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It's Official: METALLICA Is A Girl! - Mar. 19, 2007
A Swedish court has ruled that the parents of a seven-month-old girl in Kungälv, Sweden can name their child Metallica, according to the Swedish newspaper GP. The girl's parents wanted to give their daughter a name that combined their first names. After picking Metallica and checking twice with the Swedish tax agency Skatteverket if the name was acceptable, they were told that it shouldn't be a problem since there is already a girl in Sweden called Metallica. When they filed Metallica as one of the girl's three first names, the Skatteverket suddenly objected, claiming that the name was inappropriate because a famous hard rock band bears that name and the fact that it's too close to the word "metal." The parents filed an appeal with the district court, which has now ruled that the use of the name won't pose any problems for either the girl or anyone that she comes in contact with. One member of the jury objected to the ruling, claiming that the name probably will cause discomfort to the person who bears it.
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COMMENT |
posted by : blessed_death
3/19/2007 12:38:16 PM

I wanna name my kid Angel Corpse.

COMMENT | yeah
posted by : Norse Warrior
3/19/2007 12:38:55 PM

...or Alabama Thunderpussy

COMMENT | What a useless story!
posted by : rwaller1
3/19/2007 12:39:10 PM

Enough said

COMMENT | ...
posted by : boe3525
3/19/2007 12:41:42 PM

Soon there will be random people naming thier children Tool, and SOAD, and Slayer.... Hmmm That would be interesting... Tool! Take out the trash! Slayer! Go mow the lawn! hahaha

COMMENT | In my town there lived a guy who's name was
posted by : KingWhiskey
3/19/2007 12:43:03 PM

RAMBO. Seriously.

COMMENT | Well...
posted by : jhbmgb
3/19/2007 12:43:42 PM

Atleast it wasn't a DYING FETUS! HAHAHA OMG LOL!!!

COMMENT |
posted by : hasse78
3/19/2007 12:44:21 PM

poor kid.

COMMENT | metallica is a girl?
posted by : dmorris22174
3/19/2007 12:46:02 PM

metallica has been a bunch of girls since about 1991

COMMENT | The best name ever
posted by : madtoyz
3/19/2007 12:49:19 PM

Anal C*nt Jones

COMMENT | No matter what...
posted by : V Empire
3/19/2007 12:49:58 PM

No matter how bad Metallica is, or how this story really doesn't matter....."It's Official: Metallica Is A Girl!" may be the best headline ever posted on Blabbermouth.

COMMENT | metallica is a latin adjective...
posted by : Demonio
3/19/2007 12:51:48 PM

it means 'made out of metal' and has existed over 2000 years before the band chose the unoriginal name

COMMENT |
posted by : Rockula
3/19/2007 12:53:35 PM

The parents are gonna have some surprise when Lar$ and the lawyers find out about this...

COMMENT | Hahaha
posted by : Dr Doom
3/19/2007 12:54:34 PM

Best article ever!

COMMENT | look at my precious little girl
posted by : semenofthefall
3/19/2007 12:54:48 PM

her name is prostitute disfigurement
how darling...what an angel
kids are gonna love her in high school
THESE PARENTS NEED TO GET SHOT!!!

COMMENT | real metallica
posted by : #1metalhead
3/19/2007 12:56:44 PM

at least the baby metallica will be real ya' know.unlike the band of...?they suck

COMMENT |
posted by : CrueYouDouchebag
3/19/2007 12:58:02 PM

My son was just born "Cattle Decapatation Hanukkah Lewis"

COMMENT | ANOTHER REASON I HATE METALLICA
posted by : T-Boner.com
3/19/2007 12:58:31 PM

I BET DAVE FROM DETH WOULD NOT CARE IF YOU NAMED YOUR KID "MEGADETH"

.
.
.
METALLICA DIED WHEN CLIFF DIED... FACE THOSE FACTS!

