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Sound Off: What’s in a name?
Submitted by BakerBlog on March 20, 2008 - 2:12pm.
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Band names are like the oft-quoted line from Shakespeare: Some are as sweet as a rose, but some just plain stink. Whether a group’s name aptly represents its image and sound or simply serves as a way to alphabetize their discs in a record store, all bands must come up with one – for better or worse.
What are some of your favorite band names? Which ones should have been left on drawing board?
To get the ball rolling, here are just a few for each column from this blogger’s perspective:
Sweet – Radiohead, Soundgarden, The Replacements
Stinks – Death Cab for Cutie, Hoobastank, Limp Bizkit
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Back to page topSweet: White Stripes, Violent Femmes, Gnarls Barkley
Stinks: Blink 182, Fountains of Wayne
(Karla Wennerstrom is the editor of the Eden Prairie News. She can be reached at editor@edenprairienews.com.)
Sweet: Foo Fighters, Wilco,...
Back to page topSweet: Foo Fighters, Wilco, Franz Ferdinand
Stinks: Blink 182, Asia, the very worst name I've ever heard is a band called "Aids Wolf"
It seems like there are alot of "wolf" band names out there right now: Sea Wolf, Wolf Parade, Wolfmother
Also, I've heard atleast two vampire bands lately-- Vampire Weekend and Vampire Hands
I wonder if, similar to children's names, band name trends go in waves?
I think you're right about...
Back to page topI think you're right about band names going through trend cycles. Remember Whitesnake, White Lion or even White Zombie from the '80s and early '90s? And with the resurgence of garage rock in the early '00s, there were a slew of "The" bands: The Strokes, The Hives, The Vines, The White Stripes, The Black Keys ...
Sweet: R.E.M., Motley Crue,...
Back to page topSweet: R.E.M., Motley Crue, Soul Coughing, The Strokes, The Doors, Vertical Horizon
Stinks: The The, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, The Bird and the Bee, MGMT, Hot Chip (makes me think of a steaming fresh cow pie for some reason)
I agree with your thoughts...
Back to page topI agree with your thoughts about the band "Hot Chip"
I kind of like MGMT (management?)
I just bought that CD, so, my opinion might be colored by the fact that I totally dig their sound.