Interesting/strange album titles or band names

Cylob · 14th July 2003, 10:15

There are some bands who consistently give their albums strange names, examples:

POLE
1 (1998)
2 (1999)
3 (2000)
R (2001)
Pole (2003)

I find the above very odd - to start with a numbered series and then release a self-titled album. What will the next release be called??

And the opposite of the above:

STEREOLAB
Transient-Random Noise Bursts With Announcements (1993)
The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" (1993)
Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center (1995)
Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999)

Soon to break into an 11 word title. I put money on it.

Pixelcraft · 15th July 2003, 04:08

Michael Jackson. Strangest musician alive.

Mr Jones · 15th July 2003, 07:00

Jim Thirlwell usualy releases his albums as four letter words, often monosybalic,usualy with double meanings and more often than not they can be re-aranged into other 4 letter words.......

Deaf
Ache
Hole
Wash / Slog
Nail
Slut
Thaw
Rife
Sink
Gash
Null
Void
Boil
York
Flow
Blow

Mr_007 · 15th July 2003, 08:04

Metallica
Modern Talking

Cylob · 15th July 2003, 10:47

Jones - Jim Thirwell. What about his lyrics, anything odd about them? It would be interesting to have songs composed entirely of 4 letter words. A bit of a challenge.

Mr Jones · 15th July 2003, 11:06

Anything odd about Thirlwell? have you ever listened to a Foetus album ?, odd all the way thru to the core, but crafted in a very clever way

Leave you with this snippet from one of my fave tracks, the 10 minute metal/jazz/big band delight that is "Slung"

Quote:

I don't pray to the lord
Just self-flagellate some more
She said I pass out on the floor
At least I ain't no junkie whore

good luck with finding any stuff on line, I've never had much joy, he's also another big buddy with Matt Johnson, see if you can find any of his mixes of Dogs of Lust...

Cylob · 15th July 2003, 11:17

Cheers for that, I'm always open to suggestions. But as you say I'll probably never find any material online - I've got a ream of "needle in haystack" albums on the go already.

Mr Jones · 15th July 2003, 11:20

You can find some stuff, but not much,barely any recent stuff and never full albums in one go. I've been trying to find the last couple of albums for some time, it's just not popular enuff

I search for Beyonce for the gf I get 20 million results
I search for Foetus I get about 5

Cylob · 15th July 2003, 12:12

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Jones
I search for Beyonce for the gf I get 20 million results
I search for Foetus I get about 5

I know that feeling. I get my no.1 son to download the wife's music, it's less painful that way. I also have to keep her MP3's in a seperate folder - imagine the horror if I clicked on a Ronan Keating track by mistake.

ujay · 16th July 2003, 01:54

Quote:

Originally posted by Cylob
Cheers for that, I'm always open to suggestions. But as you say I'll probably never find any material online - I've got a ream of "needle in haystack" albums on the go already.

You'll find a selection of his music here

Shame more artists aren't as free with the samples.

UJ

MetallichicA · 16th July 2003, 02:32

Do song names count? If so, Type O Negative has a song called:
The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa

Type O r0x0rs mah b0x0rs.

Mattress · 16th July 2003, 05:25

This isn't an album or band name but there's a song by The Orb called, A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld

ShyShy · 16th July 2003, 05:27

umm, mattress, that one actually scares me.

Cylob · 16th July 2003, 06:19

Yeah thanks UJ. I've given Steroid Maximus some airtime this morning (whilst pumping iron), got the 'weird' look from the wife. I haven't heard harpsichords in a while.

Mattress · 16th July 2003, 12:06

Quote:

Originally posted by ShyShy
umm, mattress, that one actually scares me.

Haha, sorry Shy

ryan · 16th July 2003, 13:50

Linkin Park - Meteora. They named their album after a town (it is a town in Europe right?).

Cylob · 16th July 2003, 15:42

Labradford - Mi Media Naranja. Song titles:

S
G
WR
C
I
V
P

Each one of these tracks is a 10 minute epic. I'm not sure if "WR" is twice as long (if there's any logic it should be).

Bilbo Baggins · 18th July 2003, 22:11

Ozric Tentacles. Named after a psycedelic breakfast cereal.

Superb band to boot.

pukkaboy · 18th July 2003, 22:58

Arm of Roger - The ham and it's lily

dlinkwit27 · 19th July 2003, 01:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Cylob
Yeah thanks UJ. I've given Steroid Maximus some airtime this morning (whilst pumping iron),

anyone else here fnid the fact that the above came from a guy with a powerpuff girls avatar humerous?

zamuz · 19th July 2003, 03:48

tha mexakinz, a mexican rap group. i think 'mexakinz' is pronounced the same as 'mexikanz', i'm probably wrong... but english is not my thing you know

Cylob · 19th July 2003, 07:33

dlinkwit, I'm young at heart (and proud of it). At 32 I still play Space Invaders and still watch the Cartoon Network. It'll be no change at 102 either.

Band Name:
New Fast Automatic Daffodils. My mum once walked into my room and asked what I was listening to. I told her, she left quickly!

fwgx · 19th July 2003, 13:38

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

ujay · 19th July 2003, 15:13

One of Genesis P orridge's early bands was called 'Throbbing Gristle'

UJ

Merlin · 19th July 2003, 15:40

Anyone who's played a session for John Peel.

Peel's great, the music is great.

