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Thread started 05/21/04 7:45pm

EvilWhiteMale

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5 great band names, 5 horrible band names

Great

Black Sabbath
Marilyn Manson
A Perfect Circle
System of a Down
Rage Against The Machine


Horrible

Blink 182
Yeah Yeah Yeah's
The Darkness
The Goo Goo Dolls
Limp Bizkit



Your turn.
"You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." "

Al Pacino- Scarface
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Reply #1 posted 05/21/04 7:59pm

crazyhorse

Great

Stone Temple Pilots
Steely Dan
Nine Inch Nails
Alice in Chains
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Horrible

Chocolate Milk
Strawberry Alarmclock
Spin Doctors
Uriah Heep
Meatloaf
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Reply #2 posted 05/21/04 8:09pm

EvilWhiteMale

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crazyhorse said:

Great

Stone Temple Pilots
Steely Dan
Nine Inch Nails
Alice in Chains
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Horrible

Chocolate Milk
Strawberry Alarmclock
Spin Doctors
Uriah Heep
Meatloaf



Nine Ince Nails and Alice in Chains were in my mind too. Awesome names.
"You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." "

Al Pacino- Scarface
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Reply #3 posted 05/21/04 8:21pm

VoicesCarry

Great

The Pretenders
Stone Temple Pilots
Eurythmics (ok, they're a duo but I thought the name evoked their music perfectly)
Alice In Chains
The Rolling Stones



Horrible

Jethro Tull
Styx (my god doesn't that just scream AC?)
? (Question Mark) And The Mysterians
'Til Tuesday (lame)
4 Non Blondes
Quiet Riot (ok, that's more than 5, but it's so bad it deserved its place on the list)
[This message was edited Fri May 21 20:21:51 2004 by VoicesCarry]
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Reply #4 posted 05/21/04 10:54pm

flipwilson

Best Names:

Joy Division
Throbbing Gristle
Public Image Ltd.
Mercury Rev
Hornets Attack Victor Mature

Worst Names:

Klaatu
Vinnie Vincent's Invasion
ManoWar
Bootsauce
Anal C*nt
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Reply #5 posted 05/21/04 11:49pm

Mynameisspmarc

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Best:

1. The Doors
2. Rage against the Machine
3. FUCK
4. The Smiths
5. TOOL


Worst:

1. Frankie goes to Hollywood
2. Johhny hates Jazz
3. Nelson
4. Def Leppard
5. Limp Bizkit-which could easily take the next five spots.
Jeux Sans Frontiers
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Reply #6 posted 05/22/04 12:32am

Stax

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Great:

Big Black
Bad Brains
Booker T & The MG's
Motorhead
The Sultans of Swing
Sister Sledge

Bad:

The 5th Dimension
N'Sync
Bananarama
Oingo Boingo
Tears For Fears
a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on
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Reply #7 posted 05/22/04 12:37am

Stax

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Can I replace Sister Sledge with Joise & The Pussycats?
a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on
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Reply #8 posted 05/22/04 1:55am

andyman91

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Good
U2
INXS
The Who
The Replacements
the revolution

bad:
a flock of seagulls
foo fighters
new power generation
cash money millionares
goo goo dolls
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Reply #9 posted 05/22/04 3:04am

FiveFootNine

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GREAT

System of a down
TOOL
U2
Bush
Disturbed



BAD
The Pretenders ill
Bon Jovi (enough already..how many versions of your lame ass songs do you have to "re-do")
The Darkness (WHY?!)
Cradle of Filth (just plain shit)
Good Charlotte (good grief)
**...they were right about you.**
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Reply #10 posted 05/22/04 6:58pm

danielboon

good...

the sex pistols
stiff little fingers
siouxsie and the banshees
the stranglers
red hot chilli peppers

bad...

the new power generation
right said fred
scaffold
the beatles
echo and the bunnymen
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Reply #11 posted 05/22/04 10:02pm

sextonseven

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Great:

Jack Off Jill
Scissor Sisters
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It
Jucifer

Horrible:

36 Crazyfists
H.I.M.
Mushroomhead
Goldfrapp (I think it's lead singer Alison's last name and I love them, but still...)
Puddle Of Mudd
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Reply #12 posted 05/22/04 10:22pm

althom

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sextonseven said:

We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It

lol
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Reply #13 posted 05/22/04 11:00pm

sextonseven

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Great:

Sonic Youth
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Zeromancer
Atari Teenage Riot
Switchblade Symphony

Horrible:

Hoobastank (this should have been the very first name on this thread)
Korn
Apoptygma Berzerk
Black Tape For A Blue Girl
Story Of The Year
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Reply #14 posted 05/22/04 11:30pm

EvilWhiteMale

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sextonseven said:

Great:

Jack Off Jill
Scissor Sisters
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It
Jucifer

Horrible:

36 Crazyfists
H.I.M.
Mushroomhead
Goldfrapp (I think it's lead singer Alison's last name and I love them, but still...)
Puddle Of Mudd



I disagree with Yeah Yeah Yeah's being a good title. In fact, they're on my worst list. I'm a huge Jack Off Jill fan though. You?
"You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." "

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Reply #15 posted 05/23/04 2:24am

TheFrog

Great:

