this thread started.
That's not a good name. |