Anal C*nt is just hilarious.

My Dad Is Dead

Actually not such a bad name.  The guys demonstrated they were stupid when they abbreviated the band's name to MDID.  Said one of the band members, "We got tired of explaining where our name comes from."

"What's your band's name?"
"MDID"
"Oh, what does that stand for?"
"My Dad Is Dead"
(D'oh!)

So they went back to calling themselves "My Dad Is Dead." 
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/08/rudolf.gif

"Rachel's"
Not "The Rachels," but just "Rachel's."  They're a chamber music group working in the pop format.  Not bad, just a bit pretentious.  Always thought the name was retarded.

Dream Academy
Sounds fey and schoolboyish.  So did the band.  They did have some great songs, though.

Rhythm Method
You'd think this would be a great name for a dance pop group--but it's not.

The Residents
Only The Residents could get away with calling themselves The Residents, if you know what I mean.

Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign
Tom Ellard's recording name before he settled on Severed Heads.  He was about 17.  They never released any official records, just cassettes, such as: Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign Go to the Movies, Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign Go Cruising for Burgers, Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign Contemplate the Meaning of Life, etc.

Johnny Society
I think I voted their EP "It Don't Matter" the worst record of 1997.

Me First and the Gimme Gimme's
Ska band

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
no no no

Doggie Style
Boston band from the '80s.

Dumptruck
ibid.

Anal C*nt is just hilarious.


One of my favorite bands.

Some of the best songs EVER!!

One of my favorite bands.

Some of the best songs EVER!!


Woman, nature's punching bag.
Domestic Violence is really really really funny.
I'm really excited about the upcoming David Buskin concert.
I went back in time and voted for Hitler.
Walker, Texas Corpse.


;D ;D ;D

If ever I decide to start a band, I may call it Watching Abbey Road Webcam
since that is what I do alot  ;D

the ResidentsThe Current Residents would be good, or for like a reunion or something.

i thought it would be fun to legally change my name to "current resident." see if i can find a way to sue all those junk mail guys for sending my mail to all those wrong addresses.

Cinderella

If ever I decide to start a band, I may call it Watching Abbey Road Webcam
since that is what I do alot  ;D



I'm sure Philip would join you.  ;)




Cat

I'm sure Philip would join you.  ;)




Cat
I will be the Ticket Seller for the concert.

The Current Residents would be good, or for like a reunion or something.

i thought it would be fun to legally change my name to "current resident." see if i can find a way to sue all those junk mail guys for sending my mail to all those wrong addresses.

Seriously, do you know the group The Residents?

Half Man, Half Biscuit is a pretty dumb name.

Seriously, do you know the group The Residents?
yeah, i've got their elvis tribute album around here somewhere. i likes em. they're... weird.

I think they're an ok band but Death Cab for Cutie is one of the silliest names i ever heard.

I think they're an ok band but Death Cab for Cutie is one of the silliest names i ever heard.
my friend from germany first introduced me to that band. i was all patronizing, like, "oh, there's something wrong with your english because i thought you just said there's a band called, 'death cab for cutie.'"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonzo_Dog_Band

It's a good name for a song, not for a band.  "Death Cab For Cutie" was originally a song by Bonzo Dog Band (also a bad name for a band.)

xbxrx

It's always the ones with stupid names that stand out. Personally, I think they have some catchy tunes, but "Bowling For Soup" has got to be the head scratcher of the century for me. Sounds like it could get messy.

I have the winner ...

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

I saw them perform on Late Night with Conan O'Brien once.  I dunno what's worse.  Their stupid name, or their crappy music LOL

Goo Goo Dolls....what the hell is a "Goo Goo Doll"?

Goo Goo Dolls....what the hell is a "Goo Goo Doll"?


Girls who like playing in Goo Goo Muck?

I have the winner ...

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

I saw them perform on Late Night with Conan O'Brien once.  I dunno what's worse.  Their stupid name, or their crappy music LOL

Yeah, I always thought that one was totally lame-o!

How about
"Nothing Painted Blue"
or
"Read Yellow."
That is/was a college rock band, of course, and the pun was supposed to be on "Red Yellow," but everybody reads "read" in the present tense, so it comes out sounding like "Reed Yellow."  That's why Led Zeppelin changed the element lead (Pb) to the past tense of the verb lead, as in "to lead," so their name wouldn't be prounced "Leed Zeppelin."
:D


"The Places."

