calmrose
12.11.16 | Fear Before the March of Flames was a badass name
Though Fear Before is still pretty cool |
Ebola
12.11.16 | Spitfire |
GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
12.11.16 | I really like Alice in Chains even though the band never used the imagery in the way I'd have liked them to. |
polyrhythm
12.11.16 | Iron Maiden (shame about the music)
Massive Attack
Killing Joke |
GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
12.11.16 | One, Poly. One. |
Typhoon24
12.11.16 | polyrhythm all three of those sound dope but im only putting one per person so ima go with the one i think sounds the coolest unless you object |
polyrhythm
12.11.16 | I know, I was brainstorming out loud kiddos. I'll go with Killing Joke |
MarsKid
12.11.16 | Outrun the Sunlight
Underrated as fuck |
CaimanJesus
12.11.16 | Mouth of the architect |
CzechyGuy
12.11.16 | The pAper chAse |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | James Chance & The Contortions |
zakalwe
12.11.16 | The Who |
americanohno
12.11.16 | The pains of being pure at heart |
Sinternet
12.11.16 | genghis tron by far |
zakalwe
12.11.16 | Fucking awful |
GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
12.11.16 | That is a good one. |
zakalwe
12.11.16 | The pains of being pure at heart is a shocker. |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | "The pains of being pure at heart"
Sounds like a band that thinks they're very self-important |
GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
12.11.16 | Why is Ars recc'ing girls in bikinis? |
oltnabrick
12.11.16 | korn |
Chortles
12.11.16 | guided by voices |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | "Why is Ars recc'ing girls in bikinis?"
I'm reccing the album, not the album cover? Also because it's a hard 5/5 |
GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
12.11.16 | Ars has been living a lie. |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | What are you on about? |
InFlamesWeThrash666
12.11.16 | anal cunt |
americanohno
12.11.16 | One must first take the risk of taking themselves seriously in order to say anything important.
If you listen to the pains of being pure at heart you will realize my friend this truly is a band saying some very important shit.
|
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | almost every single one on this list so far is fucking terrible |
MarsKid
12.11.16 | I think you'd say that regardless of what was on the list. |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | I want Potsy to point the few cool ones honestly |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | Genghis Tron is good the rest are bad and marskid is a pussy |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | see we all think things |
MarsKid
12.11.16 | I expected nothing less. |
Typhoon24
12.11.16 | bad brains is the shit foo |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | Timeghoul
Has that radical old school feel about it. |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | Damn I thought you'd at least appreciate The Who's name regardless of how you feel about their music
Knew you'd hate my choice though |
polyrhythm
12.11.16 | I like my one obv and Guided by Voices, the rest I don't care for |
INRIhab
12.11.16 | Exotic Animal Petting Zoo |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "bad brains is the shit foo"
the band sure, the band name not so much |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "Damn I thought you'd at least appreciate The Who's name regardless of how you feel about their music"
wtf the who is like the worst band name here |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | What's your favorite Potsy? |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | dunno |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | its hard to separate personal bias towards an artists music from the quality of their band name tbh. |
tacos n stuff
12.11.16 | i dig A Winged Victory for the Sullen |
tacos n stuff
12.11.16 | and while i dont think fbtmof are that great at all, fbtmof is pretty cool name imo |
Ocean of Noise
12.11.16 | Black Sabbath
My Bloody Valentine
Shadow Gallery
In Flames
off the top of my head |
MarsKid
12.11.16 | "What's your favorite Potsy?"
Definitely Korn
|
Ocean of Noise
12.11.16 | Avenged Sevenfold too - their music really doesn't live up to how awesome their name is (though I like their music fine too) |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | "My Bloody Valentine"
I don't know man, a shoegaze band who chose a name that sounds like an edgy post hardcore band probably poorly named themselves |
Ocean of Noise
12.11.16 | They had that name before edgy post hardcore bands even existed dude |
americanohno
12.11.16 | They took they're name from a fueling movie! Theives! |
polyrhythm
12.11.16 | I think people are confusing i) whether the band's name is cool in itself, ii) how well the band's name describes their music, and iii) how much they like the band tbh |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | Honorable mentions to:
Insect Warfare
Wild Beasts
Light Bearer
Iskra
Toxic Holocaust
Gaza
Rottrevore
Rippikoulu
and
Ygg |
GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
12.11.16 | "What's your favorite Potsy?"
