Music
16 bands who are more popular than the everyday words they're named after
by Greg Bouchard
October 14, 2014
One of the unique problems facing bands in this century is having a search engine optimized name. Pick something too generic and no one will find you, unless you already have a lot of hype, in which case: rock on Real Estate, Stars, and Girls. But for the rest of us? Finding a search-friendly name is one of the unexpected challenges arising from today’s digital information crunch.
At least, that’s what I thought. Last week I was trying to find some lights for my house and I Googled “lights,” only to find out that Lights, the Canadian electro artist, generates more hits than actual lights. This got me thinking: what other artists with similarly generic names have become more popular than the everyday words they’re named after? Check out the gallery above to see the silly results.
