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alexgagne
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Location: Montreal, PQ 
- #1
- Posted: 04/21/2016 17:43
- Post subject: Viet Cong change their name for Preoccupations
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http://www.nme.com/news/nme/93136
What are your thoughts guys ?
Personally, I don't think they should have had change their name. Music is a form of art, this is no politic
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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Location: Paris, France 
- #2
- Posted: 04/21/2016 18:26
- Post subject: Re: Viet Cong change their name for Preoccupations
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| alexgagne wrote: | | Personally, I don't think they should have had change their name. |
| NME wrote: | | their former name, which led to some promoters cancelling their gigs. |
Depends...
| alexgagne wrote: | | Music is a form of art, this is no politic |
Of course it is. The band chose "Viet Cong" as a name, not "Form of Art".
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Hayden
Location: Vietnam
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- Posted: 04/21/2016 18:28
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This might come off as ignorant, but why were people offended by their band name? 😕
All them darn Canadians and their political correctness.
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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Location: Paris, France
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- Posted: 04/21/2016 18:31
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| Hayden wrote: | This might come off as ignorant, but why were people offended by their band name? 😕
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Well, they probably won't get an enormous fanbase among the Nam veterans. But you're right, the times they're a-P.Cin'.
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meccalecca
Voice of Reason
Gender: Male
Location: The Land of Enchantment 
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- Posted: 04/21/2016 18:38
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| Hayden wrote: | This might come off as ignorant, but why were people offended by their band name? 😕
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Still a lot of people around who lived in or fought in Vietnam. It's sort of along the lines of calling your band The Nazis or ISIS (i'm well aware of the band named ISIS). I wasn't personally offended but could see some having issue with it.
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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Location: Paris, France
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- Posted: 04/21/2016 18:42
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| meccalecca wrote: | | It's sort of along the lines of calling your band The Nazis or ISIS |
Er... not really, mecca. You're implying that naming your band "The Jew Exterminators" and "Fighting an Invasion" are the same...
Oh wait, it's not political, sorry 😄
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Hayden
Location: Vietnam
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- Posted: 04/21/2016 18:50
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| meccalecca wrote: | | It's sort of along the lines of calling your band The Nazis or ISIS (i'm well aware of the band named ISIS). |
Yeah, bit of a shame about ISIS. They also ruined Archer. I doubt Isis (the band) would ever consider changing their name though.
But ok, I guess. Still seems very un-punk of them.
Either way, doesn't matter. Whatever. Looking forward to their next album.
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meccalecca
Voice of Reason
Gender: Male
Location: The Land of Enchantment
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- Posted: 04/21/2016 18:52
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| Norman Bates wrote: | Er... not really, mecca. You're implying that naming your band "The Jew Exterminators" and "Fighting an Invasion" are the same...
Oh wait, it's not political, sorry :) |
Yeah, it's definitely not the same, so I was on the fence about posting it, but I think in the eyes of Nam vets it's likely similar. Since I'm not offended, I was just trying to see it from another point of view that's not really my own
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Hayden
Location: Vietnam
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- Posted: 04/21/2016 19:00
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| meccalecca wrote: | | Norman Bates wrote: | Er... not really, mecca. You're implying that naming your band "The Jew Exterminators" and "Fighting an Invasion" are the same...
Oh wait, it's not political, sorry :) |
Yeah, it's definitely not the same, so I was on the fence about posting it, but I think in the eyes of Nam vets it's likely similar. Since I'm not offended, I was just trying to see it from another point of view that's not really my own |
And yeah, it's not the best comparison, but I understand the point you were trying to make.
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19loveless91
mag. druž. inf
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- Posted: 04/21/2016 19:11
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IIRC they said they didn't exactly put a lot of thought in the name (the Viet Cong one), and didn't realize it could potentially offend people? From that angle I can understand they didn't have a problem changing their name. If they had chosen to be "Viet Cong" specifically to try and be provocative or to make a point, they probably wouldn't do it.
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