bradm Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Who in their right fucking mind names their band Default? Real assertive boys. [color:purple]Great ArtistsDeeps' comment got me thinking: leaving aside a given band's music, which band names do you dislike the most?For me, it's "Godspeed You! Black Emperor". Apparently it comes from the title to a Japanese movie, which may explain its complete awkwardness, gramatically, but I hate it just the same; maybe it's the way it would be pronounced ("Something IM-portant! [And then something else irrelevant]"), or the way it's easily misspelt (it's tough to accurately position the !), I don't know. I just don't like the name.Which ones particularly irk you?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 The Tuques (If they spelled it right, it would be an ingenious Canadian name. As it stands, it's just an annoying spelling error.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 (edited) booty juice...makes me think of ass sweatedit to add: re default...a friend of mine 6 or 7 years ago was in a band by the same name, and when default made it big and they were from canada i SO thought my friend had made it, but alas...there were 2 bands who'd chosen that name. Edited June 14, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Psychedelic Breakfast (or, simply, The Breakfast) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Moist. Always makes me think, "Squishy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Actually "Moist" was my first choice, too. I deleted it, though, because I can't put my finger on why it grosses me out. (I think it may be a psychological thing, ever since Neil Young inflicted that band on me in Hamilton about a decade or so ago.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Actually "Moist" was my first choice, too. I deleted it, though, because I can't put my finger on why it grosses me out.Perhaps because it sounds like it's the state in which they intend their audience to be?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hux Putz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 The New Deal. A little cocky to call yourself 'fresh' IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeker Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 The Vanishing Men......so creepy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 The New Deal. A little cocky to call yourself 'fresh' IMOI wonder whether the name is taken from FDR's The New Deal.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 The New Deal. A little cocky to call yourself 'fresh' IMOI wonder whether the name is taken from FDR's The New Deal.Aloha' date='Brad[/quote']Not very Canadian of them then... eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 stringcheeseincident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 stringcheeseincident.So true. So bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Back in the late 1990s, when my only source or jamband info was from reading rec.music.phish, I used to see the phrase "string cheese incident" in the odd post, and figured it was something that happened at a Phish show, like a glowstick war or something. I don't think I had it figured out until 2000 or 2001.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 The New Deal. A little cocky to call yourself 'fresh' IMOI wonder whether the name is taken from FDR's The New Deal.Aloha' date='Brad[/quote']Not very Canadian of them then... eh?I've always thought the name was a bit too American for a Canadian band, but the fact is that tND have a bigger US audience than Canada, anyway. I also couldn't help but think of Grand Theft Bus, who obviously adapted their name from an American term for a crime, "grand theft auto"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 What do you call a stolen Canadian car?Oh... Canada doesn't make cars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayRay Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Rainbow Butt Monkeys, who realized that their name sucked so they changed it to Finger Eleven, much better......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 "Theft over $5,000.00" (unless it's worth less than that). (... and we manufacture many, many cars in this country.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 AsiaBilly Talent Slash's Snake PitPorno For PyrosUncle Seth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 "Theft over $5,000.00" (unless it's worth less than that). (... and we manufacture many, many cars in this country.)Make and manufacture are different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogieknight Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Disco Biscuits When I lived in Victoria, this is what people called pills that were a bunk mixture of whatever was in the medicine cabinet. Actually, I guess that kind of suits them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Recipe from a Small PlanetString Cheese IncidentMatchbox 20GooGoo Dolls..and the list goes on and on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Barenaked LadiesOur Lady PeaceMost jam bands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 GobShe Stole My Beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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