# I pit posters who know and like bands that I don't know and like! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543 "2026-07-09T18:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/61 "2026-07-11T16:52:44Z")
> [@DeadTreasSecretaries](#): > > Echo and the Bunnymen is hipster music Really? There were “hipsters” in 1980? And here I though " [The term _hipster_ in its present usage first appeared in the 1990s and became widely used in the late 2000s and early 2010s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(contemporary_subculture))" ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/62 "2026-07-11T16:57:14Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > There may be the rare exception, but Real Musicians who refuse to sell out and write or cover Top 40 garbage are not Yuppies, not going to be heard of by Yuppies, maybe if they are lucky by academicians and hipsters (I mean actual hep cats and connoisseurs, so the polar opposite of “hipsters” if you want be accurate). Problem is, it is hard to pay your rent that way, and also amplifiers and microphones and stuff cost money. Usually, these kind of bands fall under the umbrella of underground, indie or alternative music. All genres I like very much, without ever being something like a hipster. And real yuppies in the yuppie decade of the 80s listened to Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and other crap like that. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/63 "2026-07-11T17:03:34Z")
I have to be fair and admit the possibility that the odd Yuppie might have taste. Also, frankly, some, even a lot, of the underground music in the underground clubs sucks, in conformity with Sturgeon’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/64 "2026-07-11T17:08:53Z")
Having been on staff at a College Radio station in the 80s, I kind of feel I must recuse myself… OTOH, > [@pjd](#): > > My latest band > has been looking for a good name, and every time we think of one, some bastard > has already thought of it. Somewhere around the Dope there is an extensive thread of imaginary band names, who knows if you could gather inspiration. Though it tends to be heavy on references to stoats… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/65 "2026-07-11T18:08:00Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > My latest band > has been looking for a good name, and every time we think of one, some bastard > has already thought of it. How about “Band Name!” as a name for your band? ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/66 "2026-07-11T18:46:15Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Really? There were “hipsters” in 1980? The terminology is newer, but the attitude has existed forever. It’s why I identified myself as an ur-hipster above. The 80s-90s underground/indie/college radio/zine culture was rife with the “I love this band, you’ve probably never heard of them” culture. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/67 "2026-07-11T19:44:07Z")
The thing about music is that you don’t have to be a cool person to listen to a cool band. Anyone can listen to anything. Lots of Yuppies were listening to the exact same bands the proto-hipsters were listening to, they just weren’t bragging about it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/68 "2026-07-12T06:59:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > How about “Band Name!” as a name for your band? Or “Ironic Band Name” as the name. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/69 "2026-07-12T08:33:09Z")
I know this is against the flow of this thread, but I quite like the late 90s - now defunct - dark electro-ambient group “Dead Fish Don’t Grow Old”. They had a website back in about 2005, when I last checked on them. Judging by the accent in the heavily distorted vocals, I’d guess they were American. My favourite piece was one extolling Thomas Swift’s idea, “A Modest Proposal”, which, like their musical style, is quite unique subject matter. You probably never heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/70 "2026-07-12T09:06:28Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Thomas Swift’s idea, “A Modest Proposal” That’s Jonathan Swift. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/71 "2026-07-12T10:04:59Z")
“Your favourite band sucks” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/72 "2026-07-12T10:28:14Z")
If you care what other people think about your musical tastes then you are, by definition, not cool. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/73 "2026-07-12T11:12:37Z")
You are correct. To be fair, I have only read about the man, not actually read his works, but that is hardly a viable excuse. Or, as a critic might say - and you missed your moment - “Jonathan Swift? I bet you never heard of him…” ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/74 "2026-07-12T11:14:35Z")
Ha - I saw that o change to an a just in time ! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/75 "2026-07-13T03:45:47Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > To be fair, I have only read about the man, not actually read his works, but that is hardly a viable excuse. “A Modest Proposal” is really enjoyable and worth checking out, and not very long (it’s an essay not a book or anything). [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/76 "2026-07-14T16:14:41Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > “Band name!” I decided we’d reached peak “Starting a Band with Minimal Effort” when three guys from Virginia (who moved to Seattle, as one did back then) came up with “Car Seat Headrest”… by looking in the rear view mirror, I assume. Though to be fair, some of the great bands of the past had low-effort names. I mean, The Doors? Buffalo Springfield? (“Uhh, somebody saw the name on the back of a bulldozer…”) If The Beatles weren’t, well, The Beatles, I’d think the name was just a bad pun. And, to echo the tone of the OP: Dammit, if I have to read a book to understand your name, I’m not going to! Lookin’ at you, Mott the Hoople! And, are you a band or new Olympic sport: Bowling For Soup and… Archers of Loaf? Or trying too hard: Death Cab for Cutie, a Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band reference. Or Toad the Wet Sprocket, when Monty Python needed an absurdist name for a band. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/77 "2026-07-14T16:33:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I mean, The Doors? [![](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/96/cf/24/96cf24fd510084de862eefeafc7488e0.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/96/cf/24/96cf24fd510084de862eefeafc7488e0.jpg) And yeah, I know that they named themselves after Aldous Huxley’s essay “The Doors of Perception”, in which he described his experiences with psychedelic drugs. Deep, man… ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/78 "2026-07-14T16:39:23Z")
> [@digs](#): > > If The Beatles weren’t, well, The Beatles, I’d think the name was just a bad pun. I still think they should have stuck with Johnny and the Moondogs. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/79 "2026-07-14T17:04:17Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Though to be fair, some of the great bands of the past had low-effort names. I mean, The Doors? Buffalo Springfield? (“Uhh, somebody saw the name on the back of a bulldozer…”) I still think the lowest-effort band name was The Band. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-posters-who-know-and-like-bands-that-i-dont-know-and-like/1031543/80 "2026-07-14T17:20:54Z")
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