Short Band Names
von Armin (
@islayblog)
I’ve covered the long band names back in 2005 under Bands mit sehr langen Namen. Can’t do that again then. So this time I’m going for the short band names. I suspect there will be some shorter ones (e.g. bands with just a letter as the band name), but I’m only including bands I’ve actually heard of before and have at least a vague idea of their music.
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5. Yes
Apparently Yes play ‘progressive rock’. Can’t claim I’ve ever really listened to them, but their logo(s) I kind of know for some reason. And according to Wikipedia their name was chosen to be short, direct, and memorable. Good enough for this list.
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4. ABC
A band I vaguely remember from my youth. ABC had a few hits back in the 80s. Some New Wave and New Romantics stuff. ‘The Look of Love’ and ‘When Smokey Sings’ were two of their hits, in case you can’t remember them.
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3. Can
Can is the name they’re known for, even though it apparently stands for ‘Communism-Anarchism-Nihilism’ which would make it rather too long for this list. But then listing them allows me to use the word ‘Krautrock’, which is good.
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2. Ash
Short name, loud and great songs, that’s Ash. Just think Burn Baby Burn, Starcrossed and most importantly Sometimes. Even when they play a cover they have taste and play the best song ever (according to John Peel).
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1. U2
That’s the shortest one I can think of, at least in the written form. They even have one of the few two character domains for their website, U2.com. No comments about the music, apart that obviously the old stuff is better. Obviously.
Some bands could have made the list, if it hadn’t been for the details. The Who would have made my list without the The. But the The added three letters to the name, making it six letters long (and that’s ignoring the space). Similar with R.E.M., where the dots add three ‘characters’. And for Oasis, well, that’s 5 letters. Far too long for this list. Sorry.
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Sven E. am 27.01.2008 #1
a-ha scheitern knapp am Bindestrich.
Armin (Autor) am 27.01.2008 #2
Stimmt, sonst haetten sie’s vielleicht sogar auf die Liste geschafft. Fuer ein paar Minuten hatte ich sie sogar in der allerersten Auswahl, aber 4 Buchstaben sind einfach zu viele.
Orlando am 27.01.2008 #3
Schafft es »TAFKAP« mit der temporären Länge null an die Spitze der Liste?
Meine Repertoire liefert ferner D12, EMM, GZA, Nas und RZA.
Schuer (Team) am 27.01.2008 #4
Früher hätte ich glatt noch BAP auf die Liste gesetzt. Aber die Band ist gestorben, als der Major gegangen ist.
Schön übrigens, dass du Pur ausgelassen hast.
einbecker (Team) am 28.01.2008 #5
Air. Und !!!.
einbecker (Team) am 28.01.2008 #6
Und nicht zu vergessen: Die Poplyriker von A.
joerg am 31.01.2008 #7
Zahlen, bitte!
5 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2K (Boygroup)
4 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_(Band) (noch ne Boygroup)
3 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/213_(Band) (= Snoop, Nate Dogg + Warren G)
2 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G3_(Konzerte) (naja, keine richtige Band)
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3T (die Tic, Tric & Trac von Michael Jackson)
Armin (Autor) am 31.01.2008 #8
Was mit Zahlen ist schon in meinen Drafts. Kommt irgendwann die naechsten Tage…