The Band Name Pronunciation Thread
 

Admit it, you've came across a band you wouldn't be be able pronounce even if your life depended on it. So if you still have extreme difficulty pronouncing Sigur Ros, or can't figure out how you would ever tell someone about !!!, or even are still quite unclear about how the **** you'd say Autechre, just ask here.

I can't figure out how to pronounce Meshuggah. Care to help, MBers?

I always just pronounced it like "meh sugar" but with an "ah" instead of an "ar" sound at the end of the "sugar" part.

Thank you! I wanted to tell my friend about what I was listening to on my MP3 player, but I didn't want to risk pronouncing it wrong.

I do have difficulty saying Autechre.

"AW-tek-er"

I always pronounced it AW-tek-Re.

This may be an easy one, but I've heard people say Kasabian a few different ways. Ka-say-be-in, kasa-bain... etc. So which is it?

To say it in true English style it's Ka-say-be-un.

I guess since they're from England I see that "re" on the end as being pronounced the same way as the end of "centre" or "theatre".

I pro-nounce it aux-teh-cruh in my head (similar to the -re ending you speak of), as if the word were French. Out loud I say aw-tek-er.

How do you guys say Sunn O))), just Sun?

That probably explains why I pronounce it that way.

yes, but in my head I always say "sun OOOOOOH!!!!!", without fail.

Sunnoooooo

I've always wondered about Amon Düül. Is it pronounced "AM-on dool"?

Yeah that is the pronunciation. I only know this through watching the krautrock doc that was on the BBC a while back (and awesome it was too).

YouTube - krautrock documentary

Brenoritvrezorkre, dné, Caïna, Álfheimr, and Rökkurró are all weirdo.

I'd say those are all easier to pronounce than your user name.

I used not to be able to pronounce Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (the last bit), and I'm still not certain I say it right.

I did say it "Mince-ee", but my papaw was Welsh and told me it was just pronounced like "Monkey".

Still not completely clear on that one.

That's how they intended it; I think I read that somewhere once.

But as people have already stated, it's way more fun to just drone the hell out of that O))) in real life.

SUNN OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO))).... etc.

I watched this the other week. I highly recommend seeing that if you're even remotely interested in the genre. It made me like Faust even MORE! Shame they never mentioned Mooney of Can, though.

id have to agree with the "Mince-ee" one, but i could be wrong.

Sigur Rós = See-er rose
!!! = Any three repeated sounds but I think "chk chk chk" is pretty widely acknowledged.

Is that really how it's pronounced? I've always said it as "sig-er" and then something like "roast" minus the "t".

I'm pretty sure the 'g' is silent but I've heard it a few ways. "Roas", as you say, sounds correct.

I know its wrong because its icelandic but I always call Sigur Rós "sugar rose" in my head, just out of laziness....

I'll take 'sugar rose' over 'sigger ross', which I often hear, any day.

Ew, 'Sigger Ross' sounds like country or a crappy jazz band or something. Just generally unappealing.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Sigur_ros.ogg

Sounds like the "g" is pronounced. Like "See-gur Roas"

"Cigar Roast"

I always feel like a dummy for not knowing how to pronounce people's last names. For the longest time I thought John Frusciante was John Froosh-e-ant-e. :laughing: And J. Mascis was always J. Mas-es, never pronounced the "c".

The worst of all is how long I thought the Arctic Monkeys's 'Brianstorm' was 'Brainstorm'... :o:

Hmmm, well It's not technically a band name. But I for the life of me wonder how the hell you pronounce the Ruins album "Hyderomastgroningem".

You've never laughed at a mispronunciation until you've heard someone pronounce "faux pas" as "Fawks Pass". I've even heard Louisianians do it, who are predominantly named with French sounding last names like Domangue (doh-mang) and Thibodeaux (tib-a-doh).

Speaking of French sounding, crazy ass Louisianian names, it took me the longest time to learn this one: Authement. I still don't know if I'm sayin' it right. They told me it was pronounced "Otto-mont"

sigur rós - pronounciation

Kind of sounds like it but not how it's described. I think it's just an epenthesis created by Georg's accent. I wouldn't really call either pronunciations wrong.

Ahh! Good ol' Welsh. I would love to learn it haha. It looks so completely unpronounceable.

ENG: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
WLSH: Nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda!

Your Avi creeps me out! ^

Anyone know how to say Dimmu Borgir?
I just call them Dimmu, cause I don't know if it's Borgeer, Borgheer, Boargear, or what?

Why thank you :D I'm not sure what it is.. which adds to its creepy weirdness. And I'm pretty sure it's pronounced Dimmu Borgeer

More like oat-mont with a silent t, I would think (but still say mont like you would with the t...just stop short).

Someone tell me how to pronounce: ///▲▲▲\\\

How about Tom Zé? Is it pronounced "zee", "zae", what?

pronounced the same way Zé Ramalho's name is pronounced; somewhere between "zey" and "zjae", the same j sound that is in Django's name only added to a "z" sound.

it's really guttural and only easy to communicate if you're actually saying it out loud to someone.