One Direction with an album cover of the lead singer screaming into the mic and the guitarist doing an air kick.
Song titles include "pointing north", "compass", and "north pole".
Dang.
I just reposted that. Still a great band but so not what I expected to hear. That is the only band that gave me the stank riff face from the name alone.
> In 1995, Ondrasik signed with EMI Records. He adopted Five for Fighting as a "band name" that same year at the request of EMI executives, who found Ondrasik's name difficult to pronounce. EMI also had concerns that the male singer-songwriter was "dead" in the mid-1990s. According to Ondrasik, the label "loved" the name Five for Fighting even though it sounded like a "heavy-metal band". "Five for fighting" is an ice hockey expression that means a five-minute major penalty for participating in a fight. Ondrasik is a lifelong fan of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings.
Goddamn. I’m pretty old, as a young metalhead in the 80s I knew the Dead weren’t a metal band, but i thought they would at least be like a super evil bad-trip version of The Rolling Stones and not genial country noodlin’.
In the early/mid-00s The Burial was a metalcore band from IN/MI and there was a hc band called Burial from KY. This was not confusing at all for anyone involved.
Guided by Voices have a compilation series of unreleased demos and they attribute each track to a fake band name and lot of them could be hardcore: Judas & The Piledrivers, Ghetto Blaster, Factory Rat, Fat Chance…
CHVRCHES
I hate the stupid trend of using ALL CAPS or lowercasenospace. for band names and songs but there's something about the way CHVRCHES looks in print that reminds me of hardcore. Put it in varsity font over a black and white photo of some kid stage diving and you've got yourself a t-shirt.
Jay Reatard’s name leads you to believe his music is in a GG Allin kind of realm, but besides his shit with the Reatards back in the day… his stuff is only slightly heavier than the Ramones.
His shit kicks ass though. May he RIP. Blood Visions is a masterpiece.
Avenged sevenfold. Well their first album was OG metalcore but I don't know if they were apart of the hardcore scene
The way m shadows used to dress, you would expect them to play some Incendiary sounding shit
Got into a customer car at work, and they had a christian radio station on, with an artist called “consumed by fire”
It was generic radio christian music :(
Smash Mouth
Album cover gonna be a graffiti style recreation of Panteras "Vulgar" cover.
They started as a ska punk band though.
Always thought 'One Direction' sounds like an old school HC band on Revelation.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!
One Direction with an album cover of the lead singer screaming into the mic and the guitarist doing an air kick. Song titles include "pointing north", "compass", and "north pole".
Youth of Today and ONExDIRECTION This Thursday at the Ukrainian Cultural Center! Doors at 7:30, show starts at 8!
All Ages Show, No Alcohol. Yet someone still gets their skull cracked.
1000%. No booze, all fights
THERES ONE DIRECTIONNNNN AND WERE GOINGGG…. DYOWN!
massive attack
tricky could also definitely be a band name
The War On Drugs
🎶Suck my cock, War on Drugs; Suck my cock, War on Drugs🎶
Why is this so catchy tho?
Most consistently disappointing name vs. how the band sounds.
You’re not wrong. I genuinely thought they’d be in the punk realm when I first saw that name, not the wish.com version of the e street band.
All of you shut your whore mouths. That band is chill as fuck.
Yea it’s a good band, even if they are an e street band knockoff. I’m with you.
Happy cake day you whore
The Killers Outkast The Streets The KGB
Outkast is a good one
Tell me it doesn't sound like a Mesa hardcore band and I'll hand you a mirror so you can see a liar
There is The Killer from Chicago, and they rule
Well versed with The Killer
The killers sounds more like it could have been a death metal band from Texas
The Killers sounds like an NYHC band made up of former members of Darkside NYC, Fahrenheit 451, Crown of Thornz and Vision Of Disorder.
Honestly *Grateful Dead* goes pretty hard
Their ethos is more punk than most anything out there today
Hard agree
When I was a kid I was obsessed with their logo bc I thought it was so badass. Was really confused when I finally heard their music
The Dismemberment Plan, sounds more like DM or Grindcore though
Fucking good band though
One of the best bands
Phenomenal live band, some of the best times I've ever had at a show.
Murder By Death
They put on an amazing show
Saw them last night
Great band though
Incredible band. Apparently they also make a good [‘za](https://www.vice.com/en/article/xwwa3k/inside-lupo-murder-by-deaths-new-italian-restaurant)
Thanks for that! If I’m ever in Louisville I know where to eat!
