I really like those names…
Band names you hate
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I really like those names…
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Bullet for my Valentine
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I think Architecture in Helsinki is a pretty cool name :ninja: .
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@Tijnn.:
I always thought My Bloody Valentine was a pretty awful name, the band itself is pure win, though.
Yeah, I figured they were some terrible emo band based off that.
Then I actually heard Loveless.
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I keep getting My Bloody Valentine and Bullet for My Valentine confused.
Everything then got even more muddled when I learned about 'My Funny Valentine'.
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http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/quotes/funnyband.html
Some highlights:A Cat Born In An Oven Isn't A Cake
Abstract Penis Brigade
Rodney King and the Nightsticks
The Shower Scene from Psycho
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb
Umbrella Full of Semen
When People Were Shorter and Lived By the Water
Deepthroat Shotgun
Fat Welfare Moms On DustI sure hope all of these are real.
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All That Remains
As I Lay Dying
Linkin Park ( the bands original name Hybrid Theory sounds so much better)fun and yet un-interesting fact, my username was my old bands name.
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@JERK:
Anything that's a full sentence like "Panic at the Disco".
That was going to be my first one. And the rest of those weird "scentence" (or fragment) names like Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds to Mars, Queens of the Stoneage, Theory of a Deadman, My Chemical Romance, The All-American Rejects… Meh, nearly every band that's come out in the last 10 or so years falls under that category just about.
Panic at the Disco and Fall Out Boy get it twice because they name their songs with full, sometimes longs, sentences that make even less sense.
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That was going to be my first one. And the rest of those weird "scentence" (or fragment) names like Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds to Mars, Queens of the Stoneage, Theory of a Deadman, My Chemical Romance, The All-American Rejects… Meh, nearly every band that's come out in the last 10 or so years falls under that category just about.
Panic at the Disco and Fall Out Boy get it twice because they name their songs with full, sometimes longs, sentences that make even less sense.
"I've got a dark alley and a bad Idea that says you should shut your mouth"
makes perfectly sense to meThey named themselves after a Simpsons Superhero. I think this is awesome
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Portugal. The Man - 's name is stupid as shit but damn-it-all if I don't love'em to pieces.
Kamelot - 's name is OK. It just sounds nerdy as fuck (and since they moved away from thier power metal roots it doesn't fit their newer style that well either.) love them also btw.
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Is Kamelot no longer fantasy metal?
Wolf ( this is the most creative name i've ever heard /sarcasm/)
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Bullet for my Valentine
The band itself is decent, but i love the name.
Burretu for my valentineru
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People need to hear more than Loveless.
Isn't Anything and their EPs are just as good.
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Can anyone say Natalie Portman's Shaved Head?
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I don't seem to have a problem with it. Maybe if I said it fast a lot. That gives me an idea, though. If I ever form a band I'll name it Irish Wrist Watch.
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Geppettos Monster would be my band name.
I was listening to pandora radio and this name shows up:
Haste the Day -
No one mentioned The Presidents of the United States of America?
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Is Kamelot no longer fantasy metal?
Wolf ( this is the most creative name i've ever heard /sarcasm/)
They certainly have their fantasy elements still but they have become more 'dark atmospheric' metal then 'power' metal imo (especially more and more with each of their last three studio albums). Like I said, I still love them. Hell I even like them better now than I did in their Karma days. Ghost Opera / Black Halo / Epica will always be my favorite albums from them (and their One Cold Winters Night live dvd/cd is one if the best I have heard. ever.) The new album is also good but comparatively is pales to some of their more superior work.
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The band itself is decent, but i love the name.
Burretu for my valentineru
Never been a fan of them. Mixing emo with decent European Melodic Death just ruined it for me. Lold hard when they got bottled off the main stage at Wacken a few years back.
Another name I cannot stand:
Rage Against The Machine…especially since people shorten it to Rage, overshadowing the actual band called RAGE.
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Another band I like with a stupid name:
Smile Empty Soul
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Oh right! I remembered the band name I hate the most!
"Does it Offend You, Yeah?"
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@Cyan
At the drive-in is fine. And is probably my favorite band, ever.
My bloody valentine is older and actually a good band, where bullet for my valentine is manure.
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reading rainbow.
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reading rainbow.
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Godspeed You Black Emperor!
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You mean Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Not nearly as pretentious-sounding as Efrim's other project; A Silver Mt. Zion, or Thee Silver Mt. Zion, or Thee Silver Mountain Reveries, or Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, or Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band.
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, I Wrestled A Bear Once, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Cute Is What We Aim For
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We Were Promised Jetpack's name and music suck.
