Pretentious band names
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>The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die
Who thought this was a good idea?
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
Giraffes? Giraffes!
And So I Watch You from Afar
>>60377442
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Death Cab For Cutie
!!!
99% of indie band names for that matter
Xiu Xiu
>>60377467
Math rock and post rock bands are the worst at naming things
>Godspeed you blablabla
Acid Mother's Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Merzbox
>eagles of death metal
>Green Day
tool
pavement
coil
The Band
deez quints
>>60377778
so close
Big Black
>>60377442
Joy Division
The Velvet Underground
Flotation Toy Warning
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Alvvays
Oneothrix Point Never
Neutral Milk Hotel
Olivia Tremor Control
Chvrches
Stabbing Westward
Viet Cong
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Wavves
>>60377442
OHHH MYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
>>60377442
its crazy how quickly a trendy band like that fades. i think every kid who was 16 and into them when that band was popular soon grew up and graduated high school and it just seems super corny now.
>>60377826
>The Velvet Underground
That's one of the best band names of all time.
>>60377502
>>60377530
>>60377794
>>60377826
>Godspeed You! Black Emperor
>Big Black
>The Velvet Underground
>Oneotrix Point Never
Those are actually cool names though. Although I agree that math rock and post-rock bands suck at naming shit.
>>60377442
how about also edgy? Five Finger Death Punch
Every post-rock band name
Any band name with more then 3 words.
>my dead girlfriend
Public Image Ltd.
Boards of Canada
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Pearl Jam
Lamb of God
Drive Like Jehu
Husker Du
Neutral Milk Hotel
Talk Talk
Tool
Cap'n Jazz
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
Gay For Johnny Depp
Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis
Gestapo 666
every band with a number in their name
every math rock band ever of all time
>>60377709
Weren't these guys at the sand nigger shootout in France?
>>60378150
that was a Death Metal Eagles cover band.
Anal Cunt will never be topped. Unappealing in every way, and I'm sure that was intended.
>>60378112
Tool? I don't like the band but it seems more like a word picked out of a hat than anything pretentious.
>>60377868
That's most of the midwest emo revival in a nutshell. 99% of it is mad trite to listen to once you stop being an emotional child.
This is coming from someone who had a fairly large collection of Square of Opposition and CYLS-core.
>>60378202
Tool is a really pretentious name considering it's slang for an idiot. They're pretty much calling their fans tools for thinking they're deep.
>>60377709
Fun fact, that name came from a discussion about the Death Metal band Vader. Apparently they were drunk enough to think that was a good band name.
I've always thought The Fucking Champs was especially bad.
>>60378202
Would you wear a shirt with the word Tool on it?
>>60377736
Not at all actually
>>60378112
How is boards of canada pretentious?
>>60377467
>Giraffes? Giraffes!
Band names with ?'s, smgdh
do they really expect us to pronounce the band name like that?
>>60378021
Nah post rock has some good names
>Bark Psychosis
>
...wait never mind; just one good name.
>>60377888
You sure it isn't just the fact you like those bands that you're okay with their names?
They're goofy as fuck
wire. How easy it is for a casual listener to mistakenly utter "the wire" and have no choice but to step in and correct them.
>>60378112
>Boards of Canada
that was from a nature film or something,
they love nature, I don't see how that is pretentious
>The Artist Formally Known as Prince
arguably takes the cake all things considered
MGMT
TNGHT
KVLTS
CHVRCHES
WAVVES
ALVVAYS
FIDLAR
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Any of the many bands with "Beach" in their name
Best Coast
Does It Offend You? Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
>>60378112
>Talk Talk
>Pretentious
What. They started as a Duran Duran-lite with a name to match. Hardly pretentious.
We Were Promised Jetpacks
>>60377442
Any name that uses no actual letters
>>60377552
>Acid Mother's Temple
how?
