Scalping just changed their name to Scaler
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:00 (nine months ago) link
Oh I see that was mentioned upthread.
Say, has anyone heard of this band Insane Clown Posse?
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:03 (nine months ago) link
There's a French guy calling himself "NxxxxxS" who makes "phonk" music, and I would suspect he would be forced to change his name eventually, but the entire "phonk" aesthetic has kind of a suss relationship with black culture in its DNA
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:04 (nine months ago) link
Let's see what happens if an AIDS Wolf reissue program kicks off.
Wasn't there an artist called Lady A who was not best pleased by the former Lady Antebellum bunch muscling in on her name?
― PKD did a job on me (Matt #2), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:12 (nine months ago) link
What's problematic about the name "Lady Antebellum"?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:14 (nine months ago) link
it's the word used to describe the pre-civil war south ("the good old days") by every touring minstrel show from 1870 to 1930
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:17 (nine months ago) link
I guess. It also just refers to the period before the Civil War (or, literally, any war).
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:21 (nine months ago) link
Probably gonna vote for Lady Antebellum just because of the whole "Hey, your new name? I've been using it for years — see you in court" thing.
But here's a potential write-in:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flex_(singer)
― read-only (unperson), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:22 (nine months ago) link
Rich Brian
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:22 (nine months ago) link
These guys keeping their name
Initially, the band had two running ideas for band names: Nazipenis and Turbonegro. They were advised that a band named Nazipenis would never sell records, so they chose Turbonegro as a more consumer-friendly choice.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:23 (nine months ago) link
HAHA there's a whole thread for Flex under his....other name, which is the title of the thread
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:23 (nine months ago) link
hated when Dying Fetus rebranded as Dolly Fingers
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:24 (nine months ago) link
Jesus the reason behind Flex's "name" makes it somehow even worse!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:24 (nine months ago) link
Then, without having finished the recording of that album, the producer asked him to record a song on the occasion of Mother's Day in Panama called "La balada de N****", although after the recording it was learned that his mother had died due to an expired medication in dialysis treatment.[5]
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:25 (nine months ago) link
Dead Girlfriends had that name for all of five minutes, they were originally Elite Gymnastics
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:34 (nine months ago) link
Flex was 2008, a pre-social justice era change afaic
Same with The Muslims --> The Soft Pack, also 2008
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:39 (nine months ago) link
90s PC culture forced naked toddler to change their name to creed
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:45 (nine months ago) link
I didn't realise until now that TBM and TBM were the same artist
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 19:47 (nine months ago) link
you're forgetting when Anal Cunt changed their name to Pudenda A.C.
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:02 (nine months ago) link
the band name Viet Cong isn't half as offensive as the Presidents of the United States ftr
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:09 (nine months ago) link
the entire "phonk" aesthetic has kind of a suss relationship with black culture in its DNA
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, September 12, 2023 3:04 PM (one hour ago)
yeah but it's bcuz the entire genre is made exclusively by 11-13 white european & russian boys
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:15 (nine months ago) link
Lady Antebellum struck me as tone-deaf right out of the gate, not malicious or defiant but coming from that gentry-level of Southern self-serving privilege that really irks me. From wiki
On the BBC Radio 2 Drivetime Show August 9, 2010, the band explained that the name comes from when the group did a photo shoot in historical costumes at antebellum houses.
― Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:17 (nine months ago) link
i have a special place in my heart for the bl4ck mad0nna one bcuz i remember 10 years ago saying to my friends "i'm not sure she should be calling herself that..." and being told in response "well no you don't get it, it's actually a reference to a classic art trope" and being like "uh huh..."
that said my vote is going to lady a for changing their name in the spirit of restorative justice and then immediately suing a black woman in order to steal her identity
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:25 (nine months ago) link
Slaves —> Soft Play
holy shit
― ivy., Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:30 (nine months ago) link
Lady A is def the biggest fiasco of the bunch, plus it still technically has Antebellum in there, just shortened. Plus “Lady A” is kind of weird as a name for a whole band. I really don’t know what the alternative would be besides just changing the band name to “Lady” or fully alienating their audience by going with “Lady Antifacist” or something.
