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The Dumbest Band Names In Rock History [View all]
http://music.yahoo.com/news/thirteen-dumbest-band-names-rock-history-183534272-rolling-stone.htmlThe Devil Wears Prada
This Ohio-based Christian metal band picked their name one year before the 2006 adaptation of the Lauren Weisberger novel hit the big screen, but it's still a stunningly stupid name for a group. It was already one of the most popular chick-lit books in years.That's like calling your band Jurassic Park in 1992 or Gone With the Band in 1938. The group swears they picked it only to signify that materialism and consumerism is the path to hell, but it just makes people think of Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. It's frankly quite shocking no label or manager made them rethink the decision. It's also a wonder they weren't sued, but maybe it means every time they play, a group of women in their mid-30s line up thinking the movie is playing.
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
The 2005 movie V for Vendetta wasn't quite the massive box office success the filmmakers were aiming for, but it did introduce the the world to the Guy Fawkes mask commonly used by the activist group Anonymous. It also gave a bunch of high school kids from Seattle a really, really bad idea for a band name. Natalie Portman has no hair in V for Vendetta, so they named their band Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. Against all odds, the band became pretty popular even though they were hobbled by this horrid name. In 2010, they came to their senses and changed their name to Brite Futures.
"We chose our band name on a whim when we were still in high school," they said in a statement. "And 'Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head' has seen us through an unexpectedly amazing four years . . . But now it is summer once again, and time for a change. Also, it has recently come to our attention that our muse Ms. Portman is not so keen on us using her name in ours . . . so we feel it is time to move forward with a new name. We are Brite Futures."
The band broke up two years later. Turns out their futures weren't so brite.
This Ohio-based Christian metal band picked their name one year before the 2006 adaptation of the Lauren Weisberger novel hit the big screen, but it's still a stunningly stupid name for a group. It was already one of the most popular chick-lit books in years.That's like calling your band Jurassic Park in 1992 or Gone With the Band in 1938. The group swears they picked it only to signify that materialism and consumerism is the path to hell, but it just makes people think of Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. It's frankly quite shocking no label or manager made them rethink the decision. It's also a wonder they weren't sued, but maybe it means every time they play, a group of women in their mid-30s line up thinking the movie is playing.
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
The 2005 movie V for Vendetta wasn't quite the massive box office success the filmmakers were aiming for, but it did introduce the the world to the Guy Fawkes mask commonly used by the activist group Anonymous. It also gave a bunch of high school kids from Seattle a really, really bad idea for a band name. Natalie Portman has no hair in V for Vendetta, so they named their band Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. Against all odds, the band became pretty popular even though they were hobbled by this horrid name. In 2010, they came to their senses and changed their name to Brite Futures.
"We chose our band name on a whim when we were still in high school," they said in a statement. "And 'Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head' has seen us through an unexpectedly amazing four years . . . But now it is summer once again, and time for a change. Also, it has recently come to our attention that our muse Ms. Portman is not so keen on us using her name in ours . . . so we feel it is time to move forward with a new name. We are Brite Futures."
The band broke up two years later. Turns out their futures weren't so brite.
Ladies and gentlemen, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head!
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