AlanRatcliffe
I played drums in a band called Armed Populous for a few years (not my fault - they had it when I joined them). Long story, concerning a fake Hunter S. Thompson quote, a guitarist who was still learning English and a printer who couldn't spell...
Otherwise the band that used to share gigs with Pink Floyd wins the prize IMO: The Utterly Incredible Too Long Ago to Remember Sometimes Shouting at People.
singemonkey
A mate played for a band called "Aeroplaza" (apologies if a former member is reading this). But man! That's a sucky name.
MIKA-the-better-one
here I am innocent for once and you drag me into a negative thread .... shame on you.....
And you will know us by the trail of dead........... thats a great name.......
BAD NAMES
Bon jovi, The Calling, 3 doors down, nickleback, Saving grace, Gaslight anthem, Bush,
But different names work for different people...
Keira-WitherKay
mmm for me i also really like the band ........ but "bearnaked ladies" ...........
but i love their sence of homour they have vids on you tube called the bathroom sessions ? which after doing huge stage shows they filmed "literally in a bathroom" awesome in my mind .....also nice to hear how they can do it unplugged and still rock.......
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if you not listened to em give em a chance
Vick
MIKA the better one wrote:
here I am innocent for once and you drag me into a negative thread .... shame on you.....
And you will know us by the trail of dead........... thats a great name.......
BAD NAMES
Bon jovi, The Calling, 3 doors down, nickleback, Saving grace, Gaslight anthem, Bush,
But different names work for different people...
......the gaslight antem is a awsum name oky..... ? but i mite be biased coz i really like them....
Bad names:
at the drive in.................................................................
you and me at six(the only thing worse then the name is their music)
scary kids scarring kids
shinny toy guns
good old war
MIKA-the-better-one
At the drive in .... was a great band and a great name.....
Gaslight anthem, for me is just a bit to thought out by them and seems they are trying to be .... idno its just a stupid name
A band i like alot but the name is rubbish is incubus...... its just a bad name
Chromium is a crap name I also think, Walt, Prime Circle, euuuuw just really bad names
giggsy
@ Kiera - I think they called themselves Barenaked Ladies to try and get fans to early gigs!
Some other bad ones -
!!! (Seriously... how do you ask for them in the shops?)
Apples in Stereo
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Foxboro Hot Tubs
The Hoosiers
Jimmy Eat World
Kubb
Modest Mouse
Mumm-ra
The Pigeon Detectives
Preston School of Industry
Rooney
Seafood
Spmething Corporate
Spacehog
Toad the Wet Sprocket
vic
How about the Parlatones ? Good or bad? ?
MIKA-the-better-one
I really like that name Parlatones, really it just sounds so nice its just beautiful, gorgeous... I love it .......... LIES Its rubbish
A band I love also with a bad bad bad name.............. Radiohead
DonovanB
Piss Factory... nuff said.
brazmonki
This is quite interesting! Especially like the Afrikaans translations! ? ? ?
When I was 1st year at Varsity I played in band called Aftereign (the catch was that there was 1 "r" - for some or other reason ??? ???). With Stellenbosch being more of a Afrikaans town, people constantly called us After rain and asked why we don't call ourselves sun since that appears after the rain. But ja, that was pretty kak. Only played 1 gig and then the band broke up (probably cause of the name - can't remember, I was 1st year varsity!)
I see a lot of US band names but what I hate more than terrible names are people folloing trends. Like we had a while back with the whole "the" thing. The Hive, The White Stripes, The Strokes etc etc. In ct at the moment, it looks like putting the name "wolf" in you band is cool as well... (New altum - Versus the wolf, You cried Wolf) But ja, that's just my opinion! ? ?
Renesongs
At the end of the day muso's spend waaay to much time trying to find a kewl kAtChIe name for their band far too little time doing the more important things like playing your instrument or writing good lyrics or booking your next venue. It doesn't matter what you call your band the name becomes kewl or kak depending if people like the music or not. Think of it this way would you buy the music or go to a concert of a band you think is mediocre but have a really kewl name.
vic
brazmonki wrote:
This is quite interesting! Especially like the Afrikaans translations! ? ? ?
When I was 1st year at Varsity I played in band called Aftereign (the catch was that there was 1 "r" - for some or other reason ??? ???). With Stellenbosch being more of a Afrikaans town, people constantly called us After rain and asked why we don't call ourselves sun since that appears after the rain. But ja, that was pretty kak. Only played 1 gig and then the band broke up (probably cause of the name - can't remember, I was 1st year varsity!)
I see a lot of US band names but what I hate more than terrible names are people folloing trends. Like we had a while back with the whole "the" thing. The Hive, The White Stripes, The Strokes etc etc. In ct at the moment, it looks like putting the name "wolf" in you band is cool as well... (New altum - Versus the wolf, You cried Wolf) But ja, that's just my opinion! ? ?
Remember a band called
Steppenwolf ?......."Born to be wild" (I think)
Renesongs
Another lupine reference Wolfmother. Steppenwolf got their name from a novel by the same title by Herman Hess. I think it is quite safe to get plagiarise band name from Authors , after all they know how to write words and things. Uriaih Heep, Steely Dan, Jethro Tull, spring to mind however Shakespeare's Sister leaps from my bowl.
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Mumm-ra
Oooh, I like that. I would say say it in a growl every time. You can't say it normally, it would sound weird.
There are lots of names that are less well known that you could find easier to rip off, but as far as well known ones go I think Def Leopard is pretty silly. I mean, "Definitely Leopard", "Deaf Leopard", either interpretation is bad. They'd even be better off being "De Leopard".
MIKA-the-better-one
and the word Fire is very "cool" to have in your band name right now..... Fire through the window, Fire like you, dance you are on fire
MIKA-the-better-one
i would nos be curious as to wgat everyone views as a good band name...?
giggsy
MIKA the better one wrote:
and the word Fire is very "cool" to have in your band name right now..... Fire through the window, Fire like you, dance you are on fire
Arcade Fire, In Case of Fire...
Ray
MIKA the better one wrote:
i would nos be curious as to wgat everyone views as a good band name...?
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