Bands who don't sound like their name

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I always thought Primal Scream were a heavy metal band until I heard them.

― kevin brady (groeuvre), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 08:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Apparently a lot of people used to think Sebadoh, by name alone, was a heavy metal band. Maybe mistaken for Sepultura to the casual ears.

― wl (wl), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 08:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Supreme Dicks

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 09:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Severed Heads

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 09:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The Dave Matthews Band

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Bands that sound like their name

― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 09:03 (twenty-two years ago)

The Pixies

― Philip Alderman (Phil A), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 09:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Oasis!

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 09:45 (twenty-two years ago)

No-Neck Blues Band.

― gazuga (gazuga), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Jackie-O Motherfucker. Would anybody care about them if they were called 'Pacific Soundscapes' or something?

― dave q, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

No, that sounds like some '70s Mannheim Steamroller knockoff from San Diego.

"Pacific Northwest Skronkscapes" is more like it.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:09 (twenty-two years ago)

joy division anybody?
i heared alot of strange comparisons to the Smiths and thought they where happy jangle pop (coz of da nam hehe). but then again a joy division wasn't really a Joy Division /*tourtur camp*/

― rex jr., Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Atomic Kitten. Should be supporting Babes in Toyland with a name that.

― Tim Curtis, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Mannheim Steamroller, while we're at it.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)

One True Voice

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

deus

― minna (minna), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Crispy Ambulance

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

The animals

― kevin brady (groeuvre), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stooges, The Birthday Party, Can, The Pop Group
hey! we should start a 'most ironic names of bands' thread!

― rex jr., Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah 'Crispy Ambulance' sounds like a hair-metal band from the 80s

― dave q, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

10,000 Maniacs.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

The beatles

― kevin brady (groeuvre), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Madonna

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"Madonna" hahaha
thats probably the most ironic name eva!

am i posting to much?

― rex jr., Wednesday, 26 February 2003 12:10 (twenty-two years ago)

The WOnder Stuff

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

i mean, what the fuck does John Lennon know eh? ;)

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

any you know us by trail of dead wins of course

― chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 13:27 (twenty-two years ago)

At The Drive-In. Not nearly schlocky enough.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 13:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Primal Scream started out sounding much like their namesake -- it was piss poor, but it was rather loud and punkish.

Underworld is another -- their pre-Darren Emerson days were designed for a completely different dance floor. Sure, their first incarnation was in completely different era, but nontheless, their namesake didn't really fit until Dubnobasswithmyheadman.

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

THE HAPPY FLOWERS

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

The Mr. T Experience

I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't THAT.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Out Hud - they're not out. The closest thing I can come up with is that Hud rhymes with Dud, though.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stooges sound just like their name; loud and dumb! (Of course, in their case this was a good thing)

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Rolling Stones - Keith Richards' been gathering moss for years.

― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The Alarm
Five Way Sausage Breakfast
The Littlest Hoboes
Rebecca Eckler

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

The Music

― dan fitz (danfitz), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Five Way Sausage Breakfast
Did you just make that one up??

― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm a ba-a-ad boy.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Stooges sound just like their name; loud and dumb! (Of course, in their case this was a good thing)" when first heared the name, thought they where a 3 stooges fans novelty act hehe

― rex jr., Wednesday, 26 February 2003 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Incubus, right? Tony Toni Tone. Parliament.

― Neudonym, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Dismemberment Plan

― original bgm, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Barenaked Ladies
Transvision Vamp
Swinghammer
The Phil Collins Three
BoysIIMen (squeaky and sweaty-palmed, no?)
Knoxville Girls
Gun Club
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
The Nancy Sinatra Pussypatch

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

― kevin brady (groeuvre), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

the wicked farleys

― esquire1983 (esquire1983), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Supertramp.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd like to mention Semisonic in this thread but I'm not sure if it really applies or not, so I won't.

