# How I Feel About the Dave Matthews Band **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272 "2005-08-30T16:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/1 "2005-08-30T16:10:40Z")
This Onion article is hilarious and pretty much sums it up… [http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4134&n=2](http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4134&n=2) ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/2 "2005-08-30T16:26:11Z")
I have a friend who hates the Dave Matthews Band because Dave Matthews named it after himself. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/3 "2005-08-30T16:30:14Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I have a friend who hates the Dave Matthews Band because Dave Matthews named it after himself. Does your friend also hate the J. Geils Band, the Steve Miller Band, the Alan Parsons Project, and the Max Weinberg 7? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/4 "2005-08-30T16:40:15Z")
The Jimi Hendrix Experience? No love for Jimi? Come on man!! Regarding DMB - I have always respected the musicianship but never liked them - very blah to me… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/5 "2005-08-30T17:12:24Z")
> [@A Nibblonian](#): > > the Dave Matthews Band doesn’t rock. Always trust the judgement of a Nibblonian. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/6 "2005-08-30T17:16:26Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Regarding DMB - I have always respected the musicianship but never liked them - very blah to me… I’ve heard the Dave Matthews Band are much better than they sound. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/7 "2005-08-30T17:17:30Z")
Thankfully, I was never into DMB… mediocrity at it’s most mediocre. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/8 "2005-08-30T17:17:55Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Does your friend also hate the J. Geils Band, the Steve Miller Band, the Alan Parsons Project, and the Max Weinberg 7? I’m sure she doesn’t. Otherwise, how could she be inconsistent? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/9 "2005-08-30T17:24:27Z")
Presumably Jethro Tull and Uriah Heep are acceptable. But what about Alice Cooper? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/10 "2005-08-30T17:37:52Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > I’ve heard the Dave Matthews Band are much better than they sound. Hee hee! That’s it exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/11 "2005-08-30T17:46:08Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Presumably Jethro Tull and Uriah Heep are acceptable. But what about Alice Cooper? Jethro Tull and Uriah Heep are not named after band members. Alice Cooper sucks and always has. Next question? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/12 "2005-08-30T17:49:29Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Jethro Tull and Uriah Heep are not named after band members. Alice Cooper sucks and always has. Alice Cooper isn’t named after a band member either. A band member assumed the name of the the band. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/13 "2005-08-30T17:54:22Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I’m sure she doesn’t. Otherwise, how could she be inconsistent? So, I take it she’s always inconsistent? ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/14 "2005-08-30T18:42:17Z")
> [@Snowboarder Bo](#): > > Thankfully, I was never into DMB… mediocrity at it’s most mediocre. I don’t care for them either. I saw one of their live performances, didn’t care for it much. In fact, it was downright boring. Everyone else was standing and dancing, singing to the music. I just sat on our blanket (we had lawn seats) and wished he would lose his voice or there would be a power-outage. Boring. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/15 "2005-08-30T18:53:39Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Alice Cooper isn’t named after a band member either. A band member assumed the name of the the band. Huh. Interesting. But there’s a band dude named Alice Cooper? Close enough. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/16 "2005-08-30T23:21:15Z")
> [@PinkMarabou](#): > > I don’t care for them either. I saw one of their live performances, didn’t care for it much. In fact, it was downright boring. Everyone else was standing and dancing, singing to the music. I just sat on our blanket (we had lawn seats) and wished he would lose his voice or there would be a power-outage. > Boring. Maybe you weren’t under the influence of the right substances? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-feel-about-the-dave-matthews-band/319272/17 "2005-08-30T23:26:34Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Maybe you weren’t under the influence of the right substances? I can’t think of a substance I _wasn’t_ under the influence of… suck is suck.