And with a band as great as GY!BE I don't think the name matters anyway. They could be named Glenn Beck's Number One and I wouldn't care as long as the music is as good.
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Ween, Neutral Milk Hotel, Grand Funk Railroad
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As much as I love the band, I always thought the reverse capitalization of fIREHOSE's name was a bit unnecessary. Ditto with cLOUDDEAD.
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Stone Temple Pilots
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Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies.
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'N Sync, Staind, 24-7 Spyz, The For Carnation, Take That,
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The Lord Weird Slough Feg. Fortunately, it seems they realized it, too, and now just go by Slough Feg.
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winds of plague. that sounds like a guild in world of warcraft i mean what were they thinking?
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I think with a lot of these names they're trying way too hard to be noticed.
Don't get me wrong, when you're a band you need to get your name known. So coming up with an extravagant name in theory doesn't sound bad.
The problem is 99% of those names are either
A. Too long. If you have a hard time remembering a band's name, it's probably not very good.
B. Completely Nonsensical (and not in a good or memorable way). Not every band name has to make perfect sense, but what does something like Smile Empty Soul or Stone Temple Pilots even mean?
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This thread needs more bad hip-hop names.
Anyone with "Lil" on their name, Lil Wayne, Lil Kim, Lil Romeo, Lil Bowow etc.
Special Ed, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Peanut Butter Wolf, Bone Thugs n Harmony, Dubee AKA Sugawolf, Puff Daddy, Killarmy, Swollen Members. -
oh my god I hate Puff Daddy so much.
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@JERK:
…Neutral Milk Hotel...
you….you just hurt my soul. (not saying I love the name however)
~shrug~
Anywho, on with the thread.
*Beardfish
*Cardiacs
*Puscifer
*Mushroomhead
*Weezer
*As Tall As Lions
*Cradle of Filth
*Gwar
*Dragonforce
*Atreyu
*Arctic Monkeys
*Limb Bizkit
*Fairy Tail
*Band of Horses
*Horse the Band
*Rob Thomasand of course
*Hole
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brokeNCYDE .
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you….you just hurt my soul. (not saying I love the name however)
~shrug~
Anywho, on with the thread.
*Cradle of Filth
*Gwar
*DragonforceCradle of Filth, Gwar and Dragonforce are perfect examples of good band names.
I don't particularly love any of the bands but just reading them invokes ideas of what kind of music the band is without even listening to them.
Even after listening to the bands, the names are completely suited to what they play.
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Cradle of Filth, Gwar and Dragonforce are perfect examples of good band names.
I don't particularly love any of the bands but just reading them invokes ideas of what kind of music the band is without even listening to them.
Even after listening to the bands, the names are completely suited to what they play.
Very true. If that is the criteria we are to be judging band names then I concede. Those names along with a few others (most notably Beardfish, Arctic Monkeys and Horse the Band) are 'good' band names (in the sense that they invoke the vibe of the actually style of the band's themselves.)
For the record I don't love the band name Symphony X. Don't get me wrong I love the band - in fact they were my favorite band a couple of years back - but I have just never fancied the name. Bands that are often considered their peers (like Shadow Gallery and Dream Theater) often have cooler names. (SymX is still way better then DT though.)
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Very true. If that is the criteria we are to be judging band names then I concede. Those names along with a few others (most notably Beardfish, Arctic Monkeys and Horse the Band) are 'good' band names (in the sense that they invoke the vibe of the actually style of the band's themselves.)
For the record I don't love the band name Symphony X. Don't get me wrong I love the band - in fact they were my favorite band a couple of years back - but I have just never fancied the name. Bands that are often considered their peers (like Shadow Gallery and Dream Theater) often have cooler names. (SymX is still way better then DT though.)
I love DT, SG and SX but I'd definitely say that Symphony X's name was the most suited for what was on sale. Especially when listening to songs like Masquerade, everything off of V (based off of lots of Mozart pieces) and The Odyssey.
Dream Theater and Shadow Gallery are a bit more ambiguous.
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*Mushroomhead
Their name is the one thing I enjoy about them. That's mostly because it's a
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Jimmy eat world
scary kids scaring kids
Brand New
All the Day Holiday
nevershoutnever
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Jimmy Eat World is pretty terrible.
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Also Third Eye Blind, but only because it would be a kickass name for some weird prog/acid rock group, but a bunch of alterna-pop buttrockers used it.
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@Cyan:
brokeNCYDE .
Being from the same state that spawned that piece of shit, I'm pretty sure the state government declared that brokeNCYDE isn't a band, but an act of terrorism through sound. So I guess they really don't qualify.
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They're not Anal Cunt.