COMMENT |
posted by : MetalMJ
3/19/2007 12:58:55 PM

You have to get permission from a tax agency to name your child what you want in Sweden?????

Weird why cant you just call it what you like.

Metallica is an odd name but its a good thing there favourite band isnt fistula

COMMENT | NAME THE KID AXL ROSE
posted by : T-Boner.com
3/19/2007 1:02:47 PM

NOW THERE IS A COOL NAME!

COMMENT |
posted by : Dr Doom
3/19/2007 1:04:41 PM

Or better still... name her PHALLUSIFER !!!

COMMENT | If my wife and I ever have another child
posted by : sircrunch
3/19/2007 1:06:48 PM

And it's a girl I like to name here Iron Maiden!

COMMENT | Does this mean
posted by : hurricane hugo
3/19/2007 1:07:30 PM

that she's going to start sucking hard when she turns 9 or 10 as well? Hahahahahahahahahaha...poor kid - fuckin' parents should be sterilized.

plur

COMMENT | what a horrible curse to put on an innocent child
posted by : cracked-clavicle
3/19/2007 1:07:31 PM

but at the same time it's lame for a government to
control that much of people's personal lives.

be yourself. these bands, certainly metallica, are
not all that. Be more than just a metal head, and
let children grow up to find their own way.

some people are too obsessed about the music and
the culture of metal. there are way too many other
cool things in life, let alone music.


COMMENT |
posted by : Cyni
3/19/2007 1:07:47 PM

I used to know a girl in Italy wich was named Salvagia, wich meen litteraly savage. Her name was up to her personallity...
And another one wich was call Flaminia, wich meen small fire...
Crazy parents are everywhere....


COMMENT |
posted by : stwla888
3/19/2007 1:09:17 PM

Glad it is a girl. A boy would be considered a sellout and a pussy.

COMMENT | hurricane hugo...
posted by : damn_you
3/19/2007 1:12:48 PM

that is the funniest thing i have read all day!!


COMMENT |
posted by : Hate_Scar
3/19/2007 1:14:31 PM

this isnt new this is just stupid. just stop it

COMMENT | Millions of men have requested their wives change their names to...
posted by : Zodi77
3/19/2007 1:14:41 PM

... Some Kind Of Monster

COMMENT | Too bad for the kid...
posted by : petrovar
3/19/2007 1:23:29 PM

Now she is destined to have emotional problems and be in therapy for years

COMMENT |
posted by : jgajlp
3/19/2007 1:25:06 PM

hurricane hugo, thanks...I needed that.

this is the funniest shit...I love this place...

COMMENT | That's just plain silly
posted by : Skeleton Of Society
3/19/2007 1:26:03 PM

And that's all there is to it.

COMMENT | Lars won't like this
posted by : caveincollapse
3/19/2007 1:27:35 PM

H e is going to sue them for copyright infringement now and claim tha tthey are stealing money from them. He might even say that the baby was downloaded from Kazaa or Limeware. Napster has been updated to baby downloads.

COMMENT |
posted by : Steve Guttenberg
3/19/2007 1:34:13 PM

how bout naming a kid FECAL CORPSE

COMMENT | Poor Poor Child
posted by : North Nova
3/19/2007 1:35:22 PM

The Kid is Gonna be picked on forever, unless she grows up to be very attractive. Otherwise she fucked!

COMMENT | YEAH CALL IT "THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE"
posted by : T-Boner.com
3/19/2007 1:49:21 PM

We are all children of one stupid steaming night!

COMMENT | THIS ONE GIRL WHO USED TO LIVE IN MY TOWN HER NAME WAS...
posted by : RiotAct666
3/19/2007 1:52:11 PM

Abigail. She was into heavy metal 100%.

COMMENT |
posted by : bjnmusic
3/19/2007 1:55:33 PM

I want to name my kid Darkthrone.

COMMENT |
posted by : loser
3/19/2007 1:58:14 PM

... how about naming a kid Dead Horse? ...

