Best Band Name
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Topic: Best Band Name
Posted By: zravkapt
Subject: Best Band Name
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 18:18
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This has nothing to do with who you think is the best group; just vote for your favourite band name.
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 18:29
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I can't choose x_x ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 18:31
oh, no, these bands on poll again, so boring 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 18:52
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I'm not in love with any of them really. T Dream for me. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 18:57
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Wow, yeah, those bands names are some of my favourites as well. I've always liked the way Tangerine Dream has sounded.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 19:52
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"Pink Floyd" by a long shot. So quirky. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Gnomonaut
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 20:23
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Gotta go with Gentle Giant here in a close one. The double G's cinch it, though. Plus, http://www.gnomonaut.com/" rel="nofollow - Gnomonaut has to support alphabetical unity!  ------------- Gnomonaut: Instrumental heavy prog/space rock. Check us out @ http://www.Gnomonaut.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.Gnomonaut.com |
Posted By: silveraindrop75
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 20:29
| King Crimson. both words have a lot of imagery and power. |
Posted By: Jojowarren
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 20:30
| King Crimson, with Gentle Giant at a close second. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 20:35
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As a studier of phonemes, Pink Floyd.
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 22:21
| Gentle Giant |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 23:21
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KC!! ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: HannesHolmqvist
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 00:58
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King Crimson and Van Der Graaf Generator are such iconic names. Me and my friend loved VDGG without even having heard them, just because of the name being that far out there, but still catchy. So VDGG it is! |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 01:45
Hail to the King!  ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 06:31
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Yep. Have to admit that King Crimson is pretty good. Like Tangerine Dream a lot too. TD gets the vote ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 06:36
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All of these names are pretty good. But I think Van der Graaf Generator is the best. ------------- 
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 06:51
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I can't decide between Floyd and Crimson. Tangerine Dream sounds too hippy-dippy and Gentle Giant sounds too cartoonish while Van Der Graaf Generator sounds like something you would buy in a hardware store.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 06:55
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VDGG I always like the name even before I heard what they sounded like ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 07:42
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They're all good names, but Pink Floyd made me wonder a bit about the meaning when I still didn't know that were the names of two bluesmen. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 07:59
| GG |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 08:19
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Pink Floyd sounds like the name for a refrigerator which someone painted pink for some reason. The name Gentle evokes an image of a guy who use to be in the gang I used to hang around with in my late teens; he was seven feet lall and had the built of a heavy weight wrestler, but would usually not have hurt a fly (unless you really provoked him). So it is a toss between King Crimson and Van der Graaf Generator. I'll go with the latter. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 09:52
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VDGG
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 12:06
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The Pink Floyd. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 12:14
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Gnidrolog wins for me but in the poll,hmm VDGG is most catchy -------------  
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 14:48
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King Crimson surely! And not just because they are my long-time favorites, but mostly because that name is so noble, symbolic, iconic... some nagger would say even pompous.
"Pink Floyd" sounds pretty. But I don't care about some old Blues men, I actually don't like the Blues (with a few exceptions).
"Van der Graaf Generator"? Too long and little pretentious name, apparently it's assumed that you are a bit familiar with physics.
"Gentle Giant" is a genial idea using the two G's, the name evokes something very big, but also friendly and gracious. Just like their music.
"Tangerine Dream"? It sounds also pretty, but honestly, it seems like a joke. Who ever had a dream about tangerine? Perhaps on the trip. And maybe it's about... ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 15:30
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For me it's King Crimson wit van Der Graaf Generator close behind ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 15:45
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Tuzvihar wrote:Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 19:11
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I guess I'll go with Tangerine Dream, after thinking about it for a while. There's something about the way it slides off of the tongue.
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 10 2012 at 21:15
Stiff Little Fingers. Hippies, bah
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 00:31
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TD ------------- |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 01:19
| The Crimson King.... |
Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 01:26
| I chose King Crimson but Beardfish is my favorite. |
Posted By: bb1319
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 13:28
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From this list I chose King Crimson. I mean, the name just sounds awesome. VdGG gets second place. I have always loved "Zappa" as well. Zappa just sounds so cool, and it's just a last name. ------------- "I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening." -Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 13:50
This in spades. It rolls off of your tongue so elegantly like the very thing it portrays - a tangerine coloured dream. Beautiful. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 23:19
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Other - Jethro Tull ------------- |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 01:59
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Tangerine Dream by a mile er... kilometer. Whatever! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 05:57
| Van der Graaf Generator no doubt. That really is a cool name. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 07:47
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Love King Crimson name but went for Van der Graaf Generator - there is something iconic and dark about that name ------------- 
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 08:05
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Pink Anderson and Floyd Council!
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 11:23
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Tangerine Dream
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 13:46
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 14:04
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The best band name was and is Frumious Bandersnatch, a psychedelic group out of San Fran in late 60s. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 14:26
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Of those listed, it has to be Van der Graaf Generator. Anything named after physics equipment sounds cool in my book! ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 15:26
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Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream are great band names. But King Crimson represents Fripp's vision of his band perfectly. I really like Genesis and Jethro Tull as well. ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 15:32
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KC. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 15:53
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Voted KC. Tangerine Dream and VDGG are good names too. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 17:28
| King Crimson |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 18:10
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Tangerine Dream for me, and I like that it is an anagram of Marinated Green. Gentle Giant reminds me too much of giant genitals (I know the story of Gargantua and Pantagruel before someone tries to put me straight). Pink Floyd reminds me of a pink haemorrhoid, even if it's a bit of a stretch. King Crimson is just a little too devilish for me (though I'm not religious and don't really care), and Van der Graaf Generator reads like a typo. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 19:29
| Crimson |
Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 19:41
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Can't choose, all are fantastic. ------------- Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 16:33
| I can't choose none, I think all names are very expressive !!! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 02:29
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Gentle Giant! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 02:40
| Always loved also Pink Floyd´s name. You can think a Floyd named pink guy, also it´s from those two great blues musicians. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 05:52
Nah, I always thought Crispy Ambulance was the best name.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 09:50
I wanted to call my new band "Thunder Weasel!"( My family said no  )
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 10:07
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Tangerine Dream - perfect for them Van der Graaf Generator - awesome name but its logical to expect music similar to Kraftwerk King Crimson - works best with their earliest albums but a great and memorable name Pink Floyd - Pretty mediocre - you just get used to it I guess Gentle Giant - cutesy, cuddly lame. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 10:14
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
But for the purposes of this poll, King Crimson ------------- We all live in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: February 27 2018 at 11:09
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King Crimson, followed by Gentle Giant. As a Physics teacher, the mis-spelling of VdGG is a pity! ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |