Should Anathema change their name to have some success?

[cedarbreed]

anyway i'll keep buying the albums ,whether the name changes or not, as long as the music is good !
If one day Anathema makes a shitty record I'll download it and burn it on a CD !

BTW metal fans who think it's too soft are ... metal fans !

 

[Mariner]

Originally posted by cedarbreed
anyway i'll keep buying the albums ,whether the name changes or not, as long as the music is good !

so you changed your mind?

 

[Neonseed]

Originally posted by pagan2002
and the other thing is most people dont use the word anathema, or know what it means. which can be a pain in the ass when someone asks what the name of the band is.....

'anathema...
'what?'
'...anathema...'
'whats that mean?'

Yeah what you say are right but don't you feel emotionally connected with the name?

 

[cedarbreed]

Originally posted by Mariner
so you changed your mind?

no mate i didnt say ' I DONT WANT THEM TO ...' i said ' WOULD BE POINTLESS IMO '

If the name changes that's their problem not mine I'll still be a fan untill they start ripping-off Avril Lavigne's riffs

 

[pagan2002]

Originally posted by Neonseed
Yeah what you say are right but don't you feel emotionally connected with the name?

i've been doing it for a long time so of course i feel 'emotionally connected' to it.
its been a very big part of my life since 1990.

 

[Neonseed]

OK then I found the solution change your name into Pagan Angel!

 

[pagan2002]

i had another idea. but that might be for me solo stuff, i'd tell you but someone would nick it.

 

[speakinstone]

hell no neverrrrrr!!!!

damn that's one of the best names i've ever heard

 

[cedarbreed]

Originally posted by pagan2002
i had another idea. but that might be for me solo stuff, i'd tell you but someone would nick it.

'to nick it' = 'to steal it' in English ?
I'm asking cause it means 'to fuck' in French ( but true )

 

[pagan2002]

yeah.

 

[cedarbreed]

thanks !!

THIS IS NOT A SINGLE WORD POST ! I REPEAT ! THIS IS NOT A SINGLE WORD POST ! DONT DELET IT !!

 

[Andy_2003]

I like the name 'Anathema' but if ever they felt they wanted to change the name because it might help them become more well known then I'd be all for that

 

[The Deepest Of All Hearts]

Originally posted by Mariner
Ive been thinking about this for a while.

If they still are making good music I dont care if they do.

what's the point of changing their name???

 

[Cerulean]

10 points to you

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Of course not! They already have one of the coolest names in music. They shouldn't change their name to The Green 83 or something stupid so they can sell millions of records. If "mainstream" can't appreciate the incredible music of Anathema, it is their loss.

 

[Ivo]

Danny, don't care if you change the name or become softer - imho the most importand thing is to keep doing your thing in music - to keep it emotional and that...you know...
Also i would ask are you planing to add some electro elements into the future recordings...i'm afraid that something like Paradise Lost would happen, and i'm not sure whether will like it, but will see - Antimatter are like that and I LOVE them...

 

[Cerulean]

Originally posted by Ivo
add some electro elements

*shakes head terrified from the left to the right to the left to the right to the left and to the right*

 

[Ivo]

what do you mean?

 

[gothic mind]

Originally posted by Cerulean
*shakes head terrified from the left to the right to the left to the right to the left and to the right*

o.k!!!!!!!!!then go and by some electro stuff........you can try with
ORBITAL for example or dj OPIUM TEMPLE......

 

[Cerulean]

Originally posted by Ivo
what do you mean?

That was a big no. If there's anything I wouldn't stand it would be Anathema using electro samples
I have nothing against uncommercial techno in general but come on, Anathema is beautiful as it is now and doesn't need techno samples, it would ruin the current feelings and atmospheres in the music imo. There's always Antimatter to do some electro experiments, it even fits the music.