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:43 (nine months ago) link
the Need You Nows
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:44 (nine months ago) link
Lady Douchebag
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:44 (nine months ago) link
“The Chicks” is pretty aesthetically unpleasing too, though obv I understand the impulse
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:44 (nine months ago) link
Though they are certainly all better justicewise, none of the new names actually improve on the original name except Rich Brian
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:46 (nine months ago) link
One Little Indian —> One Little Independent
here is how it started...and then it sucked even more shit!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:49 (nine months ago) link
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, September 12, 2023 4:44 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
It's 2020, I'm a little douche and I need your name
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:54 (nine months ago) link
Love this poll
expected to google for the band Women to see that they changed their name to Wombats or something but nope!
band members via wikipedia: Matthew Flegel – bass, percussion, vocals (2007-2012)Michael Wallace – drums (2007-2012)Christopher Reimer – guitar, samples, vocals (2007-2012; deceased)
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:59 (nine months ago) link
omg they are wrapped up with the band Viet Cong! I remember this now! Apparently another dude in the band started a group called Cindy Lee? What the actual fuck is wrong with these men?!?!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:00 (nine months ago) link
Voted for Rich Brian bc it made me laugh and i needed to laugh desperately
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:01 (nine months ago) link
I can understand why Whities changed their name, but it was just referencing white labels, right?
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:07 (nine months ago) link
(It always takes me a minute to remember what AD 93 is, even though I get their emails like every week)
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:08 (nine months ago) link
Young Turks —> Young
This is pretty bad
they obviously spent about 0.5 seconds thinking about that.
I wonder if Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel and Big Black would have renamed if around now?
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:09 (nine months ago) link
i had always thought it was in reference to having a whitey, but have no idea if that was the origin or not.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:10 (nine months ago) link
xp at ll tbf cindy lee is the drag project of a nonbinary person
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:12 (nine months ago) link
oh ok, then that is ok! i'm sorry -- i haven't paid much attention to any their music bc their naming conventions were so wack
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:15 (nine months ago) link
Ohhh right, I'm not up on my (UK?) drug slang.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:17 (nine months ago) link
the song that Cindy Lee did this year with Freak Heat Waves is really good btw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAoSD9S7dpY
― NickB, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:17 (nine months ago) link
If Whities was a specific reference to their status as white interlopers in a black art form… it would still be fine!
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:36 (nine months ago) link
ehhh
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:39 (nine months ago) link
average white band was a long time ago and it wasn't that funny at the time
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:40 (nine months ago) link
Whitey was formed in Denton in the early 1990s, the brain child of Corey Korn while playing in another Denton band called the Cowtippers. The original name was to be Kill Whitey (an ironic twist on a mainly white funk band), but Corey thought it might be too extreme and shortened it to Whitey like a fucking coward.
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:45 (nine months ago) link
they obviously spent about 0.5 seconds thinking about that
probably about how long they spent thinking up the original name which was awful too
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:45 (nine months ago) link
"Slaves" having to change their name is making me think of like some San Francisco leather sex nerds are having an S&M session, and one says "lick my fucking boot, slave" and the other is like "Wow. I think you should use this moment as a learning opportunity to reflect on the spectre of American slavery"
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:47 (nine months ago) link
That's my YouTube sketch, please like and subscribe
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:48 (nine months ago) link
If those two dudes from Kent said that their band name was a BDSM reference then it might’ve gone different than their “anybody living the rise-n-grind life is a slave, to a degree, no?” expliqué
― my best wishes to all (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 21:52 (nine months ago) link
I didn't know that "bender" was a gay slur. It sounds pretty inoffensive tbh
― Dan S, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:17 (eight months ago) link
Futurama very not woke
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:18 (eight months ago) link
Every time I look at the choices, I get to Rich Brian and burst into laughter
― the new drip king (DJP), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:20 (eight months ago) link
Had never heard Slaves/Soft Play before this thread. Terrible names but not bad, a less boring Idles.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:37 (eight months ago) link
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5:00 PM (four weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
that "dude" seems like they ID as nonbinary, not sure if that's a problem for you
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:50 (eight months ago) link
Aotearoa New Zealand band Shihad tried to break into the US market around the time of 9/11 and were advised to rebrand because their name apparently sounded too similar to jihad.
They renamed themselves Pacifier. Ugh.
After failing to break into the US market they returned to Aotearoa and reverted back to Shihad.
This is possibly a bad example because their initial name wasn't even offensive but their new name definitely was. Well, offensively bad at least.
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:56 (eight months ago) link
The Halo Etc.
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:56 (eight months ago) link
I really like what I've heard of Cindy Lee, their music is a kind of perverse psychedelic take on beach rock from the 60s, dream- and bangle rock from the 80s/90s, and noise.
