When I kicked off the band-naming game on here last week, I did jest (in the hope of encouraging reluctant participants out of their shyness) that it would be difficult to produce suggestions worse than some of the names that bands actually choose for themselves. That point is, I think, amply illustrated by some of the examples of really dire Chinese band names that I have given in the comments to that post.
And we see yet further evidence of this in Beijing tonight. A little bit later, I am - maybe - going to see a band called Magyar Posse. They are from Finland, and are said to be quite good, in a lush symphonic rock, Ennio Morricone kind of way.
Apparently, most of the band members were previously in a group called The Alibi Of Carlos.
Clearly the Finns are worldbeaters in the art of bad band-naming.
Apparently, most of the band members were previously in a group called The Alibi Of Carlos.
Clearly the Finns are worldbeaters in the art of bad band-naming.
So, please, don't be shy. Give it a go. It is extremely unlikely you will proffer anything more inept than this. Unless, that is, you are from Finland. (In which case, you are still welcome to amuse us.)
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Well written article.
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