Ever listened to an album just because its name sounded cool?

TheNiceGuy · 12-15-2011, 03:01 AM

I'm sure everyone has done it before... Currently I'm very interested in listening to Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned even though I've never listened to any of their music previously and I'm not a huge lover of punk.

mr dave · 12-15-2011, 03:12 AM

Oh how times have changed...

I've BOUGHT albums based on cool name alone (well... that and album art), mainly because I had no other option to find out what the material sounded like. Albums like...

Meantime by Helmet
Superunknown by Soundgarden (though this one was only because my house didn't yet have cable tv in 1994)
Dopes to Infinity by Monster Magnet
La Sexorcisto Devil Music Volume 1 by White Zombie

Now as for having checked out (read: downloaded) albums in the mp3-age solely based on name, you might as well be asking how many people undo their pants before using the toilet.

RVCA · 12-15-2011, 03:22 AM

Not so much for names, but if an album has cool cover art, I'll definitely check it out.

Howard the Duck · 12-15-2011, 03:58 AM

i never did

i thought those Super Furry Animals' album names sounded cool but never bought one

Guybrush · 12-15-2011, 04:31 AM

A little while ago I checked out H. P. Lovecraft ..

The band, I mean, and their eponymous debut.

duotone · 12-15-2011, 06:42 AM

Good album covers attract me but on Spotify I typed in Motown and discovered a band called Mando Diao as they have a track called "Motown Blood"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUOOp0wn9lM

Unicr0n · 12-15-2011, 07:15 AM

Album names, not so much. Band names though, most definitely. It's the primary reason I got into Melt-Banana. Same goes for The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. And really, any band with some sort of ridiculously long/silly name that I can confirm beforehand is not some sort of screamoxmetalxcore piece of trash.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-15-2011, 07:21 AM

I usually find there's fun to be had in finding the dumbest reasons I can think of to listen to something.

**Janszoon** · 12-15-2011, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Unicr0n

Album names, not so much. Band names though, most definitely.

Same here. That's why I bought my first My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult album. 20 years later I'm still a huge fan of them.

Kip1985 · 12-15-2011, 11:15 AM

I only checked out 2 bands based on their names: Job For A Cowboy and Rainbow Butt Monkeys. I'm sure people know who JFAC is (especially people who listen to death metal), but not too many people know who the RBM are. Only after listening to them and reading up on them did I find out that they later changed their name to Finger Eleven.

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12-15-2011, 03:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	A little while ago I checked out H. P. Lovecraft .. The band, I mean, and their eponymous debut. __________________ Something Completely Different

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Unicr0n Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Steilacoom, WA Posts: 100	Album names, not so much. Band names though, most definitely. It's the primary reason I got into Melt-Banana. Same goes for The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. And really, any band with some sort of ridiculously long/silly name that I can confirm beforehand is not some sort of screamoxmetalxcore piece of trash. __________________ Go ahead, pick apart my tastes. I know you want to.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I usually find there's fun to be had in finding the dumbest reasons I can think of to listen to something. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	Not so much for names, but if an album has cool cover art, I'll definitely check it out.

12-15-2011, 06:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
duotone Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London Posts: 169	Good album covers attract me but on Spotify I typed in Motown and discovered a band called Mando Diao as they have a track called "Motown Blood" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUOOp0wn9lM

12-15-2011, 11:15 AM	#10 (permalink)
Kip1985 Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 94	I only checked out 2 bands based on their names: Job For A Cowboy and Rainbow Butt Monkeys. I'm sure people know who JFAC is (especially people who listen to death metal), but not too many people know who the RBM are. Only after listening to them and reading up on them did I find out that they later changed their name to Finger Eleven.