― Famous Athlete, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Nirvana

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 22:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Dubstar

― Leee (Leee), Thursday, 27 February 2003 02:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Bif Naked, 100% PG-13

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 27 February 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Disco Inferno!

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The Grateful Dead should be a metal band. And epic and maybe a little prog-ish.

― A.H. (A.H.), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)

The Queers.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Destroyer

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 27 February 2003 08:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't believe no one has mentioned Savage Garden.

― Calum Robert, Sunday, 2 March 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

The Grateful Dead should be a metal band. And epic and maybe a little prog-ish.

YES. Back when I was a young'n, I'd always thought the dead were some evil metal band, what with that name and all the skeletons on their albums. Imagine my disappointment when I finally heard their middling country-ish jamz. Well, I did like "Touch of Grey"... it was just the farthest thing from evil I could imagine.

― original bgm, Sunday, 2 March 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Boredoms

― Nathan Webb (Nathan Webb), Sunday, 2 March 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

ten years pass...

I was sure Mac DeMarco was a new white frat rapper

― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Saturday, 25 January 2014 05:37 (eleven years ago)

The Zombies

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 25 January 2014 06:50 (eleven years ago)

Kiss

― Lee626, Saturday, 25 January 2014 06:55 (eleven years ago)

Queen

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 25 January 2014 07:02 (eleven years ago)

Idk about Queen, plenty of their songs tend to be baroque and almost regal.

― Moka, Saturday, 25 January 2014 19:02 (eleven years ago)

seven years pass...

Eagles of Death Metal

― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:19 (four years ago)

Suicide. I assumed for a long time they were quite … heavy going, rather than being like Elvis synthpop.

― Alba, Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:36 (four years ago)

I remember Steven Wells once dissed Folk Implosion in the middle of some tirade as something like "Little Lord Fauntleroy's excursion with acoustic guitars", presumably having only seen photos and their name in print

― PaulTMA, Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:39 (four years ago)

The Kinks

― pomenitul, Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:40 (four years ago)

Daft Punk

― pomenitul, Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:40 (four years ago)

What does "Little Lord Fauntleroy's excursion" sound like?

― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:43 (four years ago)

esp since i was listening to _axe victim_ today i'll add: Be-bop Deluxe

― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Friday, 19 March 2021 03:43 (four years ago)

Cmd-F "grateful dead"

― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Friday, 19 March 2021 03:45 (four years ago)

Lords of Acid

― octobeard, Friday, 19 March 2021 08:14 (four years ago)

Suicide. I assumed for a long time they were quite … heavy going, rather than being like Elvis synthpop.

Have you heard "Frankie Teardrop"?

― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Friday, 19 March 2021 08:55 (four years ago)

Suicide and solo Vega were both pretty heavy live. Vega seemed to be openly confrontational though not sure how much of taht was more performance art.
There are some pretty great live clips up on youtube. But I think his really confontationsl appearances may have been earlier, mid to late 70s where he would do things like swing bike chains around his head. He was also really into slamming the microphone into his face.
YOu can hear the intensity on a lot of the live sets from the late 70s and early 80s.
Not sure if you're being misled about the live band from the heightened use of melody on the 2nd lp the one with the blood in the plughole on the cover.
First lp is a lot rougher and lofi sounding. Still has a sense of rhythm verging on the funk and some reaslly good tracks worthy of pretty heavy covers on.

― Stevolende, Friday, 19 March 2021 09:52 (four years ago)

Heavy Metal

― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:01 (four years ago)

My Bloody Valentine

― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:06 (four years ago)

...except on Geek! and This Is Your Bloody Valentine where the name fits perfectly.

― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:16 (four years ago)

Fair enough, but I almost consider that stuff a different band that happens to share a name and some members

― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:26 (four years ago)

slaughter?!

