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Subject: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 11:40 am
having once been a member of a band called "junk nugget," i know a little something about this... some band names are cool, like radiohead and slayer and led zeppelin. some band names are stupid, like hoobastank and dinosaur jr.
all time stupidest band name? i'ma have to go with, "the beatles." think about it. best band of all time, imho, but how they ever got taken seriously with a goofy name like that is beyond me.
thoughts? any bands out there where you've just thought, how'd they get away with that name? what were they thinking?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/06/06 at 11:42 am
all time stupidest band name? i'ma have to go with, "the beatles." think about it. best band of all time, imho, but how they ever got taken seriously with a goofy name like that is beyond me.
They probably spelt it like that because they didn't think they'd be as popular if they were known as the "Beetles".
There was once a section on amiright.com about stupid band names, but that was discontinued in 2001 because too many people were submitting the same general stuff.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/06/06 at 11:43 am
I think Vertical Horizon is a dumb band name because it's an Oxymoron. Horizontal is the opposite of vertical.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 11:44 am
Pet Shop Boys.
Unless times have changed Pet Shops rarely employ enough people to form a band.. and as far as I'm aware they don't sell boys.
I think Vertical Horizon is a dumb band name because it's an Oxymoron. Horizontal is the opposite of vertical.
That's not dumb, it's clever. It's funny because it's an oxy-moron. Think, people always remember what Icy-Hot is because it's an oxy-moron, it makes you remember it.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 11:45 am
having once been a member of a band called "junk nugget," i know a little something about this... some band names are cool, like radiohead and slayer and led zeppelin. some band names are stupid, like hoobastank and dinosaur jr.
all time stupidest band name? i'ma have to go with, "the beatles." think about it. best band of all time, imho, but how they ever got taken seriously with a goofy name like that is beyond me.
thoughts? any bands out there where you've just thought, how'd they get away with that name? what were they thinking?
Mike... focus on the beat part of the name.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 11:46 am
Mike... focus on the beat part of the name.
that's exactly what makes it stupid! it's not stupid because it's misspelled, it's stupid because it's overly gimmicky.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/06/06 at 11:46 am
Pet Shop Boys.
Unless times have changed Pet Shops rarely employ enough people to form a band.. and as far as I'm aware they don't sell boys.
That's not dumb, it's clever. It's funny because it's an oxy-moron. Think, people always remember what Icy-Hot is because it's an oxy-moron, it makes you remember it.
But the word horizontal comes from horizon (or is it the other way around?), so that's why i think it's a dumb band name.
Icy-Hot is a product. Goes on Icy to dull the pain, and then hot to relieve it.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 11:48 am
that's exactly what makes it stupid! it's not stupid because it's misspelled, it's stupid because it's overly gimmicky.
It's stupid because it's a crap band from a crap town. :)
But the word horizontal comes from horizon (or is it the other way around?), so that's why i think it's a dumb band name.
Icy-Hot is a product. Goes on Icy to dull the pain, and then hot to relieve it.
Right, and you remember what Icy Hot does because the oxymoronic name sticks in your head. Same as Vertical Horizon. Horizontal comes from Horizon.
Regardless, the whole argument is mute because Vertical Horizon sucked.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 11:49 am
oxymoronic band names were a big thing in the day, but it was light and heavy -- led zeppelin, iron butterfly, i forget the others but there were a bunch. someone help me! what were the other ones?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/06/06 at 11:51 am
It's stupid because it's a crap band from a crap town. :)
Right, and you remember what Icy Hot does because the oxymoronic name sticks in your head. Same as Vertical Horizon. Horizontal comes from Horizon.
Regardless, the whole argument is mute because Vertical Horizon sucked.
Thats what I was just SAYING. ::) There is no similarity between that band name and some silly old product name.
About the band, yeah they were a flop. They had a couple of big hits in 2000 and weren't heard from much after that.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 11:53 am
Thats what I was just SAYING. ::) There is no similarity between that band name and some silly old product name.
YES THERE IS!!! The band name is an oxymoron to make it recognisable.. the product name is an oxymoron to make it recognisable!!!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/06/06 at 11:56 am
YES THERE IS!!! The band name is an oxymoron to make it recognisable.. the product name is an oxymoron to make it recognisable!!!
I was just explaining the rationale as to why the product name is called that!
But Veritcal...Horizon? That seems to contradict itself. Horizon, by definition is horizontal (hence the term). :-X
Back on topic...I don't really think "BB Mak" is a stupid band name (because it comes from the members' last initials), but everytime I hear the name I think of McDonalds'.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/06/06 at 11:57 am
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 11:57 am
what if you were on a sideways planet? then your horizon would be vertical.
what if you spent your whole life lying on your side, like i do? then the horizon would be vertical.
