I'm okay with metal band names being a reference to literature. However, "Of Mice and Men" sounds a bit more suitable for a prog metal band than... whatever deathcore is.
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Band names that make you shake your head
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Gotcha, yeah that makes sense. It's not the kind of music I'd associate with literature.
Like if there were a band kinda like Dream Theater, or Opeth, or something like that, and they were named "Of Mice And Men," that would seem perfectly normal to me.
I don't like the band, but I think that's hilarious.Atreyu. It's a friggin' metalcore band and they took their name from a friggin' children's movie!
That's an awesome band name.
Yeah... not a fan of a lot I guess the 'mainstream' metal scene these days. I've steered pretty heavily into just one small part of the scene to avoid a lot of that stuff. Just into the stoner/doom scene lately, though around here there's a lot of crossover with the local black metal and crust punk scenes.
This is pretty great. There is a guy confined to a wheel chair in my town that books bands. He's pretty gimped up. Calls himself "Gimp Guy Underground." Guy has brass balls if you ask me.
Our band name, The Dicktators, is a headshaker, especially since we take ourselves very unseriously and always perform in costume. One of the guitarists was a graphic artist and it helps that he makes great posters.
It's also a rope name for creating slogans, such as:
Sooner or Later, You'll Want a Dicktator.
We put the Dick in Potatoes
We Rule
You'll Dance When the Dicks Come Out
The Dicktators: Coming Soon to a Friend Near You.
etc.
It's also a rope name for creating slogans, such as:
Sooner or Later, You'll Want a Dicktator.
We put the Dick in Potatoes
We Rule
You'll Dance When the Dicks Come Out
The Dicktators: Coming Soon to a Friend Near You.
etc.
That's the thing, there are tons of great book titles for a band name, and a lot of the good onces are already taken. I like Steinbeck and I like that book, but that's just a dumb name for a band. It makes you think of mice, which aren't particularly metal, and Lenny, which isn't particularly metal either. Sure the concept in the book is pretty brutal, but the guys in the bands are just think they are so d@mn witty.
You know what deathcore is, you probably just don't know the names. Its that jarring style of metal that jumps from minute long breakdowns to noodley not-riffs with screaming pig vocals song by dudes that look like Joan Jett with radar dishes in their years and full body rainbow tattoos.
Metalcore is a half@$$ed attempt to marry old school hardcore to metal, resulting in some really limp d!ck emo stuff.
Both are like Hot Topic threw up on a guitar.
Sadly these are what passes for the latest evolution in metal, but the market is limited to younger listeners. It can't branch out of the metal genre and anyone over 30 can't stand it, which is a problem considering the aging demographic of metal fans.
My first band was named Stone Angel, after the Margaret Laurence book. Ticked me off when the venues kept spelling it Angle.
Eh, I don't agree that it couldn't be used for any metal band, but then again, I've never particularly cared about "being not metal enough." Like I said, if it were a band that sounded kinda like Winds or Spiral Architect, or some other prog stuff, I wouldn't question it at all. Especially because they'd basically be announcing their intent to cater to a more literary audience, which ties in with the elitism of prog as well. But I still think that, having read the book, it would work for a band like that, given how depressing it is. But not for any band that was trying for a more heavy, brutal sound.
As to deathcore... given that explanation, yeah, I think I know what it is, and I don't like it one bit. A genre that suffers the same problems as many poorer horror movies - too much focus on brutality and shock (visual in the case of bad horror movies, aural in the case of deathcore), not enough on good writing (screenwriting in the case of bad horror movies, songwriting in the case of deathcore). In my opinion, which is of course just that of some random metalhead.
No mention so far of the greatest name with the greatest title/chorus in a hit song?
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Not really a band name per se, but a lot of rappers, especially modern rappers, have extraordinarily stupid stage names. Not a lot of people on these forums listen to rap, so some of these names may be unfamiliar, but be assured, I'm making none of these up:
Honey Cocaine
Skippa Da Flipper
Lil Durk
Lil Yachty
Lil Uzi Vert
Cook LaFlare
Slim Jesus
Fatman Scoop
Waka Flocka Flame
Nump
Iamsu!
Baby Bash
Snakehips
Lil Dicky
Rich Homie Nard
A$AP TyY
Lil Bibby
Young Scooter
FDW BayBay
Lunch Tha General
Casey Veggies
Snootie Wild
Honey Cocaine
Skippa Da Flipper
Lil Durk
Lil Yachty
Lil Uzi Vert
Cook LaFlare
Slim Jesus
Fatman Scoop
Waka Flocka Flame
Nump
Iamsu!
Baby Bash
Snakehips
Lil Dicky
Rich Homie Nard
A$AP TyY
Lil Bibby
Young Scooter
FDW BayBay
Lunch Tha General
Casey Veggies
Snootie Wild
Why are so many of them proud to be 'Lil'? Back when every other bluesman was 'King', that at least makes sense as a brag. It's also odd to me in general how many name themselves after physical characteristics. Lil, Big, Fat, Slim, etc.
Also, you left the renowned hip-hop stylist Extra Strength Hobbit off of your list.
