Bands Who(m) I Have Never Heard Note One Of, But The Name Tells Me All I Need To Know

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You know what I mean, you hear the name and you just know their audience is a demographic you do not want to be a part of.

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:39 (twenty-one years ago)

For me, a good example would be
Hoobastank

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:40 (twenty-one years ago)

You never heard "The Reason" last summer?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)

All those illiterate fratboy bands--Hoobastank, Korn, Limp Bizkit, etc. Also, Bowling for Soup.

― mrjosh (mrjosh), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost:
Sundar, I'm a corny old fux, I'm a daddy twice over with 5-month old twins, I don't get out much, I don't own a radio, although I sometimes stream WFMU or Jonesey's Jukebox. As Phil Hartman's Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer would say:" Your world is strange and different. I'm just a caveman, I fell into a hole..."

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Primordial Undermind

― cathy berberian (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Pig Destroyer

― donut christ (donut), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Deicide!

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 21 January 2005 04:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Taking Back Sunday

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Yung Wun
Afroman
Lil Scrappy

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:08 (twenty-one years ago)

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead -- I'm guessing about three times as much style and bravado as musical inventiveness.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:10 (twenty-one years ago)

nah, their style and bravado = musical inventiveness = 0.

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Taking Back Sunday
-- Hurting (Hurtingchie...), January 21st, 2005.

Where is the emo love, hurting?

― Jole, Friday, 21 January 2005 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

If you're looking for emo love, look no further than here

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:23 (twenty-one years ago)

wahh waahhhhhhhh

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha hoobastank was the first one to come to mind before i even clicked

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Anal Cunt

― mentalist (mentalist), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Puddle of Mudddddd

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 21 January 2005 05:28 (twenty-one years ago)

All black/death metal bands ever to thread

― DougD, Friday, 21 January 2005 06:38 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dave Clark Five

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 21 January 2005 07:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Saturday Looks Good to Me

― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Friday, 21 January 2005 07:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Anal Cunt

-- mentalist (pete...), January 21st, 2005.

anal cunt.

― hi hi, Friday, 21 January 2005 07:58 (twenty-one years ago)

The Field Mice

― Si Carter (Si Carter), Friday, 21 January 2005 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Blues Traveller.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 21 January 2005 09:22 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dave Matthews Band.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 21 January 2005 09:32 (twenty-one years ago)

God, what's that jam band called? Oh yeah: The String Cheese Incident.

― Jason J, Friday, 21 January 2005 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Prolapse

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 21 January 2005 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Dressy Bessy

― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 21 January 2005 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

All Girl Summertime Fun Band
The Oblivians
Bright Eyes

― Snappy (sexyDancer), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

hey fauxhemian! 3 * 0 = 0!

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

All those illiterate fratboy bands--Hoobastank, Korn, Limp Bizkit, etc. Also, Bowling for Soup.

Agreed, except for Bowling For Soup, who are funnier and smarter than any of their pop-punk cohorts.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

before i'd heard any wire, i just knew. and before i'd heard any belle and sebastian, i JUST KNEW.

polyphonic is hysterically OTM about the dave clark five, heheh.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

please cite specific examples. this is the band that wrote "1985", right?

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

in ref to tantrum.

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

The Field Mice

Really? Having never heard of this band, I can't tell anything by their name, except that they're probably not metal or hip-hop.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

please cite specific examples. this is the band that wrote "1985", right?

"1985" is a cover. It was originally written by SR-71.

The record you want is the previous album, "Drunk Enough To Dance", which features "Girl All The Bad Guys Want", which is ultimately more Rik Ocasek than Blink 182. I'm not a big fan of pop-punk, but I really enjoy these guys, and think they get unfairly lumped in with some truly awful bands.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Bow Ever Down

― Pangolino again, Friday, 21 January 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

they're probably not metal or hip-hop

they are the antithesis of metal and hip-hop. that's the point ... they sound exactly like you'd expect a band called the field mice to sound.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 21 January 2005 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I could see them being power pop, or twee, but I could also see them being some post-rock math-y thing. I'm guessing from what you're saying that they're twee.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Smif & Wessun

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash

and (this is too easy):
ZOSO
Kashmir
Led Zeppelica
AC/DShe
BC/DC
etc.

― Vornado (Vornado), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

The Delays

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

3 Doors Down
Slipknot
JoJo
Ciara

― Brett Hickman (Bhickman), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Godsmack

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

3 Doors Down

Not to mention Three Days Grace.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

dumpy's rusty nuts

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Saturday Looks Good to Me

Not actually an emo or pop-punk band! I mean, that's what I thought, based on Thursday and Taking Back Sunday, but they're more Spector-ish indie-pop.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 21 January 2005 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I usually try to reserve these judgments, cause you never know. For example, I thought Azita would be a band in the vain of Weird War, but it's a songwriter.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 21 January 2005 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Infected Mushroom

― Graeme (Graeme), Friday, 21 January 2005 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

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SHeDAISY

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 21 January 2005 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I met them! (used to photojournal in Salt Lake City) sweet Mormon family...

― miss chevious grin (miss chevious grin), Friday, 21 January 2005 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Do they sound as upper/lower case cutesy-poo as they look?

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 21 January 2005 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I think at least half of the black or death metal bands fit into this category. Especially certain really obvious ones.

ANAL CUNT.

CANNIBAL CORPSE.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Friday, 21 January 2005 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Oops. Everyone else already said that. That's what I get for only reading the first couple posts before posting.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Friday, 21 January 2005 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuel

― Seuss, Saturday, 22 January 2005 06:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Groove Armada

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 22 January 2005 06:17 (twenty-one years ago)

How could we miss !!! ???