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.
i actually think "sideways planet" would be a good band name.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 12:00 pm
what if you were on a sideways planet? then your horizon would be vertical.
what if you spent your whole life lying on your side, like i do? then the horizon would be vertical.
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.
i actually think "sideways planet" would be a good band name.
I think 'smoldering teen actress' would be a superb band name.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/06 at 12:02 pm
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Nothing odd about the name of Ned's Atomic Dustbin, they named themselves after an episode from the radio comedy The Goons.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 12:03 pm
pet shop boys and ned's atomic dustbin are, in fact, both quite stupid.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/06/06 at 12:05 pm
Nothing odd about the name of Ned's Atomic Dustbin, they named themselves after an episode from the radio comedy The Goons.
I just always thought the name was silly, as soon as I first heard of them.
anyway...Backstreet Boys is a pretty lame-o name, IMO. ::)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 12:11 pm
I just always thought the name was silly, as soon as I first heard of them.
anyway...Backstreet Boys is a pretty lame-o name, IMO. ::)
Backstreet boys sounds like a 'rent-boy for hire service'
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/06/06 at 12:11 pm
Backstreet boys sounds like a 'rent-boy for hire service'
my husband calls them "backdoor boys". :D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 12:13 pm
i actually think "new kids on the block" is a good name for a sheeshy band.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/06/06 at 12:15 pm
i actually think "new kids on the block" is a good name for a sheeshy band.
More like the New Chips Off The Old Block?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/06/06 at 12:16 pm
what about.....
Right Said Fred
Hole
Ugly Kid Joe
Hootie & The Blowfish
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 12:17 pm
what about.....
Right Said Fred
Hole
Ugly Kid Joe
Hootie & The Blowfish
those are all terrible except hole. i like hole, the name, it's shocking, it's got tude.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/06/06 at 12:38 pm
please please for the love of all that's good visit the Hall of Douchebags at
www.rockandrollconfidential
http://www.rockandrollconfidential.com/hall/index.php
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: lorac61469 on 12/06/06 at 12:48 pm
how 'bout Echo and the Bunnymen?
Sounds like a kids show.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: lorac61469 on 12/06/06 at 12:50 pm
Hate this band name...
Poverty Neck Hillbillies. Stupid.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 12:51 pm
yah, echo and the bunnymen is tres teletubbies.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 12:52 pm
http://www.rockandrollconfidential.com/hall/hall_detail.php?dd_keyid=49
this one's hysterical.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Jessica on 12/06/06 at 12:55 pm
Hey Tia, I think your pic links up there changed. :o
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 12:57 pm
Hey Tia, I think your pic links up there changed. :o
well, you maybe have to see the REALLY bad ones.
bands are supposed to be scary and sorta ugly. it's the really cheesy reo speedwagon types that realy crack me up.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Jessica on 12/06/06 at 1:00 pm
well, you maybe have to see the REALLY bad ones.
bands are supposed to be scary and sorta ugly. it's the really cheesy reo speedwagon types that realy crack me up.
So I'm supposed to be seeing five pictures of a bum getting a blowjob?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 1:03 pm
So I'm supposed to be seeing five pictures of a bum getting a blowjob?
oops, sorry, that's my webcam.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Jessica on 12/06/06 at 1:04 pm
oops, sorry, that's my webcam.
And which one are you? The giver or the receiver?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 1:05 pm
And which one are you? The giver or the receiver?
oddly both.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/06/06 at 1:24 pm
oops, sorry, that's my webcam.
i can't wait to visit you.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/06/06 at 1:52 pm
Hate this band name...
Poverty Neck Hillbillies. Stupid.
ew, I agree. They are from my area...they perform all over the place here...I hate that name...and I really don't like them either.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/06/06 at 1:57 pm
Insane Clown Posse
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 1:58 pm
Insane Clown Posse
troodat. slipknot is a pretty good name. neither of them are particularly good bands, though, i've been led to understand.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/06/06 at 2:17 pm
Korn
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 2:18 pm
troodat. slipknot is a pretty good name. neither of them are particularly good bands, though, i've been led to understand.
I got some tickets for free to see them in Kansas City in exchange for writing a favorable article about them in the riverfront times.. damn.. the music is ok if you enjoy being shouted at, but what a sweet ass stage show. Concussion bombs, enormous spinning drum kits, kickass fireworks and some sweet ass blood fountains.
Korn
White guys with dreadlocks always suck.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/06/06 at 2:21 pm
Morningwood
Candlebox
anything with numbers in it.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/06 at 2:22 pm
Morningwood
Candlebox
anything with numbers in it.
