What's up with all these newer bands with names like Young the Giant, Foster the People, Cage the Elephant, The Naked and the Famous, Florence and the Machines, Marina and the Diamonds, Two Door Cinema Club, TV on the Radio, etc.,??? I hadn't listened to my local alt-rock station in ages, and then I'm hit with this shoe-gazing music whose albums all look like artsy-fartsy meaningless elementary scribbles. I know I'm out of touch with today's radio, but these band names are worse than some of the metal cliched ones when put together as a genre, not to mention the crappy music the new generation is growing up with, imo.

Just wanted to get that off my chest.

I agree. And how about "Architecture in Helsinki".

All those names remind me of "Toad The Wet Sprocket".

its better than the crap that i hear on my radio

A couple of those names sound appropriate for doo-wop groups, which would be cool if they actually were doo-wop groups. Most of them sound like soulless acoustic/electronic doodle music to my ears with no personality.

Totally agree

I see band names like "Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire" or "Fear Before the March of Flames" or whatever and the first thing I think is "How the hell do they expect to fit all of that on a concert T-shirt?"

in all seriousness, with all the bands that are, or were, i'd say it's pretty tough to find a unique name these days that is relevant to the music you play. i'm not sure if i could come up with much better given the circumstances.

these days thanks to protools & the like, everyone has a band. and thanks to the internet, everyone has heard of them.

I actually like the band TV on the Radio, but most of those other bands you mentioned suck!

Cage the Elephant, hate their name, hate their music and I am a loss while they are so popular.

As far as band names go, sadly doubt I could come up with anything then Cage the Elephant, Foster the People and whatever name those crap bands have come up with already.

everyone is trying to be more 'creative' than the others.

In todays world, I am surprised that there are not more bands with just symbols as their name ala Prince (artist formally known as).

I ascribe to the idea that if you're going to have a long band name it should be translated into a short acronym that then becomes what you're really known by. Punk/hardcore bands were always the best at doing this - like TSOL or DRI.

I hate modern rock

I think it's just a sign of our age (for the 35+ demographic). Sure, it sounds goofy to us, but the younger generation seems to like the long-drawn out names. Lack of originality? Maybe. Not as original as a hearing-imparied jungle cat I suppose.

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I generally find if it's more than 3 words, the name annoys me.

Yea, I think I pretty much fall in that category too.

SHOEGAZE band names has got to be one of the weirdest