Band names impeding enjoyment of music (members, hands)

satanic skinhead · 04-10-2008, 11:27 PM

Do any of you have this problem I have? If a band has a silly band name, or an overly ridiculous image, I find I'm very unable to enjoy their music except under very unusual circumstances. Somehow, if I can't take them seriously on that most basic level as their name, I wonder how serious anything they put out can be on any level, be it music, idealogical, or whatever. I don't think this has actually prevented me from hearing anything good, so far, but who knows. I can't be the only guy like this, right?

**sleepy jack** · 04-10-2008, 11:30 PM

Well sometimes band names put me off from checking them out (My Bloody Valentine) but they don't actually put me off the music when I hear it. Same goes for images.

**cardboard adolescent** · 04-10-2008, 11:38 PM

i'd probably listen to clap your hands say yeah more often if they were named something else

like clap.

**Piss Me Off** · 04-11-2008, 03:04 AM

I can only think of names that help. Swollen Members anyone?

Skid Mark · 04-11-2008, 03:45 AM

Not really, but bad names often put me off checking them out to begin with which is pretty shallow

nonsubmissivewife · 04-11-2008, 06:56 AM

A band's name doesn't usually discourage me from initially listening to their music, but sometimes later when I'm trying to tell someone about the band and I say their name outloud, I might realize how stupid it sounds and be discouraged from talking about it or listening to it openly. So I guess in that sense it impedes my enjoyment of their music.

mr dave · 04-11-2008, 08:12 AM

i still think finger eleven should have stuck with their original name - the rainbow butt monkeys.

dojo · 04-11-2008, 08:42 AM

The good thing in my case was that I would discover a nice song on the radio and then look for it or just listen and not see the videos so that I never was too influenced by this. If a song is good, I like it, I don't care what name does the group have.

Malicious Wakizashi · 04-11-2008, 10:38 AM

Do you judge a book by its cover? I do sometimes I suppose. The same thing goes for bands with ridiculous names or vice versa. I couldn't wait to listen to Butthole Surfers, for example, because I thought their name was bad-ass.

The Unfan · 04-11-2008, 10:57 AM

I don't think its been an issue as of late, but it probably was in my youth. I recall refusing to listen to Meatloaf when I was a kid because it reminded me of a food I hated at the time.

Meatloaf has since became one of my favorite foods.

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04-10-2008, 11:27 PM
satanic skinhead Groupie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 42	Band names impeding enjoyment of music Do any of you have this problem I have? If a band has a silly band name, or an overly ridiculous image, I find I'm very unable to enjoy their music except under very unusual circumstances. Somehow, if I can't take them seriously on that most basic level as their name, I wonder how serious anything they put out can be on any level, be it music, idealogical, or whatever. I don't think this has actually prevented me from hearing anything good, so far, but who knows. I can't be the only guy like this, right?

04-10-2008, 11:30 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,552	Well sometimes band names put me off from checking them out (My Bloody Valentine) but they don't actually put me off the music when I hear it. Same goes for images. __________________ I'm not blind, I believe in you.

04-10-2008, 11:38 PM
cardboard adolescent time isn't on my side Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,528	i'd probably listen to clap your hands say yeah more often if they were named something else like clap. __________________ Free Music! Free Art! The Ocean Will Have Us All

04-11-2008, 03:45 AM
Skid Mark Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 207	Not really, but bad names often put me off checking them out to begin with which is pretty shallow

04-11-2008, 06:56 AM
nonsubmissivewife Stuff and things Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 423	A band's name doesn't usually discourage me from initially listening to their music, but sometimes later when I'm trying to tell someone about the band and I say their name outloud, I might realize how stupid it sounds and be discouraged from talking about it or listening to it openly. So I guess in that sense it impedes my enjoyment of their music. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/nonsubmssvewife/

04-11-2008, 08:12 AM
mr dave Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: everywhere Posts: 522	i still think finger eleven should have stuck with their original name - the rainbow butt monkeys. __________________ i am the universe http://www.myspace.com/wallofpanda

04-11-2008, 08:42 AM
dojo Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 106	The good thing in my case was that I would discover a nice song on the radio and then look for it or just listen and not see the videos so that I never was too influenced by this. If a song is good, I like it, I don't care what name does the group have.

04-11-2008, 10:38 AM
Malicious Wakizashi Groupie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 43	Do you judge a book by its cover? I do sometimes I suppose. The same thing goes for bands with ridiculous names or vice versa. I couldn't wait to listen to Butthole Surfers, for example, because I thought their name was bad-ass. __________________ My brain thinks bomb-like.

04-11-2008, 10:57 AM
The Unfan A Nymphoid Barbarian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dinosaur Hell Posts: 1,061	I don't think its been an issue as of late, but it probably was in my youth. I recall refusing to listen to Meatloaf when I was a kid because it reminded me of a food I hated at the time. Meatloaf has since became one of my favorite foods. __________________ <3_BEAUTIFUL_HELL_FAIRY_<3: I Hate Logic