COMMENT | Good God!!
posted by : Legacy-of-Brewtality
3/19/2007 1:59:14 PM

I almost named my First Axl after Mr. Rose himself!! Thank god it was a Girl!!! This was in 93.

COMMENT | T-bonee...
posted by : tenplex
3/19/2007 2:01:39 PM

Do you even read the stories or do you just spout nonsense? Apparently not as it said nothing about Metallica objecting, it said the swedish tax agency objected. Jeez man, how many more years do we have to read your crap? Get a life already... get laid... something.

COMMENT | my kid
posted by : Ibex
3/19/2007 2:05:09 PM

I think I'll name my kid Cock N' Ball Torture!! lol

COMMENT | NAME THE KID "GODLAND"
posted by : T-Boner.com
3/19/2007 2:13:28 PM

AND TELL EVERYONE IT IS "GODDER THAN GOD"

;-)

COMMENT |
posted by : 9inchnails
3/19/2007 2:13:52 PM

Anagram of "Metallica" = "A Male Clit"

COMMENT | METALLICA Is A Girl!
posted by : EL PENDEJO
3/19/2007 2:15:50 PM

'nuff said.

COMMENT | feel sorry for the girl
posted by : queennothing
3/19/2007 2:22:44 PM

i mean how is that girl going to respond to that name when she gets older the kids can tease the hell out of her for that name . she can totally hate her parents for giving her a shitty name. i feel sorry for her. i hope she has a decent middle name she can go by.

COMMENT |
posted by : ...and the winds blew death
3/19/2007 2:40:15 PM

You have to get permission? Unless the name is Osama or a curse word or something like that...then who cares?

COMMENT | It's Official: METALLICA Is A Girl!
posted by : furor
3/19/2007 2:44:45 PM

Best. Headline. Ever.

COMMENT |
posted by : OptionalPlayer
3/19/2007 2:50:20 PM

Pfft. Necrophagist is a better girls name.

COMMENT |
posted by : The Possessed One
3/19/2007 2:58:58 PM

Parents should take into consideration what the child will have to deal with in school.
For example: I went to shool with a kid by the name of Frank N. Stein. The first time I met him I told him he should slap his parents.

COMMENT | Hahaha...
posted by : www.blackviolin.com
3/19/2007 3:11:06 PM

I know it's not exactly cool, but this is a very funny thread....

COMMENT |
posted by : Sidgeaberration
3/19/2007 3:15:34 PM

i love how this is a bullshit article and it still atracts the same "metallica died with cliff" morons

COMMENT |
posted by : bioteck
3/19/2007 3:18:50 PM

I know a kid who got driven out of schools because of the torment he got from his name: Ricky Martin. Kids are the cruellest creatures and poor Metallica is either gonna end up in therapy or a grave by time she's 15.

COMMENT | could have been worse
posted by : LurkingInTheShadowOfTheBlues
3/19/2007 3:26:59 PM

rednecks fucks still name their kid Elvis so I guess it could be worse...

COMMENT |
posted by : Pudding Wagon
3/19/2007 3:28:31 PM

She'll surely hate her name when she gets older. Cool at first perhaps, but lame from there on end.

COMMENT | "It's Official: METALLICA Is A Girl!"
posted by : Punjar3
3/19/2007 3:28:59 PM

Yes, I've always thoguht there was something about them very similar to a little girl.

Seriously though, anyone who would name their kid after a band is retarded, I feel sorry for her.

COMMENT | I dontr have a ;problem with the name if your king diamond fans theses names would of worked
posted by : Dark Lord Of The Sith 666
3/19/2007 3:30:04 PM

Abigal
missy
victoria
melissa
mariam


COMMENT |
posted by : Dark Lord Of The Sith 666
3/19/2007 3:32:19 PM

old metallica would work bettter

COMMENT |
posted by : nameendingwith666
3/19/2007 3:32:46 PM

That girl is going to be the coolest chick ever.

