jules Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 PVT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBLA Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 buck cherry that's actually a band lol. WOW! I never made that connection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Bord on Grown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 PVT that doesn't count, they had to change their name otherwise they'd get sued. besides, everyone in australia still calls them pivot, and they even call themselves pivot. *pivot fanboy* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 PVT that doesn't count, they had to change their name otherwise they'd get sued. besides, everyone in australia still calls them pivot, and they even call themselves pivot. *pivot fanboy* i know, it just jumped out. i likey pivot quite a bit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 i played a show with AG AG Lady the other day..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Can we add bands that take all of the vowels out of their names to the list as well? Sbtrkt HTRK BTTLS mstrkrft PVT Lynyrd Skynyrd OOIOO (Can't think of another all vowel band name) ABBA (worst of both trends) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Oh I see, the vowel bands stole theirs from the consonant bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) man there's a lot of bitterness going on in this thread. especially since most of the featured artists are guilty of the same shit. BoC? National Film Board of Canada. Because... you know... they are radiophonic-esque. Ehehe. And Ae are the worst offenders (if we consider this an offense)... they mashed a fucking keyboard and then touched up what came out a little so it sounded techy. I'm not saying that the above are damnable acts in any way. Just trying to inject a little bit of perspective into what's become a snowball of passionate bitterness. Com Truise... i liked the name instantly. I think it serves to evoke the feel of his music quite effectively. The Tom Cruise reference, the "Com" thing (as in communications) are quit apt at relaying the retro aesthetic. The music is ultimately what put me off him, not the name, and not because of it being bad, oh no, but because it is ultimately too BoC. His LP though is doing well to redeem that and I'm getting back into him. My point is: there are artists who are as "good with words" as they are at making tunes. They will probably ponder their moniker intensely and come up with something that is equally phonetically effective, memorable, and close to their heart, or at least a summation of their aesthetic or inner mythology. Other artists will be very "traditional" about it and just use their given names (given that they are lucky enough to have a decent/easy to pronounce one). And other artists, who are bad at that, will just do a pisstake, and get it out of the way... i hate names like Samiyam, Yppah, Teebs, The Bloody Beetroots, i hate names that are unpronounceable, i hate names that just sound "off", i hate names from Raster Noton that are just sciency bullshit, i hate shit with triangles in it etc... but it's not going to deter me from paying attention to their music and being generally respectful of how they choose to present themselves. And if initials-subtitution, or an anagram, or any sort of gimmick is what is needed to arrive at a DECENT artist name, that's only a plus in my book. Hell, even some jokey one-offs from this thread could be good artist names IMO. Even "Venetian Snares", which i thing is a fantastic moniker and quite fitting for the music, is just something Aaron found in some random book and thought sounded cool. Not every micro-literary success in this world is achieved via sweat and blood. And that should be taken to heart especially on this board where I've yet to encounter a moniker that's really stricken me. Except maybe for Akkad the Orphic Priest and that's just cause it gets a lot of insanity points. Fluorescent Grey is clever, and untouchable critically, but I still don't like it cause of random subjective quirks of mine (not memorable enough i guess... seems to evoke something too banal to do the music justice... i feel the same way about Plaid for instance). "Mitch Murder" i hated until data jokingly made if French, "Michel Meurtre", now i kinda get it and i see how it fits his music but i much prefer the French variant. And all of these are people whose music I like (love in Mitch's case) and I try not to get dissuaded by my own subjective feelings about the name. Which isn't the most important thing ultimately - the music is. Many times I'm taken aback by how good a board handle is and how shit the artist name is and I'm puzzled as to why they didn't just use the board handle. I don't refuse to name other names, and the biggest offenders, but i think it would be detrimental to good vibes, and you know who you are. Try to measure yourself on the "Tht Tne!" scale, where "Tht Tne!" is the shittiest moniker ever conceived and the name least akin to "Tht Tne!" is the best name ever thought up. Trolling aside, my point is the "pot is calling the kettle black" etc... "Wevie Stonder" is fucking retarded though and i refuse to listen to his music on account of his name. For some reason, THAT ONE is just too much for me. A phonetic abortion. So i guess I'm no better. You've made good points on this post. it is a bit broader though than switching letters around or adding an extra duran or just straight up lifting a well known artist/figure name (IE: Hype Williams, DJ Rollie Fingers, etc.). I fell victim to this once a few years ago when I was going to use Cecile Cooper as a side alias but decided against it and went with quiliuq instead. On the other hand, I don't see a problem with names pulled from a story, book, news, movies, location (where I get most of my track names). I just remembered when I was in high school there was a talent show and there was a band that got turned away because they were called "McDonalds Massacre" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ysidro_McDonald's_massacre) Perhaps we're all taking this moniker biz a bit too seriously. Love me an epic Luke Saibot post. Please tell me McDonalds Massacre were something other than a grindcore band, b/c that's quite brutal. Reminds me of when I heard someone say that after the Branch Davidian massacre people would joke that Waco stood for "What A Cook Out." I guess "Dead Kennedys" would be up there if it wasn't meant to be satirical. 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jules Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 tiger & woods it doesn't stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 James Noyce, Brolysses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricky Downtown Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Con Seannery i like that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 ABBA (worst of both trends) dude not cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Ruth Vader Ginsburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 Con Seannery i like that one! Use it. It's not taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Bed Tundy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Don JeLorean I think the goal of this thread has become to make up the bad names before the artist do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Wony Tilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) Chill Pollins edit: FUCK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQEyDV6iO-E please tell me that's a watmmer, lol Edited June 29, 2011 by baph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Hark Mamill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Chill Pollins edit: FUCK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQEyDV6iO-E please tell me that's a watmmer, lol the only time i have ever tolerated copious use of autotune :sup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricky Downtown Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Con Seannery i like that one! Use it. It's not taken. I already have a band name it's Gond Birl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) what about just terrible band names in general? eg. job for a cowboy Edited June 30, 2011 by modey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lube Saibot Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 what about just terrible band names in general? eg. job for a cowboy job for a cowboy is a fantastic name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HerculesCzar Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Burt Bacharach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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