Utter banality gets the job done too! 

(Incidentally, "The Places" was mentioned in the same Monty Python sketch, "Rock Notes," as "Toad the Wet Sprocket."  In case you ever wondered where such a crappy name originated...

Hawk's Top 10 Stupidest Band Names:

10. Baby Oil Hand Job (Garage group in Sparks, NV.)
9. Ass Ponys
8. Red With Envy (Local band in Chico, CA. Obviously also color-blind)
7. Ping Pong (Group that evolved into "Double", the Swiss group)
6. Athletico Spizz '80 (Almost sounds like a skin condition)
5. Punk Beaver (Punk Wannabe band out of Paradise, CA)
4. All-American Rejects (Not the most promotional bellringing name, is it?)
3. Strawberry Alarm Clock (I have never done acid, but I think this name was derived from it.)
2. Snoop Doggy Dogg (C'mon...Calvin Broadus could've picked something less dufus!)
AND! The Worst Band Name Hawk Has Ever Heard:
1. Salsa Bro (What the %^&!)(@ is this...Antonio Banderas Meets 50 Cent?!?!?)

6. Athletico Spizz '80 (Almost sounds like a skin condition)


My brothers liked this band.  They changed their name every year or so always keeping 'spizz' as part of it.  I know my brothers went to see them in concert and in between buying the tickets and seeing the band they had changed from Spizz Energy into Athletico Spizz '80 (I think it was that way round).  Other names they have used is The Spizzles and Spizz Oil.  I love Where's Captain Kirk?

My brothers liked this band.  They changed their name every year or so always keeping 'spizz' as part of it.  I know my brothers went to see them in concert and in between buying the tickets and seeing the band they had changed from Spizz Energy into Athletico Spizz '80 (I think it was that way round).  Other names they have used is The Spizzles and Spizz Oil.  I love Where's Captain Kirk?

I remember Spizz
and Bucks Fizz

My son listens to band named, Choking Victim, I think this is a stupid name for a band.

I agree.....

Here's one I just remembered ...

TBTBT (which stands for To Bad to Be True)

They were a 90s Canadian teen R&B group and they suuuuuuuuuuuucked big time.  Their name though wasn't half as bad as theyr music

I've been to two or three Ass Ponys shows (not the Tijuana kind), and I've always loved that band. Bad name, sure. Bad band, no.

In the "best band names" thread, I mentioned one that I think would fit this thread as well:

Sandy Duncan's Good Eye

Dogs Die In Hot Cars
  :D

^i sort of like that. it also has a good message.

i've been bouncing "the quantum mechanics" around in my head as a good band name.

I have the winner ...

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

I saw them perform on Late Night with Conan O'Brien once.  I dunno what's worse.  Their stupid name, or their crappy music LOL


Source Tags & Codes is a GREAT album...wish I could say the same for most of their other output.

yeah, i've got their elvis tribute album around here somewhere. i likes em. they're... weird.

(shameless self-promotion commencing now...)
http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/theresidents0.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/theresidents1.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/theresidents2.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/theresidents3.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/theresidents4.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/theresidents5.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/theresidents6.shtml

So I had a bit of time on my hands over lunch and I typed up a list of all the bands mentioned in the 'Best Band Names' thread and compared it to this thread.  Eight bands  (sort of) made it into both lists.

.38 Special  (Someone said they didn't like bands with a number in their name))
Barenaked Ladies
Blue Oyster Cult
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes  (got 2 votes)
Sandy Duncan's Good Eye (Though the same person nominated it for both categories  :-\\ )
The Beatles
The Doors
Vertical Horizon


witchain just posted some more names in the other thread which i think might have been mentioned here as well.

witchain just posted some more names in the other thread which i think might have been mentioned here as well.

I did- Funny thing is that I hadn't even seen this thread. ;D
They were The The and Alien Sex Fiend.

Alien Sex Fiend soons like a really bad band name.  ;D

Alien Sex Fiend soons like a really bad band name.  ;D

If you dropped a couple and listened to them you would understand... :D

I had an Alien Sex Fiend t-shirt when I was 16.  I happened to be wearing it to school the day we had our school hotographs taken.  My mum bought a copy of mine and mounted it in an oval frame so the only word visible on my t-shirt was 'sex'  ;D

Sandy Duncan's Good Eye (Though the same person nominated it for both categories  :-\\ )




What can I say? Sometimes "stupid" is "best."

From the 80s ...

Cactus World News
Ed Gein's Car
The Flaming Mussolinis
Fra Lippo Lippi
Hackney Five-O
The Leather Nun
The Meat Puppets
Renaldo and the Loaf
Shockabilly
Tex and the Horseheads
The Watermelon Men

Peter And The Test Tube Babies

Another band from the 80s

Dork & Dickweed

Some new band called Gym Class Heroes

From the 90s:

Sparklehorse

They probably spelt it like that because they didn't think they'd be as popular if they were known as the "Beetles".


They actually were at one point...well, their full moniker was 'The Silver Beetles' (circa 1960), sort of a homage to The Crickets, who were a big influence...

It was Lennon who put the 'A' within the name...

Anyway, two far-forgotten bands from days gone by...

'The Four Skins'...yes, four skinheads! Surely you wasn't thinking of something else!  ;)

'Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel' aka 'You've Got Foetus On Your Breath'...actually now known as 'Foetus', but still guaranteed not to get much airplay!

They actually were at one point...well, their full moniker was 'The Silver Beetles' (circa 1960), sort of a homage to The Crickets, who were a big influence...

It was Lennon who put the 'A' within the name...

Anyway, two far-forgotten bands from days gone by...

'The Four Skins'...yes, four skinheads! Surely you wasn't thinking of something else!  ;)

'Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel' aka 'You've Got Foetus On Your Breath'...actually now known as 'Foetus', but still guaranteed not to get much airplay!


I'm starting to worry about how many of these I recognise.  I've heard some of The 4 Skins stuff but it was years ago.  Never heard any Foetus stuff (to my knowledge).  Philip mentioned Peter and the Test-Tube Babies.  I think I had some of their stuff on a cassette at one time.

They actually were at one point...well, their full moniker was 'The Silver Beetles' (circa 1960), sort of a homage to The Crickets, who were a big influence...

It was Lennon who put the 'A' within the name...

Anyway, two far-forgotten bands from days gone by...

'The Four Skins'...yes, four skinheads! Surely you wasn't thinking of something else!  ;)

'Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel' aka 'You've Got Foetus On Your Breath'...actually now known as 'Foetus', but still guaranteed not to get much airplay!


Is that pronounced like fetus (It could be the English way of spelling it??) or like.. with a foe, as in an enemy, in it?

Is that pronounced like fetus (It could be the English way of spelling it??)


Yes and yes

From 1986:

Gay Gordon And The Mince Pies

And from 1964...Ricky Livid & The Tone-Deafs

Heh! Honest!

They released one record as far as I know, which promptly stiffed...rather unfairly, with a name like that!

horizons aren't horizontal by definition, despite the fact that the word "horizontal" and "horizon" are related. therefore it's not an oxymoron, and therefore not as stupid as nally thinks, but therefore also not as interesting as davey thinks, and therefore you're both wrong.

there. glad to help.

Yes they are. Go look it up in your f... and wagnall's.



i actually think "sideways planet" would be a good band name.

Yes, that would be better. In fact, I'm going to submit that to the new band names section (I heard that they're approving entries again now.)

'Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel' aka 'You've Got Foetus On Your Breath'...actually now known as 'Foetus', but still guaranteed not to get much airplay!


Come to BEDROCK!  ROCK!  ROCK!  ROCK!

Ah, J. G. Thirlwell.  Thank you for some of the most demented lyrics ever.  Makes the band names seem plain in comparison. 

One I forgot to mention; not really a stupid band name, but it is quite weird ...

Doug and the Slugs

They were a popular Canadian band in the 80s, but you probably wouldn't think so with a weird band name like that ;D
I grew up listening to them, and their music was a big part of my childhood; I still like to listen :)

The group remained such a staple of Canadian music, that when lead singer Doug Bennett sadly passed away a few years ago, it was front page news across Canada

White Birds and Lemons

Cut Off Your Hands


...most names that are 4 or more words are stupid/funny/silly

White Birds and Lemons

Cut Off Your Hands


...most names that are 4 or more words are stupid/funny/silly


Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.