Entre_Perpetuo Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 1. Hootie and the Blowfish 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bluefox4000 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Limp Bizkit Mick 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 1. Hootie and the Blowfish I just saw an interview with Darius Rucker the other day (they are touring this summer) where he said it's taken 25 years but people have finally quit calling him Hootie . . . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 RUSH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Insane Clown Posse Sounds like it was made by a group of dorky 6th graders trying to be quirky 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Limp Bizkit Mick That’s got to be way the hell up there! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyz305 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Lubricated Goat - an Aussie band that started a few decades ago... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 1. Hootie and the Blowfish When asked about the origin of her band's name, Shirley Manson said, "Well, when we had to register a name for our band, the only two choices left on the official list were "Garbage" and "Hootie and The Blowfish". :laughing guy: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 The Alan Parsons Project HSAS and maybe it's my bias, but names like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer make the band sound like a law firm. I expect to hear commercials promising to get me the disability insurance I'm owed (of course, if that were ELP, the commercials would be eight minutes long, with multiple parts . . . ) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Cannabis Corpse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I tend to think a lot of the 90s and forward metal bands have the worst names, like "iced Earth." The names strike me as trying to sound so ponderous and "heavy." I suppose the same can be said about things like Black Sabbath though, so what do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I tend to think a lot of the 90s and forward metal bands have the worst names, like "iced Earth." The names strike me as trying to sound so ponderous and "heavy." I suppose the same can be said about things like Black Sabbath though, so what do I know? Iced Earth changed their name from Purgatory in 1985. The bands leader and main songwriter Jon Schaffer got it from his best friend who suggested it. When his friend died in a motorcycle accident, he decided to name the band that as a tribute to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I tend to think a lot of the 90s and forward metal bands have the worst names, like "iced Earth." The names strike me as trying to sound so ponderous and "heavy." I suppose the same can be said about things like Black Sabbath though, so what do I know? Iced Earth changed their name from Purgatory in 1985. The bands leader and main songwriter Jon Schaffer got it from his best friend who suggested it. When his friend died in a motorcycle accident, he decided to name the band that as a tribute to him. Also Iced Earth is such a cool sounding name, and a great band. Meh, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest...I rank the band and their name alongside these two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) Bands better than their names: Goo Goo DollsToad the Wet Sprocket (not all Monty Python references work)Echo and the Bunnymen Echo and the Bunnymen is a great band with a kind of unfortunate choice of names. Their first four albums (through Ocean Rain) are excellent, esp Porcupine and Ocean Rain. The name though inclines one to take them less seriously, if you didn't know their music. Before becoming Velvet Underground at the recommendation of Andy Warhol (so I've read), Falling Spike and Warlock were considered for names. Ouch. I have to think they wouldn't have been quite as legendary with either of those. Also, in between The New Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin, Page had considered some name that was really, amazingly awful, I just don't remember what it was. Dodged a bullet when Keith Moon suggested a more inspired name. Edited November 20, 2019 by Rutlefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) The Alan Parsons Project HSAS and maybe it's my bias, but names like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer make the band sound like a law firm. I expect to hear commercials promising to get me the disability insurance I'm owed (of course, if that were ELP, the commercials would be eight minutes long, with multiple parts . . . ) "The stage was now set for the Alan Parsons Project, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft." (at 1:26) I love the name of the record store, "Suicide Notes, FORMERLY GOOD VIBRATIONS" :rfl: http://youtu.be/YXKmsvRXE4A Edited November 20, 2019 by Rutlefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I tend to think a lot of the 90s and forward metal bands have the worst names, like "iced Earth." The names strike me as trying to sound so ponderous and "heavy." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I tend to think a lot of the 90s and forward metal bands have the worst names, like "iced Earth." The names strike me as trying to sound so ponderous and "heavy." I suppose the same can be said about things like Black Sabbath though, so what do I know? Iced Earth changed their name from Purgatory in 1985. The bands leader and main songwriter Jon Schaffer got it from his best friend who suggested it. When his friend died in a motorcycle accident, he decided to name the band that as a tribute to him. Also Iced Earth is such a cool sounding name, and a great band. Meh, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest...I rank the band and their name alongside these two. There are far worse names than Iced Earth. Between The Buried and Me, Cattle Decapitation, Pissing Razors, Anal c***. Iced Earth doesn't sound that bad. At least it's marketable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I like the name Iced Earth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I like the name Iced Earth. It's just as metal sounding of a name as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden if you ask me. What about Metallica? A metal band with the word "metal" in their name. How lame is that? lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Panic At The DiscoDeath Cab For Cutie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I like the name Iced Earth. It's just as metal sounding of a name as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden if you ask me. What about Metallica? A metal band with the word "metal" in their name. How lame is that? lol.Lame? Nope, it's genius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I like the name Iced Earth. It's just as metal sounding of a name as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden if you ask me. What about Metallica? A metal band with the word "metal" in their name. How lame is that? lol.Lame? Nope, it's genius. Agreed, but I get the argument haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I like the name Iced Earth. It's just as metal sounding of a name as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden if you ask me. I've known Iced Earth about as long as I've known metal. Never in my life heard anyone describe their name as bad. They are a terrific band, sorely underrated, but they didn't sustain a decades long career with a high profile for nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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