― xzanfar, Friday, 19 March 2021 13:34 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukmobha2krY vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjb0j9l1sz4

― xzanfar, Friday, 19 March 2021 13:36 (four years ago)

Skullcrusher

― MarkoP, Friday, 19 March 2021 13:42 (four years ago)

"My Bloody Valentine" makes sense to me for sweet love songs that are buried in noise.

"Slaughter" is Mark Slaughter's actual last name, iirc? Agree that they don't sound like Slayer.

― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Friday, 19 March 2021 13:58 (four years ago)

Violent Femmes
Pink Fairies
Hawkwind (should be a Ren Faire type folk act)

― Josefa, Friday, 19 March 2021 14:31 (four years ago)

Spandau Ballet

― Josefa, Friday, 19 March 2021 14:34 (four years ago)

All those bands like the Ozark Mountain Daredevils you think are going to be shitkickin' country rock n' roll but they turn out to be slick soft rock acts.

― judged and found wanting by the steve hoffman forums (Matt #2), Friday, 19 March 2021 14:42 (four years ago)

No Mercy

― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 March 2021 14:43 (four years ago)

Urge Overkill sounds like they should be a metal band or a P-Funk tribute act.

― MarkoP, Friday, 19 March 2021 14:45 (four years ago)

Tesla
Rancid

― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 19 March 2021 14:46 (four years ago)

Diarrhea Planet (tho tbh I don't know what they SHOULD sound like)

― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 March 2021 14:50 (four years ago)

I have no idea what a Lynyrd Skynyrd is but to my ears it doesn't sound like that.

― pomenitul, Friday, 19 March 2021 14:52 (four years ago)

Derived from their high school gym teacher Leonard Skinner iirc?

― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Friday, 19 March 2021 14:56 (four years ago)

Wikipedia sez:

Still known as The One Percent in 1969, Van Zant sought a new name after growing tired of taunts from audiences that the band had "1% talent". At Burns' suggestion, the group settled on Leonard Skinnerd, which was in part a reference to a character named "Leonard Skinner" in Allan Sherman's novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" and in part a mocking tribute to P.E. teacher Leonard Skinner at Robert E. Lee High School. Skinner was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's policy against boys having long hair. Rossington dropped out of school, tired of being hassled about his hair. The more distinctive spelling "Lynyrd Skynyrd" was being used at least as early as 1970. Despite their high school acrimony, the band developed a friendlier relationship with Skinner in later years, and invited him to introduce them at a concert in the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum. Skinner also allowed the band to use a photo of his Leonard Skinner Realty sign for the inside of their third album.

― pomenitul, Friday, 19 March 2021 14:59 (four years ago)

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

― "Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 March 2021 14:59 (four years ago)

The backstory does make it more Cratylic.

― pomenitul, Friday, 19 March 2021 15:00 (four years ago)

Suicide and solo Vega were both pretty heavy live. Vega seemed to be openly confrontational though not sure how much of taht was more performance art.
There are some pretty great live clips up on youtube. But I think his really confontationsl appearances may have been earlier, mid to late 70s where he would do things like swing bike chains around his head. He was also really into slamming the microphone into his face.
YOu can hear the intensity on a lot of the live sets from the late 70s and early 80s.
Not sure if you're being misled about the live band from the heightened use of melody on the 2nd lp the one with the blood in the plughole on the cover.
First lp is a lot rougher and lofi sounding. Still has a sense of rhythm verging on the funk and some reaslly good tracks worthy of pretty heavy covers on.

Looking through what I've been listening to, it's from a mix of times, from tracks like Ghost Rider through to 2002's Misery Train, but yes, you're right it was maybe tracks from the second LP that most made me call it Elvis synthpop. I gues

Have you heard "Frankie Teardrop"?

I have now! I can see that it's intense, but the occasional shriek jump-scare aside I wouldn't call it heavy going. Maybe it's just the thinness of the sound – which to be clear, I like. Yeah, I can imagine some of it sounded very different live.

― Alba, Friday, 19 March 2021 15:23 (four years ago)

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