Better than Elvis, definitely. You don't fuck with a chick named Metallica, she'll fuck your shit up.

COMMENT |
posted by : Dark Lord Of The Sith 666
3/19/2007 3:32:58 PM

what about lamb of god or never more

COMMENT |
posted by : zenimal
3/19/2007 3:43:14 PM

Perhaps Metallica is a decent girl name. Usually female names end with an "a" so it's not so bad.

It'll be weird for the parents though.

Father: METALLICA, Go do your homework now!!

Neighbor: Damn my neighbor has gone completely crazy.

COMMENT | Well...
posted by : www.blackviolin.com
3/19/2007 3:55:49 PM

as long as there aren't too many kids called Ozzy...
now that's an uncomfortable name.

COMMENT |
posted by : MustainepWnsYouAll
3/19/2007 4:24:25 PM

im calling my girl mustard

COMMENT | subzero
posted by : shadowalk
3/19/2007 4:34:38 PM

hahaha! that's when they watched the video for This Love!

COMMENT | Tell me this doesn't sound funny:
posted by : MySorrow666
3/19/2007 4:38:39 PM

MESHUGGAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... did you brush your teeth?

COMMENT |
posted by : Orpheum
3/19/2007 4:56:34 PM

It's Official: METALLICA SUES SEVEN MONTH OLD GIRL FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT!!

^^just wait another couple days, you'll see this headline on Blabbermouth.

COMMENT |
posted by : maphia
3/19/2007 5:08:29 PM

i wanna name my kid cannibal corpse

COMMENT | Well
posted by : Required Fields
3/19/2007 5:11:47 PM

One metal band in the 80s, Cryptic Slaughter, had a drummer named Scott Peterson.

Back then, he would have got nothing for it, but I wonder what people say to him now.

COMMENT | The Ultimate name for a baby girl
posted by : WickedPissaAwsum
3/19/2007 5:46:28 PM

An_l C*nt (after the Boston based band)

I don't know how much freedom of speech you have left on this board so I had to CENSOR myself which is completely a vioaltion of the First Amendment

COMMENT | I'm Naming My Girl...
posted by : rockindude620
3/19/2007 5:56:01 PM

Eva Mendes

COMMENT | Your missing the point
posted by : deepunderdirt
3/19/2007 6:47:41 PM

You have to file your potential childrens names in Sweden? How screwed up is that? Talk about progressive europeans not being that at all. State control, even in naming your child!

COMMENT |
posted by : Dark Lord Of The Sith 666
3/19/2007 6:59:11 PM

if in countrys like swden where you have to ask to name your child it wont belong til there all in the u.s

COMMENT |
posted by : Silly Person
3/19/2007 6:59:43 PM

my son is called One Two Three Smith Four

COMMENT |
posted by : Big Black Kangaroo
3/19/2007 7:39:17 PM

My Mom used to know a guy named Harry Butts as a child.

COMMENT | Thats a pretty cool fucking name man
posted by : ~GNRReunioneventually~
3/19/2007 7:46:42 PM

if i met a girl named Metallica i'd fall in love right there, thats cool.

You think the kid will grow up liking Metallica (the band) or not caring or even hating? That'd be sweet if she grew up to be a Metal head \m/
__________________________________________________________

COMMENT | ^V^
posted by : SpiritOfLies
3/19/2007 7:47:13 PM

My son's name is...

Diablero Satanis Elohim de Belphegor...

COMMENT | Why not O.J.?
posted by : Hawkwinder
3/19/2007 8:10:20 PM

I worked with a guy who brought up an interesting take on why you should'nt get a tattoo of a person's name: What if they did an O.J.? Metallica Did worse than an O.J. - They have put out bad cd upon bad cd. And I believe there's no stoppin'em neither!

