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Old 10.25.2006, 12:31 AM   #41
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Old 10.25.2006, 12:43 AM   #42
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Dead Kennedys, I think that's probably my very favorite band name.
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Old 10.25.2006, 07:52 AM   #43
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maher shalal hash baz.

check mate.

I saw them play last year, it was amazing.

What does the name translate to? Any other reason why you love this band name?
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Old 10.25.2006, 07:56 AM   #44
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Anal Cunt & Rage Against the Vending Machine are the only names that spring immediately to mind.

Pavement is a fucking awful, obsequious twat of a name, and that's regardless of whether I've spelt obsequious right.

Was that not Rage Against the Coffee Machine?
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Old 10.25.2006, 07:56 AM   #45
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I saw them play last year, it was amazing.

What does the name translate to? Any other reason why you love this band name?
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Old 10.25.2006, 08:02 AM   #46
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Old 10.25.2006, 08:48 AM   #47
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Was that not Rage Against the Coffee Machine?

I'm not entirely sure y'know. I remember reading it and laughing, and in my head rage against the vending machine was the name.
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Old 10.25.2006, 08:54 AM   #48
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Yeah i remember reading about on the 'Office Ambience' section of The Wire and it is Rage Against the Coffee Machine.The name is great but i downloaded a few tracks by them and they were poo.
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Old 10.25.2006, 10:24 AM   #49
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I saw them play last year, it was amazing.

What does the name translate to? Any other reason why you love this band name?
its hebrew, the literal meaning is- Fast, Plunder feel, spoil. but i looked it up and its from the book of isiah meaning " " "Hurrying to the spoil, he has made haste to the plunder."
they sound cool tho...
velvet underground is a great name.
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Old 10.25.2006, 10:34 AM   #50
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Old 10.25.2006, 10:43 AM   #51
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I saw them play last year, it was amazing.

What does the name translate to? Any other reason why you love this band name?

fugazifan there has the translation right. i saw an interview with tori kudo (whose band maher shalal hash baz is) where he explained that he picked the phrase randomly from a bible. 'plunder speedeth - spoil hasteth' sounded very punk rock to him, apparently.

personally i think 'maher shalal hash baz' just has a nice ring to it. it's fun to say too.

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Old 10.25.2006, 11:36 AM   #52
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Old 10.25.2006, 11:40 AM   #53
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Old 10.25.2006, 12:31 PM   #54
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a few that haven't been named yet i think

Pig Destroyer
The Raincoats
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check out Brainwashed's canonical guide to weird band names:
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Old 10.25.2006, 05:23 PM   #55
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Here's one of my favorites:
Butt Auger

I always thought the Beatles was a pretty good fucking band name too.
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Old 10.26.2006, 09:50 AM   #56
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Old 10.28.2006, 12:51 PM   #57
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Old 10.28.2006, 02:57 PM   #58
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