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So Boris Yeltsin is dead (this is merely a technicality, as Yeltsin was officially declared "pickled" in 1998). This can only be bad news for Springfield, Missouri indie-pop band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, who will now have to spend the rest of the week opening their live shows with a little "weird, huh?" monologue, as well as fielding calls from confused CNN reporters. It just goes to show that you should never, ever name your band after an actual public figure, because once that person dies, you're going to have forever defensively explain your band's entire history (which, frankly, nobody wants to hear in the first place). And so we ask the following bands to take today's lesson to heart, and quickly change their name before it's too late:
Gena Rowlands Band
Mr. T Experience
Kathleen Turner Overdrive
The Real Tuesday Weld
Emmet Otter's Jug Band
Former Russian leader Yeltsin dead [CNN.com]
Comments
So much for calling my next band The Mike Wallace, after that cyber-tonguelashing from the editors.
what? no love for the Dead Schembechlers?
Or you can be the Dead Kennedys and your name will be relevant every 8 years or so.
What, no Patty Hurst Shifter? Such a great band name...
http://www.pattyhurstshifter.com/
Based on the demographics of their fan base and the onset of Alzheimer's, imagine the explaining and ticket refunds these guys must have to go through every night:
http://www.glennmillerorchestra.com/
Those are all awful band names.
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin can easily keep their name without shame. Now the band name will be a permanent R.I.P.
It's still the worst band name ever.
Nah, Van Gogh's Daughter is still the worst. Never mind.
I think Sorry About Dresden have (or had) the worst band name ever. How would we like it if a band from a predominantly Muslim nation called themselves Sorry About the World Trade Center?
Well, I am the World Trade Center did indeed find themselves in an awkward situation a few years ago...
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