Best band names

Usually the best bands have the lamest names. that's not always the case, though. Here are some of my all time favorite band names - and most are bands I like a lot. What are your favorites?

Ladyfuzz

Throbbing Gristle

The Violent Femmes

The Butthole Surfers

The Velvet Underground

The Breeders

Touched by a Janitor

The meat puppets

Dead Kennedys

Sex Pistols

Drowning, Not Waving

Beastie Boys
Revolting cocks

Superchunk
The Darkness

The Hope Bombs

The Nipple Erectors

And my favorite names for back-up singers and bands: The Pips, The Scorchers, The Bad Seeds, The Homewreckers

 

 

Hip-Hop in China

New York Times Clip about Underground Hip-Hop in CHina

http://www.myspace.com/rhymebot

The Open Rights Group

This is about Europe...but the same discussion has been going on in the States..very important!! Hope this is not too much off topic Jim...

U2 & Negativland

Last night I saw U2 playing for Obama. Next to me on the couch was a friend who is a big fan. For me U2 was also pretty important when I was a teenager. My first 12" was "Sunday Bloody Sunday". Although I have always been slightly irritated by Bono's Jesus wannabee behavior their music did mean a lot to me, especially the Joshua Tree album. Recently someone was telling me how U2 is now supporting arts in Ireland. There is also a darker side to U2 when it comes to art (this is old news, but hey, this is a blog, not the New York Times). Island Records tried to sue the hell out of Negativeland when they made their U2 track. Here is one of the Negativeland members with their story:

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/LB/0511/Negativland_5.mp3


It should be said mabey to be fair that it was Island and not U2 itself who did the sueing, but hey, they could have stopped it if they really wanted to. Negativeland are now my heroes, not Bono and his mates.

RIP: a remix manifesto

"RIP: a remix manifesto" is a very interesting film from Brett Gaylor, hope I can see it soon:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=9oar9glUCL0

It is a documentary about Girl Talk, a "Mash up" artist (not a DJ) and about the changing copyright situation. The film itself is mash up; made out of contributions of many different people. Mash up, remix, sample, cut, copy and paste: its all fair game as far as I am concerned. Creativity cannot be limited by the ridiculous pressures, regulations and lobby's from the music industry mafia, who is not interested in music, art or beauty but in only in money. There was no problem when everyone had to buy their LP collection again on CD...the music industry should adapt or die.