Sisters of Mercy
The Velvet Underground
Black Sabbath
The Boo Radleys
Primal Scream

Pants:

The Beatles
The Beach Boys
The Shadows
Busted
Boyzone
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Reply #16 posted 05/23/04 7:04am

theVelvetRoper

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Good:

Stone Temple Pilots
Jane's Addiction
Alice in Chains
The Sex Pistols
Collective Soul

Awful:

Wang Chung
Papa Roach
Hoobastank
Puddle of Mudd
Winger
'Cause your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance... well, they're no friends of mine.
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Reply #17 posted 05/23/04 12:14pm

theplejades

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The Best: Radiohead
The Good: Stereolab, Seefeel, Ocean Color Scene, The Cure,
The Ugly: 4 Non Blondes, Porno for Pyros, Cat Power, Foo Fighters, Smashing
Pumpkins
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Reply #18 posted 05/23/04 12:47pm

sinisterpentat
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Best

1.Stereolab
2.The Messengers
3.The Crusaders
4.Metallica
5.Iron Madien


Worst

1.New Power Generation ill
2.Silverchair
3.Medeski, Martin & Wood - Killer trio,but everytime I hear their name I think of a law firm.
4.Smashing Pumpkins
5. Great white
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Reply #19 posted 05/23/04 1:27pm

NWF

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Best Names:

The Clash
The Beat (until they were forced to change it to "The English Beat")
!!!
The Smiths
The Pop Group
thumbs up!

Worst Names:

Gay Dad
....and you will know us by our trail of dead
Cinderella
Winger
The Darkness
disbelief
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #20 posted 05/23/04 1:41pm

SoSaysEye

Great
Velvet Revolver
Led Zeppelin
The Clash
Grateful Dead
Death Cab For Cutie

Horrible
The Waitresses
Slightly Stoopid
Good Charlotte
Stiff Little Fingers
No Use For A Name
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Reply #21 posted 05/23/04 1:49pm

NWF

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5 more good ones and bad ones:

Good:

The Jam
Scritti Politti
The Specials
Duran Duran
OutKast

Bad:

The Sick Fucks
Good Charlotte
The Bucks Fizz
REO Speedwagon
The Backstreet Boys lol
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #22 posted 05/23/04 4:53pm

tory305

tool
danzig(the first couple of albums)
rage against the machine
metallica
the cure


and now the worst....
1. green day
2. stone temple pilots
3. seven mary three
4. bush
5. beter than ezra
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Reply #23 posted 05/23/04 5:46pm

mrdespues

Great:

Nirvana
Radiohead
Perfect Circle
The Flaming Lips
The Mars Volta

Bad:

Hootie and the Blowfish
Dave Matthews Band
Tool (good band, crap name...here in OZ we call morons "tools")
Smashing Pumpkins
Zwan
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Reply #24 posted 05/23/04 5:48pm

VoicesCarry

mrdespues said:

Great:

Nirvana
Radiohead
Perfect Circle
The Flaming Lips
The Mars Volta

Bad:

Hootie and the Blowfish
Dave Matthews Band
Tool (good band, crap name...here in OZ we call morons "tools")
Smashing Pumpkins
Zwan


I'm willing to bet that's a pretty universal term.
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Reply #25 posted 05/23/04 5:51pm

mrdespues

VoicesCarry said:

mrdespues said:

Great:

Nirvana
Radiohead
Perfect Circle
The Flaming Lips
The Mars Volta

Bad:

Hootie and the Blowfish
Dave Matthews Band
Tool (good band, crap name...here in OZ we call morons "tools")
Smashing Pumpkins
Zwan


I'm willing to bet that's a pretty universal term.


oh ok, i wasn't sure. smile

thanks.

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Reply #26 posted 05/23/04 9:11pm

funkyslsistah

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Randomly chosen few:

Good:

Portishead
Funkadelic
Depeche Mode
Roxy Music
The Average White Band



Horrible:

The The
Butthole Surfers
My Bloody Valentine
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Men Without Hats
"Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
"It's just my imagination, once again running away with me."
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Reply #27 posted 05/23/04 9:29pm

flipwilson

funkyslsistah said:

Randomly chosen few:

Good:

Portishead
Funkadelic
Depeche Mode
Roxy Music
The Average White Band



Horrible:

The The
Butthole Surfers
My Bloody Valentine
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Men Without Hats



Well it's all a matter of opinion, but I really...really...really don't think My Bloody Valentine belong on that list. Mind you I'm horribly biased because Loveless is a record without peer in my opinion.
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Reply #28 posted 05/23/04 9:33pm

Byron

The Good Ones:

The Cure
Nine Inch Nails
Duran Duran
Parliament/Funkadelic
INXS


The Bad Ones:

Flock Of Seagulls
Another Badd Creation
Aha
Thompson Twins
Big Country
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Reply #29 posted 05/23/04 9:46pm

ultrraviolette

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Great:

The Hives (it just fits their music)

Led Zeppelin

Eighteen Visions

Stereophonics

Korn

Coldplay







Lame:

The Polyphonic Spree

The Flaming Lips

The Pixies

Motograter

Linkin Park
...:...Must I become naked?
No image at all?
Shall I remain upright?
Or get down and crawl?...:...
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