>>60378792
Forgot
A Place To Bury Strangers
A Day To Remember
Also being from America and naming your band "American Football" is a really pretentious move
Autechre
Modern Baseball
googled pretentious band names, found this:
>An Horse
an horse! Ahahaha what assholes.
>>60378112
>Pearl Jam
everything about them in unpretentious tho
>>60378848
>Pearl Jam
Isn't that a euphemism for cum though?
>>60378867
I wonder if that only occurred to them very late in the the game where they couldnt change the name or if they were forced to deny it.
>>60378792
>The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
one of my favourite band names senpai
i bet you cannot into the smiths
>>60377736
nah, its simple and a reference to soylent green
Andrew Jackson Jihad fucking sucks
and so does that name
>>60378908
I like both bands, I just hate the name
>>60377826
Joy Division is a great name tho
iamwhowhatthefuckwhoami
>>60378908
reads like the URL to a girl's tumblr page who just reblogs pictures of knitted hats and pictures of flowers with different instagram filters
>>60377513
秀秀 is a name in chinese
didn't they take it from a movie?
how is that pretentious?
The The
>>60377826
people seem to have trouble confusing the best names with the worst ones
you're on point minus like two of the best names ever
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
>>60378966
The Band
The Who
Girl Band
>>60378941
Bad band name, pretty good synthpop music
>>60378649
goofy? I mean that's subjective....
>>60378966
>The The
kek'd. feels like that name was supposed to blow our minds but in reality its dumb
Animal Collective
Elvis Depressedly
also any name purposefully using non-standard capitalization(like lowercase only) or weird shit like no spaces or 'stylization' (Chrvches, BΔSTILLE)
>honest bob and the factory-to-dealer incentives
Even though I like them, Neutral Milk Hotel always struck me as a tryhard name
>>60378996
I agree, fuck Lydia Lunch, edgiest woman alive
Chet Faker
Elvis Depressedly
Com Truise
Joy Orbison
Oy Division
Dandy Warhols
Joanna Gruesome
Ringo Deathstarr
Kylie Minoise
These are exactly clever enough as a throwaway joke when you are incredibly drunk and talking with your equally drunk friends, but inexcusable as actual band names.
LSD and the Search for God
They're decent but I cringe whenever I think about that name
>>60378997
Girls
Women
Girl Talk
Girl Band
Girl Pool
>>60379035
Don't forget oOoOoo and tUnE-yArDs
Also every witch house producer ever
>>60379057
You forgot about The Bilinda Butchers, Vodge Diper and Mord Fustang
The Eagles of Death Metal
kek
>>60379057
yeah I agree
btw you forgot Gnarls Barkley
how has no one mentioned tyler the creator yet
pretty pretentious if you ask me
>>60379085
>>60379079
I forgot a ton. There's just too many out there.
Buckcherry might be the most annoying one I forgot though.
>>60379035
>also any name purposefully using non-standard capitalization(like lowercase only) or weird shit like no spaces or 'stylization' (Chrvches, BΔSTILLE)
yeah i agree, to me that always comes off like pic related
The Bilinda Butchers
>>60379101
Koyap
>>60378769
It's from National Film Board of Canada
Of Montreal
that name annoys me to no end
>>60379173
>Of Montreal
>that name annoys me to no end
but have you ever heard of of montreal? yeah that's annoying
Elvis Presley
I mean what kinda name is that lmao
>>60379202
kek
>>60378249
that's some real straw grasping right there
Tonstartssbandht
ttttttttttttttttttttt - actually a good band, they remain unknown because their name is impossible to pronounce or remember correctly
>>60379035
Elvis Depressedly is probably the worst band name I've ever heard. Every aspect of it is terrible. Reference to another musician + muh depression and self-deprecation + pun + the pun barely even works
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
I Like Trains
WU LYF
Most people in this thread don't seem to actually know what pretentious means and probably think it's just the cool way to insult shit they don't like.
Any band name that consists entirely of punctuation and/or non-alphanumeric characters
>>60379336
Are you going to be okay?