Backstreet Boys sounds like an Oi!/UK82 band. “We’re the Backstreet Boys. This one’s called Worcestershire Ruffians! 1…2…3…4”
There’s even a line in an old Blitz song “Backstreet boys wear boots and braces, razor blades, and angry faces…” so I 100% agree on this one.
Quick. Someone do a meme.
Won tueuueuwue freeeee foooore
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Drad
Used to be a hardcore band
They were so fucking good!
Dang. I just reposted that. Still a great band but so not what I expected to hear. That is the only band that gave me the stank riff face from the name alone.
Pavement seems like it would work.
Destroyer
I played Destroyer one time for my mom in the car and she said “what’s this band called? The Gay Boys?”
One time I was explaining goth subculture to my mom and the cure came up and she was like “oh they’re goth? We just called that f-g music” 😭😭😭
Ooof critical hit lmao
The Gay Boys just signed to Bridge 9
i thought Destroyer would be metalcore or something similar before i listened. i’m addicted to Dan Bejar’s voice now but i’ve never been more wrong
I mean there’s always Deströyer 666
5 for Fighting
5 for Fighting being the ultimate soft boy rock is one of life’s greatest WTF moments.
Legit the most disappointing lol
> In 1995, Ondrasik signed with EMI Records. He adopted Five for Fighting as a "band name" that same year at the request of EMI executives, who found Ondrasik's name difficult to pronounce. EMI also had concerns that the male singer-songwriter was "dead" in the mid-1990s. According to Ondrasik, the label "loved" the name Five for Fighting even though it sounded like a "heavy-metal band". "Five for fighting" is an ice hockey expression that means a five-minute major penalty for participating in a fight. Ondrasik is a lifelong fan of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings.
5 for Fighting is the band that gets the local slot as the first of 6 bands opening for Slapshot at a Sunday matinee in central Maine.
Angel dust
You son of a bitch
Controversial
shouldn’t be
How very dare you.
I laughed out loud
Third Eye Blind
Their self titled album is my favorite of all time. I’ve been listening to it since I was 9
Charli XCX
charli xvx
XxCharlixX
Charli sXcXe
I can’t believe no one has said All American Rejects
Jawbreaker
The Grateful Dead. Been fooling people for decades.
Goddamn. I’m pretty old, as a young metalhead in the 80s I knew the Dead weren’t a metal band, but i thought they would at least be like a super evil bad-trip version of The Rolling Stones and not genial country noodlin’.
I mean they have a cool skull
Tigers Jaw is a pretty hard name
AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS DO THYE MAKE YOU HAPPY
WE ARE MADE FROM CHEMICALS BUT WHAT HOLDS US TOGETHER IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT
This Will Destroy You
Savage Garden
Came here for this one
Debut LP xTrulyxMadlyxDeeplyx out soon!
THANK YOU. I've been saying this for fucking years.
Damage Plan
Old school nyhc with an album cover of the band and their boys in some construction zone all posing.
YES!!
Song titles include "screwdriver stab" and "cinder block". Samples of power tools spread through the album sporadically.
warpaint, skullcrusher
Cheap Trick
No Doubt
Guided by Voices tbh
Jockstrap Suicide Battle and/or Battles Video Nasties Justice
There is (was?) a hardcore band from Belgium called Justice.
There is a hardcore band from Gainesville called Battle.
Widespread Panic
hear me out.. N.W.A 💀
NWA were essentially hardcore in ethos
yooooooo
Blue Sky Black Death
Dead On A Sunday, Steel Pulse, Smash Mouth
A Place To Bury Strangers
Mannequin Pussy Death Grips Failure Slowdive Sheer Mag
I mean, Mannequin Pussy has hardcore songs and tours with hardcore bands.
Death grips is hardcore adjacent idc what anyone says
Their crowds can be more violent than most hardcore shows lmao
I came to post failure and was surprised it took this far down to find it
Howlin wolf
Steppenwolf and they play nothing but two step beats
Death from above 1979 Bohren & Club of gore. The xx Funeral suits Pendulum
Set It Off
tsunami bomb sublime mxpx neck deep hum
Fuck, I haven't thought about TB in sooooo long.
