What Were They Thinking?

[dmegametal#1]

i wonder what they were thinking when they come up with band names???

example:the Meat shits,Goatwhore,Anal cunt,Bloodcum

[metmum]

They weren't thinking

[King_Nothing]

Ive always never took bands with names like that too seriously....and how can you?

"ANAL CUNT LIVE @ WEMBLEY!!"

I dont think so

[Doin]

It's just about shock value. Nothing more. That's how these bands have managed to stay around or be remembered.

Some other lovely names include Melbourne bands 'Corpse Molestation' and 'Vaginal Carnage'.
There's even a European band somewhere called Goat Semen.
Really...grow up!

The question is, how do you tell your parents you play in a band with purile names? It would be like telling them you worked in adult film.

[Doin]

While on the topic of silly bands, I found this review that I had salvaged from Melbourne's weekly music newspaper, Beat.

Arsebreed's 'Munching The Rotten' got album of the week and this is one of the funniest and well-written reviews I have read.

I transferred it from a PDF file so I apologise for any typos.

Enjoy....

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ARSEBREED

MunchingThe Rotten

(Neurotic Records)

Poetic,enigmatic and brave,Munching The Rotten by Dutch
brutal-death-metallers Arsebreed stands alongside the
work of Arendt, Sartre and Delillo as a masterclass in
expressing - with profound beauty-every minutia which
collectively creates and defines the human condition.
Rising from the black ashes of defunct parentband Bloodcum
-a group committed to representing the symbiosis between
the fluids of life -Arsebreed tackle with unerring courage
the musical territory Bloodcum famously feared to tread.

The story begins With Fistfit Stretched Third Eye,a purposely
puzzling title. The listener is immediately forced to immerse
themselves into a deep, introspective trance,amidst the
soothing ambience of quadruple pedal kickdrums. What
doesthis title mean? lt is clearly the key to unlocking the
meta-narrative here. The 'thirdeye',it would seem,
on display represents the life force that unconsciously observes the
surrounding environment from the moment of conception.
This third eye guides us -without us ever being aware -on
our life journey. The fact that this third eye is itself ,'fistfit
stretched' is likely a reference to the violent tendencies of
the human-Arsebreed are telling us this is something we
are forced to overcome from the moment of creation.

From conception we move on to birth, with the band's
polemic against misogyny, Vaginal Butchery. Arsebreed
implores the male listener to empathise with the female
during labour.Only by expressing her pain in such distinctly
brutal (dare I say,'male') terms can the male truly reach a
full level of empathy. Working titles for this track -'NaNa
Hurties' and 'Ouchie Ouchie Down lhere' -were deemed too
offensive due to their patronising nature. 'Bloody Posttraumatic
Ejaculation' immediately follows, and clearly- represents the
afterbirth. This acts to reinforceforce the male the sheer
trauma endured by the female in order to create new life.
'Impregnated While Giving Birth' takes us back to the enigma
posed by the opening track. The question is;who is being
impregnated? Mother, father or child? And with what?
| believe Arsebreed would like this to remain an enigma, a
topic for intense discussion. My guess and and a guessit is -is that
this is a reference to an inverted
kind of immaculate Conception.

So ends the first movement. From here,the focus shifs
toward the brave autobiographical narrative of co-vocalist
Robbie K. There is a stunning irony on display here,
only through painfully expounding upon one's,own subjective life
experience can the truth of the human condition be fully realised.
Ripping Chainsaw Orgasm poetically describes a young Robbie's first sexual
experience, acting as a warning for all against the dangers
of involving heavy machinery with mastutbation. The title
track,'Munching The Rotten',is more oblique in its intention,
although if we delve into the sea of subtext, we find that
this is a protest songa gainst the importance placed on
consumption within the post-industrial landscape.

Robbie is at his most courageous, however during the
profoundly moving three song 'Arse suite'. The suite begins
with 'Stabbed In The Arse-only a man of true bravery and
conviction can so graphically recount the night he lost his
innocence at the hands of an umbrella-wielding madman
in the darkness of Amsterdam's Zeediik. 'Rectal Vomit' and
'Anal Cum' outline the effects of the injuries received, with
typical,heart-wrenching beauty. The Arse suite is, of course,
representative of the pain encountered by the human whilst
simply trying to live,and borrows carefully from Sartre's
'Nausea.'

The album is let down to an extent by penultimate track
'Vomit Heaps Of Flesh'.I believe the band here were being silly
for the sake of being silly.

The life cycle comes to a dramatic conclusion with 'Chopped
ln Excrements', the closest Arsebreed come to traversing the
juncture between the conscious and post-conscious. Are
we merely reduced to excrement when we die, the excrement
of the earth, or is there more?
By studying the human condition via the process of
highlighting the individual subjectivities held therein,
'Munching The Rotten' proves beyond all doubt that any idiot
can read anything into anything if they try hard enough.

DANIEL ZUGNA

[Toxic Avenger]

My favorite stupid band name is Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis.
I had to look that one up though. They're from Mexico. Here's the (unfortunately, German only...if "unfortunately" is the right word) Wikipedia-Entry to prove I'm not making this up: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccid ... rcomucosis

As to the topic at hand: like it's been said, it's about the shock value and to have something clearly distinguishable from other groups. Even though that has become somewhat of a trend in itself, so you can't really tell many of these bands from the other. Especially in any Gore- or Porngrind-related names.

Here's a really funny list of crazy names, in case it's unknown to at least some of you. Really a good laugh:

http://brainwashed.com/bandnames/

[fey-metallica]

I've filmed Arsebreed twice to be honest. Although most of the reviewers may only expect serious lyrics, this band is doing what they like to do. On stage it is all fun and energetic. Who caress about the name, if Anal Cunt changed their name to Metalmaniacs would one give then them a listen even when they play the same music? They were thinking let's have some fun!

For those who are interested in their exclusive pop music visit Arsebreeds myspace

[Doin]

The Arsebreed review was written as a joke, taking an academic look at something which is intended to be silly.

No one really takes these bands seriously.

[Judge B]

No one really takes these bands seriously.

Anal Cunt is awesome. I always take them seriously.

[BMR]

I've seen Anal Cunt live on stage on january this year. It was good show, even though Seth is not fully "functional" after his coma. But all classics were still played, hehe!