Yes
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 2:23 pm
Morningwood
... err... you need to wake up with me a few times. ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/06/06 at 2:23 pm
... err... you need to wake up with me a few times. ;D
;D
I"m an idiot. that never crossed my mind!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 2:37 pm
system of a down?
what the hell does that mean, anyawy? system of a down.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 2:37 pm
oo! cradle of filth! stupid name, crappy band. they're trying to do the oxymoron thing too.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/06/06 at 2:38 pm
band names that are guys' names.
James, for example.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 2:42 pm
Blind Guardian. Reasonably cool band.. crap name.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 2:49 pm
band names that are guys' names.
James, for example.
blondie's good because everybody thought debbie harry WAS blondie. so -- did it refer to her? the comic strip? a hash brownie? no one knows.
i like nice, simple names. blondie, the police, the cult, the cure. can't go wrong with that. everybody's trying to be clever nowadays, calling themselves the kneecaps or pie R squared or what have you. it's dumb.
hanzel und gretyl is a pretty kickass name. everybody thinks they're actually german, and people keep wanting to americanize the spelling. i like names that create misunderstandings.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 2:50 pm
blondie's good because everybody thought debbie harry WAS blondie. so -- did it refer to her? the comic strip? a hash brownie? no one knows.
i like nice, simple names. blondie, the police, the cult, the cure. can't go wrong with that. everybody's trying to be clever nowadays, calling themselves the kneecaps or pie R squared or what have you. it's dumb.
hanzel und gretyl is a pretty kickass name. everybody thinks they're actually german, and people keep wanting to americanize the spelling. i like names that create misunderstandings.
You sure listed some suckass bands.. part from HuG of course.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 2:53 pm
You sure listed some suckass bands.. part from HuG of course.
i like blondie and the police, not so big on the cult and the cure, though. but they're good, sturdy, workmanlike names. i guess i think of a band name as a problem to be gotten through rather than an opportunity to excel, unless you've got a whole concept like HuG or gwar or something.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 2:54 pm
Blind Guardian. Reasonably cool band.. crap name.
yup, that does suck. you'd just be like, um, that dude's not gonna be guarding s***.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/06/06 at 2:55 pm
Deep Blue Something
Spin Doctors
Go West
4 Non Blondes
The Bloodhound Gang
Alien Ant Farm
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 2:59 pm
Deep Blue Something
Spin Doctors
Go West
4 Non Blondes
The Bloodhound Gang
Alien Ant Farm
spin doctors is marginally acceptable. the rest of those names are TOTALLY awful.
i really loathe 4 non blondes. the actual band.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/06/06 at 3:00 pm
i really loathe 4 non blondes. the actual band.
The first time I actually thought murder was an option was the 34897394739473847th time I had to hear "What's Going On".
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/06/06 at 3:02 pm
The first time I actually thought murder was an option was the 34897394739473847th time I had to hear "What's Going On".
;D
yeah, that's a song that definitely makes me feel the rage. i found it inexplicable that anyone would like that song. it's not music as you and i know it.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/06/06 at 3:15 pm
spin doctors is marginally acceptable. the rest of those names are TOTALLY awful.
i really loathe 4 non blondes. the actual band.
i agree . hate them.
blonde redhead
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: loki 13 on 12/06/06 at 5:28 pm
A few come mind.
Haircut 100
Men Without Hats
Leftover Crack
Clit 45
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Bowling For Soup
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/06/06 at 5:33 pm
Leftover Crack
Clit 45
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Great names dude!!
Gimmies also happen to be a great band.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: loki 13 on 12/06/06 at 5:41 pm
Great names dude!!
Gimmies also happen to be a great band.
See, stupid or great, It's all on how one interperates it.
As for the Gimmes being a great band, they have some of the best covers I've heard.
I like Me First and The Gimme Gimmes' music not their name.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 12/06/06 at 9:21 pm
Many of these bands I like, but their names are a bit too weird ...
Alien Sex Fiend
The Buthole Surfers
Elbow Bones and the Racketeers
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
The Virgin Prunes
Cock Robin
Martha and the Muffins
Pukka Orchestra
Teenage Head(s)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/07/06 at 8:16 am
anything wehre a word is repeated...
Talk Talk
and the best, the fictional non-band "and AND and" from the film The Commitments.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/07/06 at 8:22 am
what movie was it with tom hanks (?) where their band is called the "Oneders" (pronounced "wonders') but everytime they get announced on the radio the DJ struggles with it for a second before saying, "ladies and gentlemen... the... ??? .... won-eeeders?"
