Do You Like Rock Music? - British Sea Power

What a great name for a band. If you had no idea who they were or what they sounded like, the name alone would make you want to investigate further. Wouldn't it? Well it did me which is how, several albums into their career, I ended up getting hold of this one.

And I wasn't disappointed. Part Cure, part New Order with a smidge of Kaisers or Franz thrown in for good measure, they make music which is every bit as interesting as their name. Which is good. Otherwise they'd be known for having a cool name but naff music. Which is not a good place to be.

Here's larks; which of these bands would you at least be curious about hearing?; Mustard Thumper, Curious Factory, Mind Over Muffin or Droopy Monster.

Actually I made all those up but admit it - you were interested? It certainly beats having a boring band name. I can't even begin to imagine what type of music Droopy Monster would play but it sounds like it'd be fun. In the history of popular music there have been some shockers; Heart, The Music, Mister Mister and Coldplay to name but a few. A tiny fraction.

Maybe there is a correlation between boring names and boring music? The bands above would certainly add weight to that theory. Especially Coldplay. Never in the history of popular music have so many bore crimes been perpetrated.......
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....sorry I drifted off to sleep just at the sheer thought of Coldplay's music. So maybe by having a boring name for your band pre-disposes you to make boring music. But then again there are a few exceptions to that rule; The Smiths being one that immediately springs to mind.

It's a poser alright. Maybe I'm talking out of my hat and it makes no difference whatsoever. But I have my suspicions. After all if you can't even think of a decent name for your band what chance do you have of writing some decent music? Someone should write a paper on it.

British Sea Power. What a great name for a band. Only bettered by the name if their debut album. Avoiding the usual eponymous debut they instead opted for 'The Decline Of British Sea Power'. Wonderful. Odd. Imaginative. Self mocking. And very, very interesting!