What are the minor or petty reasons you have a blanket ban on listening to someone?
They could write the greatest song in the world but there’s absolutely zero chance that me, as a 30 year old, will ever listen to a song by a band called The Front Bottoms
The minor reason is almost always because of the name of the band.
Major ones is if they’re arseholes like Ryan Adams, Morrissey etc.
One stupid reason I don’t listen to Biffy Clyro is because in 2001 I was expecting and looking forward to The Murder City Devils play one of the smaller stages at Reading. Turned out they’d split up a few days earlier (I think) and instead Biffy Clyro turned up. I was big time pissed off and as a result have put them on my “don’t listen” list. My issue, I know.
Can just about tolerate shit names but the shit name plays on existing musicians/celebrities (elvis depressedly, com truise, joy orbison, Joanna gruesome) are never being listened to
Very loathed to start listening to people with a massive discography, especially if they’re still releasing stuff all the time. Don’t want to invest and have to work through it all
That was 6 months ago and I’m over it now though as this is an absolute tune, seems like they’re even bigger fans of Do You Remember The First Time than me
I can understand why they do it though, so they are easier to find in internet searches. But then you could say choose a more distinctive name in the first place
100% agree. Could maybe forgive a pun on a band name, but bad pun on a person’s name is unforgivable - Joanna Gruesome the worst, as its a pun on a not particularly famous in the first place person…