Deterrent Band Names

Lrr · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:14 pm

As discussed in the Random thread, who are some bands who you think you'd like, but their stupid names keep you from checking them out adequately.

The first ones that come to mind for me are:
Gnarls Barkley
Gorillaz

neuroboy · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:31 pm

i'd even heard ladyhawk is good but yet i still have stayed away subconsciously because it sounds like a retarded pop-punk band like atreyu or something.

bort · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:41 pm

i haven't heard this band yet, and i don't intend to

Shower With Goats

discostu · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:04 pm

neuroboy Wrote:

i'd even heard ladyhawk is good but yet i still have stayed away subconsciously because it sounds like a retarded pop-punk band like atreyu or something.

What about Ladyhawke?

There are soooo many of these for me. Pretty much anything with Crystal, Wolf (except Wolf Eyes), Aids or Kids in the name. I'm also irked by bands who chose to have their names in ALL CAPS, such as HEALTH or YACHT or all small caps if one of those exists (godspeed you! black emperor excluded).

neuroboy · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:28 pm

discostu Wrote:

What about Ladyhawke?

wait. those are different? that's bad.

i always wondered about that--like how movies come in pairs (volcano-, meteor-, etc)--the similarly named bands always seem to get hype in packs (wolf-, black-, etc).

hey look · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:06 pm

gnarls barkley is the best name other than glasses malone

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

dr dog
someone still loves you boris yeltsin
say hi (to your mom)
let's get out of this terrible sandwich shop

Sanchez · **Joined:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:14 pm **Posts:** 491

Blitzen Trapper

hey look · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:50 pm

cymbals eat guitars

we are scientists

all that bullshit

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:00 am

The War on Drugs

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

at this point anything with an animal in it or the word "animal"

splates · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:07 am

neuroboy Wrote:

discostu Wrote:

What about Ladyhawke?

wait. those are different? that's bad.

i always wondered about that--like how movies come in pairs (volcano-, meteor-, etc)--the similarly named bands always seem to get hype in packs (wolf-, black-, etc).

Ladyhawke is a retro-pop chick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN8HwUxF ... re=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhPh6ou8Kbk

She has some pretty good pop songs

Ladyhawk is a decent indie band (neil young/dino jr inspired side of indie)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTlO1lV9p8s

shiv · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:58 am

Z Wrote:

let's get out of this terrible sandwich shop

that's kind of funny...but still bad.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:53 am

boner pills Wrote:

Z Wrote:

let's get out of this terrible sandwich shop

that's kind of funny...but still bad.

Yeah.

The Twilight Sad was the first thing that popped to mind. Oh, i'm so very saaaad. *gunshot*

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

most band names are terrible until you like the music.

Lrr · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:36 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

most band names are terrible until you like the music.

Agreed, but there are some that have made me consciously avoid bands.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:44 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

most band names are terrible until you like the music.

Seriously? "Most" covers quite a lot of ground.

shiv · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:34 pm

DD/MM/YYYY
Pants Yell!
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
My! Gay! Husband!
Morningwood
Cute Is What We Aim For
You Say Party! We Say Die!

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:49 pm

ifihadahifi*
Holy Mary Motor Club**
Boris the Sprinkler***
Little Blue Crunchy Things#
Garbage@
BoDeans****
The Scarring Party*****
Pet Engine*******

*Oh, a palindrome! & it's music related! I will never be putting this on my hi-fi set.
**From outstaters who prolly hate Black Rebel Motorcycle Club as "poseurs" & MOR. The only thing I hate more than the city hipsters in my town are the kids who move here to go to UWM (for three semesters) or some other campus. They hate Milwaukee even more than the native sceneastas, but they still come. Can't wait 'til they go back to Omro & Fairwater & Antigo & Rhinelander to settle up & spawn.
***Chris Hansen should have gotten to Rev. Norb by now.
****What does this even mean? From Les Paul to BoDeans -- Waukesha, you're doing it wrong.
*****Seeing as My Nemesis used to play in this band, & that he resembles the lead singer of My Chemical Romance, the name actually fits. Still dumb. They aren't so much "goth", as Gothic -- like the painting -- & while the use of "party" could be in the sense of the Donners, the only acceptable party in music is how Andrew W.K. does it. So, FAIL.
******So desperate, they rigged the "Cage Match" on the old New Rock 102.1. Also FAIL.
#Actually like this band. Initially reticent to them, but after seeing they actually know how to party right, I was sold. Nor can I hate on The Jenny Jones Show's house-band.
@The Senator would prolly offer this as truth in advertising, but I disagree. Good band, though declined fairly quickly. Horrible name, all the same.

... Basically, any band from 'Sconny, save Violent Femmes (horrible people, of course) & Citizen King. Bon Iver isn't bad, either -- but more soloist than band, no?

& best of all, but honourable mention since they're a covers project -- BEATALLICA.

nobody · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:24 pm

Danny Don't Rapp · **Joined:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:20 pm **Posts:** 1530

Anything with punctuation
Anything with 'fuck' in the title (it's too self-conscious no matter what the use)

shiv · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:50 pm

holy fuck, despite the bad name, are pretty good.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:04 pm

Kelly Clarkson

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:49 pm

We All Have Hooks For Hands

Buttless Chaps

shiv · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:52 pm

fixed gears are for jerks and lesbians

the onion a.v. club has a bunch of 'em

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