BEST band names ever - Page 3

amerikangod · 10.25.2006, 12:31 AM

Dead Kennedys
Boredoms
Joy Division
Rapeman

Pax Americana · 10.25.2006, 12:43 AM

Dead Kennedys, I think that's probably my very favorite band name.

Onani Nic · 10.25.2006, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by hat and beard

maher shalal hash baz.

check mate.

I saw them play last year, it was amazing.

What does the name translate to? Any other reason why you love this band name?

porkmarras · 10.25.2006, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Glice

Anal Cunt & Rage Against the Vending Machine are the only names that spring immediately to mind.

Pavement is a fucking awful, obsequious twat of a name, and that's regardless of whether I've spelt obsequious right.

Was that not Rage Against the Coffee Machine?

porkmarras · 10.25.2006, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onani Nic

I saw them play last year, it was amazing.

What does the name translate to? Any other reason why you love this band name?

YES YES YES!

porkmarras · 10.25.2006, 08:02 AM

Kraftwerk
Current 93
The Velvet Underground
Disgusted By the Whore
Fleetwood Mac
Xilinsupreme
Acid Mothers Temple
Rothko
Pulp
Sun Ra Arkestra
The Cramps
Sex Pistols
Luna
Drop Nineteen
Curve
Ride (and generally a lot short and to the point names)
Scorpio Rising
Alphaville
Violent Femmes
Husker Du
Birthday Party
Sugar Hill Gang
ESG
Oxide and Neutrino

Glice · 10.25.2006, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by porkmarras

Was that not Rage Against the Coffee Machine?

I'm not entirely sure y'know. I remember reading it and laughing, and in my head rage against the vending machine was the name.

porkmarras · 10.25.2006, 08:54 AM

Yeah i remember reading about on the 'Office Ambience' section of The Wire and it is Rage Against the Coffee Machine.The name is great but i downloaded a few tracks by them and they were poo.

fugazifan · 10.25.2006, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Onani Nic

I saw them play last year, it was amazing.

What does the name translate to? Any other reason why you love this band name?

its hebrew, the literal meaning is- Fast, Plunder feel, spoil. but i looked it up and its from the book of isiah meaning " " "Hurrying to the spoil, he has made haste to the plunder."
they sound cool tho...
velvet underground is a great name.
stereolab
lounge lizards
monkey son of a donkey

Tokolosh · 10.25.2006, 10:34 AM

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead.

hat and beard · 10.25.2006, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onani Nic

I saw them play last year, it was amazing.

What does the name translate to? Any other reason why you love this band name?

fugazifan there has the translation right. i saw an interview with tori kudo (whose band maher shalal hash baz is) where he explained that he picked the phrase randomly from a bible. 'plunder speedeth - spoil hasteth' sounded very punk rock to him, apparently.

personally i think 'maher shalal hash baz' just has a nice ring to it. it's fun to say too.

jimbrim · 10.25.2006, 11:36 AM

Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies
Napalm Death
Sonic Youth
My Bloody Valantine
Comets on Fire
Peace Burial at Sea

Rob Instigator · 10.25.2006, 11:40 AM

Sonic Youth
The Butthole Surfers
Revolting Cocks

pokkeherrie · 10.25.2006, 12:31 PM

a few that haven't been named yet i think

Pig Destroyer
The Raincoats
Fly PanAm
Uw Hypotheekadvies ("Your Mortgage Advice")

check out Brainwashed's canonical guide to weird band names:
http://brainwashed.com/bandnames/

Jaerlost · 10.25.2006, 05:23 PM

Here's one of my favorites:
Butt Auger

I always thought the Beatles was a pretty good fucking band name too.

Torn Curtain · 10.26.2006, 09:50 AM

Sonic Youth
Joy Division
The Cure
The Notwist
Cocteau Twins
The Smiths
The Stooges

Torn Curtain · 10.28.2006, 12:51 PM

LifeDistortion · 10.28.2006, 02:57 PM

X

Refused

Aunti Christ

Public Enemy ()

Dead Prez (I consider these bands, even though they play rap music)

Misfits

DK (of course)

king_buzzo · 10.28.2006, 03:02 PM

buzzcocks
new york dolls

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10.25.2006, 12:31 AM	#41
amerikangod invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,761	Dead Kennedys Boredoms Joy Division Rapeman
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Pax Americana expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,187	Dead Kennedys, I think that's probably my very favorite band name.
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porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Kraftwerk Current 93 The Velvet Underground Disgusted By the Whore Fleetwood Mac Xilinsupreme Acid Mothers Temple Rothko Pulp Sun Ra Arkestra The Cramps Sex Pistols Luna Drop Nineteen Curve Ride (and generally a lot short and to the point names) Scorpio Rising Alphaville Violent Femmes Husker Du Birthday Party Sugar Hill Gang ESG Oxide and Neutrino __________________
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10.25.2006, 08:54 AM	#48
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Yeah i remember reading about on the 'Office Ambience' section of The Wire and it is Rage Against the Coffee Machine.The name is great but i downloaded a few tracks by them and they were poo. __________________
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Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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10.25.2006, 11:36 AM	#52
jimbrim expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,308	Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies Napalm Death Sonic Youth My Bloody Valantine Comets on Fire Peace Burial at Sea
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	Sonic Youth The Butthole Surfers Revolting Cocks __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.25.2006, 12:31 PM	#54
pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	a few that haven't been named yet i think Pig Destroyer The Raincoats Fly PanAm Uw Hypotheekadvies ("Your Mortgage Advice") check out Brainwashed's canonical guide to weird band names: http://brainwashed.com/bandnames/
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10.25.2006, 05:23 PM	#55
Jaerlost little trouble girl Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 30	Here's one of my favorites: Butt Auger I always thought the Beatles was a pretty good fucking band name too. __________________ When God said "let there be light" I turned it the fuck off
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10.26.2006, 09:50 AM	#56
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Sonic Youth Joy Division The Cure The Notwist Cocteau Twins The Smiths The Stooges
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10.28.2006, 12:51 PM	#57
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	BUMP
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10.28.2006, 02:57 PM	#58
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	X Refused Aunti Christ Public Enemy () Dead Prez (I consider these bands, even though they play rap music) Misfits DK (of course)
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10.28.2006, 03:02 PM	#59
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	buzzcocks new york dolls ......
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