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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 01:41 PM
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Poll question: Worst band name trends by decade (with fictional examples)
Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 02:26 PM by Beware the Beast Man
Real examples would be nice, too.
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Squeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 01:53 PM
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1. How about
the mercifully short lived trend, just after the emergence of punk, of power pop bands with monosyllabic names that sounded like detergent products? The Knack, the Fixx, etc.

But one thing I do miss about the punk era was individual musicians adopting bizarre names. Some of them were evocative (Joe Strummer, Darby Crash, Exene), some were witty (Terry Chimes, early drummer for the Clash, styled himself "Tory Crimes," and one NYC art punk called himself "Phil Harmonic"), some were over the top (Sid Vicious, or Pere Ubu's David Thomas taking the name "Crocus Behemoth"). But that was fun *and* functional.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:03 PM
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2. Hows about the 70s "try to be repulsive" punk names?
The Sore Dicks, The Zits, The Slit Lickers, The Corn Chunks, The Vomit, The Pus Drinkers
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:08 PM
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4. ROFLMAO
I was IN some of those bands!

:rofl: :headbang: :puke: :headbang:
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:08 PM
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3. I dunno, but there was a late 80's trend in the hardcore scene...
...to name yourself after brands of detergent. There was ALL, and Bold, and....uh, actually there was only two bands that did this.

Anyway, I found it terribly annoying.x(
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:10 PM
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You forgot The CloroXX
Bands with unneccary X's to make themselves look cool.....
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:12 PM
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6. Oh, yeah, and Alltempa Cheer...
Of course, they had umlauts over every vowel in their name. When they'd go onstage, it'd be covered in foam. I used to get agitated watching them play (okay, bad pun....)
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:14 PM
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8. Yea, but they had a good spin......
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:10 PM
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5. Grandma Moses and the Exploding Technicolor Foreskin
:rofl:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:13 PM
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7. They did that song.....Where the fuck is that ark.....
I need my tablets....
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:21 PM
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9. 70s arena rock bands named after locations
cities, states, etc.

Missouri, Hartford, etc.
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 03:45 PM
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14. Prince Edward Island, The Mountain States, Selma
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 05:47 PM
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17. or Boston, Kansas, ....
other hypothetical bands
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:23 PM
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10. Fish Were not Meant to be Perpindicular were ground-breaking.
Maybe it is you who sucks?


BTW, my vote is for bands that use mix letters and digits/numbers for no clear reason:

311, Sum 41, Finger 11, Blink 182....
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:25 PM
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11. Crap. I forgot about "numbers" bands. They are main offenders.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 02:25 PM
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12. 90s-00s emo bands...
also three words, like other 90s bands, but it's overly senstive and makes some sense (e.g. Crying In Diaries, Remembering Last Summer, Whining About Nothing, etc.)
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Cathyclysmic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 03:07 PM
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13. I think I saw Huzzah 85 in concert
:P
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 03:50 PM
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15. '90s one-word construction industry themed band names.
Tar, Arcwelder, Helmet, Tool, Pavement, Filter... THAT got old fast.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 03:51 PM
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16. Yup
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 05:50 PM
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18. Other
bands with Uumlauts for no apparent reason...

RL
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 06:07 PM
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19. Pretentious faux-indie names for sure.
So randomly stupid.

:eyes:
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WoodyTobiasJr Donating Member (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 06:15 PM
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20. Definitely the 'number' bands
Sum41
Blink182
Finger11

What's with these shitty faux-punk bands and the random numbers???
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 07:02 PM
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22. Don't forget..
.. matchbox20.

Of course, I'd call these the "email bands" :)
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 06:42 PM
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21. So where does UJ3RK5 fit in ??????
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General Zod Donating Member (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 08:27 PM
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23. Bands that take the name of individual members....
... like Hamilton, Joe-Frank, Jimbo, Dewey & Moe. Or how about English Dave and Jerry Fred Conley?
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