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Narrow one this, but simple question all the same.
What's the most disappointing band name you've heard? And why?
Not the worst band; the worst name, the most misleading, most ill-advised, most ill-fitting or whatever.
Was listening to a couple of tunes from Bedouin Soundclash which got me thinking of this.
Not that the music is bad, it isn't. Just I was expecting another Asian Dub Foundation, or maybe something along the lines of Transglobal Underground, not semi-acoustic sing-alonga-tunes. Thought the name just did not fit.
Experimental Pop Band, for some reason I was expecting another Japanese tinged British guitar pop band, along the lines of Bis or Dweeb, but they were just a pretty poor indie band. Disappointing to say the least as I do love myJapanese tinged British guitar pop bands :cool: ;)
Alabama 3. Misleading on both counts.
superfrank
05/03/2007, 3:24 PM
Anti-Pop Consortium. They kinda were pop in fairness.
Messiah J & The Expert. Serioulsy where'd they get that one from??
the 12 th man
05/03/2007, 3:32 PM
Big Tom & The Mainliners
gustavo
05/03/2007, 4:24 PM
Gay Bykers on Acid
how dissappointing to discover that they were rarely all three at the same time.
Magicme
05/03/2007, 5:15 PM
Big Tom & The Mainliners
Big Tom is big and he is Tom....now the Mainliners...they must have been on drugs to play that music!
BohsPartisan
05/03/2007, 5:16 PM
Gay Bykers on Acid
how dissappointing to discover that they were rarely all three at the same time.
Ditto with Sheep on Drugs.
Lev Yashin
05/03/2007, 7:09 PM
butthole surfers.......just wrong
Pauro 76
05/03/2007, 7:12 PM
Any band with the word Audio or Stereo or Radio in it....
the 12 th man
05/03/2007, 8:03 PM
Big Tom is big and he is Tom....now the Mainliners...they must have been on drugs to play that music!
Urban Legend:While they were relatively unknown they went to the USA to do a gig and loads of "stoners" showed up expecting a heavily drug influenced band but they got Big Tom & the boys.
Lev Yashin
05/03/2007, 8:21 PM
Any band with the word Audio or Stereo or Radio in it....
what about radiohead.....
granted ill give you audiobullies and stereophonics
Magicme
05/03/2007, 8:28 PM
Urban Legend:While they were relatively unknown they went to the USA to do a gig and loads of "stoners" showed up expecting a heavily drug influenced band but they got Big Tom & the boys.
Ha ha...brill! My mum was in hospital 2 weeks ago & we were up visiting her one evening and Big Tom was in visiting a lady in the bed across from her. We tried to get my son to go ask for his autograph for the craic but he wouldnt!
Urban Legend:While they were relatively unknown they went to the USA to do a gig and loads of "stoners" showed up expecting a heavily drug influenced band but they got Big Tom & the boys.
I remember one from a long time ago about them being stopped by customs on the way into the US, on account of their name, and searched for drugs. Rather personally! :eek: :D
Paddyfield
05/03/2007, 10:05 PM
U2 is a really crap band name.
Neish
05/03/2007, 10:10 PM
U2 is a really crap band name.
But is suits them. Crap name and crap band.
SligoBrewer
05/03/2007, 10:32 PM
But is suits them. Crap name and crap band.
a high five!
Any band with the word Audio or Stereo or Radio in it....
I don't know.
Stereolab, Stereo Total. They work for me.
U2 is good in a visual 'brand' sense. But that's about it.
Magicme
06/03/2007, 10:26 AM
Sultans of Ping FC.....hoped to see some Arab guys play football :mad:
Lionel Ritchie
07/03/2007, 1:53 PM
Always thought Metallica a very corny name.
Likewise The Who.
Likewise The Wedding Present.
Only bothering with bands I like.
Fully agree with sentiments about bands with audio, radio, stereo etc...
Calcio Jack
08/03/2007, 3:46 PM
YES, a fantastic band but an awful name
red metal
08/03/2007, 5:37 PM
what about the
Sultans of ping:eek:
Magicme
08/03/2007, 9:03 PM
I did mention them earlier!
Erstwhile Bóz
09/03/2007, 10:46 AM
Half Man Half Biscuit is just a bizarre name ... though it does sort of fit well.
