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Least apt names in music
Posted by robram on 26 January 2010 - 4:44pm.
Sometimes you look at a band/artist name and get exactly what you expect.
On this month's cover CD, the wonderful Carolina Chocolate Drops didn't disappoint - their name evokes their music perfectly.
But not all bands are well-named. The one that instantly springs to mind is the country singer Keith Urban.
Similarly, when you stop to think about, Barry White. The least 'white' and most unlikely 'Barry' that you will ever come across.
I also think that Nightmares On Wax is completely inapt, when you consider their music.
Any other good examples?
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Dr. Fox
is neither
Yeah, but
he had to change his name by deed poll from Mr Cheese!
Ah, Nightmare On Wax
Back in the day, they were a bit more nightmarish than their/his later, more laid back work suggets.
Joy Division
I mean really, there's nothing all that joyous about them, is there?
"Posh" Spice
Not a band name, qualifies as inapt I reckon
10,000 Maniacs
At the risk of stating the obvious...
The Pretty Things
Says who?
The Script
That's a goth band, surely?
The Arctic Monkeys
First time I read that name I thought, Why not call yourself "We Are Really Crap" and get it over with.
Shows what I know
Oasis.
Of what?
In a desert of landfill britpop?
The Jam
Sweet, sticky and really good on toast? I don't think so.
Extreme
Hardly the name to use when blanding out was it?
I don't know that it deserves a thread of its own...
... but we could do most apt names in music. Like session drummer Chad Wackerman.
New Radicals
not very
Eagles of Death Metal
Derivative, quirky, humourous and puerile....but definitely not death metal.
Fun Boy Three
No, not really
Marvin Gaye
His real name was Marvin Gay, i.e. without the 'e', yet he was anything but.
Never a particularly happy bunny, as a young man he was shy and deeply insecure and his life was beset with tragedy; turbulent, dysfunctional personal relationships; professional frustration and disappointment; and periods of profound depression.
He was also rampantly heterosexual.
Neil Young
Becomes less true every day.
Vampire Weekend
not goth
Blue Note jazz giant Tina Brooks
Tina. It's gotta be a woman, hasn't it? Tina's a girl's name. Everyone called Tina is female. Definitely.
But apprently not...
Frank Beard
Only beardless member of ZZ Top
The Sex Pistols
Although to be fair,Johnny Rotten seems about right.
Given their origin
in the Kings Road boutique of same name (well, first half of)... I always thought their moniker was apt and witty.