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 Sound Off: What’s in a name?
March 20, 2008 - 3:10pm — BakerBlog
Band names are like the oft-quoted line from Shakespeare: Some are as sweet as a rose, but some just plain stink. Whether a group’s name aptly represents its image and sound or simply serves as a way to alphabetize their discs in a record store, all bands must come up with one – for better or worse. What are some of your favorite band names? Which ones should have been left on drawing board? To get the ball rolling, here are just a few for each column from this blogger’s perspective: Sweet – Radiohead, Soundgarden, The Replacements
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I kind of like the name...
Back to page topI kind of like the name Death Cab for Cutie – it’s based on a song The Beatles sang in their weirdo TV special “Magical Mystery Tour.”
As for other favorite band names, I’ve got to give props to The Who, The New Pornographers, Eisley (named for a certain Star Wars space port), Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Relient K, Five Iron Frenzy, Styx, and The Zombies.
That doesn’t even include bands that have one of the musicians names in them – Sly and the Family Stone, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Me First and the Gimme...
Back to page topMe First and the Gimme Gimmes is one of the few "Something Something and the Something Somethings" names I like because it's funny and sort of making fun of that format.
Sweet - The Doors, The...
Back to page topSweet - The Doors, The Strokes, The Violent Femmes, Motley Crue, R.E.M.
Stink: Jefferson Airplane, ChumbaWumba, and you will know us by the trail of dead, The The, Dogs Die in Hot Cars
My favorite band is MxPx....
Back to page topMy favorite band is MxPx. Originally, the band had a rotten name, Magnified Plaid, so it decided to go by initials. The X's are periods, but you pronounce them when saying the "new" name of the band.
(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)