Comments on: Some of These Band Names Make Me Cringe

By: Stratokastor

Stratokastor — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:25:00 +0000

Is that the same World Rift Cheesecake that was formerly known as World Fair Massacre (before they ditched the death metal in favor of pretentious electronica)?

By: dave

dave — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:22:30 +0000

Really? Like who, and where?

12 years ago there many times more venues for live music than there are now. Agree?
12 years ago there were many more practice spaces for bands than there are now. Agree?

Not all the bands were great 12 years ago, that’s for sure. But there is simply no comparison with today. SF is a shitty place to see music these days compared to other cities and compared to the SF of 12 years ago. There are hardly any venues and hardly any bands. This is partly because the new gentrified SF is too expensive for musicians to live in, and partly because SF has embraced the techno culture; as a result, there are far fewer clubs and far fewer practice spaces.

By: vanessa

vanessa — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:12:03 +0000

mission mission is pretty shit name.

By: phishrulez

phishrulez — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:27:55 +0000

I don’t know – not a big fan of the name Maus Haus. It reminds me of a Mickey Mouse Vampire Halloween special – but they rock so whatever. Every band you play in you probably spend too much time thinking of the name – always remind yourselves: “if we’re actually good (which you probably won’t be; but don’t let that stop you from trying) then it won’t matter much anyway.” Look at Phish, they have a shitty name and they suck killer whale testicles but they have a legion of fans that your band doesn’t (and hopefully wouldn’t want, either).

By: Ka-Zar

Ka-Zar — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:29:33 +0000

Latin Acid Swine.
Fokker Death Reich.
Quadraplegic Pansy.
The Cringers.

These are the band names which have come before. Beware their awesome might.

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:01:28 +0000

See, Herr Doktor, that guy is a perfect fit for my definition of a hipster back in a previous thread.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:49:50 +0000

Y’think? Cuz I was here 12 years ago, and seeing a lot of live music. And I am here now, and seeing a lot of live music, and I think there is a fucking great live music scene in the city.

By: why

why — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:03:37 +0000

yeah – and what about gob-shite & monkey nut?

By: dave

dave — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:49:36 +0000

Most cringeworthy name: My First Earthquake.

Let’s face it. Live music in the City is just shit now. Of course, you’d have to have been here twelve years ago to notice the decline.

By: Internet guy

Internet guy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:58:12 +0000

Limp Bizkit.

By: nicky papers

nicky papers — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:19:09 +0000

there’s a band named “Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat”. while I think they’re pretty cool, their name makes me cringe for sure.

By: El Jeffe

El Jeffe — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:17:00 +0000

Why do they make you cringe? Because they are cliche, or not as clever as you want them to be?

Remember: If a band is truly punk-rock, isn’t the whole point of their name to make you cringe?

Maybe you’re just not as punk-rock as you used to be. Or maybe you never were.

By: J. Jonah Jameson

J. Jonah Jameson — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:59:48 +0000

Back in the day I used to get red-faced barking mad about groups with reprehensible names like the infamous “Millennium Wharf Rat”. I can still remember how I felt the first time I saw their poster. (Though I can’t feel it anymore now that I’m medicated as medically necessary.) How about “Corundum Lactation”, what does it even mean? Has someone unearthed a goddam mammalian ruby?

By: Grego

Grego — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:18:24 +0000

I heard that World Rift Cheesecake was playing down at the Rickshaw Stop last week.

Also billed last month was Watermelon Iconoclast, with openers: Dogs of Straw, and Toilet.

By: piratesnack

piratesnack — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:18:25 +0000

I was living in Chicago many years ago, and I still recall walking by the Double Door and seeing on the marquee that the bands “Milkplow” and “Piss Bucket” were playing.