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The most common first letter in a band name



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Posted by Dark Cornatus, 08.01.2007 - 10:15
This might seem like a stupid topic, and with all respect it may well be nothing important, but im quite curious. Id just like to see what are the most common Band letters. This is only for Metal bands btw, so dont count other genres. With bands with words like The, or A, in front, they still count as the first letters.

The letters in the list are in order from my collection, im using it as a basis, i have 30 'D' bands and 12 'I' bands. i KNOW this is not accurate and will provide no fact, but it can determine the more popular letters, i understand for some they might not be in the list.

Poll

In your collection, which of the following is the most common?

S
44
M
27
A
26
D
16
T
8
Other Letters (state below)
6
I
4
B
1
E
0

Total votes: 132
02.04.2008 - 14:49
SlaytallicA
Lycanthropy
In my collection M comes first followed by S
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03.04.2008 - 01:37
metaldazza
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While this isn't strictly from my music collection here are the index stats from the New Metal Army website I run. Maybe Metal Storm can do the same, they have a bigger collection of bands then me

indexchar | count
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1 | 5
2 | 2
3 | 3
4 | 1
5 | 1
8 | 1
a | 175
b | 177
c | 155
d | 221
e | 109
f | 100
g | 91
h | 96
i | 77
j | 50
k | 70
l | 77
m | 178
n | 79
o | 62
p | 127
q | 7
r | 90
s | 268
t | 139
u | 35
v | 51
w | 61
x | 3
y | 13
z | 14
æ | 1

hope that helps
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16.06.2008 - 19:43
Necrogeddon
Born Too Late
i have realised with me it is A and letters found more at the beginning of the alphabet
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18.12.2008 - 22:49
bierdukhelmsplit
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Most of my preferred bands start with the letter A. Because A stands for awesome.
But B stands for BADASS and that's why Black Sabbath starts with a B.
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16.03.2009 - 00:46
ToMegaTherion

S seems to be the most common in my collection, somewhere in the order of 20 'metal' bands starting with S maybe more. E is second with 12, then D with 10, them M with 9.
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16.03.2009 - 13:59
Diabolos
Space For Rent!
In my collection it's A with S close behind.
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16.03.2009 - 14:15
Kasper

In my media collection on my computer, S (29) and D (29) leads, while A (27) comes second, M (23) third.
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18.03.2009 - 03:16
Fubar

Written by Guest on 03.04.2008 at 01:37

While this isn't strictly from my music collection here are the index stats from the New Metal Army website I run. Maybe Metal Storm can do the same, they have a bigger collection of bands then me

indexchar | count
-----------+-------
1 | 5
2 | 2
3 | 3
4 | 1
5 | 1
8 | 1
a | 175
b | 177
c | 155
d | 221
e | 109
f | 100
g | 91
h | 96
i | 77
j | 50
k | 70
l | 77
m | 178
n | 79
o | 62
p | 127
q | 7
r | 90
s | 268
t | 139
u | 35
v | 51
w | 61
x | 3
y | 13
z | 14
æ | 1

hope that helps


whoo D! I have a lot of D's
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18.03.2009 - 04:58
thesabbathfan

In my library... it's D.

Dark Tranquility
Death
Deicide
Dethklok
DevilDriver
Devin Townsend
The Devin Townsend Band
Dimmu Borgir
Dio
Disgorge
Dragonforce
Dream Theater
Dying Fetus

from a total of like 70 discogs...
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20.03.2009 - 21:23
O Sinistron
Hopeless Sinner
I believed it Was the M!
But when I checked, I saw it's probably the S!
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07.10.2009 - 04:27
ToMegaTherion

In my collection it is:
1 - S (27)
2 - T (23)
3 - M (18)
4 - I (17)
- D (17)
6 - B (15)
- A (15)
8 - O (14)
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07.10.2009 - 05:54
Zuzuz0r

I guess P, R, S, O and A, many bands I like contain those letters.
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12.10.2009 - 18:08
Haddonfield
Chucky's Bride
# 3
A 47
B 48
C 40
D 50
E 26
F 16
G 24
H 16
I 12
J 11
K 15
L 19
M 42
N 18
O 8
P 29
Q 4
R 22
S 63
T 27
U 6
V 11
W 12
X 1
Y 2
Z 1
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29.06.2012 - 16:59
Windir

Ha ha, funny topic, here is my collection's podium:
M: 47
A: 43
S: 32
Details from the winner:
Månegarm
Majestic
Manowar
Marty Friedman
Megadeth
Mercyful Fate
Metallica
Mistur
Mithotyn
Moonsorrow
Moonspell
Morgul
Mundanus Imperium
Myrkgrav
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02.07.2012 - 12:27
Infernal Eternal

M and S come first
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10.03.2013 - 03:57
skrog1

S by far
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01.12.2013 - 00:49
Wukk

Only counting stuff I own physically here. S was the predicted winner with Schaliach/Seventh Avenue/Slechtvalk/Sonata Arctica/Stratovarius/Stryper/Switchfoot, but the surprise winner turned out to be M with Mad Max/Mantric/Mastodon/Meat Loaf/Megadeth/Metallica/Mortification/Muse. But M is a boring letter. Pretty much everyone on the site's got an album by Metallica, Megadeth and Mastodon, and maybe even Muse and Meat Loaf too.
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10.12.2013 - 19:46
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
It's tied between S and B at 15 artists for me, followed closely by T with 14.
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11.12.2013 - 01:32
Fallen Ghost
Craft Beer Geek
It would be the letter "I" actually:

In Flames
In Mourning
In Vain
Insomnium

Doesn't have a giga collection so.. Hah, all of my "I" bands starts with "In"
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