― oops (Oops), Saturday, 18 October 2003 08:04 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Saturday, 18 October 2003 08:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Damian (Damian), Saturday, 18 October 2003 09:15 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 21:28 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link
For a name that breaks your heart before you've heard a note, it's got to be An Emotional Fish (mentioned above).
With the possible exception of Dishwalla.
― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 21:47 (twenty years ago) link
There is also the CAPTAIN MATCHBOX WHOOPPEE BAND (hit single My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes).
Then there's Blodwyn Pig, Henry Cow, M, Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs (Jona Lewie was Lead singer), Kajagoogoo, Spandau Ballet, Pseudo Echo,and lets not forget both the Guess Who and Klaatu who both named themselves hoping that everyone would believe they were the BEATLES in disguise-SHEESH!
― melthoid serendipity, Thursday, 4 March 2004 18:17 (twenty years ago) link
love the band though...
― eleki-san (eleki-san), Thursday, 4 March 2004 18:25 (twenty years ago) link
(actually Fingertight may be even worse)
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Thursday, 4 March 2004 19:20 (twenty years ago) link
Random MatingSpiteful Sea NymphsMass ObliterationVetoed MiracleLung BurgerSpirits of Fish and their Desire to be HolyMuppet LoveSodomized Christmas Tree (don't ask)Space Zombie JesusUnholy MatrimonyThe Fountain PensThoughtless Giant
There are literally hundreds more...too many to type. We get better at it everyday. With enough practice, any one can come up with hilarious names
― private eyeland, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 03:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Lewis J. Bateman (Lewis Bateman), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 07:21 (twenty years ago) link
Very 80's-kooky skinny tie name that one - then again, I never forgot it.
― the music mole (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 22:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 00:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― 6335, Friday, 15 October 2004 07:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Mourning After (17th oct)Soulsik (29th oct)
― hmmm (hmmm), Friday, 15 October 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― crumb, Thursday, 6 January 2005 07:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Seuss, Thursday, 6 January 2005 07:59 (nineteen years ago) link
!!! Here we go, Maryland, here we go..! Hooray.
Deep LustLife Without BuildingsArchers of Loaf
― daria g (daria g), Thursday, 6 January 2005 09:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Thursday, 6 January 2005 11:16 (nineteen years ago) link
I mean, come on, Dangerous fucking Toys? How can you not laugh at yourselves for that?
― cdwill, Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― cdwill, Thursday, 6 January 2005 15:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nicholas, Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link
DOOFGOBLIN
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 6 January 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― paul wilson, Thursday, 6 January 2005 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― joygoat (joygoat), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 04:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― i am nervous (cochere), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost: I agree on Franz Ferdinand. The name is terribly distracting.
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 05:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, any band name with the construction -ING VERB + NOUN. Taking Back Sunday, for example.
Finally, the worst local band name I ever heard was "Give Me Danger"
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Magic City (ano ano), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 05:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 05:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 06:02 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Hurting
That is an exceptionally bad name.
― thee music mole, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 06:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― jergins (jergins), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 06:23 (nineteen years ago) link
That is an exceptionally bad name."
They were a punk band, but my friends and I thought it sounded like a musical and I think we actually invented a hypothetical one, based on the title, about a mama's boy who decides he's had enough of his small town and wants to see the world: "Give me danger! Give me excitement!" etc.
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 06:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Give me danger!Give me danger!Let me roam through the streets of the cities that bathe me in light!!
I've got some rough choreography ideas at this point.
― thee music mole, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 06:34 (nineteen years ago) link
100% agreed about Songs: Ohia.
― babyalive (babyalive), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 07:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jena (JenaP), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link
The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is seen as the first event that triggered the First World War. So in historical context he is pretty important. Maybe by calling themselves Franz Ferdinand theyre suggesting they will make such an impact on modern history. In which case i'm predicting they fail.
― dmun, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
I disagree with the person who nominated Spoon though. Isn't it a reference to Can? Plus, "spoon" is a cool-sounding word if you say it a few times. And the name matches the music. The empty space created by a spoon is as important to its function as the material it's made from.
Wow, that sounds kinda pretentious, but I still think I have a point.
― Mila, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:39 (nineteen years ago) link
these people actually exist.
― john clarkson, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:14 (nineteen years ago) link
A while ago one of my friends had me download songs by this band called Septic Flesh. I can't remember what any of the songs were like but i do remember laughing for half an hour straight at the name.
― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link
it would have been funny 30 years ago, but now... just childish.
― zeus, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago) link