Guitar magazine calls "The Beatles" the dumbest band name ever

[ironflange]

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/stories/beatles20040224

Well, I've heard of the Beatles, never heard of Guitar One.

[bif]

1. Yeah, it really hurt their record sales over the years.

What a stupid comment.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Way to go - say something asinine - get some publicity

for your magazine. :boring:

[Richardo]

6. It's the PETA model!

...for free publicity. Knew it had a familiar feel to it... :think:

[BurtWorm]

3. It is kind of a dumb name though.

It was originally even dumber: The Silver Beatles. We don't think about how dumb it is because it's iconic.

[Richardo]

4. They never heard of Moby Grape?

or the Strawberry Alarm Clock?

[Fenris]

8. Or the Chocolate Watch Band? Or Truman Coyote?

[ET Awful]

18. Don't forget the Strawberry Alarm Clock, Badfinger, Electric Flag. . .

Shall I continue?

[bif]

9. Or Jesus Christ Supercar?

There are plenty of dumb and dumber names out there.

[Fenris]

11. lol. Actually that's a great name.

:)

[bif]

20. It's a real group

Actually it's called Jesus Christ Supercar Choir. and there's a band called Jesus Christ Superfly! Check out http://www.allmusic.com

[Loonman]

5. Until Canada

Officially and in full, apologizes for Celine Dion and Bryan Adams, I'm not interested in their opinions on music.

D'oh!

[BurtWorm]

7. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and the Band don't make up for them?

:shrug:

[PVnRT]

15. No - have you forgotten Loverboy?

Loverboy is a cause for invasion, frankly. Nothing can excuse that crime against humanity.

[BurtWorm]

16. Bare Naked Ladies are pretty egregious too, now that you mention it.

And talk about dumb names for bands!

[Bake]

10. I liked the band name in Wayne's World

The Shitty Beetles -- were they really shitty or was it just a clever name?

Bake

[wysimdnwyg]

12. OK, think what you will about the name...

but "The Beatles" is far from the dumbest band name ever. To confirm this, I give you "Hoobastank".

And for the record, I like both bands.

[CanuckAmok]

14. "Psychofunkapus" is less stupid somehow? Who publishes this rag, anyway?!

The Screaming Trees
Was Not Was
Yeah Yeah Noh
The Archies


Those are all far worse.

[tridim]

13. Limp Bizkit is apparently not as dumb a band name

as the Beatles. Yea, whatever.. How about Creed, Stain'd, Stryper or any of the other stupid corporate rock band names of the past? There are literally thousands of names worse than the Beatles. My guess is that this rag also thinks 80's heavy metal is the holy grail of music.

[PVnRT]

17. With the exception of that pick

it's actually a pretty good list. Take off The Beatles, move everyone else up one, and it's perfect.

[Norbert]

19. I don't think either of the surviving Beatles are really worried.

BTW. What is Guitar Magazine?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. And Coca-Cola is the dumbest product name ever.

I heard that one too.

[stopbush]

22. Two words: Butthole Surfers n/t

[kodi]

23. "beatles," from "beat," abrev. of social phenomena "beat movement"

To Kerouac, "Beat," a shorthand term for `"beatitude" and the idea that the downtrodden are saintly -- was not about politics but about spirituality and art. -Douglas Brinkley

The Beat Generation attempted to communicate the thoughts, ideas and adventures of their normal lives.

so did the Beatles.

folks dont seem to understand that the Beatles were formed long before the advent of hippies and that the primary existing social and literary counter-culture movement at the time were the Beats.

[Tummler]

24. Ironically...

"The Shitty Beatles" is the best band name ever!