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/07/06 at 8:38 am
what movie was it with tom hanks (?) where their band is called the "Oneders" (pronounced "wonders') but everytime they get announced on the radio the DJ struggles with it for a second before saying, "ladies and gentlemen... the... ??? .... won-eeeders?"
ya, it was, "That Thing You Do"....and everytime they would announce them when performing....they would pronounce it....The O-Need-Ers! LOL!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/07/06 at 9:59 am
what movie was it with tom hanks (?) where their band is called the "Oneders" (pronounced "wonders') but everytime they get announced on the radio the DJ struggles with it for a second before saying, "ladies and gentlemen... the... ??? .... won-eeeders?"
then in one scene Steve Zahn gets drunk and corrects someone with yet another incorrect pronunciation.
guy: You Oh-need-ders are great
steve: It's "Oh- NED-ers."
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Ashkicksass on 12/07/06 at 10:04 am
I think Def Leppard is the dumbest band name in history, but I still love them very much.
My father in law had a band when he was young called "Would Love." ::) One night I was saying something about it, and I acidentally called them "Wood Lovers." He's never heard the end of it. He's a kick ass guitarist though.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/07/06 at 10:55 am
I think Def Leppard is the dumbest band name in history, but I still love them very much.
My father in law had a band when he was young called "Would Love." ::) One night I was saying something about it, and I acidentally called them "Wood Lovers." He's never heard the end of it. He's a kick ass guitarist though.
Leppards have good hearing.. but not many limbs.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/07/06 at 11:38 am
Ed's Redeeming Qualities
Cat
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: loki 13 on 12/07/06 at 4:05 pm
I think "The The " has to be the most stupid name for a band.
The Doors is a rather stupid name also, great band, bad name.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/07/06 at 4:17 pm
I think "The The " has to be the most stupid name for a band.
second-stupidest.
http://www.spectropop.com/PPS/Part3/PPS043.jpg
(warning: cuss word)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Davester on 12/07/06 at 4:23 pm
I think "The The " has to be the most stupid name for a band.
The Doors is a rather stupid name also, great band, bad name.
Yeah, I was going to mention "The The"...
At first I thought it was a Colin Hay side project since one of The The's members resembles him...
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/07/06 at 4:24 pm
second-stupidest.
http://www.spectropop.com/PPS/Part3/PPS043.jpg
(warning: cuss word)
Too funny. Can you imagine telling people the name of your band? :D ;D ;D ;D
Cat
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 12/08/06 at 10:17 am
Bowling For Soup
There's actually a story about that.....the guys were sitting around watching old SNL one night and Steve Martin's "Bowling for Sh!t" was on and they said "Hey, that's a great name". However, they realized the "sh!t" part wouldn't go over well so they came up with another 4 letter word in it's place.....
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/08/06 at 10:18 am
oo! i'ma call my band "the five soups."
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 12/08/06 at 10:20 am
While "Five for Fighting" is a cool name, it's ONE guy ???
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/08/06 at 1:30 pm
Four out of Five Doctors (great band, bad name)
and the local heroes, "Future Chicken Farmers" whis i hate...bad music, bad name.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/08/06 at 1:32 pm
Four out of Five Doctors (great band, bad name)
not a good band name, but would be a good name for just about anything else -- song, album, movie, t.v. show...
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/08/06 at 1:33 pm
not a good band name, but would be a good name for just about anything else -- song, album, movie, t.v. show...
I"m going to name my dog that. and my car.
:)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Satish on 12/08/06 at 2:36 pm
Crash Test Dummies
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 12/08/06 at 5:26 pm
Four out of Five Doctors (great band, bad name)
Do they by chance chew Trident? ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/08/06 at 8:29 pm
Toploader.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Dominic L. on 12/08/06 at 8:42 pm
Crash Test Dummies
D= How so?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 12/09/06 at 3:10 am
Toploader.
They are good for smokin' too. "Dancing and Smoking in the moonlight" :D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 12/09/06 at 3:41 am
Color Me Badd.
Matter-of-fact, most intentional misspellings of band names really irritate me, e.g.
Limp Bizkit
Staind
Trapt
Puddle of Mudd
Korn
You get the idea.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/06 at 3:52 am
The group Busted have now done exactly as the name entails
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/09/06 at 6:26 am
Toploader.
Suckass band, suckass name
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Abix on 12/10/06 at 1:25 pm
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/10/06 at 1:26 pm
Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Great music, sh*tty name. It sounds like something you get chemically castrated for.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: JamieMcBain on 12/11/06 at 4:10 pm
Rainbow Butt Monkeys
GWAR
Panic! At The Disco
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/11/06 at 4:15 pm
GWAR
IN THE NAME OF GWAR!
