• Ephera@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    3 months ago

    Oh, are you interpreting their comment as saying that these bands don’t deserve to be popular?

    I think, they’re rather saying that the names themselves are humorous, like I don’t speak any South African language, but I have to assume that band intentionally stringed together tons of letters.
    Similarly, a drive on a parkway is rather mundane, whereas a metal band’s music is usually quite the opposite…

    • schnokobaer@feddit.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      3 months ago

      It’s all relative to popularity. If it was about Rock and said AC/DC for Australia who would go hahahah AC/DC what a stupid name lololol are they making music about rectifiers? Parkway Drive is just one example that I was personally rolling my eyes over hard, but how is White Rat not a suitable name for a metal band?! To me it’s just being deliberately ignorant, that’s the whole joke, I don’t know these bands, such stupid names.

      • Ephera@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        3 months ago

        Well, yeah, for something to be humorous, it often works best to be the polar opposite…