Minor reasons you refuse to listen to a band/artist

Music
42

Do you want to start it or shall I? I won’t be able to start it until Monday.

43

let’s see how tonight goes!

44

Very reluctant to listen to bands if they

  • have a name I don’t know how to pronounce;
  • have a deliberately offensive/excessively sweary name;

Basically if I wouldn’t want to ask for it out loud in a record shop I don’t want to listen to it.

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45

Once upon a time I asked for Skunk Anansi’s debut album for my birthday. Skunk Anansi’s debut album was not forthcoming because my mum decided she didn’t want to make a tit of herself trying to pronounce their name in the shop.

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46

Not going to listen to a band if seeing a truly awful album cover is the first way I come across them.

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47

They say you should never judge a book by its cover; I say life’s too short for shitty aesthetics.

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48

Im not interested in listening to that album by uk rapper Dave regardless of how good it is and how many people say I should.

49

I’ve relaxed this stance a bit with some older bands, but if a new band takes a random condescending shot at my favorite band or Pearl Jam, they can fuck right off.

50

Called something like girl band or wives or w/e and it’s all dudes. FO lads.

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51

incredible band tbf

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52

Don’t care about sweary but I don’t like gross names. Mrs Piss? No thank you

53

I’ve no problem with swearing in everyday life, but it just seems so try hard when it’s a band name. Like you though I have more of a problem with gross names. I just can’t get myself into a frame of mind where I want to listen to a band called Pissed Jeans, however good everyone says they are.

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54

I went a step further and bought a Pissed Jeans hoody which I regret immenselt

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55

I had the tshirt where their name was barely legible and it was great.

56

I bought a great Holy Fuck t-shirt about 10 years ago featuring a cat wearing a bandana and cowboy hat, but then realised I was embarrassed wearing a sweary t-shirt out and about in view of children and pensioners.

I bought one more recently where the letters are all spaced out which is a bit less obvious. Their recent artwork always looks like it’s trying to play down the sweary name by spacing out the letters or jumbling them up.

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57

4 absolutely amazing albums. I bet you’re glad you changed your mind and gave them a go?

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58

Its a really great album tbf. Revisited it recently for the first time in ages. Still hits

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59

I wonder if their merch ever included any, erm, ‘on brand’ jeans. Actually, no. No I don’t.

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60

if there is any hint (explicit or implicit) of a band being here to give the music industry a good kick up the arse, i ain’t listening

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61

Or if they supposedly sound like another band, but on acid.

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