Is there anything more frustrating than searching online for a new band you like, only for them to have a name that makes them basically impossible to Google? It seems more and more acts are emerging with names that shun search engines. Seeing as ungoogleable band names are apparently in fashion, here's ten of the best...
1. Real Estate
We want to listen to some indie rock (above), not put a mortgage down on a little two bedroom flat in the suburbs. Which is what comes up first.
Find them: Realestateband.blogspot.com
2. Teengirl Fantasy
Err, you might want to check you have the Safe Search feature turned on before searching for this lot.
Find them: Facebook.com/teengirlfantasy
3. The Internet
The Odd Future duo might as well have called themselves Facebook.
Find them: Theinternettheband.com
4. Joker
The Bristol dubstep producer decided to name himself after one of the most enduring characters in modern pop culture, which means you have to wade through Heath Ledger fansites to find him.
Find them: 4ad.com/artists/joker
5. !!!
Search engines like Google won't let you search with just !s, which is why they probably the only band better known by the phonetic spelling of their name.
Find them: Chkchkchk.net
6. ∆
These Leeds newcomers are named after the symbol you get when you press alt and the letter J on a computer keyboard. At least Prince waited half his career to become a symbol.
Find them: Altjband.com
7. Baths
Tourist offices, cities, actuals baths: yes. Bands: no.
Find them: Bathsmusic.com
8. About
What's that name all about eh?
Find them: Aboutband.net
9. Stars
Not the type Patrick Moore likes - although if these Canadians started using xylophone, the monocled one might take to them.
Find them: Youarestars.com
10. EMA
She might be the next PJ Harvey but she's not ever going to bigger than the East Midlands Airport now is she?
Find them: Cameouttanowhere.com
Al Horner @Al_Horner
11:20 AM | 30/01/2012
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Can't believe you didn't include James in this list.
Posted by David Brown at 11:49 AM | 30/01/2012 | Report Abuse
...and Friends, and most infamously in the past year or so, Cults.
Posted by Popservations at 3:38 PM | 30/01/2012 | Report Abuse
How about Marianas Trench? you google search them at first you get the deapest part of the sea. Although they are huge in Canada and popular in USA. Most of us over here have even heard their infectious music.
Posted by cherryoak at 9:04 PM | 03/02/2012 | Report Abuse
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