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Great Bands meh names

Posted on 6/21/23 at 12:28 pm
Posted by dexy82
Madison, WI
Member since Sep 2004
2060 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 12:28 pm
As a kid growing up in the late ‘70’s early ‘80s Breakfast in America got a ton airplay, but the name Supertramp (I believe name came from a book) never did the group any justice.

What’s a band you loved, but the band name was bleh?
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
17289 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 12:54 pm to
Faces
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 1:27 pm to
Pearl Jam's a pretty awful name for a band. They were probably my favorite band in the 90s but I could go the rest of my life without hearing another song from them and die a happy man.

Tears For Fears has always been a favorite band of mine, but not crazy about their band name either.
This post was edited on 6/21/23 at 1:29 pm
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49476 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 1:35 pm to
Anal count
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12757 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 2:33 pm to
I hate the name Death Cab for Cutie but they are most certainly not a great band. Pearl Jam is a great name for a band. Better than Spooge, which is what it means. Maybe Rainbow as it has such a different meaning today (named after the Rainbow Bar & Grill in LA); doubt Richie wanted his metal band to be about LGBQ stuff.
Posted by MaxxPain2
Member since Oct 2021
1222 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 2:40 pm to
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Anal count


i'll raise you one Cattle Decapitation
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38349 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 3:46 pm to
Fall Out Boy - terrible name, horrible band. Does that count?
Posted by tigermeat
Member since Jan 2005
3296 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 3:49 pm to
Def Leppard
Posted by tigermeat
Member since Jan 2005
3296 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 3:50 pm to
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Fall Out Boy - terrible name, horrible band. Does that count?

Yes.
We’ll allow it.
Posted by Tangineck
Mandeville
Member since Nov 2017
2732 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 4:28 pm to
System of a Down. Takes forever to say it. Why not just System Down? Agree with the poster about Death Cab for Cutie. Should be just Death Cab. Maybe it's copyright or trademark issues.

Also Mammoth/Rat Salad. The best thing David Lee Roth ever did was convince EVH to name the band Van Halen. Thank god.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69243 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 4:39 pm to
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horrible band


I like their first couple albums
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
28044 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 4:44 pm to
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30865 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 4:54 pm to
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Pearl Jam's a pretty awful name for a band.

I don't know man, I thought it was a great name.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 4:55 pm to
Khruangbin's my favorite band. The name's not the best for getting people that have never heard them to check out their music, though. Any time that I ask someone if they've heard of them, the response is almost always "who?"
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
13403 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 4:56 pm to
Ween
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 5:01 pm to
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I don't know man, I thought it was a great name.



It's definitely better than Mookie Blaylock or Mother Love Bone.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
153934 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 5:56 pm to
And now, the all time champ of this category:













LOVE
Posted by PaulMainieriEmbolism
Louisianer
Member since Jul 2020
811 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 6:20 pm to
Melvins
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12757 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 7:07 pm to
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Ween


What? Great band and the name is great too when you consider the two members are Gene and Dean Ween.
Posted by TFTC
Chicago, Il
Member since May 2010
23267 posts
Posted on 6/21/23 at 7:27 pm to
I had a block on Titus Andronicus for a long time because of the name... now I kinda like it..
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