Friday, July 24, 2015

25 Worst Original Names of Famous Bands

Shockingly, this is NOT another dumb list from NME, it's a dumb list from Rolling Stone:

21. The Obelisk

The sallow goths who would become the Cure might not seem like the sort of blokes to name themselves for a large phallic monument, but that's just what they did when the then–middle school students got together in the early Seventies. Robert Smith, pre–mop top and raccoon eyes, was a background figure in the Obelisk, playing piano, but he soon moved up front and took charge of the group's moniker. After a few more lineup changes and a couple transitory names, Malice and Easy Cure (the latter of which the singer found too "hippyish"), Smith dubbed them the Cure. For more than a few lovelorn sad sacks, they would live up to billing. (Thanks Perfect.Murder)

7 comments:

  1. WOW! And take that Robert! And that! And that! Give me a break. Robert was so young - a teenager for god's sake. I'd like to have a few words with whoever wrote this abysmal excuse for an article and give him a piece of this "sad sack's" mind. The Cure is iconic. I give a crap if the first name of Robert's band was The Obelisk. My first band was The Coloring Book Conspiracy. I was in high school. So what? Wait I can almost hear Robert wailing "SO WHAT?" over thrashing guitar as in Three Imaginary Boys days... Ha. Whatever. This article is offensive. I'm sure Robert would just laugh it off. But it is a bit offensive to this "sad sack" fan...

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  2. I' find 'The crawley Goat Band' far worst.

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  3. I thought Obelisk was pretty cool name. Great name for a cat, methinks

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  4. I don't know what they're talking about! I think the Obelisk is a great name for a band!

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  5. I'd heard of "The Easy Cure" but not "Obelisk". Why does everyone have to sexualize everything. Obelisk doesn't have to mean that; I also don't think it's so bad.

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  6. I think they would have made it as Easy Cure too :) ...except there's nothing easy about Rocking everyone's obelisks off for 36 years!!! :) :) :)

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  7. not that anyone needs more, but just to add to the stoopid list series , our boyz get a mention:
    http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/the-most-politically-incorrect-lyrics-in-classic-hit-songs-that-you-would-never-get-away-with-these-days/story-e6frfn09-1227462107966

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