Was just thinking about what an inauspicious name "Weather Report" is.
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Friday, 6 November 2009 22:40 (fifteen years ago)
R. Kelly And Public Announcement
― xhuxk, Friday, 6 November 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago)
There's a band here in Denver called Houses, which always strikes me as dullsville.
― tylerw, Friday, 6 November 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.jiggy.com/cat-images-lg/dm0004a-lg.jpg
― The people of Ork are marching upon us (Matt #2), Friday, 6 November 2009 22:48 (fifteen years ago)
Bread.
― Durian Durian (Jon Lewis), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/bobby%20bland%2001.jpg
― Drag Me to Hull (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:02 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/nice_evil.jpg
― Drag Me to Hull (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:04 (fifteen years ago)
http://panachereport.com/channels/hip%20hop%20gallery/images/0500_eazy_e_a.jpg
― Drag Me to Hull (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:06 (fifteen years ago)
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/5332828/Shed+Seven+2551221_l.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 November 2009 23:06 (fifteen years ago)
Oops. This'll liven things up:http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/5332828/Shed+Seven+2551221_l.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 November 2009 23:07 (fifteen years ago)
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/liverpoolecho/nov2008/5/6/AF4DECC0-FEA8-6523-4FF727D144BB5967.jpgPeter Hooton from The Farm talks about his schooldays
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 November 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago)
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000AN3HR.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
― Drag Me to Hull (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago)
band NAMES would help, instead of just posting random pictures of artists that half the people here won't recognise?
― Persian Pickle (Masonic Boom), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:22 (fifteen years ago)
and on that level... who would have guessed from the name that Can would be any good?
― Persian Pickle (Masonic Boom), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:23 (fifteen years ago)
Are they?
― fields of salmon, Friday, 6 November 2009 23:24 (fifteen years ago)
Spoon
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago)
Yes
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago)
Pretty much all one-word geographic name bands
ChicagoBostonAsiaetc.
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:33 (fifteen years ago)
Not exactly bland, but band name with food in it = jam rock = avoid.
― Durian Durian (Jon Lewis), Friday, 6 November 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago)
the cardigans
― Ari (whenuweremine), Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago)
i saw a poster recently for a show by a band called Lackluster. why would anyone call their band that???
― zappi, Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago)
that's a dude from finland so maybe the word lackluster sounds more exotic in finnish i dunno
― guammls (QE II), Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:25 (fifteen years ago)
the xx
kings of convenience
― cutty, Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:28 (fifteen years ago)
my morning jacket
― jØrdån (omar little), Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:52 (fifteen years ago)
Tangerine Dream - it sounds like a flavour in a chocolate assortment box, or a sickly orange pastel shade of paint.
― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:55 (fifteen years ago)
elbowtravisthe frames
― STRATE IN2 DAKRNESS (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:59 (fifteen years ago)
A soundman once said that my old band sounded "like a bowl of cereal." I kind of wanted to rename my band Bowl of Cereal after that.
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Saturday, 7 November 2009 02:47 (fifteen years ago)
I always liked the story (perhaps apocryphal) about how The Cars decided on their name. They had a list of different names that they ran by their friends and The Cars was the one that people hated the most. Better than Milkwood at least...
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 7 November 2009 05:24 (fifteen years ago)
BlurAir The SmithsThe Shins
― late adopter, Saturday, 7 November 2009 08:34 (fifteen years ago)
rural alberta advantage
― samosa gibreel, Saturday, 7 November 2009 08:40 (fifteen years ago)
travis
I think in this case, rightly.
― i obtain much semillon (Trayce), Saturday, 7 November 2009 08:55 (fifteen years ago)
American Music Club
― derrrick, Saturday, 7 November 2009 09:10 (fifteen years ago)
Athlete
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 7 November 2009 09:28 (fifteen years ago)
Toploader
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 7 November 2009 09:51 (fifteen years ago)
Real Estate
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 7 November 2009 10:49 (fifteen years ago)
(DOGTITS) bands names after domestic appliances generally fit into this category.
TelevisionVCRChest Freezer
OK, I made those last two up...
― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Saturday, 7 November 2009 10:53 (fifteen years ago)
Average White Band
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 7 November 2009 13:06 (fifteen years ago)
Girls AloudShop Assistants
― Persian Pickle (Masonic Boom), Saturday, 7 November 2009 13:08 (fifteen years ago)
The Wedding Present (who I love)Sloan (who I don't)
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 7 November 2009 13:53 (fifteen years ago)
Earth
― Drag Me to Hull (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 7 November 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago)
Sunny Day Real Estate
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 7 November 2009 13:56 (fifteen years ago)
Operation Ivy (never understood that... a fine band, though)
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 7 November 2009 13:57 (fifteen years ago)
Royce da 5'9
― Drag Me to Hull (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 7 November 2009 13:57 (fifteen years ago)
Nah, anything with "Operation" in it can't count as being a super-bland name.
― Drag Me to Hull (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 7 November 2009 13:58 (fifteen years ago)
MorphineLow (don't even think about it, Low haters :-) )
― StanM, Saturday, 7 November 2009 14:06 (fifteen years ago)
Even the gratuitous exclamation point can't liven up expectations for
Boats!
