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
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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.