Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted November 21, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 This was brought up a bit in another thread, and might deserve it's own thread, only time will tell. Give us some band names you think are great and/or some you think are shit. It's obviously totally subjective but it might be interesting to see others' opinions.   from the other thread, these are all "good" ones.  The Mavericks Lonestar The Flying Burrito Brothers Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros is a magnificent band name. See also New Fast Automatic Daffodils. Martha and the Muffins Joy Division Echo and the Bunnymen They Might Be Giants, Television, The Spinners. I love Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark actually.  I think Chili Dog's are all pretty good, Johnnyboy's however, not so much.  Here are 10 of each of mine off the top of my head, I'm sure there are loads I like both more and less that I forgot.  Good  Suicidal Tendencies Fear The Stranglers The Dandy Warhols Mastodon Dog Eat Dog The Cure Foreigner Agent Orange The Runaways   Bad  Red Hot Chili Peppers Megadeth Blink-182 The Drums Limp Bizkit The Arctic Monkeys Puddle of Mudd Lynyrd Skynyrd Billy Talent Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 from the other thread, these are all "good" ones. The Mavericks Lonestar The Flying Burrito Brothers Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros is a magnificent band name. See also New Fast Automatic Daffodils. Martha and the Muffins Joy Division Echo and the Bunnymen They Might Be Giants, Television, The Spinners. I love Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark actually.  I think these are all fucking dreadful names. Imagine walking in to a record shop (yes, they still exist) and asking for the latest New Fast Automatic Daffodils album. A band's name is automatically shit if you feel a cunt when saying it out loud. I like the band Korn but I always used to feel a nob saying it out loud.  These are some of my favourite metal band names, seeing as this was the genre being accused of having the worst offenders.  Slayer Morbid Angel Decapitated Autopsy Cattle Decapitation Brutal Truth Brain Drill Circle Of Dead Children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted November 21, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 I think great names for bands are generally simple and easy to remember. Stuff like The Beatles, Nirvana, The Cure, The Verve, The Pixies, The White Stripes etc. Those are not necessarily bands I like I just think the names stand out. A rubbish name like me would be something overly contrived like Dexy's Midnight Runners or just pointless long names which mean nothing like the awful previously mentioned Circle of Dead Children. One of the worst band names iv'e ever seen IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 The Beatles is a fantastic name. That would have been a great name even if the band had never made it.  Some of my favourite names:  AC/DC The Kinks Girls Aloud The Chemical Brothers Vincent Vincent and the Villains The Strokes  Some I Hate:  Puddle of Mudd Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Mister Mister The Who Peroxwhy?gen Dave Matthews Band  I can't remember any examples at the moment I'm afraid, but Butch was right about some newer Metal names being fucking horse shit. Nothing shows this up more when one of these bands have done a theme for a wrestling show, and somebody has to say "Thanks so much to Belt Snatcher/Intern/Knifepatch for their awesome theme..." and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJames Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Some of my favourites are:  Iron Maiden The Datsuns The Mission Kyuss Led Zeppelin Muse Napalm Death Mayhem One Minute Silence  Hate this for their own reasons:  Ben Folds Five (rips off the Dave Clark Five, lazy naming) Queens Of The Stone Age (awesome band but godawful name) 5 Finger Death Punch (Eh?)  A lot of power metal bands overdo the fantasy part of the genre in their naming too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 21, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 I think these are all fucking dreadful names. Imagine walking in to a record shop (yes, they still exist) and asking for the latest New Fast Automatic Daffodils album. A band's name is automatically shit if you feel a cunt when saying it out loud. I like the band Korn but I always used to feel a nob saying it out loud. These are some of my favourite metal band names, seeing as this was the genre being accused of having the worst offenders.  Slayer Morbid Angel Decapitated Autopsy Cattle Decapitation Brutal Truth Brain Drill Circle Of Dead Children  If you have a problem asking for a New Fast Automatic Daffodils album, but have no problem saying, "Excuse me, I was wondering if you could help me? I can't seem to find the latest EP by Circle Of Dead Children. Has it been put in easy listening by mistake?" then you are a penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted November 21, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 my favourite metal band names, Circle Of Dead Children  If you have a problem asking for a New Fast Automatic Daffodils album, but have no problem saying, "Excuse me, I was wondering if you could help me? I can't seem to find the latest EP by Circle Of Dead Children. Has it been put in easy listening by mistake?" then you are a penis.  He's not doing Metal any favours that's for sure, Metal is my favourite but most of those names are awful. Nothing wrong with Autopsy or Slayer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 21, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 21, 2011 They're both fucking awful, but I think Cattle Decapitation is worse than Circle of Dead Children. Â NEWM - Belt Snatcher is actually a pretty good name; some metal band should totally have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I pretty much threw Circle Of Dead Children in for a laugh because I knew you'd all say it was shit. I stand by Cattle Decapitation though. I wish I'd put Prostitute Disfigurement on the list now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 21, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 21, 2011 Nah. They're shit. Â For the record, I think the Daffodils one is shit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 21, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 I pretty much threw Circle Of Dead Children in for a laugh because I knew you'd all say it was shit. Â Ahh, it was a CUNNING RUSE. Well done, Moriarty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted November 21, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 Good  Iron Maiden Five Finger Death Punch The Smashing Pumpkins Cancer Bats Skunk Anansie Black Sabbath Naughty By Nature Soundgarden House of Pain  Bad  Foo Fighters JLS Def Leppard Most names starting 'The Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 21, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 21, 2011 Bad: Â Rapper Big Pooh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted November 21, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 Good:  The Smiths The Ramones The Misfits Gorillaz Wu-Tang Clan Beastie Boys The Go! Team  Bad:  Ween (great band though) InMe Stone Sour Da Lench Mob Linkin Park Mushroom Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted November 21, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 If I were to start a band I'd call ourselves either 'Busty Russians' or 'Live Jasmine' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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