Those are awesome. I also like The Dukes of Hazardous Materials, New Riders of the Minimum Wage, Amish Meth Lab, and the most brilliant one ever...Free Beer
Came here to post smashing pumpkins is British slang for sweet t***. Looks like I already posted it 4 years ago.
I think this list has to start and end with the Goo Goo Dolls. Jesus that name makes me angry. But as @ima_drummer2k said, it's probably because they were/are a terrible band with terrible music, so the whole "package" become unpalatable. As for good band names, I always liked "Sweet." They were originally "The Sweetshop" (which is also cool) and then they shortened it to "The Sweet" (again, also very cool). Then they took JT's advise and dropped the "the."
This thread reminds me of all the band names I made-up in Manny's "What Are You Listening To" thread. Good times.
More gray, though. 50 something, goes by "Buster", been to the state pen twice, has a new job every 3 months, initial greeting is "Hey cuz...you got a beer?".
Honest question, why is there so much revisionist history that such a question need be asked? So much has been written about the Beatles that there is now way too much revisionist thinking going on, and such an "honest", if revealing, question, should not even be asked. The Beatles is the best f***ing band, ever. I think a lot of it is the fact that they're the best f***ing band, ever. Sure, overanalyzed and such. And I'm not discounting your Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, Van Halen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin.
This thread got bumped because I googled "clutchfans dillinger escape plan" and @Fyreball 's post about them sounding like a bad acid trip is the only post on this whole bbs mentioning dillinger escape plan that i was able to find.
When I was in college I had a show on the college cable channel. We had a fake band on the show called "Daddy's Crack". A friend of mine actually thought it was a great name..but I came up with it as a joke. The band did a really bad punk version of "Looking For Love".
I just did a quick ClutchFan's search, and I had at least 10 posts mentioning them. Of course, this was all 10-12 years ago.
Wrong. Usually, it comes down to a band having a great songwriter. When you have 3 great songwriters in the same band, it's almost a can't miss. If the Beatles stayed together through 1980, and they released a Beatles Greatest Hits- The 70s, it might look like this: My Sweet Lord Imagine Band on the Run Photograph What Is Life Instant Karma Let Em In It Don't Come Easy Isn't It a Pity Whatever Gets You Through the Night Maybe I'm Amazed Give Me Love Give Me Peace On Earth Mind Games Jet You're Sixteen If the Beatles stayed together all the way through the 90s, The Beatles Greatest Hits- The 80s would've looked like: Starting Over Got My Mind Set On You Coming Up Watching The Wheels When We Was Fab Ebony and Ivory Woman All Those Years Ago Say Say Say Nobody Told Me The Devil's Radio No More Lonely Nights Not that you all have to like those, but they were all AM and FM hits. That's talent. You don't have to have more than one great songwriter, but it doesn't hurt. That's why Fleetwood Mac's Rumours stands out. Three great songwriters. That's why the Eagles Greatest Hits and Greatest Hits II are huge. Two (and then three) great songwriters. Or, you can split the duties and do it that way. Lee and Lifeson focus on the music, Peart focuses on the lyrics, and they probably put input on each. But they're all 3 heavily involved in the composition phase, not just the performance phase. And thus Rush generally puts out high-quality CDs that find a large audience. Even the #2 and #3 best sellers, Elvis and Michael Jackson, had a lot of help. Michael Jackson's Thriller. MJ was of course a key reason why this is the #1 selling CD of all time worldwide. But I'll give you 2 other reasons, besides Quincy Jones: Rod Temperton and the members of the group Toto. Rod Temperton was the dude that formed that R&B/Disco group Heatwave in the 70s (Boogie Nights). He wrote the song Thriller and another song I can't remember on Thriller. The keyboardist from Toto, Steve Porcaro, co-wrote Human Nature. Steve Lukather, the guitarist from Toto, wrote and played the main guitar riff for Beat It (and they brought in Eddie Van Halen for the solo). So, you not only had Michael Jackson, you had Toto, who was a very successful band at the time (Africa, Rosanna, Hold The Line) and Rod Temperton (he also wrote Rock With You for the Off The Wall album) playing a key role through their songwriting abilities. And Eddie Van Halen doing his thing. James Ingram (Yah Mo B There) also co-wrote PYT. Ingram was no slouch, either. And that's by far the biggest-selling album of all time worldwide. The more talented songwriters you have, the better a chance you have of being the best. This is why we respect but hate the Golden State Warriors. They're like the Beatles of the NBA.