COMMENT | At least it has a feminine ending!
posted by : Hawkwinder
3/19/2007 8:16:09 PM

But I would use a good band like Epica, Lunatica, Magica, Operatika.

COMMENT | She better not marry
posted by : EL PENDEJO
3/19/2007 8:59:21 PM

Megadeth.

COMMENT | I can only Imagine
posted by : Disciple Of Slayer
3/19/2007 9:04:59 PM

Some poser calling his kid Mudvayne or Korn, or worse yet Pirate like Jon Davis's kid.

I'd call my Kid Amon Amarth!

COMMENT |
posted by : Dark Lord Of The Sith 666
3/19/2007 9:52:51 PM

pantera works has a name

Hey pantera go to your room now or your grounded this weekend

im just trying to fit in with all the fun

COMMENT |
posted by : Dragonforce2005
3/19/2007 10:00:38 PM

How about Saxon HAHAHA

or

Stratovarius BWUAHAHAHA

COMMENT | Originally ....
posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL
3/19/2007 10:51:25 PM

COMMENT |
posted by : ride the lightning
3/19/2007 1:23:43 PM


metallica is the best band name ever.
its completely original
............................................

Had to correct Ride the Lightning's Strange and bizarre comment.
The band knicked the idea from Ron Qutania owner of the Metal Mania fanzine.

The band took the name from Qutania, and he choose Metal Mania.

The band was going to choose.

Blitzer, Red Vette, or hcirlusarl.

I know of that fact when Metallica Massacre was pressed in 1982 with the bands name as Mettallica and McGoveny and Llyod Grant's name were misspelled.

I always saw Mexican pressed cassettes back in 1981, 1982 or so with the word Metallica on them, probably where The mainman of Metal Mania got the idea from.

So no the moniker was not originally there original idea. It was borrowed. Kind of like how your Moniker Ride the lightning was just an extension of Diamond Head's " Lightning to the Nations" who did not notice that in 1984... Ride the Lightning to the Nations



COMMENT | names that got away
posted by : piracy
3/19/2007 11:04:42 PM

Just put a post about my 1st and 2nd daughters names my little one was going to be called azazeal had she been a boy instead she's just plain :- Tegan Skylar

COMMENT |
posted by : zenimal
3/20/2007 12:17:35 AM

Wow, NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL, your post makes no sense. Are you saying Metallica stole the word "Lightning" because Diamond Head used it first? Cause many albums have similar words when they're in same language.

COMMENT |
posted by : zenimal
3/20/2007 12:17:57 AM

BTW, Ride the lightning > Diamond Head's entire discography

COMMENT | you guys are all stupid
posted by : fuckjesus
3/20/2007 1:04:50 AM

that say she is gonna get teased. read the damn article " one of her three first names" she wouldnt have to go by that name

COMMENT | Zeminal ....
posted by : NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL
3/20/2007 1:58:01 AM

COMMENT |
posted by : zenimal
3/20/2007 12:17:35 AM


Wow, NORDIC VISION AND NORDIC METAL, your post makes no sense. Are you saying Metallica stole the word "Lightning" because Diamond Head used it first? Cause many albums have similar words when they're in same language.
...............

No your saying things I did not say, some said the name Metallica was the greatest most original band name ever. But I knew that knicked it from Metal Mania's Mainman Ron Quitana. I knew that wayyyyy before " Kill em All" was pressed. And I just pointed out that even band names and titles can be traced to there predeccessors like Diamond Head's Lightning to the Nations, ala Metallica's " Ride the Lightning".

I never said they stole the word Lightning, but it was not the first time you ever saw the word in your record collection , Same with the word Metallica, I saw that word on cassettes, that were made in Mexico in the early 1980's.

I should of said the were inspired by the word " Lightning "and instead of claiming the nicked it...(influence/ inspiration and borrowing or two different things ) from Diamond Head like the band, liked they nicked the name Metallica from the Metal Mania's Fanzine owner.

