Oh I don't know: Paul Hawkins And Thee Awkward Silences?
"Pixies" I always thought they were aptly named.
"Sex Pistols" don't know about the "Sex" part but they were definitely "Pistols"
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the Hoosiers
beacause they ARE pants
I've gone and misunderstood Hoosier there have't I?
What was I thinking it was?
Anyway, the real defenition is still very apt.
"Hoosier is a low-life redneck, somebody you can recognize because they have a car on concrete blocks in their front yard and are likely to have just shot their wife who may also be their sister."
So the point still stands.
haha
i hate 'The Hosiery' too
*palm to forehead*
How are Pixies apltly named?
Francis Black is visually about the furthest thing from a pixie I can ever imagine...
they are small and msichievious
and small
and mischievious
and pixies
Limp Biscuit
Or bizkit or whatever
yeah
I don't know I could have named them better.
Freddy And The Flies
Throbbing Gristle
Rage Against The Machine
Does exactly what it says on the tin?
Obvious ones like Metallica
or Slayer. In fact, most metal bands
they hardly throb at all
and gristle only slightly quivers; hardly ever throbs.
but yeah, it does suit them well
they do throb a fair bit, and are plenty gristly
but it's the mixture of perverse sexuality, malevolence and childish humour which fits so well
I like the further contrast of the "20 jazz funk" cover
with the idyllic Land Rover outing scene- scrumptious. Always made me want to buy a Land Rover.
Ok a real answer here,
'Battles' seems to fit very well with the sound
Yeah.
Despite it's complexity, I can imagine US army grunts listening to it before they go and colonize some oil-rich nation.
Atari Teenage Riot
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
are the two that spring to mind
Crass
Obvious:
Pissed Jeans and Fucked Up
but fucked up are straight forward
boring punk?
I'd class fucked up as like rape noises over 6000bpm aphex twin with rolo tomassi vocals.
I'd class fucked up as your face!
safety wink safety wink safety wink safety wink safety wink safety wink safety wink
do pissed jeans
uh
wet themselves?
if not
fail
Puddle of Mudd
x10.
The Band
Cannibal Corpse
;-)
all girl summer fun band
Los Campesinos
I could imagine their type of music go with that name.
Death From Above 1979
It really does suit their music.
LCD Soundsystem
Always seemed very apt.
The Lemonheads sound exactly as I expected them to on hearing the name. Not a bad thing, in either case.
Botch
Arab on Radar
Killdozer
Hammerhead
neurosis
karp
Mastodon
Coldplay
Because they leave me cold.
JHFOJINHFIJNFIOJ
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
The Smiths
New Order
Dead Kennedys
Stars
Muse
Velvet Underground
Royworld
A comically shit name/band
wut? Pixies
Least aptly named band ever?
somehow always imaged that being the point.
.
The Beatles - they have a beat
U2 - their music combines Nazi imagery and underwater exploration
Keane - You know they are
Gaye Bikers On Acid
Marvin Gaye - that's why his dad shot him
Joy Division - their music evoked Nazi brothels
Elton John - Two man's names together?
George Michael - see above
Roxy Music - Music for dogs
Four poofs and a piano - family sing-song, sat on a poof
the elton john and george michael things.
very clever.
i lol'd.
U2? Nazi imagery? haha, must have missed those songs
unless you mean 'Achtung baby'?
*starts U2/Nazi pun challenge*
Where Auchwitz have no name....?
Explosions in the Sky
because in the big loud bits it does actually sound like the name.
they decided on the name after a firework display
and apparently wanted to capture the explosion of colours in sonic form. On some bits of 'those who tell the truth' I think they even manage it.
Bongzilla
sound exactly you'd think.
Mastodon, Slayer, Manowar, Corrosion Of Conformity (when they were still a hardcore band), all conjure up suitable mental images as well.
Rammstein - (German for battering ram)
Ministry
Most industrial metal bands really. or maybe just most metal bands
and there was a horrific
firey explosion mid-air crash / air show disaster in a place in germany called Ramstein.
or so kerrang told me.
yes indeed
the band is also partly named after that. their song 'rammstein' is about that.
Bright Eyes
Minor Threat
and Teen Idols
:-)
Garbage
:-)
Low
says it all.
i thought Super Furry Animals was always quite apt as well, as they are rather great, hairy and creatures.