{"id":2190,"date":"2009-06-01T20:16:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T00:16:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-06-01T23:48:29","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T23:48:29","slug":"but-can-you-judge-a-band-by-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/but-can-you-judge-a-band-by-its-name\/","title":{"rendered":"But Can You Judge A Band By Its Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I didn’t have any idea what kind of music Goblin Cock<\/strong> played until I started putting this post together. Their name put me off so much that I wasn’t even willing to give them a try. <\/p>\n

And, for the record, I would be even more turned away by a band named Lappin’ Snatch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Blatant use of naughty-bit terms makes me wary. It took me years to give The Butthole Surfers<\/strong> a fair shake.<\/p>\n

The use of umlauts is always a red flag. (Yeah, I know H\u00fcsker D\u00fc<\/strong> is cool but name another…) Do we have Blue \u00d6yster Cult<\/strong> to thank for umlauts? Am I using the term “umlauts” correctly? Does the term itself have \u00fcmla\u00fcts? Seems like it should.<\/p>\n

Anything Germanic poses a threat. Anything biblical and\/or related to hell and\/or the devil and\/or death.<\/p>\n

Use of the work “metal.”<\/p>\n

Anything intentionally misspelled. “Kreator<\/strong>” as a case in point is a double threat name being both biblical and misspelled. Do we have Led Zeppelin<\/strong> to thank for this practice? (I don’t count The Beatles<\/strong> as it is a play on words.)<\/p>\n

Anything with a “z” in it gives me pause. If there hadn’t been The Zombies<\/strong> and that very band, which I love, came out today, I’d be wary. I’m just speaking from the heart here.<\/p>\n

Most of the above are related to my distaste for metal. So here are some others.<\/p>\n

I’m cautious of any band named “_____ and the _______s” unless they are from the late ’50s or early ’60s. <\/p>\n

I am wary of any artist that simply uses his\/her name if they haven’t played in a band that I’ve heard of before. Same goes for duos that go by “______ & ______.”<\/p>\n

Use of the word “revue” or any band name that uses a number has an instant hole from which to climb. <\/p>\n

These aren’t rules here. I’m just sayin’, any of the above make me wince and cautious.<\/p>\n

What says you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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