House music is great for 'creative' names; Q Burns Abstract Message, Fish Go Deep, etc.

zootm · 19th July 2003, 18:59

mad capsule markets album titles:
4 plugs (wha?)
systematic (not too bad)
digidogheadlock (eh?)
osc-dis (short for oscillator in distortion... but i don't think that makes much sense in itself)
010

now, the inlay cards have fantastic engrish sci-fi background plots to the albums. an excerpt from the album "010"'s inlay:

Quote:

On May 23rd, it was scattered all over the world. "CHAOS STEP" soonly brainwashed the civilians successfully. Since MAD COM took it as a serious invasion, they sneaked into J.H.C's base to regain the stolen "CHAOS STEP". Although MAD COM was captured in the stronghold within a radius of 2m, 2-step walking robot named "White Destroyder (code name - 010)", which was created secretly by Prof. POSITRON and Mr. Haunted, saved Dr. OCA and recover "CHAOS STEP", and after all chop up the J.H.C's base.

YtseJam · 19th July 2003, 19:18

Spock's Beard.

14th July 2003, 10:15	#1
Cylob Forum Music King (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Future Posts: 7,175	Interesting/strange album titles or band names There are some bands who consistently give their albums strange names, examples: POLE 1 (1998) 2 (1999) 3 (2000) R (2001) Pole (2003) I find the above very odd - to start with a numbered series and then release a self-titled album. What will the next release be called?? And the opposite of the above: STEREOLAB Transient-Random Noise Bursts With Announcements (1993) The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" (1993) Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center (1995) Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999) Soon to break into an 11 word title. I put money on it. Secret Snacker & Accomplished Pen Thief At:

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Pixelcraft Wildly Confused (Major Dude) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,204	Michael Jackson. Strangest musician alive. "It's like saying give a man a Les Paul guitar and he becomes Eric Clapton, and of course that's not true, give a man an amplifier and a synthesizer and he doesn't become...whoever; he doesn't become us." - Roger Waters

15th July 2003, 10:47	#5
Cylob Forum Music King (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Future Posts: 7,175	Jones - Jim Thirwell. What about his lyrics, anything odd about them? It would be interesting to have songs composed entirely of 4 letter words. A bit of a challenge. Secret Snacker & Accomplished Pen Thief At:

15th July 2003, 11:17	#7
Cylob Forum Music King (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Future Posts: 7,175	Cheers for that, I'm always open to suggestions. But as you say I'll probably never find any material online - I've got a ream of "needle in haystack" albums on the go already. Secret Snacker & Accomplished Pen Thief At:

16th July 2003, 02:32	#11
MetallichicA Forum Queen Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 2,425	Do song names count? If so, Type O Negative has a song called: The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa Type O r0x0rs mah b0x0rs. :: baby :: last.fm :: web ::

15th July 2003, 07:00	#3
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,020	Jim Thirlwell usualy releases his albums as four letter words, often monosybalic,usualy with double meanings and more often than not they can be re-aranged into other 4 letter words....... Deaf Ache Hole Wash / Slog Nail Slut Thaw Rife Sink Gash Null Void Boil York Flow Blow

15th July 2003, 08:04	#4
Mr_007 Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,838	Metallica Modern Talking

15th July 2003, 11:20	#8
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,020	You can find some stuff, but not much,barely any recent stuff and never full albums in one go. I've been trying to find the last couple of albums for some time, it's just not popular enuff I search for Beyonce for the gf I get 20 million results I search for Foetus I get about 5

16th July 2003, 05:25	#12
Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	This isn't an album or band name but there's a song by The Orb called, A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

16th July 2003, 05:27	#13
ShyShy Amazon Bush Woman Forum Queen Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Sticks, Queensland Posts: 8,018	umm, mattress, that one actually scares me.

16th July 2003, 06:19	#14
Cylob Forum Music King (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Future Posts: 7,175	Yeah thanks UJ. I've given Steroid Maximus some airtime this morning (whilst pumping iron), got the 'weird' look from the wife. I haven't heard harpsichords in a while. Secret Snacker & Accomplished Pen Thief At:

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ryan not fucked, not quite. (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tn Posts: 8,755	Linkin Park - Meteora. They named their album after a town (it is a town in Europe right?).

16th July 2003, 15:42	#17
Cylob Forum Music King (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Future Posts: 7,175	Labradford - Mi Media Naranja. Song titles: S G WR C I V P Each one of these tracks is a 10 minute epic. I'm not sure if "WR" is twice as long (if there's any logic it should be). Secret Snacker & Accomplished Pen Thief At:

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Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,231	Ozric Tentacles. Named after a psycedelic breakfast cereal. Superb band to boot.

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zamuz Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: santiago, chile Posts: 152	tha mexakinz, a mexican rap group. i think 'mexakinz' is pronounced the same as 'mexikanz', i'm probably wrong... but english is not my thing you know

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Cylob Forum Music King (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Future Posts: 7,175	dlinkwit, I'm young at heart (and proud of it). At 32 I still play Space Invaders and still watch the Cartoon Network. It'll be no change at 102 either. Band Name: New Fast Automatic Daffodils. My mum once walked into my room and asked what I was listening to. I told her, she left quickly! Secret Snacker & Accomplished Pen Thief At:

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ujay Forum King Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London Posts: 5,989	One of Genesis P orridge's early bands was called 'Throbbing Gristle' UJ

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