The Knife.
But Grimes if we count solo artists. |
Rolling Girl
12.11.16 | This is a tough one. I guess Candy Claws. |
Emim
12.11.16 | Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza |
ashcrash9
12.11.16 | might just be cause I'm digging them a lot lately, but Cymbals Eat Guitars has always struck me as one of the best band names I've ever heard |
Sevengill
12.11.16 | Hyperion
the one from Sweden |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "I think people are confusing i) whether the band's name is cool in itself, ii) how well the band's name describes their music, and iii) how much they like the band tbh"
this. i only like the band name 'the knife' because it suits them and describes their music well. i never thought much of it before i fell in love with them.
also tony danza tapdance extravaganza is one of the worst band names of all time as is my bloody valentine and avenged sevenfold |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "Honorable mentions to:
Insect Warfare
Wild Beasts
Light Bearer
Iskra
Toxic Holocaust
Gaza
Rottrevore
Rippikoulu
and
Ygg"
Iskra and Gaza are both really good names |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | I feel like the best band names are ones that are memorable without making you cringe.
There really doesn't need to be more criteria in my opinion. |
Kurisu
12.11.16 | Best metal band name is Arghoslent and that's not even an edgy opinion |
Emim
12.11.16 | Fight me, potsy |
FullOfSounds
12.11.16 | I like Boards of Canda |
FullOfSounds
12.11.16 | It comes from a documentary which is something they'd totally sample |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | Add Timeghoul bro |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "Best metal band name is Arghoslent and that's not even an edgy opinion"
no.
"thoughts on Baghdad as a band name"
missing the point entirely the name Gaza isnt good because you can just interchangeably use any middle eastern city as a name and its suddenly cool, its good because it looks nice and sounds nice.
i actually kind of agree on exotic animal petting zoo lol |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | Yeah I like the name Gaza cuz it just feels spicy on my tongue. Iskra is the same way.
I also REALLY love the album name Meaningless Leaning Mess by Bone Awl cuz it's just so fucking clever. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "Yeah I like the name Gaza cuz it just feels spicy on my tongue. Iskra is the same way."
totally. also Bone Awl is a good name |
Pajolero
12.11.16 | The Sisters of Mercy |
americanohno
12.11.16 | I'm not a big fan as Arghoslent as a band name but their other band Grand Belial's Key is most definitely a bad assume band name |
FullOfSounds
12.11.16 | Zao is also pretty cool |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | 'bad assume band name'
Fuck yeah m/ |
romulanrancor
12.11.16 | Burzum
Burzum means "Darkness" in the language of Mordor. Checkmate |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | When it comes to naming things I think Defeated Sanity pretty much kills it all around. Psalms of the Moribund I mean holy SHIT. |
Sevengill
12.11.16 | Wolves In the Throne Room is a pleasantly terrifying name but it's a little unwieldly. Hyperion just has so much oomph and it's got a fantastic etymology. |
americanohno
12.11.16 | Zao socks Cuzco it's pronounced zay-oh and not zow |
Sinternet
12.11.16 | above & beyond is a pretty cool name too |
americanohno
12.11.16 | Auto correct is really fun king me up right now |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | trying to disconnect the bands from their name I guess some that I like from just going through the top of my ratings are
Acid Mothers Temple
Amon Duul II
Arktau Eos
Bathory
Baths
Cannibal Ox
Sex Church
Death Ambient
Drudkh
Elysian Fields
Fever Ray
Flying Lotus
Fuck Buttons
Gazelle Twin
Gold Panda
Harvey Milk
Have a Nice Life
Hex Vessel
Hiatus Kaiyote
Jawbox
Kayo Dot
Kottarashky
Mount Eerie
Muslimgauze
Phedre
Portishead
Shakti
Skullflower
Son Lux
Wildbirds and Peacedrums
|
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "Shabazz Palaces or The Antlers
both work very well in the context of the groups' sound"
"I think people are confusing i) whether the band's name is cool in itself, ii) how well the band's name describes their music, and iii) how much they like the band tbh"
|
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | "Auto correct is really fun king me up right now"
You did that on purpose I don't buy it |
Sinternet
12.11.16 | gazelle twin rules both as a name and as an artist |
americanohno
12.11.16 | Harvey Milk is a gay band name tho |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "above & beyond is a pretty cool name too"
are u for real |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "Harvey Milk is a gay band name tho"
good one |
Sinternet
12.11.16 | for a band name to be good it has to be memorable, like if you see it you remember it because it has personalitly to it and a wow factor without sounding overly pretentious |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | Wilco is a cute little name |
Sinternet
12.11.16 | yeah i dig above & beyond as a name, rolls of the tongue nicely |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | "for a band name to be good it has to be memorable, like if you see it you remember it because it has personalitly to it and a wow factor without sounding overly pretentious"
In a way you could say that the name has to be
above & beyond |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | lol |
adr
12.11.16 | Dead Kennedys, The Velvet Underground, Bathory, Genesis, Faust, Dead Can Dance , Saccharine Trust, Throbbing Gristle, Coil all really fitting with the bands music and all sound cool tbqh |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | I can't argue against a single one of those... adr wins. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "not so much 'confusing' as much as those elements are hard to separate
whether or not a band's music suits their name has to be some kind of factor, right?
