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On the downside, they more or less began the slow/fast rock/rap trend that's currently being beaten to death by about half the semi-metal bands in existence. This costs them a point, though it's no more their fault than Britney is the fault of Debbie Gibson. They definitely score with a clever band name, but it's rather misrepresentative. You'd expect religious themes from the name, possibly even a satanic death metal type group, when that's very far from accurate.
The name is taken from some classic B-movie, which is sort of cool, but largely irrelevant. It gives you no idea of what type of music they'll be playing, though it's slightly naughty and playful, which is pretty accurate.
He gets bonus points for having so much of his stuff available online, including remixes galore, full videos you can DL in Quicktime, interviews, and much more. He gets another bonus point for having some of the best "driving with the top (or windows) down" music ever recorded. Any of his up-tempo stuff you can crank while on the freeway, and just about have an orgasm. Or at least an accident, when you start lurching back and forth in your seat and trying to dance while holding the steering wheel. As for the name, it's meaningless, and gives the uninformed no hint at all of the type of music. However since I can't think of any name that would do that trick, it's hard to be too harsh in the scoring. It certainly beats "Normon Cook", the artists real name. "Fat Boy Slim" hints at some unique and unusual sounds, which is certainly appropriate.
The name conjures up images of nothing in particular, but is somehow appropriate for their sound, or at least for their genre. Nevertheless, it's basically "random noun", but at least it's not "The random plural noun", which is a more popular band naming technique. "The Filters" would be much worse, so they get a bonus point there.
The name is cute and goofy, which is somewhat appropriate for their sound. At the same time it always sounds and looks like "Food Fighters", which doesn't really go with anything else. That costs them a point. They don't get a very high score to begin with since they don't fight, they don't do anything with enough passion to make anyone want to fight, and "foo" is baby talk.
The name is short for
"The Refugees" which means something to them, but it's not a
meaning many other people's mental dictionaries share, even if they could guess it from the
abbreviated title. It's also usually pronounced "foo-gees" when
spoken, when it should be "few-gees", given what it's short for.
That costs them a point, and they lose another one for thinking anyone gave a
shit about their semi-protest message or lyrics, when they could have been
singing about circus clowns, as long as they had the same catchy beats and vocal
sounds.
Nelly
Furtado
As for the name, it's weak, as
most eponymous artists are. She does get a bonus point for having the same
first name as a male rapper, which just makes his name sound sillier. Her
name also sounds like a maneuver the East German female gymnast just fell off
the balance beam attempting
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