I was with a group of wonderful musicians this weekend. Varied musical backgrounds and tastes. Varied musical inspirations and influences. And we arrived at the questions of…
Which band names are inherently really great…trying as best as we can to not associate the music with them.
Which band names are inherently not good, despite how much we might love the music.
There were lots of heated debates, everyone offering up answers they thought belonged in each category. Here are the ones that we’re pretty much unanimous…
The good ones…
Talking Heads
The Wallflowers
Our Lady Peace
Guns N Roses
The Verve
Stone Roses
Depeche Mode
Electric Light Orchestra
Phantom Planet
Stone Temple Pilots
The bad ones…
U2
*NSYNC
Toad The Wet Sprocket
Death Cab For Cutie
Haim
A very entertaining debate. And there are more that belong on each list. But in the end it’s impossible to separate the name from the music…because in real life the music can make any band name a perfectly accepted name.
