Saturday, January 5, 2008

Bands Who Suck Named After Chunks Of Geography


*Real Places*

BOSTON
CHILLIWACK (in B.C., Canada)
AMERICA
ASIA
BAY CITY ROLLERS
BUSH (Named after Shepherds Bush, England)
CHICAGO
HALIFAX (Canada, yet again!)
KANSAS
LINKIN Park
LITTLE RIVER BAND
NAZARETH
RASCAL FLATS
NICKEL CREEK
THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER


*Fictional Places*

STYX
KAMELOT
GORGOROTH


…and DECENT Bands Who Don’t SUCK named After Chunks Of Geography

JAPAN
SUGARHILL GANG
SOUNDGARDEN (named after a real place in Seattle)
PORTISHEAD
PANTERA
OF MONTREAL
I’M FROM BARCELONA
NEW YORK DOLLS
MOJAVE 3
MC5 (Motor City--Detroit--5)
MARS VOLTA
LAIBACH
THE E STREET BAND
CALEXICO
CABARET VOLTAIRE (named after a night club in Zurich)
THE BLUE NILE
BERLIN
ALABAMA 3 (A3)


Did I leave any out?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

100% ACK! ;) Seems we have a similar taste...

Uncle E said...

Hey anonymous, it appears so! Is this YOUR site you link to?