Act of Tenderness is an album for the ages
― Dan S, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 01:23 (eight months ago) link
― budo jeru, Tuesday, September 12, 2023 4:12 PM (four weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, September 12, 2023 4:15 PM (four weeks ago)
I already addressed this and it is not "a problem for me" geez!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 14:07 (eight months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 12 October 2023 00:01 (eight months ago) link
spooky black -> corbin
― Who u? I don't kno u (noz), Thursday, 12 October 2023 03:31 (eight months ago) link
Missed this poll. Preoccupations is my bête noire, just because it was SO AVOIDABLE. Viet Cong was an obviously provocative name — when their tape came out I was shocked: “Holy shit, you can do that?” And if they’d given it even a second’s thought they could have come up with some kind of half-assed real reason why they named themselves that (“something something American imperialism something something the struggle”). Instead they were your bog-standard clueless white guys about it: “duuuuh…. We just thought it sounded cool” and got rightly pilloried. And then they chose the dumbest most boring name this side of Window Lamp.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 12 October 2023 03:36 (eight months ago) link
And yeah, Women, I’m pretty sure it’s Matt Flegel (brother of Cindy Lee) who keeps coming up with these. Fuck, VC were SO GOOD for a while. “Death” (written for Women guitarist Chris Reiner who just up and died .. for literally no reason, not drugs or anything, just .. whatever the adult version of SIDS is …) makes Tonight’s the Night sound like Gilbert O’Sullivan.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 12 October 2023 03:48 (eight months ago) link
“something something American imperialism something something the struggle”). Instead they were your bog-standard clueless white guys about it: “duuuuh…. We just thought it sounded cool”
the latter is the better excuse
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 October 2023 06:19 (eight months ago) link
Well, the former is more a 'justification'
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 October 2023 06:37 (eight months ago) link
If I remember correctly, VC were starting to get protests from the Hmong communities in the Midwest and they decided to change the name because it meant nothing to them.
― bbq, Thursday, 12 October 2023 06:38 (eight months ago) link
But I always thought it was cute that Gang of Four publicly defended their band name.
― bbq, Thursday, 12 October 2023 06:43 (eight months ago) link
Well, there was four of them, so there was that.
(Plus, there was only ever one Viet Cong)
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 October 2023 06:47 (eight months ago) link
when did the band form / name themselves? all I can find is 1976 but mao died in september and the gang were arrested / denounced in october and the name takes on whole new connotations after that - I'd always assumed it was a possibly tongue in cheek "anti-revisionist" response to the rise of deng but it seems too early for that and maybe I'm thinking about it more than they did in any case
― Left, Thursday, 12 October 2023 07:37 (eight months ago) link
Can’t tell if my syntax was poor or if Mark G is making a joke, but here’s what I was referring to.
https://pitchfork.com/news/58779-gang-of-four-on-viet-cong-name-controversy-ridiculous-undemocratic-anti-progressive/
― bbq, Thursday, 12 October 2023 07:48 (eight months ago) link
oh I thought you meant defending *their* bandname
― Left, Thursday, 12 October 2023 07:51 (eight months ago) link
those capitalist roaders at p4k seem to think it's a loaded bandname but I don't recall reading about any Go4 controversy, it's not like their lyrics were about chucking teachers out of upper storey windows. I'm of that age when I first saw that term on the tv news, it was in reference to the fookin' SDP.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 12 October 2023 08:53 (eight months ago) link
I've never heard of any controversy about Go4's name
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 October 2023 09:24 (eight months ago) link
“something something American imperialism something something the struggle”
i once chatted with a member of the soft pack/muslims where he was on some bullshit like that, complaining about "having" to change the name because no one understood the complex multivalent political/religious/historical commentary they were making maaan, iirc the holocaust was somehow involved even? it was truly moronic and embarrassing
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:30 (eight months ago) link
most artists are dumb
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:59 (eight months ago) link
MC Hamas is probably thinking twice right now
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:32 (eight months ago) link
same with Vanilla ISIS
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:41 (eight months ago) link
BBQ, I don't follow but when the SDP party formed in the UK, the originators were called "The Gang Of Four". That's what I was referring to.
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 October 2023 15:03 (eight months ago) link
"Gang of (Number)" is also a common name for a group of legislators from different parties collaborating on a bill
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 October 2023 15:05 (eight months ago) link
Also, Gang of Four was an explicitly political band
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 October 2023 15:59 (eight months ago) link
Mick Lynch spotted at a recent Gang of Four gig, so that all checks out
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:27 (eight months ago) link
Gang Of Four definitely took the name from the Maoist political faction but I can't see why that would casue any offence.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:28 (eight months ago) link
some people are really really offended by communism
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:31 (eight months ago) link
Wait till they hear my band Gay Chuevara
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:46 (eight months ago) link
vg+
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 October 2023 17:05 (eight months ago) link
xpAnd chucking teachers out of windows.
― nickn, Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:19 (eight months ago) link
a few more I found...
Eskimo Callboy changed to Electric Callboy in 2022Spirit Animal changed to Record Heat in 2020there was another, Florida-based band named Slaves who changed their name to Rain City Drive in 2021
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 May 2024 17:32 (one month ago) link