My Morning Jacket

Off-Topic => Other Music => Topic started by: manonthemoon on Mar 12, 2013, 08:47 PM

Title: Best Band Names
Post by: manonthemoon on Mar 12, 2013, 08:47 PM
Two of my current favorite are:

dale earnhardt jr jr
Andrew Jackson Jihad

always liked these two as well

CrazyHorse
And you will know us by the trail of dead
Title: Best Band Names
Post by: e_wind on Mar 12, 2013, 09:06 PM
Worst band names for awesome bands: my morning jacket, pearl jam (my two faves, dammit), frightened rabbit, the head and the heart,  drive by truckers, Have Heart,

Best: Monsters of Folk, I am the Avalanche, Glassjaw, Cruel Hand, Jaw Breaker
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: manonthemoon on Mar 12, 2013, 09:20 PM
My all time worst has to be
The Beatles
followed closely by 
The eagles
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: ericm on Mar 12, 2013, 09:34 PM
The Grateful Dead!
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: EverythingChanges on Mar 13, 2013, 12:11 PM
Okay, My Morning Jacket is an awesome band name! I loved the name before I really began listening to them.  Pearl Jam, on the other hand, isn't the best name.

My least favorite names (off the top of my head) would have to be:
The String Cheese Incident
Foo Fighters
Phish
Meatloaf
The Eagles

My favorite names are:
My Morning Jacket
Menomena
Phosphorescent
Pink Floyd
Soundgarden (not a huge fan of the band, but they have a good name)
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rush
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: Ghosts_on_TV on Mar 13, 2013, 12:30 PM
John Cougar Concentration Camp
REO Speeddealer
Nashville Pussy
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: Crispy on Mar 13, 2013, 02:45 PM
Quote from: Ghosts_on_TV on Mar 13, 2013, 12:30 PM
John Cougar Concentration Camp
REO Speeddealer
Nashville Pussy

I like those clever mashup names too, like Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Other faves:
Led Zeppelin
Dread Zeppelin
Lez Zeppelin

Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: rincon2 on Mar 13, 2013, 07:32 PM
I love Drive By Truckers, in name and in music. My favorite name was a band who must have inspired Marilyn Manson to pick that name. Good and evil icons of the 20th century.  Elvis Hitler

Elvis Hitler - Disgraceland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQm7BGHPWE#)
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: he.who.forgets on Mar 13, 2013, 08:47 PM
I too like the Brian Jonestown Massacre
Some of my other favorites:
Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears
Built to Spill
Cheap Trick
The Dandy Warhols
A Tribe Called Quest
Faith No More
The Who
Japandroids
The Velvet Underground
Monsters of Folk
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Sneaker Pimps
Sonic Youth

Can someone tell me...Is My Morning Jacket some sort of veiled masturbation reference? Someone told me that a couple weeks ago :huh:
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: Crispy on Mar 13, 2013, 09:17 PM
How could I forget the best band name OF ALL TIME: Free Beer
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: manonthemoon on Mar 13, 2013, 09:33 PM
A couple more:

Black Sabbath
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: EverythingChanges on Mar 13, 2013, 10:30 PM
I actually don't like the name The Band, its too confusing to mention it to someone who doesn't know about the band named The Band...  :shocked:
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: TheThird on Mar 14, 2013, 12:56 AM
Quote from: Crispy on Mar 13, 2013, 09:17 PM
How could I forget the best band name OF ALL TIME: Free Beer

One time, I was watching a dodgeball tournament on a cruise and one of the team's name was Free Beer. So when it came time for them to play, all the announcer said over the PA system was, "Next up: Free Beer!." The crowd took it to literally mean that there was free beer available  and the deck just erupted in chaos.
Title: Best Band Names
Post by: Fully on Mar 14, 2013, 06:19 AM
Quote from: he.who.forgets on Mar 13, 2013, 08:47 PM

Can someone tell me...Is My Morning Jacket some sort of veiled masturbation reference? Someone told me that a couple weeks ago :huh:

I, who sees the sex reference in everything (I know, there's something wrong with me, but we all know that), have struggled to see any kind of sex reference in the name. I've often wondered if it's a thinly veiled reference to weed. That argument can easily be made. Hell, just google mmj by mistake. Pearl Jam, on the other hand is a band named after spooge. What was probably cool to some guys in their early 20's sounds a bit ridiculous for fathers in the 40's to have as the name of their band. If they had known they would achieve as much acclaim as they have, perhaps they wouldn't have named themselves after a gross byproduct of boning. Or maybe they still would have- they've been around so long now I rarely think about it anymore.

I do find My Morning Jacket to be a little long as a name and it just confuses people enough to be annoying, yet there's also something beautiful about it particularly when paired with It Still Moves. I remember back in the days everyone blogged. All of my blogger friends loved to promote My Morning Jacket It Still Moves which I still find beautiful -  all those words all phrased together. Hmm, I've covered spooge and beauty all in one post.
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: Penny Lane on Mar 14, 2013, 02:13 PM
Quote from: EverythingChanges on Mar 13, 2013, 10:30 PM
I actually don't like the name The Band, its too confusing to mention it to someone who doesn't know about the band named The Band...  :shocked:

it's the only name for them..because they were THE BAND....the greatest....of all time...
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: weeniebeenie on Mar 15, 2013, 05:39 AM
I always thought Dexys Midnight Runners was the coolest name.
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: ericm on Mar 15, 2013, 10:02 AM
Quote from: he.who.forgets on Mar 13, 2013, 08:47 PM
Can someone tell me...Is My Morning Jacket some sort of veiled masturbation reference? Someone told me that a couple weeks ago :huh:

Hmmmm, I don't think so, but.....

Jacket = clothes
Clothes = cover
Cover = one who substitutes for another

Therefore substitute "Wood" for Jacket, and that's about as close a reference as I can get. :wink:
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: HansAndreas on Mar 15, 2013, 07:41 PM
The Famous Flames
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: dmooney99 on Mar 16, 2013, 10:57 AM
Gravity Kills
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Fuck Buttons
Test Icicles
Butthole Surfers
Toad The Wet Sprocket
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: he.who.forgets on Mar 20, 2013, 11:05 PM
how could I forget Porno for Pyros
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: Lunchbox on Mar 22, 2013, 04:33 AM
Pistol Whippin Party Penguins
Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank
Trampled By Turtles
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: Jackets N Pones on Mar 22, 2013, 04:17 PM
http://www.scarecrowboat.com/ (http://www.scarecrowboat.com/)

From the website:

If "Mouse Rat" doesn't ring a bell right away, you might have experienced our awesomeness under one of our previous names:
Scarecrow Boat
Mouse Rat
Malice in Chains
Punch Face Champion
Flames for Flames
The Andy Andy Andys
Andy and the D-Bags
Crackfinger
Department of Homeland Obscurity
Radwagon
Jet Black Pope
Muscle Confusion
Just the Tip
Angel Snack
Nothing Rhymes With Orange
Everything Rhymes With Orange
Nothing Rhymes with Blorange
Ninja Dick
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: Tired Eyes on Mar 23, 2013, 10:16 PM
Death
Killing Joke
Slayer
Nuclear Assault
Tangerine Dream
Motorhead
Megadeth
Coroner
Bathory
Sepultura
Voivod
XTC
Yo La Tengo
Husker Du
Bloodkin
The Velvet Underground
Title: Re: Best Band Names
Post by: dmooney99 on Mar 29, 2013, 10:22 PM
Pussy Riot