# Bands that sound exactly like their name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017 "2019-06-25T05:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/1 "2019-06-25T05:29:57Z")
As [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=877579) nears post #50, I kept thinking of how so many bands, especially metal bands, seem to be able to pick names that perfectly evoke the sound of their music. This thread is for those bands; bands like: Slayer Cannibal Corpse The Oak Ridge Boys Whatch y’all got? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/2 "2019-06-25T05:33:24Z")
Slipknot Cold Blind Melon ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/3 "2019-06-25T06:52:29Z")
Yep, metal bands know how to label the product. Black Sabbath could only be a heavy metal band. If metal didn’t exist, it would be necessary to create it so a band named as such could play it. Stormtroopers Of Death will similarly always warm a place in my heart. You know you’re getting heavy with a name like that. But, Melvins may be more perfect. Heavy beyond belief, but they are going to fuck with you all the way there, because they’ve got these ideas. I think that name does a pretty good job of telling you that you can’t expect a normal band coming at you. Punk similarly often did a very good job of labeling the contents. When you went to see the Butthole Surfers\* or the Dead Kennedys, you might not really be prepared for what the music actually was, but you probably didn’t expect a gentle, soothing experience. \*Previous names: The Vodka Family Winstons, The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/4 "2019-06-25T08:42:11Z")
The Pastels Lush Cocteau Twins Shelleyan Orphan Kraftwerk ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/5 "2019-06-25T08:53:43Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Yep, metal bands know how to label the product. I think we can add Metallica to the list. Also Metal Church. OTOH Machine Head could have been anything with a guitar or similarly tuned string instrument. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/6 "2019-06-25T09:03:56Z")
There was a little one day festival in Edinburgh recently. Here’s the lineup: Ancst Foetal Juice Live Burial Wolfbastard Scumpulse Disposable Iron Altar Hammer I bet you can not only guess the genre, you can visualise the bands and their logos. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/7 "2019-06-25T09:13:15Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Punk similarly often did a very good job of labeling the contents. When you went to see the Butthole Surfers\* or the Dead Kennedys, you might not really be prepared for what the music actually was, but you probably didn’t expect a gentle, soothing experience. Oh, it goes back way before then. The Clash. The Damned. The Slits. j ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/8 "2019-06-25T09:21:31Z")
[Babymetal](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY)are basically their own genre. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/9 "2019-06-25T09:51:12Z")
Belle and Sebastian sound pretty much like you expect they would. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/10 "2019-06-25T10:45:37Z")
The Pogues ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/11 "2019-06-25T12:36:14Z")
Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/12 "2019-06-25T13:04:29Z")
> [@Scougs](#): > > There was a little one day festival in Edinburgh recently. Here’s the lineup: > > Ancst > Foetal Juice > Live Burial > Wolfbastard > Scumpulse > Disposable > Iron Altar > Hammer > > I bet you can not only guess the genre, you can visualise the bands and their logos. Fun fact: I was the first person to purchase [Foetal Juice’s debut album, _Masters of Absurdity_](https://foetaljuice.bandcamp.com). They were so happy about the sale they sent me a hand-written note to thank me and let me know I was their first sale. I still have it; I put it inside the CD booklet. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/13 "2019-06-25T13:06:42Z")
[Death.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPZhmpCfP_8&list=OLAK5uy_nFu-fDDLNUibJxJpXXTmattVPfuGrJfJ0) Arguably the band that invented death metal. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/14 "2019-06-25T13:07:39Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Belle and Sebastian sound pretty much like you expect they would. Show tunes delivered in a late-19th century vaudeville style? > [@somepumpkin](#): > > Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies Children’s songs about math written by a grandmother? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/15 "2019-06-25T13:11:45Z")
_ **The Smiths** _ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/16 "2019-06-25T13:13:29Z")
Miami Sound Machine Motörhead Rage Against the Machine Scream Queen - even though I was very much an adult by the time I “got it.” Helmet - kind of abstract, not really descriptive in any way, but somehow I can’t imagine a band named “Helmet” not sounding exactly like Helmet. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/17 "2019-06-25T13:23:01Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Children’s songs about math written by a grandmother? Close, in that it’s good and clean. 🙂 They’re retro psychedelica with a pop infusion. I hadn’t listened to them in ages, but they’re the first band that I thought of when reading your title. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/18 "2019-06-25T13:25:25Z")
Fucking Werewolf Asso Guided By Voices ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/19 "2019-06-25T13:34:47Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > _ **The Smiths** _ Hammers on anvils? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017/20 "2019-06-25T13:41:32Z")
The first thought in my head was The Band. How could they not be a band? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836017.md?page=2)