You Fucked Up the Easiest Part: The Terrible Band Names Thread

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Kimmelweck wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 4:08am
matedog wrote:
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Arctic Monkeys. Unless there’s a clever reason for it that I’m unaware.
As band names go, I don’t mind this one so much. At least, the name isn’t an immediate turnoff for me. I know jack squat about their music though. From their Wikipedia page: The name "Arctic Monkeys" was Cook's idea, and is perhaps a play on "northern monkey", a derogatory term for someone from northern England.
In the town where I was born—we moved when I was 3, so I have no real memories of the place—there was an area on the outskirts colloquially known as "monkey town." One of my sisters, who still lives in the area, blessed by naivete or boosterism, thinks it's because at one time there someone who lived there owned a monkey. No, no, it's not hard to surmise what it meant.
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New Radicals. Apart from producing one of the worst songs of that terrible decade, that band name is inane. It sounds like a focus group compromise.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 8:10am
New Radicals. Apart from producing one of the worst songs of that terrible decade, that band name is inane. It sounds like a focus group compromise.
I'd add a lot of "New ____ " names to the list. New Order, New Edition, New Pornographers. Probably a few more. It just feels lazy.

The New Originals obviously get a pass. And I'll give New Kids on the Block a pass too as that worked for what it was.

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msza2 wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 8:45am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 8:10am
New Radicals. Apart from producing one of the worst songs of that terrible decade, that band name is inane. It sounds like a focus group compromise.
I'd add a lot of "New ____ " names to the list. New Order, New Edition, New Pornographers. Probably a few more. It just feels lazy.

The New Originals obviously get a pass. And I'll give New Kids on the Block a pass too as that worked for what it was.
I dislike New Order less for potential laziness than its possible fascist connotations. Joy Division is one thing—aesthetically pleasing and ironic when paired with the music—but New Order, if there's a joke there, it's dry as old toast.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
09 Jan 2023, 9:41pm
In our modern times I'd say that a group has to have a name that is easy to Google.
The Descendents offshoot band All has a truly terrible name for this reason.

Search engines have gotten smarter over time, but back in the early 2000s (when it actually mattered for them) they had perhaps the most ungoogle-able band name.

Edit: I'm realizing I even felt I had to contextualize their name in this post, because if I'd I started my sentence, "All has a truly terrible name..." I'm not sure anyone would have understood what I was trying to say!

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 8:48am
msza2 wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 8:45am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 8:10am
New Radicals. Apart from producing one of the worst songs of that terrible decade, that band name is inane. It sounds like a focus group compromise.
I'd add a lot of "New ____ " names to the list. New Order, New Edition, New Pornographers. Probably a few more. It just feels lazy.

The New Originals obviously get a pass. And I'll give New Kids on the Block a pass too as that worked for what it was.
I dislike New Order less for potential laziness than its possible fascist connotations. Joy Division is one thing—aesthetically pleasing and ironic when paired with the music—but New Order, if there's a joke there, it's dry as old toast.
Ick. Agreed that Joy Division is on a different level.

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Flex wrote:
09 Jan 2023, 11:06pm
Lady Antebellum is pretty much a shitty names all-timer.
I much prefer their tribute band, Dude Nuremburg Laws.

Chumbawumba ain't great. I also love the Cramps and think it's a great name, but it also makes me have cramps.
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msza2 wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 8:58am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
09 Jan 2023, 9:41pm
In our modern times I'd say that a group has to have a name that is easy to Google.
The Descendents offshoot band All has a truly terrible name for this reason.

Search engines have gotten smarter over time, but back in the early 2000s (when it actually mattered for them) they had perhaps the most ungoogle-able band name.

Edit: I'm realizing I even felt I had to contextualize their name in this post, because if I'd I started my sentence, "All has a truly terrible name..." I'm not sure anyone would have understood what I was trying to say!
X is still challenging at times.

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Nickelback. The name isn't all that bad, but it's Nickelback. :meh:

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Mimi wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 1:56pm
Nickelback. The name isn't all that bad, but it's Nickelback. :meh:
WTF is it supposed to mean?

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revbob wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 2:16pm
Mimi wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 1:56pm
Nickelback. The name isn't all that bad, but it's Nickelback. :meh:
WTF is it supposed to mean?
Well...um...ew

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Archers of Loaf is one I could never get past, Biffy Clyro ain't great either

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Mimi wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 2:22pm
revbob wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 2:16pm
Mimi wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 1:56pm
Nickelback. The name isn't all that bad, but it's Nickelback. :meh:
WTF is it supposed to mean?
Well...um...ew

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+do ... s-wiz-serp
I assume they're actually named after the football (oblong) position but I'd rather print the legend, I think.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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The Oneders :cool:
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Flex wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 2:26pm
Mimi wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 2:22pm
revbob wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 2:16pm
Mimi wrote:
10 Jan 2023, 1:56pm
Nickelback. The name isn't all that bad, but it's Nickelback. :meh:
WTF is it supposed to mean?
Well...um...ew

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+do ... s-wiz-serp
I assume they're actually named after the football (oblong) position but I'd rather print the legend, I think.
I'm sure, but I just like to pretend they don't exist. Nickel what now?

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