Band Name of the Week
I may have already said this before but what is up with the onslaught of phrases as names? And idiotic ones at that. I think the cool band name has gone by the wayside. Led Zeppelin, Foreigner, Depeche Mode, heck, even Milli Vanilli (ok, that’s pushing it) all struck a chord somehow and then it just got stupid. But it’s like bands now go through kids books or newspapers and bunch about four words in a phrase together to come up with the least marketable name ever. If I didn’t like their CD so much, I’d probably bag on Panic! At the Disco a lot here. But let’s look at some others:
Eyes, Wings and Many Other Things - “Hey, did you go see Eyes, Wings..and…oh I can’t remember the rest.” Dumb name.
From First to Last - They obviously didnt’ have high aspirations. At least others in this vein are somewhat original albeit stupid.
A Drum and an Open Window - What the hell does that mean?
The one that chapped me today was Can a bus dream?, a local metal outfit that didn’t even capitalize all the words. And with that the decline of good named bands is eminent.
I don’t know how legit this is, but personally I think Dead Kennedys is kind of a cool name. With some exceptions, band names shouldn’t have more than three words. Four is pushing it.
