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What are, in your opinion, the best and the worst band names ever?

 

 

 

Personal preference, creativity, influence. Everything counts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For me, Led Zeppelin in definitely a good one. I like Sonata Arctica and King Crimson as well.

 

 

 

As for the worst, Emerson, Lake and Palmer is certainly a bad one. Cream is another name I never liked.

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best: Mr. Bungle

 

 

 

Worst: The Blood drips and runs though the vains of the fallen as he fills with rage. yeah... its a local band... TBDARTVOTFAHFW.

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Worst: The Blood drips and runs though the vains of the fallen as he fills with rage. yeah... its a local band... TBDARTVOTFAHFW.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:-s Lunatics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

some of the better stuff:

 

 

 

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

 

 

 

Fun Lovin' Criminals

 

 

 

but above all: The Smashing Pumpkins and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

horrible names: all those ridiculous death metal names. What's so cool about 'Slayer', ' Napalm Death', ' Cannibal Corpse', 'Anthrax' or even simply 'Death'?

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heres some interesting ones:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59 times the pain (thats gotta hurt)

 

 

 

A (are they tryin to get to the top of an alphabetical list?)

 

 

 

All (all what?)

 

 

 

Dogs Die In Hot Cars (a band name and a health warning in 1... nice)

 

 

 

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster (WTF)

 

 

 

Elbow (knee)

 

 

 

The Groovie Ghoulies (sounds like a musical version of Ghosts n Goblins or something)

 

 

 

The Cakes (local band, now changed their name)

 

 

 

I Am Kloot (um... who?)

 

 

 

Lipps Inc (say it, i wonder if they do it lol)

 

 

 

Mi6 (the secret service's music division?)

 

 

 

No Use For A Name (well yea i guess thats why they dont have a real one)

 

 

 

Rage Against The Machine (i put this in cuz it sums them up really well)

 

 

 

Sing (...)

 

 

 

VHS or Beta (young uns. probably wont get the reference)

 

 

 

ÃÆââ¬Å¡ÃâáForward, Russia! (very random name, the first is not an I, but an exclamationmark upsidedown)

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Cool:

 

 

 

The Flaming Lips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not cool:

 

 

 

Death cab for cutie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But that's just names of course.

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Not cool:

 

 

 

Death cab for cutie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good music, though.

Bill Hicks[/url]":dhj2kan9]Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such.

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Not cool:

 

 

 

Death cab for cutie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good music, though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yea, very good. I got plans and Transatlanticism recentely. I'm hooked on Plans, transatlantiscism is good as well, but I prefer plans.

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Good names:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gun N' Roses

 

 

 

Primal Scream

 

 

 

The Mars Volta

 

 

 

Grand Funk Railroad

 

 

 

Humble Pie

 

 

 

A Perfect Circle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad names:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have Fun Dying

 

 

 

Megadeath

 

 

 

Slayer

 

 

 

Anthrax...

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good:

 

 

 

foo fighters

 

 

 

scissor sisters (do you know where that name comes from :P ?)

 

 

 

franz ferdinand

 

 

 

children of bodom (if you know the incident of lake bodom, that is really smart name)

 

 

 

sparklehorse

 

 

 

daft punk

 

 

 

queens of the stone age (and they are all men)

 

 

 

black sabbath

 

 

 

audioslave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bad:

 

 

 

HIM

 

 

 

arctic monkeys

 

 

 

muse

 

 

 

the killers

 

 

 

coldplay

 

 

 

U2

 

 

 

zz top

 

 

 

gnarls barkley

 

 

 

oasis

 

 

 

radiohead

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Black Label Society, hellogoodbye, Killswitch Engage, Strike Anywhere, Rise Against, Dragonforce, Taking Back Sunday, Sick of it all, Reel big Fish (:D) No Use for a Name, The Dillinger Escape Plan are some of my faves :). whilst i strongly dislike the band, my chemical romance is a pretty awesome name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the used, sum 41 (love their music but), Maroon 5, Stereophonics, U2...hahah

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Not cool:

 

 

 

Death cab for cutie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good music, though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yea, very good. I got plans and Transatlanticism recentely. I'm hooked on Plans, transatlantiscism is good as well, but I prefer plans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've also got 'something about airplanes' and 'you can play these songs with chords'. But Plans is also my favourite album.

Bill Hicks[/url]":dhj2kan9]Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such.

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Good: Kottonmouth Kings, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Avenged Sevenfold, Motley Crue, Rage Against The Machine, Soundgarden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are bands that don't exist (to my knowledge, but would be funny names):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Jazz Chap Charlies (I dunno why, it's just funny)

 

 

 

-Plumbum Dirigible (LZ cover band)

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Good: Insane Clown Posse...Good because, I can't believe they actually made it into the mainstream, atleast for a time, with such a ridiculous name. And it's kind of funny the first few times you hear it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad: Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Has absolutely no ring, is just their names (Simon and Garfunkle atleast is exceptable in length, and has a big of ring to it).

 

 

 

-It doesn't even have a short form (example, Creedence Clearwater Revival - CCR)

 

 

 

-I don't even know why the word "Joe" was put in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also bad- "Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young", but unlike the former, it's all last names and atleast has a short forum (though a short form without a ring, either...See-see-are is so easy to say...See-ess-enn-why is kind of tricky)

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horrible names: all those ridiculous death metal names. What's so cool about 'Slayer', ' Napalm Death', ' Cannibal Corpse', 'Anthrax' or even simply 'Death'?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anthrax aren't death metal. >.>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some lamer ones are like, Dragonforce (good band though) and Iced Earth (excellent band, but it kinda sounds like a coffee flavour <.<).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some cool ones are Blue Oyster Cult, Megadeth (only 'cause of Mustaine's quote on what a Megadeth is), Motorhead (woo), and Tower Of Power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For every awesome band name, there's a bout a blillion kamillion bad ones. ;o

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hmm...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Names:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mayhem [pretty much describes the band, hehe]

 

 

 

Sonata Arctica

 

 

 

Therion

 

 

 

Strapping young lad

 

 

 

Saxon

 

 

 

Burzum

 

 

 

Black Sabbeth

 

 

 

Ildjarn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad names:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skinny Puppy (wtf?)

 

 

 

Metallica (never did like their name. hey look, we have metal in our names!)

 

 

 

Linkin park [we are ... linkin... parks?]

 

 

 

U2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't think of a lot of bad ones.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival sucks a lot as well. Same goes for Dire Straits.

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Oh, I remember another one I liked too. 1349 [black metal band]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1349 was the year the Plague came to Norway, wiping out 2/3 of the population and ending the golden age of Norway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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