Most disappointing band name

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05/03/2007, 2:23 PM
stann

Most disappointing band name

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.
05/03/2007, 3:01 PM
jebus

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: ;)
05/03/2007, 3:19 PM
noby

Alabama 3. Misleading on both counts.
05/03/2007, 3:24 PM
superfrank

Anti-Pop Consortium. They kinda were pop in fairness.

Messiah J & The Expert. Serioulsy where'd they get that one from??
05/03/2007, 3:32 PM
the 12 th man

Big Tom & The Mainliners
05/03/2007, 4:24 PM
gustavo

Gay Bykers on Acid

how dissappointing to discover that they were rarely all three at the same time.
05/03/2007, 5:15 PM
Magicme

Quote:

Originally Posted by the 12 th man

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!
05/03/2007, 5:16 PM
BohsPartisan

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustavo

Gay Bykers on Acid

how dissappointing to discover that they were rarely all three at the same time.

Ditto with Sheep on Drugs.
05/03/2007, 7:09 PM
Lev Yashin

butthole surfers.......just wrong
05/03/2007, 7:12 PM
Pauro 76

Any band with the word Audio or Stereo or Radio in it....
05/03/2007, 8:03 PM
the 12 th man

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magicme

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.
05/03/2007, 8:21 PM
Lev Yashin

Quote:

Originally Posted by PAURO 7

Any band with the word Audio or Stereo or Radio in it....

what about radiohead.....
granted ill give you audiobullies and stereophonics
05/03/2007, 8:28 PM
Magicme

Quote:

Originally Posted by the 12 th man

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!
05/03/2007, 9:29 PM
stann

Quote:

Originally Posted by the 12 th man

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
05/03/2007, 10:05 PM
Paddyfield

U2 is a really crap band name.
05/03/2007, 10:10 PM
Neish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

U2 is a really crap band name.

But is suits them. Crap name and crap band.
05/03/2007, 10:32 PM
SligoBrewer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neish

But is suits them. Crap name and crap band.

a high five!
06/03/2007, 10:09 AM
noby

Quote:

Originally Posted by PAURO 7

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.
06/03/2007, 10:26 AM
Magicme

Sultans of Ping FC.....hoped to see some Arab guys play football :mad:
07/03/2007, 1:53 PM
Lionel Ritchie

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...
08/03/2007, 3:46 PM
Calcio Jack

YES, a fantastic band but an awful name
08/03/2007, 5:37 PM
red metal

what about the

Sultans of ping:eek:
08/03/2007, 9:03 PM
Magicme

I did mention them earlier!
09/03/2007, 10:46 AM
Erstwhile B�z

Half Man Half Biscuit is just a bizarre name ... though it does sort of fit well.
09/03/2007, 10:47 AM
BohsPartisan

Therapy? - felt worse after listening to them.
Whipping Boy - No one got Whipped.
World Domination Enterprises - 'nuff said.
09/03/2007, 11:00 AM
Jerry The Saint

I'm just glad no-one has gone for the obvious and mentioned Barenaked Ladies...
09/03/2007, 12:12 PM
Lionel Ritchie

Anybody in any band whose moniker substituted K's and Z's for C's and S's should be stabbed to death.
09/03/2007, 1:05 PM
Jerry The Saint

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

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: :)
09/03/2007, 1:12 PM
Marked Man

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

Surely you have to make an exception for OutKast:confused: :)

Hand me the knife...
09/03/2007, 1:16 PM
Jerry The Saint

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marked Man

Hand me the knife...

BOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(
09/03/2007, 1:27 PM
Wolfie

Don't stab Gorillaz!! - the RSPCA have rules against that!!
09/03/2007, 9:09 PM
superfrank

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.
10/03/2007, 8:25 PM
sonofstan

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)
10/03/2007, 9:27 PM
stann

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

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.
10/03/2007, 9:45 PM
Lionel Ritchie

Quote:

Originally Posted by stann

: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.
12/03/2007, 8:50 PM
citizenerased

ham sandwich
13/03/2007, 11:43 AM
gustavo

!!!

is a name of a band
13/03/2007, 12:34 PM
superfrank

One I always hated is Dogs Die In Hot Cars, IIRC.
13/03/2007, 2:18 PM
tetsujin1979

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead sounds more like a dodgy horror flick than a band
13/03/2007, 4:32 PM
brokenstar

Selfish C*nt was another one. They were as bad as their name suggests

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