But no one will ever convince me that it was a small world/ coincidence after all that Metallica had a album called "Ride the Lightning" and Diamond Head had a album called "Lightning to the Nations".

Thanks for point out my mistake Zeminal, but I had to correct members " Ride the Lightning" totally strange and bizarre comment.







COMMENT | Well...
posted by : Weyland/Yutani
3/20/2007 2:28:34 AM

I guess it's a better name than Sue Ridgepipe...

COMMENT |
posted by : speck
3/20/2007 3:26:31 AM

I know some European countries have child naming laws, but that's a really strange thing to an American. There would be a huge uproar here (US) if some governmental agency had a say in what you named your child.

COMMENT | not just sweden...
posted by : lostinhell
3/20/2007 4:09:46 AM

it's not just Sweden where you have to register your name ... it's all over the world you have to do that...there wouldn't be a big uproar in america .... they got pissed off when madonna wanted to name her son Jesus... so you obviously don't know what would outrage your own country if you don't know the first thing about birth registration .... everyone's name gets registered through the government .. just here it's at Skatteverket which happens to be the tax office....

however, the name Metallica is a joke ... i feel parents have the right to name their kid whatever they want...however ... they should really give their heads a shake when it comes to naming there kids after a band .... i don't buy that they mixed the beginnings of their first names ...

i'm sure it'll be all over the papers in no time.

COMMENT | Metallica
posted by : devilish felicitations
3/20/2007 4:57:58 AM

I work with a guy called Chris Peacock. He gets the piss taken out of him something rotten when people catch on. My name is Hell - well Helen but I've amended it slightly. As long as they teach her what her name means - the old Metallica, the best bits then she can be proud of her name. But never ever let her watch Some Kind of Monster or listen to Lars say anything!

COMMENT |
posted by : Raistlin420
3/20/2007 4:58:08 AM

if any of you numbskulls had actually bothered to read the fucking story it says the name is a combination of both parents names nothing to do with the band


COMMENT |
posted by : agdabavipain
3/20/2007 5:38:23 AM

Metallica is pussy.
Iron Maiden is THE GOD.

COMMENT | meet my daughters
posted by : debra59
3/20/2007 1:04:47 PM

Monique and Unique

oh and here comes little Vergina too

COMMENT | kill me
posted by : WAR-WREN
3/20/2007 4:55:06 PM

!

COMMENT |
posted by : NugMidsShwag
3/20/2007 5:10:53 PM

Im going name my kid slayer!!! The kids going to be mean as hell!

COMMENT |
posted by : Dark Lord Of The Sith 666
3/20/2007 5:38:47 PM

naming your kid after a musicain is beeter then naming your kid after a band when she is in school she should write her name like this metallica(old)


COMMENT |
posted by : Dark Lord Of The Sith 666
3/20/2007 5:39:04 PM

impkying that one time the band was good

COMMENT |
posted by : DannyBonnaduceForeheadVein
3/20/2007 6:34:26 PM

my daughters name is nordic track

COMMENT | It's Official: METALLICA Is A Girl!
posted by : themaskedpinapple
3/21/2007 12:17:38 AM

I think most everyone has all ready finalized that.

Oh....

It's about some family in sweden. nevermind.

COMMENT | So what?
posted by : Hammerlock
3/21/2007 1:04:01 AM

I've known that Metallica are a bunch of girls for a long time now!

COMMENT | FUNNY NAMES...
posted by : CHALIBERTO
3/21/2007 4:26:58 PM

LIST OF GOOD NAMES

ROCKY BALBOA
TONY MONTANA
ANTHRAX MARIE
OSTERISER MARTINEZ
CAR WASH PEREZ
TAQUITO
YU-SOKA-MAI DIKA
MOCHA LATE GRANDE
CADILLAC JOSE





COMMENT | My sone is gittin called...
posted by : SlayerJay
3/25/2007 6:10:40 PM

...Pig Destroyer



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