(son of) Worst Band Name
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Topic: (son of) Worst Band Name
Posted By: zravkapt
Subject: (son of) Worst Band Name
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 14:14
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I could not find the original poll (just remember someone complaining I didn't like one-word band names...) Hopefully I remembered them all. Anyway, vote for the name not the artist. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 14:41
| I'm ok with all of them really. I cannot find anything I dislike on these names. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 14:55
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Camel always seemed arbitrary ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 14:58
In fact, I'd say that most of these are pretty darn good band names. Yes and Rush are perfect for the positive and energetic music each band produces, and Magma is plain cool. Can is a bit strange, but then again, isn't Can's music? Guess I'll go with Camel, since the name really doesn't have anything to do with their music (Rajaz aside, perhaps).
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Manuel wrote:Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 15:09
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Yes ------------- "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: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 15:18
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Apart from those listed, I'd say Henry Cow is a pretty bad name. great music though. ------------- "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: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 16:32
| Yes is just about the worst band name one could have, aside from perhaps just calling your group "The" or "What" or a series of emoticons and symbols. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 17:26
| Rush. I consider them teeny bopper prog. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 17:54
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Can is my favourite name on the list and Rush is my least. A friend of mine in high school used to buy little bottles of that cleaning solvent, Rush, that is inhaled for a head rush. Nasty and dangerous stuff -- hate it and the company that made/ makes it, plus the stores that sold it to kids, were/are extremely unethical. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 18:28
| Yes is a perfect name for a band that was looking to put out positive powerful music---which they did in spades |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 19:27
| Yes |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 19:29
I second this ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: mlkpad14
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 21:56
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Camel. When I search them up on YouTube, I always get annoyed browsing through videos of camels... Who would ever think there were so many? ------------- https://gamecrazyprofessional.weebly.com/ |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: May 06 2017 at 23:22
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Can ------------- |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 00:10
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Can is the worst name for a band. Rush and Magma are alright. ------------- 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: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 08:20
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The problem with Camel is that if you google it you can expect everything... ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 08:22
Yes for me. Even going with the word "Affirmative" would have been more exciting to match their music  -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 08:37
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Yes for me no matter how positive it is meant to be. Always found that name ridiculous and not in a hoho way. ------------- “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: Kepler62
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 08:40
Yeah, I agree. When I was going to concerts in the 70s and 80s you would see the same sort of crowds at a Rush concert as you would say, an AC DC concert or an April Wine concert. Some people were only there only out of patriotism. I always noticed Canadian flags waving around! How ridiculous is that? I'm exposed to classic rock radio on a daily basis and I hear Rush just as much as AC DC. Probably due to the fact that the CRTC fascists have implemented a Canadian content rule so not only do you have to sit through annoying Rush songs like Tom Sawyer and Red Barchetta but we are also bombarded with garbage from BTO, The Tragically Hip and Trooper.
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 08:43
I've always quite liked the name (but shouldn't it be Henrietta Cow?)  Worst names ever have to include: Dream Theater, Tangerine Dream, Pineapple Thief, Tool, IQ, Elephants of Scotland, Urban Trapeze, Knifeworld, Kant Freud Kafka, UK, Boys Club, Supply Demand & Curve  (the list goes on) ------------- 
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 11:04
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Any band name that uses a "k" as a substitute for a "c". ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 11:07
| Fun Boy Three. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 11:15
Yeah, I hate that  Leucemia is written with C and the letters are badly written. I hate that ------------- 
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: May 07 2017 at 20:47
thought the same---plus it was the name of an amil nitrate product Camel is the name of a cigarette-- Magma is like ok but --whatever Can is the name some use as a bathroom  Yes is a short sweet positive word---and the best name for a band
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 05:49
This . . . ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 06:01
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Can is the only one that makes me go what? Whenever I hear the name I think of either a toilet or a soda can. Camel would be okay if not for the association with cigarettes. ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 08:24
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YES is the best band name ever. Short and sweet and actually comments upon their music and lyrical content. All of those listed are great names. Horrible names include: Caligula's Horse, Pandora Snail, Porcupine Tree. No animals in band names, please. Or colors. Or numbers.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 09:04
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There all pretty silly when you think about it. There aren't many genuinely good band names IMO. I mean....Porcupine Tree? WTF is that about..? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 09:12
| Musical quality aside, Porcupine Tree is a great name. Same goes for Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Hamster Theatre, Crippled Black Phoenix (a color and an animal!), and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Now can someone find a group name with a number, a color, and an animal? |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 09:27
I'm going to call my band Five Red Rhinos just to be annoying.
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 09:35
Damnit! And here I was all set to name my band Blue Panda 5 ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 10:03
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Yes or Rush. I guess Yes. ------------- 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: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 12:29
Ditto. And: CAN = Communism, Anarchism, Nihilism.  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 18:07
| Rush |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: May 08 2017 at 22:20
well said---i like XTC -- |
Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: May 10 2017 at 14:01
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Beatles is not a great name, but . . . |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: May 10 2017 at 15:17
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Yes, then Magma and Camel. I would have welcomed Relayer played by Yes and Magma (with at least Christian Vander ) |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 02:25
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Can. I'm actually surprised to see YES so high. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 03:01
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All names that are countries or even continents are much worse than any of the offered, which are not great but nothing to complain about, brand associations aside. And IQ is even worse than those. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 03:01
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Worst band name ever: The First International Sex Opera Band. This really is a band name; the band made one album called "Anita". The music is as weird as the band name, and many people will even think it is as bad as the band name (I don't; it's just weird). -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 03:05
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Hahaha, below the level of that band's name there's still place for the cover. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 06:14
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I don't think any of these names are either good or bad, just names. I think Van der Graaf Generator is a great name for those fans who are science-minded (even if the name is misspelt). King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is either a great name or a silly name, depending on the mood. But perhaps the best name, because it is very appropriate for the group, is The Residents. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |