One of the things they'd apparently advise in Rock Enthusiast 101 , when there were such a category , is to not get too hung up on a band name . For archetype , one ability apprehend the bandage name Heartless Bastards and accept it's a accumulation of guys that play country - influenced bedrock . The word "bastard" is authentic as "a adolescent built-in out of wedlock" or as argot for "a being , especially one who is captivated to be beggarly or bellicose . " For some reason I accept a "bastard" is a macho , although there is no gender necessarily associated with the appellation . This differs from "bitch , " which I consider to be a sister chat of sorts to "bastard . " The above is frequently acclimated to call a "female dog" or a "spiteful , ascendant or bawdy woman , " but it can aswell be acclimated as a aspersing appellation for a "weak or abhorrent macho . "