[schnoore]
― I've got some funny ideas about what sounds good (staggerlee), Saturday, 7 November 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago)
The Doors Pavement
― late adopter, Saturday, 7 November 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago)
I was going to say Pavement too, actually.
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago)
The Housemartins
The Band, The Music, Stereophonics, Hard-Fi, etc. - basically anything that alludes to the fact that you are a band and that you play music. I don't think it's something - as a band - you really have to point out to people
― toofattoskate, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago)
Normal people names are boring.
James BrownIan BrownChris BrownAlex TurnerBob MouldBill CallahanNeil Youngetc etc etc
― StanM, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago)
Cutesy names:The PastelsThe Field MicePixiesBelle & Sebastian
― late adopter, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:53 (fifteen years ago)
Alas poor Will Smith and Robert Smith.
― Persian Pickle (Masonic Boom), Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago)
> Air
boisterous protest
― meisenfek, Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago)
Modest Mouse
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 7 November 2009 23:09 (fifteen years ago)
Matchbox 20
Third Eye Blind
Maroon 5
Seven Mary 3
Marcy Playground
Manitoba / Caribou
― abanana, Sunday, 8 November 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago)
Midlake
― merked, Sunday, 8 November 2009 01:26 (fifteen years ago)
Maroon 5 - pretty much any band name consisting of word/phrase __________ + randomly associated number ___________
Also: The Innocence Mission; The Waterboys
― you just freaked out more than our director of lols (Pillbox), Sunday, 8 November 2009 01:30 (fifteen years ago)
The Hold-Steady
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 8 November 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago)
there's some HC challoping/willful misreading happening on this here thread.
Waterboys is an odd one because we don't have waterboys in the UK afaik so when I was a kid this didn't sound like a banal name.Midlake? don't think soCaribou no because they are big angry aminals that can stomp humans to deathMarcy Playground doesn't sound like a bland name cos playgrounds are coolThird Eye Blind is kind of a we-will-be-a-shit-goth-metal-band name rather than a blando namePixies could be bland and cutesy but in the fairy stories i read as a kid pixies tended to be evil little bastardsNot all people's names automatically connote bland and half of stan's list aren't dullsville names afaiac
anyhoo, carry on
― Don't Dream It, SB It (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:11 (fifteen years ago)
Animal Collective
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:19 (fifteen years ago)
The Band
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:20 (fifteen years ago)
Train
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:23 (fifteen years ago)
The PastelsThe Field Mice
these two definitely...so beige. same with kings of convenience.
there's an estonian pop star who just goes by hannah. you can't really get away with going surnameless if you have a name as bland as hannah.
sugababes is an obvious one here!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:37 (fifteen years ago)
My daughter's called Hannah lex I kill you
― Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:38 (fifteen years ago)
Toad the Wet Sprocket
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago)
hannah isn't a bad name. it's just not really a one-name pop star moniker.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago)
yeah i'm just joking altho hannah spearritt was a definite influence on my decision
― Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:44 (fifteen years ago)
KC and the Sunshine Band
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:45 (fifteen years ago)
my favourite female hannahs are hannah montana and hannah arendt
― lex pretend, Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago)
neither of them go by just "hannah"
*famous not female, duh
our hannah has got surprise birthday tickets for hannah montana next month. i agree that it sucks as a single name pop star btw
― Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago)
it's not as bad as "joe"
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 8 November 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago)
true. and as much as i love her, cassie - like, especially when your full name is cassie ventura.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:01 (fifteen years ago)
again I think cassie sounds kind of alright to britishes ears - it's not a common enough name over here to be banal?
― Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:02 (fifteen years ago)
U2
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago)
James
― Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:15 (fifteen years ago)
Can
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 8 November 2009 19:51 (fifteen years ago)
Haha Alex in NYC, I've always had this irrational idea that most bands with numbers in their names will inevitably suck.
― Turangalila, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:08 (fifteen years ago)
Front 1 to 241 all sucked, yeah.
― StanM, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago)
Shed 1 to 6 !
― StanM, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:14 (fifteen years ago)
Hahaha
― Turangalila, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:18 (fifteen years ago)
23 wasn't bad.
― Deliquescing (Derelict), Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:52 (fifteen years ago)
I've just recently realized that Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Be Bop Deluxe were pretty weird, camp operations. With those names, I'd long pegged them as by-the-books seventies choogle, along the lines of Rick Derringer or Mountain.
― bendy, Monday, 9 November 2009 01:37 (fifteen years ago)
Green DayOrange Juice
― late adopter, Monday, 9 November 2009 10:18 (fifteen years ago)
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Worst middle name ever..
― Mark G, Monday, 9 November 2009 10:23 (fifteen years ago)
Monsters of Folk
― mottdeterre, Monday, 9 November 2009 21:22 (fifteen years ago)
thursday and brand new.
also: does it offend you, yeah, on top of being THE WORST FUCKING NAME EVER -- well, i guess it isn't actually that bland sounding. it's just the goddamn worst and i wanted to throw that out there.
― marc iv, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 05:06 (fifteen years ago)
Herbert
― Evan, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 05:40 (fifteen years ago)
The Heinrich Maneuver
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 08:42 (fifteen years ago)
The Blood Brothers, sounds like some 'blues' band
― Niles Crane (Niles Caulder), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 09:57 (fifteen years ago)
The Fall
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 10:35 (fifteen years ago)