Bands with Confusing Names

Mondo Bungle · 12-07-2014, 12:45 PM

Gonna assume military commander/governor of a province is what they're going for with Voivod. Taken from a number of Slavic spellings, Vojvod, Voivoda, Wojewoda, etc, it's kinda like "Duke".

Chula Vista · 12-07-2014, 12:53 PM

Whatever...

(crappy video. great song.)

Mondo Bungle · 12-07-2014, 12:55 PM

There is the Voivod
vvvvv

Chula Vista · 12-07-2014, 12:58 PM

The band and fans sent Piggy off right.

MasterCrash · 12-07-2014, 01:01 PM

The Eagles of Death Metal?
Also R.E.M., but the band said that they picked the name by opening a dictionary at random.

**Janszoon** · 12-07-2014, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MasterCrash

The Eagles of Death Metal?

I always assumed it was joke. Like maybe some other band was described as "The Beatles of punk rock" or something so they decided to describe themselves as "The Eagles of death metal".

Machine · 12-07-2014, 01:08 PM

The Flaming Lips is ****ing horrible and means next to nothing.

Also Neutral Milk Hotel is dumb

Arcade Fire

System Of A Down (they admitted they wanted their name to he close to Slayer)

Porcupine Tree

Cage The Elephant

Wingnut Dishwasher's Union

Hella

OFWGKTA

The The

Autechtre

Radiohead

Apples In Stereo

**Frownland** · 12-07-2014, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

Hella

It's a Norcal thing.

Machine · 12-07-2014, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

It's a Norcal thing.

Is it? Always disliked the name I thought it was in terms of something like "That was hella awesome" or some stupid **** like that.

**Janszoon** · 12-07-2014, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

Radiohead

It's a reference to a Talking Heads song.

12-07-2014, 12:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Whatever... (crappy video. great song.) __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	The band and fans sent Piggy off right. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	The Flaming Lips is ****ing horrible and means next to nothing. Also Neutral Milk Hotel is dumb Arcade Fire System Of A Down (they admitted they wanted their name to he close to Slayer) Porcupine Tree Cage The Elephant Wingnut Dishwasher's Union Hella OFWGKTA The The Autechtre Radiohead Apples In Stereo __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.