Bands you dislike without ever hearing
Bands that already have names you want to use. For example, I really wanted to name a band “Cherry 2000” after the post-apocolyptic Melanie Griffith movie, turns out there’s already a band called that. Same with “Enchanted Hunter” after the hotel in Nabokov’s Lolita
Ooh there are a few bands in that category for me. Gluons and Flesh World.
Mac Sabbath
Car Seat Head Rest
Hippie Death Cult
Ween
Agreed on King Gizzard
The first time I heard an Australian person pronounce King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, I was like, “ohhh, that makes way more sense!” Still, I’ve never listened to them. Probably never will.
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Anything Epic/Power/Symphonic Metal: the ideal genre if you've always dreamed of being an elf with a guitar while fighting imaginary dragons in your living room at home. It has the same effect on me as kryptonite on Superman
Uptown ruler 666 420 ? and the mysterians, eddie and the hot rods, harry toledo and the rockets, richard hell and the voidoids, wayne county and the electric chairs all rock.
jm
Oh yeah. Plenty of great ones in the past and even into the 2010’s. It’s just enough already! No more new ones!
Randall I’ll go a step further and say the entire genre of post rock. Not exactly sure what it is but I know I don’t like it.
Despite living in a strong post rock outpost, I have little knowledge of the genre writ large, but I will say seeing GYBE live is a worthwhile endeavour. The thing is, it's sort of a version of heavy psych minus guitar heroics, minus wild abandon, tempo shifts, plus a sober intellectual sorta aura, which sounds pretty bad but seeing them perform is powerful and psychedelic under the right circumstances. You do tend to wish something abrupt might happen though just to break away from expectations. Or that things will build past the usual threshold.
Uptown ruler 666 420 these current groups are pretty top-notch:
john andrews and the yawns
morgan and the organ donors
itchy and the nits
yea-ming and the rumours
sixbigboys The first time I heard an Australian person pronounce King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, I was like, “ohhh, that makes way more sense!”
I can't imagine any pronunciation making it sound less silly
sicboy totally. My realization was more that it was a type of silliness that at least felt internally consistent. The equally egregious thing with that band is that they have a million records, each of which is pressed in some cringe-ass novelty format.
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jm with the exception of Itchy and the Nits, I feel safe saying I’m all set on any of these bands without ever hearing them.
11th hour stubble The thing is, it's sort of a version of heavy psych minus guitar heroics, minus wild abandon, tempo shifts, plus a sober intellectual sorta aura
These are the sounds that went through my head as I read this sentence. Oh!, hmm, ugh, yuck!
Randall Camper Van Beethoven rules actually! Key Lime Pie is an all-timer alternative record. I think with the punny name and some of the lyrical content they're another one of those bands that got billed as a "comedy band" but really there's more going on.
Yo La Tengo was firmly in this category until I actually gave them a listen. Now a favourite.
Lumpy and the Dumpers never stood a chance for me.
I’m probably not a punk based on these takes.
Any band with a name that sounds like it came from an inside joke.
I've never heard Ned's Atomic Dustbin.
In the early 90's, I took a pass on seeing Rocket From The Crypt at a small club just cuz I didn't like their name.
O. A. R. - hated them before I even heard them. Sometimes you can just tell... Proven right when they played the NHL All-Star game in Columbus.
Tokyo Hotel - Many years ago we got the promo package with posters and other garbage. I took one look at them and knew I don't need to h ear it. Still never have.
Hollywood Undead - same thing.
Unsane, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Mastodon.