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Saturday, 22 January 2005 06:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Spineshank, Shinedown, Seether, Stonesour, Crossfade, Trapt, Breaking Benjamin, My Chemical Romance, umm every band on Victory or Vanguard or Drive-Thru

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 22 January 2005 06:23 (twenty-one years ago)

How did I forget Switchfoot in my run-down of one word names beginnign with 'S'?

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 22 January 2005 06:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Saturday Looks Good to Me

Not actually an emo or pop-punk band! I mean, that's what I thought, based on Thursday and Taking Back Sunday, but they're more Spector-ish indie-pop.

That's what I figured... kitchen rock.

― Snappy (sexyDancer), Saturday, 22 January 2005 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Antigone Rising

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 22 January 2005 07:38 (twenty-one years ago)

As I Lay Dying

― babyalive (babyalive), Saturday, 22 January 2005 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Primordial Undermind aren't that bad, tho I'm not sure if they're still a band.

Saturday Looks Good to Me sounded like generic pop-punk in the Costello/Jam/Spoon sense when I saw 'em.

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 22 January 2005 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Aw, I like Infected Mushroom :(

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 22 January 2005 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Dashboard Confessional.
Blind Melon.
Daniel Bedingfield.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 22 January 2005 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

> And how did you know what Ciara was going to sound like from the name? It sounds like a model of car.

It's a female first name round my way. It's pronounced "keerah".

― Palomino (Palomino), Saturday, 22 January 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

50 Tons of Black Terror

― mike a, Sunday, 23 January 2005 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

From Autumn to Ashes
Beneath the Ashes

― Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 23 January 2005 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm about to kill my own thread:
Supergrass
Superchunk

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 23 January 2005 06:11 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

I'm about to *revive!* my own thread

The Click Five.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah!

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Radio 4. Named after a PIL song, they've got to be faceless post-punk inspred dance rock. Surprise, they are!

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

I don't know what CYHASY sound like from their name, so much as I know that they're a bunch of obnoxious twats.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

Broken Social Scene

Mine's not broken.

― Rob Uptight. (Rob Uptight.), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

CREED

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

oh wait, I have heard "one note" but I wasn't paying attention. Gack.

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

seven years pass...

As I Lay Dying
― babyalive (babyalive), Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:48 AM (8 years ago)

About right:

http://gawker.com/christian-heavy-metal-singer-arrested-for-hiring-hitman-494975195

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 04:53 (twelve years ago)

the lumineers

― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 04:55 (twelve years ago)

godspeed you! black emperor
nickelback

― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:10 (twelve years ago)

i'll bet you've heard a note of nickelback! i was going to say g.g. allin and the murder junkies but then i remembered that i've heard hours worth of their music.

― Treeship, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:27 (twelve years ago)

i knew exactly what spock's beard was going to be before i heard any spock's beard

― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:34 (twelve years ago)

Nickelback sounds country to me.

Lets see Im going to look at the most litened artists this month on last fm and guess what they sound like from their names:

Imagine Dragons

Indie girly synthpop. Similar to Ladyhawke.

The Lumineers

French new wave? Something retro.

Bastille

Emo indie rock with violins and hit. At least one member uses suspenders. Sounds like Arcade Fire.

The Script

Generic American rock band. They sing cheesy rock ballads like 'Wherever you may go'.

Ed Sheeran

Generic American rock singer songwriter. Sings sensitive, cheesy, acoustic rock ballads. Like John Mayer.

Marina and the Diamonds

A poor man's Florence and the Machine.

― Moka, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:39 (twelve years ago)

How did I do?

― Moka, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:40 (twelve years ago)

Swedish House Mafia

― wk, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 06:08 (twelve years ago)

The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die

― anonanon, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 06:10 (twelve years ago)

I've never heard Marina and the Diamonds but A poor man's Florence and the Machine. is an OTM description of how I imagine them

― ḉrut (crüt), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 06:44 (twelve years ago)

Wrong

― kinder, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 07:28 (twelve years ago)

until earlier today i had never heard anything by birds 'n' brass

however from the name, and cover art alone i was expecting full on cheese filled funky covers and suchlike featuring, well, you know, 'birds 'n' brass'.

thankfully, i was right.

― mark e, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 14:25 (twelve years ago)

Moka,

The Script is much worse than you could possibly imagine. Much, much worse. You were very correct about "cheesy ballads" though.

― Evan, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 14:36 (twelve years ago)

Got Ed Sheeran right except he's English.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:12 (twelve years ago)

Per a Twitter post by Jessica Hopper just now: Diarrhea Planet

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:13 (twelve years ago)

(Thought this thread had been superseded by a later one with a similar concept, like what happened to 30 Rock thread.)

― Retreat from the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:25 (twelve years ago)

I think it was. But wth.

foster the people

― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:47 (twelve years ago)

The Script are Irish and several of its members used to be in the boy band MyTown.

― MarkoP, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:59 (twelve years ago)

These New Puritans

― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 16:05 (twelve years ago)

the bird and the bee

― clouds, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 16:21 (twelve years ago)

The Lumineers

French new wave? Something retro.

Got the last part right, at least.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 16:30 (twelve years ago)

the bird and the bee

― clouds, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:21 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think I might have posted elsewhere about my embarrassing love for the song "I'm A Broken Heart" -- I think it's great though, sort of Bacharach via Pet Sounds

― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 16:32 (twelve years ago)

they got some ILM love I guess

The Bird And The Bee (Greg Kurstin and Inara George) = DEFT

― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 16:55 (twelve years ago)

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