"
"i only like the band name 'the knife' because it suits them and describes their music well. i never thought much of it before i fell in love with them.
"
"its hard to separate personal bias towards an artists music from the quality of their band name tbh."
so yes its hard but thats the point |
Sinternet
12.11.16 | bikini kill
beastmilk
brontide
electric masada
hooverphonic
johnny foreigner
atlas sound
pygmy lush
sleepytime gorilla museum
venetian snares
are all pretty cool imo |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "like "my bloody valentine" always struck me as some sort of scenester emo name that never fit shoegaze"
its just a terrible band name in general tbh |
BenThatsMyJamin
12.11.16 | Death is so iconic. Tells you everything you need to know |
anat
12.11.16 | we were promised jetpacks |
polyrhythm
12.11.16 | I love how vaudeville and silly the name Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is, but it also describes their music pretty darn well |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | "beastmilk"
How is this a good band name exactly? I feel like any band name where you need to mention something related to genitals, butts, or breasts is automatically bad just because it's awkward to say out loud. Like I was talking about Butthole Surfers yesterday and someone gave me to weird look for even saying "butthole." |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | im not gonna lie i absolutely hate most of those sin. i guess our tastes in band names do not align lol |
MistaCrave
12.11.16 | Oneohtrix Point Never |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | Beastmilk isn't a great name per se but it sticks in the mind.
Really awesome idea for them to change their name and then drop a shit albun. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "Oneohtrix Point Never"
yes |
anat
12.11.16 | doomsquad
future islands
punching swans
|
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | Wait... it said beastmilk FUCK I read that as breastmilk
Now it's even worse |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | Yeah most people did haha
probably why they changed it actually |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "some factors for me would probably be: 1. how the name sounds from a pure sonic standpoint, 2. how compelling the idea or object is that's captured in the name, and 3. how the choice in language strengths 1 & 2 individually as well as in relation to one another"
these are good, pretty much what i go off i guess. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "probably why they changed it actually"
probs changed it because they realized its terrible af |
Chortles
12.11.16 | saccharine trust is such a good name and an amazing band |
Deez
12.11.16 | https://www.discogs.com/artist/253670-Rancid-Shit-Wank |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | I love the Cocteau Twins, but their name always puzzled the fuck out of me. I get that they liked the work of Jean Cocteau, but why twins?
Their name is pretty as fuck though |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | I forgot about your vein-riddled, pulsating, hateful, corpulent erection for the name Beastmilk. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | yes i do indeed have quite the throbbing hate-boner for the name beastmilk (because it is objectively retarded) |
Dylan620
12.11.16 | The The |
FullOfSounds
12.11.16 | Always dug Fall of Efrafa |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | Fall of Efrafa strikes me as one of those names that isn't THAT good but it seems better than it is because Fall of Efrafa has absolutely zero bad material. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.11.16 | "The The"
up there on the worst names of all time list |
Knave
12.11.16 | Black Sabbath is always the champion of this game. |
ArsMoriendi
12.11.16 | Just looked up the origins of the name Cocteau Twins and supposedly they called them that because two of their gay friends were obsessed with Jean Cocteau, so their friends were the Cocteau Twins. Hmm odd |
FullOfSounds
12.11.16 | "Black Sabbath is always the champion of this game."