What's that black metal band whose name is a black censor bar
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>>60379354
>What's that black metal band whose name is a black censor bar
lol is that a thing? I'm like "but what do you thinks behind the bar?"
>>60379387
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88/3540358943
>>60379387
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjeCqCnNF9U
>>60379384
JUSTICE
>>60379268
> Elvis Depressedly
I almost vomited from reading that aloud
>>60379352
Yeah, I'll be fine. Just stubbed my toe and decided to take out my frustrations on /mu/. I'm better now.
Nah, really though, I'm just trying to get people to Google the definition. I don't care that much. Wanton misuse of the word is a staple of this board. There's no defeating it. People should be aware of what it actually means though. This shit translates to real life. I'd hate for somebody to actually misuse pretentious in person.
>>60377778
teebh they were known as bob dylan's backing band before they became 'the band' so they figured the name recognition would be enough, i dont think it's pretentious at all family
>>60379428
>>60379354
/thread
>>60379268
>the pun barely even works
I only got it just now
I always read the 'ed' like the name Ed
>>60379484
I'm worried about you. Do you need to talk to someone?
>>60379484
You better change your personality or this world's gonna eat you alive, kid. People "misuse" all kinds of words (especially that one) in real life all the time, everyday, always have, and always will.
>>60378635
This
HIM is just a pretentious band to begin with, but their name is also pretentious as fuck.
>>60379554
I'm really bored, hence being on /mu/ at all.
>>60379570
May as well not do anything, huh? Don't take yourself too seriously.
Johnny Cash
Caroliner. Each album of theirs they use a different name for, these names include...
Caroliner Rainbow Hernia Milk Queen
Caroliner Rainbow Stewed Angel Skins
Caroliner Rainbow Open Wound Chorale
Caroliner Rainbow Susans and Bruisins
Caroliner Rainbow Wire Thin Sheep Legs Baking Exhibit
Caroliner Rainbow Fingers of the Underworld & Their Unbreakable Bones
Caroliner Rainbow Scrambled Egg Taken For a Wife
and much more
>>60379722
Caroliner Rainbow Open Wound Chorale is the best
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
>>60379354
this is too much
>>60377530
gybe is actually from a japanese film about underground japanese motorcycle gangs/or racing
pic related, picture of said film
>>60379428
I think it's a tie between this and The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. Holy shit.
>>60379779
And Black Emperor is a cool name. I think it's the 'Godspeed You!' that irks people.
>>60377442
They thought Capn' Jazz was onto something with ridiculously long names.
>>60377442
Imo the only bad names are ones that are a pain in the ass or nearly impossible to look up
Sports
SPORTS
sports
Seriously? Are you really that fucking lazy to think of another name for your fucking emo band?
Just check bandcamp. They nearly a dozen bands called that.
>>60377442
the most pretentious ones are the ones named after regular things or people to the point where you can't find any stuff about them. ex: The Band, American Football
>>60379848
I hate band names with punctuation marks
Bands that sound like some kind of disease, like beatles.
>>60377826
Joy Division is one of the most appropriate names ever though
My Bloody Valentine is one of the worst band names I've ever heard. Love the music, hate the name
>>60379848
fits the music style.
almost every band with a verb in it sucks, true story.
>>60377826
Viet Cong was named for the sole purpose of sounding cool, and to be fair, it sound pretty damn cool. To bap people stopped booking them and they had to change their name
ITT: Name every band I know
>>60378909
A green day is a day you take a freeday from work and smoke weed all day, you fuck
>>60382049
now that I look it up it looks like you're right. Huh, all these years I thought it was from Soylent Green
still a strange coincidence
>>60378112
kys
>>60378844
Easily the worst band name due to context.
>>60378112
>Drive Like Jehu
it is a badass name for a badass band
>>60381711
That's based on a movie though.
