As I Lay Dying
Atreyu
Avenged Sevenfold
Dimmu Borgir
Lana Del Rey
Underoath
Breaking Benjamin
Bullet For My Valentine
Killswitch Engage
Katrina & The Waves
Bell biv devoe
There’s this noise guy that goes by “I Like You Go Home”. I always thought that was a dumb name until I found out that’s what Eric Harris said to this one kid before he walked into Columbine High that morning. [shocked]
The Devil Wears Prada
Slightly Stoopid
Kottonmouth Kings
311
Avenged Sevenfold
There are these guys who have been booking me for shows a lot lately, they are in two bands together which are actually really really cool, but the names are both just totally ridiculous:
32 Piece Vintage Party Set
Pet Rock: The Musical
Five Finger Death Punch
iwrestledabearonce
Plain White T’s
moe.
Hobostank
Good calls all, so far - can’t say I really disagree with any of these.
I think a common denominator for ‘hated names’, for me, is when the name is just some arbitrary, cute string of words that doesn’t describe the band’s sound at all.
Ministry (whoa! reverting to the board topic!) is a good band name because the band ‘lives up to that name’ in its best moments: authoritarian, arrogant, powerful etc. Same for something like Godflesh. Coil is a great name because of the word’s manifold meanings; it fits well with the band’s own ambiguous and constantly shifting sound.
Skinny Puppy on the other hand, has never felt like a good match for their music. They could have picked far better verbiage to convey the theme of cruelty to animals and destruction of the biosphere. Hell, even ‘Emaciated Puppy’ would have been more in tune with Ogre’s lyrics
Plain White T’s
moe.
Hobostank
Hahaha I think the band name is “Hoobastank”, but I like that version better…they deserve a lifelong curse of “Hobo Stank” for making that stinky name.
Blood on the Dance Floor
It’s already a suspect name because, as I’ve gone on record, I hate any band whose name is a sentence or part of a sentence.
But this one is just deceiving too. I mean, it kind of sounds like it’s going to be aggressive or maybe a little badass. Yeah, not quite. I dare anyone to pull up some of their videos on YouTube and take a taste.
Blood On The Dance Floor is also the name of one of Michael Jackson’s last albums. One that pretty much flopped nonetheless.
Tomasz, do you even know how the name Eagles Of Death Metal was thought up? It’s really not a pretentious statement and they can be a fun band every now and then.
[reply]Plain White T’s
moe.
Hobostank
Hahaha I think the band name is “Hoobastank”, but I like that version better…they deserve a lifelong curse of “Hobo Stank” for making that stinky name.[/reply]
Yeah,it didn’t feel like I was spelling it right,I just knew I hated it…
[reply]Plain White T’s
moe.
Hobostank
Hahaha I think the band name is “Hoobastank”, but I like that version better…they deserve a lifelong curse of “Hobo Stank” for making that stinky name.[/reply]
LOL
“Hobostank” is actually almost a GOOD band name.
Tomasz, do you even know how the name Eagles Of Death Metal was thought up? It’s really not a pretentious statement and they can be a fun band every now and then.
I don’t know the back story behind it, no. And I do acknowledge that I may be missing out on some good music with some of these bands, because I just can’t get past that valuable “first impression.”
That’s mainly why I prefer to find new music ‘blind,’ just listening to Pandora or the radio or Soundcloud / Mixcloud mixes, and finding out the band names and biographical details later after the sound has had a chance to speak for itself.
Also I’m not sure it’s pretension I have a problem with. If people weren’t acting above their station from time to time, we’d still be living in caves. I think what I don’t like with a lot of these bands is mis-directed cleverness. When I see that too much effort has gone into making a band name itself seem as kind of a stand-alone artwork, I’m always skeptical that I am going to get short-changed on the actual music. Many times I’m wrong.
LOL
“Hobostank” is actually almost a GOOD band name.
I’m in favor of a Hobo-palooza tour, to showcase the merits of this great land’s stankin’ hobo music scene!
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Tomasz, do you even know how the name Eagles Of Death Metal was thought up? It’s really not a pretentious statement and they can be a fun band every now and then.
I don’t know the back story behind it, no. And I do acknowledge that I may be missing out on some good music with some of these bands, because I just can’t get past that valuable “first impression.”
That’s mainly why I prefer to find new music ‘blind,’ just listening to Pandora or the radio or Soundcloud / Mixcloud mixes, and finding out the band names and biographical details later after the sound has had a chance to speak for itself.
Also I’m not sure it’s pretension I have a problem with. If people weren’t acting above their station from time to time, we’d still be living in caves. I think what I don’t like with a lot of these bands is mis-directed cleverness. When I see that too much effort has gone into making a band name itself seem as kind of a stand-alone artwork, I’m always skeptical that I am going to get short-changed on the actual music. Many times I’m wrong.[/reply]
The name was a funny comment made by Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age (who also plays drums for EODM). He and Jesse Hughes (vox for EODM) were listening to Vader and Homme referred to them as “The Eagles of death metal,” as in they’re the death metal equivalent of The Eagles. The name just stuck and there you have it. Very fun music if you have the time to check it out.
sunoo)))))
FuckButtons (another one that doesn’t live up to the aggression of the band name)
Sigor Ros
!!!
sunoo)))))
FuckButtons (another one that doesn’t live up to the aggression of the band name)
Sigor Ros
!!!
That’s two votes now for !!!, taking an early lead in the Band Names of Rage poll.
Fuck Buttons…I never knew whether this was supposed to be an imperative statement (like “man, fuck BUTTONS, I’m totally into ZIPPERS now”), or whether it was like some euphemism for a turn-on (“man, Estonian chicks totally push my ‘fuck buttons’.”)
I want a Fuck FuckButtons t-shirt.