Good band names?

[Silva]

Vampire Weekend just sounds like some lazy students picking two random words and sticking them together.

The main reason why I was once half-asleep and came up with "Soviet Safari" and later decided to use it as my mySpace handle, but wouldn't climb a stage on that

Most bands' names are pants, unless those you can associate with the sound like Boards of Canada, Suede or Slowdive. I've always disliked "Stone Roses" because it sounded like a goth band, which they were at some point early on. Other band names that are good are those that work well either spoken or written - The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Roxy Music, Nine Inch Nails, Buzzcocks or Flaming Lips.

 

[scooter]

Primal Scream is the best one named so far. The only other one that's up there is Sonic Youth.

Although honourable mention has to be made of Butthole Surfers

 

[isitme]

Send More Paramedics is the best name for a band ever

I am quite proud of my 'side project' DJ Fannycrabs and MC Cream

both bands are pretty shit tho tbf

 

[twistedAM]

Primal Scream is the best one named so far. The only other one that's up there is Sonic Youth.

Although honourable mention has to be made of Butthole Surfers

PS is good but it's admitted grudgingly as they sound so fucking cack.
Sonic Youth is good but I used to get bored of the jokers.
Butthole Surfers yes
My fave country rock band of the 90s was Slobberbone. That was a good un.

 

[Orang Utan]

I bet that showed 'em!

Heh - it was a long time after the name-calling!

 

[Orang Utan]

Nah, the name itself is crap. U2. You Too. You Two. Fuck off.

Weren't they named after a missile? Not that makes their name any less shitter.

 

[danny la rouge]

More to the point where do you put your !!! CDs? I went for "C", but I'm not at all happy with that.

 

[isitme]

Weren't they named after a missile? Not that makes their name any less shitter.

U2 was a one of those long range bombers they used to put nukes in in the old days

 

[Orang Utan]

More to the point where do you put your !!! CDs? I went for "C", but I'm not at all happy with that.

You shouldn't have bought it in the first place, to be frank.

 

[Voley]

JAMC, Butthole Surfers: yep, both good and both suit the band somehow.

Wasn't the wartime rocket a V2?

 

[scooter]

No it was a high altitude reconnaisance aircraft. Gary Powers got shot down flying one over Russia. Didn't carry bombs.

I always thought The High Numbers was a good name (what The Who called themselves before The Who).

 

[Voley]

How are you meant to say "!!!" ?

I've always wondered.

 

[Orang Utan]

Joanna Lumley's Plastic Arsehole

 

[Orang Utan]

How are you meant to say "!!!" ?

I've always wondered.

chk chk chk

 

[Voley]

Eh?

 

[Orang Utan]

Eh?

like chick chick chick but with the 'i's taken out

 

[Voley]

What's the worst band name then?

I've always been strongly against The Alan Parsons Project.

It sounds like something he should be handing in as coursework.

 

[Orang Utan]

I like them. Well I like the only song I know by them/him

 

[albionism]

Angela Rippon's Bum

 

[scifisam]

What do you guys think of these?

Helen's Evil Twin
Candy Panic Attack
Vile Vile Creatures

 

[Voley]

Rubbish.

 

[scooter]

Crap all three.

Worst band name - elbow

 

[Voley]

You're gonna tell me you're in all of them now, aren't you?

 

[Orang Utan]

What do you guys think of these?

Helen's Evil Twin
Candy Panic Attack
Vile Vile Creatures

Don't like the first cos my cousin Helen is a twin and Mary is far from evil

 

[scifisam]

I'm in one of them, my GF's in another one, the other's just a band we know whose name I like.

You guys have no taste whatsoever.

 

[scooter]

Band names can only have two words in them.

The only exception when they are allowed three words is if the first word is "The"

 

[Voley]

Ooh yeah, Elbow. Very bad. Athlete. That's another one.

The monosyllabic meaningless ones are pretty bad, too. In the 90's there was a rash of 'em: Blur, Curve, Lush, Moose etc. Surprising that Blur went on to have inventive songs with such a drab name. They were called bloody Seymour first.

 

[Voley]

Candy Panic Attack is a bit too close to Strawberry Switchblade for me, sorry, scooter.

 

[scooter]

Candy Panic or Panic Attack or Candy Attack would all be acceptable but Candy Panic Attack is over-egging the omelette.

 

[Voley]

Candy immediately makes you think of JAMC, too. Do they sound a bit like them?