I like to think that there was a time in music where bands took more than three minutes to decide what their names would be. Bands names are constantly changing and gaining or losing punctuation.
Maybe all the good ones are already taken.
Or maybe bands are under the illusion that their music will make their names irrelevant. All I’m asking is that they try.
Hits
1. Blitzen Trapper
Fun to say.
2. Vampire Weekend
Gives me the visual of vampires throwing a huge nighttime kegger. Bloody Mary anyone?
3. The Raconteurs
The “skilled storytellers?” I can get on board with that.
4. Radiohead
I owe liking this band name to my secret (until now) longing to have a music player for a noggin.
5. The Killers
Speaks for itself.
Misses
1. The Ting Tings
I don’t like any band name that could be construed as an annoying onomatopoeia.
2. Disturbed
No one’s buying it.
3. Butthole Surfers
Again, the name itself completely justifies my dislike for it.
4. Death Cab For Cutie
Death cab? Really? I’m not impressed whatsoever, and I don’t particularly care about Cutie.
5. Five for Fighting
If the ridiculous hockey reference weren’t enough to hate this band name, then the overdose of alliteration pretty much does it for me.
Some bands actually try. Some get lucky. Some just don’t seem to care.
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My dad absolutely loves the fact that he knows where the name ‘Five for Fighting’ came from (he heard it on John Tesch). I think it’s stupid anytime one person names themselves something.
Melissa
Estuary of Calamity is an actual band. Observe.
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=877
Julia Reidy
Don’t hate on Death Cab! They took their name from a song in Magical Mystery Tour which totally excuses it.
Rachel Knox
Just because it came from Magical Mystery Tour doesn’t mean it’s invincible from scrutiny.
To be honest, knowing that makes me a bit more upset that they went with it. Makes it all the more unoriginal.
Devin Dissell