It's hard to look past how iconic it is |
Chortles
12.11.16 | "The the"
right up there with The Band |
adr
12.11.16 | Acid Bath and Godflesh are pretty dope too |
FullOfSounds
12.11.16 | I like Godflesh a lot yeah |
Sinternet
12.11.16 | but can it compete with The Music? |
voltairesangryglove
12.11.16 | gorilla biscuits |
50iL
12.11.16 | I'd have to go with Immolation. Their name Describes their atmosphere perfectly, is emblematic and catchy. |
50iL
12.11.16 | Emperor is up there, too |
FullOfSounds
12.11.16 | Emperor's kinda average |
voltairesangryglove
12.11.16 | The Sounds of Animals Fucking |
voltairesangryglove
12.11.16 | Blandchester Borechestra |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | emblematic, nice |
50iL
12.11.16 | Nah I rlly like Emperor |
voltairesangryglove
12.11.16 | yeah what an original name that nobody else would ever think of |
50iL
12.11.16 | It's not original but just fits them SO well |
ZippaThaRippa
12.11.16 | Yeah, they're the divine rulers of shitty keyboard music |
Joeman82
12.12.16 | Bad Religion
Best name you could create for a punk band |
Calc
12.12.16 | Dark Time Sunshine I always thought was cool
The Joint Chiefs of Math
Kayo Dot
King Tears Bat Trip
Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation |
FullOfSounds
12.12.16 | Might as well throw maudlin in there with all these Kayo Dot mentions |
Calc
12.12.16 | "Black Sabbath is always the champion of this game."
saw a homeless dude in downtown seattle and his sign said "black sabbath matters" I almost threw him my candy bar from my car |
SAPoodle
12.12.16 | The Angelic Process |
Rowan5215
12.12.16 | Crowded House is one of my faves. Also A Tribe Called Quest |
TVC15
12.12.16 | Manic Street Preachers
|
guitarded_chuck
12.12.16 | HORSE the Band obvi |
BlazinBlitzer
12.12.16 | My favorites are probably Songs:Ohia, Trespassers William, Stars of the Lid, and Have a Nice Life. |
dbizzles
12.12.16 | Does if Offend You, Yeah? |
dbizzles
12.12.16 | Viet Cong was one of the best band names, RIP. Also Andrew Jackson Jihad and Black Pussy. |
Typhoon24
12.12.16 | k i think that's everyone so far (not including extra recs) |
Royl123
12.12.16 | Radiohead
Talking heads
Super furry animals
The psychedelic furs
Smashing pumpkins
The Jesus and Mary chain
|
budgie
12.12.16 | sleep
fear |
dctarga
12.13.16 | The Awesome-O Cars Of The Future
My friend and I made up a band name when we were 11. Best name ever. |
TVC15
12.13.16 | Where tf is mine |
Astral Abortis
12.13.16 | Ripping Corpse might be my favourite
or Ghoulgotha |
DamnVanne
12.13.16 | You Slut!
|
sputnik1
12.13.16 | Acid Bath |
Typhoon24
12.13.16 | i see you tvc15, my bad |
Deez
12.13.16 | Prostitute Disfigurement |
Ovrot
12.13.16 | Murmuure |
Avagantamos
12.13.16 | demilich |
Dylan620
12.13.16 | Mine's missing too :/ |
MO
12.13.16 | ulcerate |
zakalwe
12.13.16 | Sex Pistols
Wire
The Stooges
The Replacements
Sepultura
Public Enemy
The Monks
Half Man Half Biscuit
Pavement
Black Sabbath
Os Mutantes
Pixies
Motörhead
The Slits
Huggy Bear
The Roots
Primal Scream
The Smiths
Orbital
Joy Division
The Fall
Slayer
Stone Roses
|
hesperus
12.13.16 | Wolves in the Throne Room |
polyrhythm
12.13.16 | "Primal Scream
The Fall"
yes
"Half Man Half Biscuit"
the fuck |
zakalwe
12.13.16 | It's a classic! |
worthlessscab
12.13.16 | Butthole Surfers
The Jesus Lizard
Brainbombs
Shit and Shine
Black Flag
obv |
Lavair
01.26.17 | Street Sects |