>>60381429
>Joy Division is one of the most appropriate names ever though
actually its in very poor taste desu, IIRC joy divisions are what they called the harems that nazi soldiers forced jewish women into.
The Newfound Interest in Connecticut
Manic Street Preachers
Bauhaus
Television
The Teardrop Explodes
Thoughts on Vampire Weekend as name? Pretentious or just stupid sounding?
>>60381711
yeah that's unfortunate for them really, its hard to imagine but there was a time when the phrase "my bloody valentine" would have registered simply as a not great band name.. until a whole shit wave of random emo bands arrived and it seemed to match their aesthetic., it becomes a truly shit tier band name.
great band though
>>60382628
stupid sounding
>>60382600
That's why it's appropriate. It fits the dark nature of their music. Even if it is in bad taste
>>60382628
it took me forever to get what it meant
on weekends they only go out at night, like vampires
>>60382683
That isn't pretentious.
That's just lame.
>>60382614
This is an awful name, good band though.
Powder! Go Away is pretty bad and their song titles are ridiculous
>>60377502
how is death cab pretentious
i dont see it
>>60377826
>captain beefheart and his magic band
i thought it was more goofy than anything else
>>60382814
>look this band up
>oh god, these song titles
Holy shit, you weren't joking.
>>60381429
>>60378978
>>60378940
>>60377888
>>60377876
you guys do realise pretentious doesn't mean bad, right?
>>60378833
any and all scene/metalcore bands have shitty names
>>60379035
cLOUDDEAD is great though
but definitely super pretentious so you're probably right
>>60379035
>Animal Collective
the name is pretty logical if you know about the group desu
genuinely named that because they were a collective of musicians on their DIY "Animal" label
>>60379035
>>60379057
>Elvis Depressedly
I've known about Elvis Depressedly for a while, but never listened, the name is so fucking cringey I can't even try.
>>60382814
>file-open-trojan32.exe
who the fuck thought that this would be a cool song name?
EVERY POST ROCK BAND
God Is An Astronaut
>>60382619
Pretentious doesn't mean what you seem to think it means
>>60383236
that's kind of funny imo
>I would run that stoplight for you
>i would set myself on fire for you
>death grips
>emo side project
>SPF 420
>i love you and i want to die
>i hate myself
Verb the Noun
>>60383337
death grips is a masturbation joke so its instantly good somehow
>>60379848
the text above black emperor says "god speed you!" fyi
Oasis
The Niggers
>>60377826
>Flotation Toy Warning
not really pretentious, they just picked the first 3 words they found on a couple of beach items afaik
waka flocka flame
>>60382814
Just been on their last.fm. Related artists...
Oh Hiroshima
Houston, We've Got Problems
Show Me a Dinosaur
Fuck everyone involved with any of those bands even if they make good music
Miles Davis
Fun.
Girls (being a duo of dudes)
BOY (being a duo of chicks)
all this kind of "ironic" shite
the the
>>60378792
these are all spot on especially the beach trend.
good work
>>60378834
iirc that name came about from just a bunch of keyboard smashing
St vincent
>Make a Change... Kill Yourself
Same problem as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, I don't want to pause when I say it out loud.
>>60384022
So... don't?
>>60383437
>Girls (being a duo of dudes)
oh yeah!! There was a local band in my town called Black Girls, and you guessed all white dudes!! wtf lol to this day I consider it literally the worst ever band from richmond virginia because it sucked and it was called Black Girls and it was a bunch of white dudes. they were getting a bit of press and recognition for god knows the fuck why I have no idea, but I'm pretty sure they broke up because of the fact that several bigger artists refused to have them as opening acts. They never fucking put it together that their band name is WILDLY offensive.
http://rvamag.com/articles/full/14728/rva-no-8-black-girls
I accidentally ended up at one of their shows it was the douchiest shit , for 15 minutes I was pretty sure it was just a soundcheck but then I realized it was their actual set. baka desu senpai
>>60382673
thats retarded. cmon. things are either appropriate or not. they can't be so offensive that its not offensive.