BohsPartisan
09/03/2007, 10:47 AM
Therapy? - felt worse after listening to them.
Whipping Boy - No one got Whipped.
World Domination Enterprises - 'nuff said.
Jerry The Saint
09/03/2007, 11:00 AM
I'm just glad no-one has gone for the obvious and mentioned Barenaked Ladies...
Lionel Ritchie
09/03/2007, 12:12 PM
Anybody in any band whose moniker substituted K's and Z's for C's and S's should be stabbed to death.
Jerry The Saint
09/03/2007, 1:05 PM
Anybody in any band whose moniker substituted K's and Z's for C's and S's should be stabbed to death.
Surely you have to make an exception for OutKast:confused: :)
Marked Man
09/03/2007, 1:12 PM
Surely you have to make an exception for OutKast:confused: :)
Hand me the knife...
Jerry The Saint
09/03/2007, 1:16 PM
Hand me the knife...
BOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(
Wolfie
09/03/2007, 1:27 PM
Don't stab Gorillaz!! - the RSPCA have rules against that!!
superfrank
09/03/2007, 9:09 PM
OutKast's name was originally spelt Outcast as a Southern rap group were a rarit at the time but the record company, Arista Records, changed it to OutKast for more "street cred". :mad:
Pity, cos they're a great group.
sonofstan
10/03/2007, 8:25 PM
The Pixies - they were anything but, 'specially Charles.....
And Sonic Youth - they were all pushing 30 when the band started, hitting their 50s now; how must their kids feel? (I guess the same applied to the Beach Boys, come to think of it)
Anybody in any band whose moniker substituted K's and Z's for C's and S's should be stabbed to death.
:eek:
What about A Skillz and Krafty Kuts? Greatest hip hop and breakbeat dj / producer combo duo since whoever the last two were.
Lionel Ritchie
10/03/2007, 9:45 PM
:eek:
What about A Skillz and Krafty Kuts? Greatest hip hop and breakbeat dj / producer combo duo since whoever the last two were.
No worries I'll overfly their house if they daub some lambs blood on the doorposts. Sure they'll probably machine gun each other for kicks at any rate. :eek:
Truthfully I wasn't considering rap/hap-hop/r'n'b acts at all (the latter should be fed live to starved animals regardless of what they call themselves)
I'm thinking more of pub-rock bands who like to spell things like blues "blooze" as well as people of australasian extraction like Split Enz.
citizenerased
12/03/2007, 8:50 PM
ham sandwich
gustavo
13/03/2007, 11:43 AM
!!!
is a name of a band
superfrank
13/03/2007, 12:34 PM
One I always hated is Dogs Die In Hot Cars, IIRC.
tetsujin1979
13/03/2007, 2:18 PM
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead sounds more like a dodgy horror flick than a band
brokenstar
13/03/2007, 4:32 PM
Selfish C*nt was another one. They were as bad as their name suggests
Wolfie
14/03/2007, 8:28 AM
Narrow one this, but simple question all the same.
What's the most disappointing band name you've heard? And why?
Not the worst band; the worst name, the most misleading, most ill-advised, most ill-fitting or whatever.
Starsailor - a crap name for a mediocre band.
Magicme
14/03/2007, 10:24 AM
I loved the name Funchabucks and the FunkinBarstools.
Whatever happened to Weddings Funerals Anything? They didnt live up to their name when I rang them and asked them to babysit!
Marked Man
14/03/2007, 6:56 PM
Starsailor - a crap name for a mediocre band.
So what's disappointing about that? Seems perfect to me.
Wolfie
15/03/2007, 8:07 AM
So what's disappointing about that? Seems perfect to me.
Even the band themselves are on record as saying they hate the name and only chose it as they could think of **** all else!!!
Lionel Ritchie
15/03/2007, 2:42 PM
Even the band themselves are on record as saying they hate the name and only chose it as they could think of **** all else!!!
Hmmm ...sound like the creative inventive types rocknroll is crying out for.
Marked Man
15/03/2007, 3:38 PM
Even the band themselves are on record as saying they hate the name and only chose it as they could think of **** all else!!!
How come you know so much about Starsailor, Wolfie?
Wolfie
15/03/2007, 3:59 PM
How come you know so much about Starsailor, Wolfie?
I'm in the band!!!!!! :D
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