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Shaggy 2 Grote

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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #45 on: November 14, 2011, 12:45:34 PM »
Also: Hunx and His Punx! I kind of love the idea of a super-out gay garage punk band and I like their music a lot, but after the initial laughter I dunno about that name.
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #46 on: November 14, 2011, 12:55:06 PM »
Apologies to Larry da Perv, but while Strawberry Funk were a great band, I've never been sold on that name.
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #47 on: November 14, 2011, 05:28:57 PM »
Yes?
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #48 on: November 14, 2011, 11:53:49 PM »
Great new band with a not so great name: Uncle Bad Touch

http://unclebadtouch.bandcamp.com/
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #49 on: November 15, 2011, 07:53:12 PM »
Joy Division.  More for the Jay Reatard Column than the Hoobastank column.
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #50 on: November 15, 2011, 08:05:36 PM »
The German band Can. I'm a big fan of their late 60s/early 70s records (especially "Future Days") but that name is sooo flaccid. Can. Meh
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #51 on: November 15, 2011, 08:08:52 PM »
Why did Jay even add the extra 'a' to Reatard? I realize 'Jay Retard' would be even more offensive, but it's dumb no matter how you spell it.
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #52 on: November 15, 2011, 08:10:18 PM »
I think Joy Division is a great name, until you find out where it came from and then--(SFX: descending slide-whistle note).
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #53 on: November 15, 2011, 08:42:29 PM »
Quote from: cutout on November 15, 2011, 08:08:52 PM
Why did Jay even add the extra 'a' to Reatard? I realize 'Jay Retard' would be even more offensive, but it's dumb no matter how you spell it.

Maybe he spelled the band name that way so it would be easier to look up on Google (or Lycos, since the Reatards predated Google).
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #54 on: November 15, 2011, 09:11:49 PM »
Quote from: Kormod on November 15, 2011, 08:42:29 PM
Quote from: cutout on November 15, 2011, 08:08:52 PM
Why did Jay even add the extra 'a' to Reatard? I realize 'Jay Retard' would be even more offensive, but it's dumb no matter how you spell it.

Maybe he spelled the band name that way so it would be easier to look up on Google (or Lycos, since the Reatards predated Google).

The story I've heard is that he came up with the name as a teenager but didn't know how to spell it correctly.
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #55 on: November 16, 2011, 07:57:38 AM »
Quote from: masterofsparks on November 15, 2011, 09:11:49 PM
Quote from: Kormod on November 15, 2011, 08:42:29 PM
Quote from: cutout on November 15, 2011, 08:08:52 PM
Why did Jay even add the extra 'a' to Reatard? I realize 'Jay Retard' would be even more offensive, but it's dumb no matter how you spell it.

Maybe he spelled the band name that way so it would be easier to look up on Google (or Lycos, since the Reatards predated Google).

The story I've heard is that he came up with the name as a teenager but didn't know how to spell it correctly.

I can never get on board with stories like that. Like no one around him knew the correct spelling. That's like Werner Herzog saying he didn't know who Abel Ferrara was when I bet the first thing anyone ever said to him about BL was "Okay we have this idea for a remake of the movie Bad Lieutenant by Abel Ferrara." It's so dumb for people to claim ignorance these days.
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #56 on: November 16, 2011, 09:23:03 AM »
Quote from: hardweek on November 14, 2011, 11:53:49 PM
Great new band with a not so great name: Uncle Bad Touch

http://unclebadtouch.bandcamp.com/

This one is SO stupid that it kinda breaks through to great for me (as long as I never have to say it out loud, of course).
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Re: greatest bands with the worst band names
« Reply #57 on: November 16, 2011, 10:37:10 PM »
Quote from: hardweek on November 14, 2011, 11:53:49 PM
Great new band with a not so great name: Uncle Bad Touch

http://unclebadtouch.bandcamp.com/

Something something Penn State.
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