Why Goes Cube: "It wasn't just me who had the eureka moment, it was also the original bass player, Matt Frey," recalls DavidObuchowski, singer-guitarist for the Brooklyn alt-metal trio. "We were living in different cities at the time — he was in New York and I was in Chicago — and we'd send each other these jokingly abusive emails. We'd translate the most abusive parts of the emails into German using an online translator, then we'd translate them back into English because it was funny to see how the translations changed the words. In one of these emails, Matt had written 'Go die.' Once we finished the translation process, that phrase came back as 'Goes Cube.' I think the translator understood die as, like, the singular of dice. That got changed into cube. We were like, 'We need to start a band called Goes Cube.' We just loved it. We didn't even entertain the idea of other band names."

Previously Rejected Names: "Like I said, we immediately went with Goes Cube, but I was in another band called Syntax! Facist. I was in one called Bumpy Face. And there was another one called Robototron. We'd get really offended if people called us Robotron."

Best Band Names Ever: "Parts and Labor is an awesome name. Boards of Canada is awesome. Old Man Gloom is amazing. Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia — I love that name. I've also always loved the Smiths. When you think of a name as good as the Smiths, you're going to get some attention. The universe is not going to let a name that good go to waste."

Worst Band Name Ever: "Goes Cube is a pretty bad name. Generally, New York City bands have some bad band names. You have all these bands named after animals: Wolf this, Deer that. Then there's Crystal this and Crystal that. We need to stop with the animal and nature-based names."

LISTEN: Goes Cube, "Saab Sonnet"

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