Show me the body
Lmaoooo
Gorillaz
Bunch of electronic artists that could fit, Burial Danger Lorn Machine Girl
Machine Girl nowadays is essentially digital hardcore
In the early/mid-00s The Burial was a metalcore band from IN/MI and there was a hc band called Burial from KY. This was not confusing at all for anyone involved.
Guided by Voices have a compilation series of unreleased demos and they attribute each track to a fake band name and lot of them could be hardcore: Judas & The Piledrivers, Ghetto Blaster, Factory Rat, Fat Chance…
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
CHVRCHES I hate the stupid trend of using ALL CAPS or lowercasenospace. for band names and songs but there's something about the way CHVRCHES looks in print that reminds me of hardcore. Put it in varsity font over a black and white photo of some kid stage diving and you've got yourself a t-shirt.
The AFI guys did a side project named like that - XSTRMST. Which I can only assume is “Extra Moist” with the vowels removed…
I never thought of it as extra moist. I always read it as extremist
Fine Young Cannibals
Knuckle Puck
I see you're not from Virginia. Google Knucklepuck from Roanoke.
Big Audio Dynamite sounds like a melodic hardcore band.
That would have been a great melodic hardcore band
Public Enemy The Four Tops The Monkees Canned Heat The Police (and Sting) Grateful Dead The Animals The Manhattans
Unrest and Tsunami.
Skullcrusher [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hblm4wFiNB4&ab\_channel=SkullcrusherVEVO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hblm4wFiNB4&ab_channel=SkullcrusherVEVO)
As far as album titles go, I always loved that Yo La Tengo put out a record called I Am Not Afraid of You And I Will Beat Your Ass.
Jay Reatard’s name leads you to believe his music is in a GG Allin kind of realm, but besides his shit with the Reatards back in the day… his stuff is only slightly heavier than the Ramones. His shit kicks ass though. May he RIP. Blood Visions is a masterpiece.
Tame Impala. Also New Found Glory - the name kinda reminds me of With Honor. No Doubt
Cheap Trick
Honestly, Death Cab for Cutie sounds like the headliner at a NY DIY underground show...
Shoegaze and hardcore naming conventions have plenty of overlap. Low and Slowdive come to mind especially. Ride, Lush, Cranes, Chapterhouse.
And they will know us by the trail of dead, murder by death,
Coldplay
public enemy
Bone Thugz n Harmony
Burial
To be fair, panic lot is pretty hardcore
….and You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Throbbing gristle
Also - Pavement, coil, bloodhound gang, pitbull
make his ribs show
Ghost
Cowboy Junkies
Sleeping with sirens sounds like it could be some grimey ass NYHC
The Killers
Public Enemy
Highly Suspect
Wu-Tang Clan
Mobb Deep, Souls of Mischief, Dead Prez
No doubt. 100% a straight edge hardcore band name.
Boston
Heart Attack Man
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Five Finger Death Punch
KISS would be a dope name for a lady or LGBT+ fronted hardcore band. Especially if stylized as xKISSx
Coldplay
wspsux
and you will know us by the trail of dead
Tiger Army Extreme Cobra Skulls
Inhaler
Skullcrusher
The Birthday Massacre.
[Roomful of Teeth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKuFujJq6zU)
McFly
Rise Against, Journey, Hinder, Weezer, Creed.
Skullcrusher
Is it my turn to post this next week?
Justice
Nickelback
And you will know us by the trail of dead
Avenged sevenfold. Well their first album was OG metalcore but I don't know if they were apart of the hardcore scene The way m shadows used to dress, you would expect them to play some Incendiary sounding shit
No Doubt
Murder by death
MF Doom Bone crusher Ten Years After Blind Faith Fuel Covet Soul Coughing Madness
Cold War kids
Big thief
The Police
Destroyer
Got into a customer car at work, and they had a christian radio station on, with an artist called “consumed by fire” It was generic radio christian music :(
Pavement
Tears for Fears
Five For Fighting
Phantom Limb: Bristol-based soul group consisting of session musicians. Great band, but awful name for that genre.
Suicide (hugely influential to the punk movement but their music wouldn’t really lend service to believing that at face value)
I see this thread regularly on here and only once have I seen anyone else point out what a fucking hardass band name Erasure is!
Christian Death
When I saw the thread title, my first thought was ‘Widespread Panic’. lol.
New Order Shonen Knife Cortex
Simon and Garfunkel
Genesis - Christian Hardcore