>>60382683
just occurred to me wow thanks
NWA (Oh we got attitudes bra)
Joey Bada$$ (I know it's not a bandname)
My Bloody Valentine
Basically all hip hop names
>>60384297
>Joey Bada$$ (I know it's not a bandname)
yeh thats dumb as fuck
I don't know about pretentious but Majical Cloudz is one of the worst names ever
Surprised no one brought up twenty one pilots.
!!! (chk chk chk)
anyone who changes their name for better marketability (bob dylan, etc.)
1-person bands who release music under a band name instead of just using their actual name (toro y moi, etc.)
all pretentious by definition.
>>60384414
Also one of the worst bands ever
>>60384297
Are you the type of cunt that pronounces Ke$ha as "Ke-dollar-ha" to act like a smug cunt.
Or do you just dislike using the symbol as a letter.
>>60379515
In the Last Waltz they said they named their band that because all their friends and family simply called their band "the band" so it just stuck.
>>60384606
>1-person bands who release music under a band name instead of just using their actual name (toro y moi, etc.)
nah that's legit. I find it a lot fucking douchier to launch your real name as a music artist. everyone I know that has done this is like the fakest type of person I've ever met. One guy I knew in high school currently uses his stage name as his real name when he introduces himself to people. the absolute douchiest fucker I've ever met in my entire life.
>>60384297
>NWA (Oh we got attitudes bra)
It was the 80s, that was groundbreaking
>>60384680
>Are you the type of cunt that pronounces Ke$ha as "Ke-dollar-ha" to act like a smug cunt
thats bullshit though. cmon, they named themselves the band because they were sure they were worthy of the honor of being "the" band.
they were cheesy as fuck too
>drummer singing:
>and... and you put that load right on me
every time I just imagine the dude asking me to come on his face and yes I'm gay.
>>60384548
it's pretty lame, but more generic than pretentious. The actual music, on the other hand, is the definition of pretentious
>>60384638
They only seem to have one song but sometimes it turns out ok
>>60384743
pretentious in this thread no longer means pretentious it just means bad band names general
>inb4 yes i am fully aware of the irony of how pretentious a statement that was explaining what pretentious means
>>60383264
Mogwai is an average name
>>60384730
I never said they weren't overrated. The Dixie song was the only one I really liked by them.
Why do you sound so butthurt? And why did you feel the need to tell me you're gay? You sound like an intolerable person to be around.
Foster the People
Walk the Moon
Cage the Elephant
Young the Giant
We the Kings
I'd claim that no good band has a name that follows this pattern. Any counterexamples?
Everybandeverwhowritestheirnamelikethis(I'mlookingatyouthirdwavepost-rock)
>>60384793
agreed mogwai is an unpretentious band name.
highly pretentious band though. I cringe at the fact that I used to listen to them . they sound exactly like an MTVdocs.
>>60384683
it depends on the name.
beck doesn't sound pretentious.
andrew w.k. doesn't sound pretentious.
tobias jesso jr. sounds so pretentious i just couldn't bring myself to listen to his album and i never will.
>>60384822
hates gays
>>60384827
Portugal. The Man
wait no, that's even worse
>>60384830
Really? I think it's one of the least pretentious post-rock bands. That being said, I've only listened to Young Team and CODY
>>60384827
tyler, the creator
>>60384936
eh, the comma breaks the regex there
>>60384845
how could you babe??
>>60377467
>I was a lonely estate
it just sounds pretentious
>>60377826
Joy Division
The Velvet Underground
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Oneothrix Point Never
Olivia Tremor Control
Viet Cong
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
>>60378112
Public Image Ltd.
Boards of Canada
Lamb of God
Talk Talk
Tool
Cap'n Jazz
>>60378792
MGMT
FIDLAR
Best Coast
>these are all decent names
The Beatles
