I hate Noun Verb Noun bands.

Personally, I'm sick of "The (blank)s". I know that simplicity is often better, but I also seriously believe that all the good plurals have already been taken. What remains are the dregs that musicians from two decades ago knew better than to use.

The White Stripes
The Killers
The Hives
The Eels
The Vines
The Strokes
The Corrs
The All-American Rejects
The Trews

In fact, the only "THE" band name that's still available and decent is "The Collective Nouns". I'd enjoy a group who had the self-effacing sense of humor to choose that one.

Also, I am not liking this trend of "weirdo" names, ones that are obviously some contextual reference to something but make absolutely no sense to anyone not present when the band was formed.

My Morning Jacket
Death Cab for Cutie
Kill Hannah
My Chemical Romance
Panic! At the Disco


I wish they'd go back to having names that don't strive to be so allegorical.

(And New Pornographers are a quality band despite their "THE NOUN" styled name.)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Fallout Boy is a reference to The Simpsons. There's really no true contextual meaning to their name, so the rumor goes. They hadn't chosen a permanent name and asked a crowd at a small show for suggestions. Someone yelled out "Fallout Boy!" and the rest is what you see and hear today.

I don't know if this is 100% accurate though. Just a rumor I read in a publication I don't specifically recall.

There's nowhere I can't reach.