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Misleading band names

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Twirling Time, Aug 20, 2019.

  1. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    1. Incubus

    2. ????
     
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  2. clintrichardson

    clintrichardson Active Member

    First place: The New Pornographers. I feel like there's a legion of people who have missed out on this tremendously intelligent and fun indie-pop band simply because their name references pornography.

    Second place: The Heartless Bastards. The name implies something much harder than the reality, which is a female-fronted soulful-rock-jam band. That is very good. I only ever heard them because I saw them open for the Black Keys, and they were phenomenal.
     
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  3. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    You'd probably think The Dismemberment Plan is a death metal band. You'd be wrong.
     
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  4. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    Death Cab for Cutie
     
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  5. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    The Flying Burrito Brothers
     
  6. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Spinal Tap, don’t let the name scare you. They’re full of love.
     
  7. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

    Sacred Reich. This is a band that's full of love (seriously).

    Their lead singer will often implore the audience to have a group hug in the middle of a show (see below). Yes, he looks like if the King of Queens failed to kill Thanos and went on a mead and video game bender.



    "Manifest Reality" is a killer thrash number about...loving others and being the change you want to see in the world. Of course...



    See the signs, you know the truth
    Let your light come shining through
    All these things that we know
    We have to be, we have to show
    Putting others before ourselves
    There is no limit to whom we help
    We the love that we share
    That we spread everywhere
     
  8. jlee

    jlee Well-Known Member

    Vampire Weekend

    And I think Incubus matches the band’s early stuff pretty well. If I heard that music, and you said, “These are the Date-Rape Demons,” I’d think, “Yeah, that tracks.”
     
  9. bumpy mcgee

    bumpy mcgee Well-Known Member

    Most accurate name however: The Shitty Beatles
     
  10. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member

    Barenaked Ladies.
     
  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Pink Floyd
     
  12. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Eagles of Death Metal
     
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