GWAR rule McBain!!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: JamieMcBain on 12/11/06 at 4:17 pm
I knew that would get Davey's attention..... ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/11/06 at 4:33 pm
I knew that would get Davey's attention..... ;D
WELCOME TO THE SLAUGHTER, WATCHA GONNA DO?
WHAT WILL BE YOUR EPITAPH, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH YOU?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: JamieMcBain on 12/11/06 at 4:34 pm
Ummmmmm.....
You're scaring the crap of me? ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/11/06 at 4:37 pm
Ummmmmm.....
You're scaring the crap of me? ;D
I CALL OUT YOUR GOD TILL BEFORE ME HE STANDS, DON'T SEND ME JESUS, HE'S ONLY A MAN!!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: JamieMcBain on 12/11/06 at 4:56 pm
;D
Now.... he's reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly creeping me out! ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Abix on 12/11/06 at 6:21 pm
Butthole Surfers
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Trimac20 on 12/11/06 at 11:57 pm
I think Vertical Horizon is a dumb band name because it's an Oxymoron. Horizontal is the opposite of vertical.
Which could well have been the point of it...
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/11/06 at 11:59 pm
i saw gwar, frickin' loved it. i twisted my ankle in the pit and was hobbling for weeks.
someday i want to cripple myself for HuG. as a kind of homage.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/12/06 at 12:00 am
Butthole Surfers
buzzcocks is bad for similar reasons.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/12/06 at 12:01 am
buzzcocks is bad for similar reasons.
oh, wait, wait? am i thinking of "the revolting cocks"?
whichever way, they're both really really bad band names.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Trimac20 on 12/12/06 at 10:38 am
Um...
Names like Blink 182, Sum 41 are particularly inane...
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: zcrito on 12/12/06 at 10:43 pm
what about.....
Right Said Fred
Hole
Ugly Kid Joe
Hootie & The Blowfish
You beat me to it. You got the worst one of the last 10 years -- Hootie & The Blowfish. That's just plain awful.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: zcrito on 12/12/06 at 10:53 pm
I think Vertical Horizon is a dumb band name because it's an Oxymoron. Horizontal is the opposite of vertical.
I wonder (and I'm not going to take the time to check it out further) if Vertical Horizon is a play on how the words are used in aviation? "Vertical" is 90 degrees from the "horizon". And "horizontal" equals parallel to the horizon.
???
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/12/06 at 10:56 pm
I wonder (and I'm not going to take the time to check it out further) if Vertical Horizon is a play on how the words are used in aviation? "Vertical" is 90 degrees from the "horizon". And "horizontal" equals parallel to the horizon.
???
Hmmm, good point. But I was looking at it differently. I was explaining that the band name consists of an adjective (Verical) modifying a noun (Horizon)...so if those two words went together like that, it would be an Oxymoron, like I said a week ago.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 12/13/06 at 12:02 am
Warrant
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/13/06 at 12:40 am
Hmmm, good point. But I was looking at it differently. I was explaining that the band name consists of an adjective (Verical) modifying a noun (Horizon)...so if those two words went together like that, it would be an Oxymoron, like I said a week ago.
You misspelled "Vertical".
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 12/13/06 at 4:52 am
Hawk's Top 10 Worst Band Names Ever!
10. Mucky Pup
9. Haircut 100
8. Hipsway
7. Baby Huey & The Babysitters
6. Billy & The Boingers
5. Ass Ponys
4. Butthole Surfers
3. Mr. Big (Good for movie villains- not so good with bands)
2. Rednex
AND! Hawk's Pick For The Worst Band Name:
1. Butt Trumpet (Considering this was Jello Biafra's last band...it makes me weep.)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/13/06 at 1:03 pm
Fun Boy Three
Cat
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/13/06 at 1:04 pm
there is a New Jersey band, don't know if theyt are still around..but anything with unneccessary double letters is always bad.
Free Drinxx
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/13/06 at 1:04 pm
You misspelled "Vertical".
Why thank you for pointing that out!! :) ;D
I'm sure most everyone would know what I'm referring to anyways.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 12/13/06 at 1:06 pm
Belly
Lit
All American Rejects
Thompson Twins
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/13/06 at 1:07 pm
there is a New Jersey band, don't know if theyt are still around..but anything with unneccessary double letters is always bad.
Free Drinxx
I agree.
Bubba Sparxxx... that has triple letters; you don't see that very often. :o
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/13/06 at 1:08 pm
Thompson Twins
Yeah, none of their names are Thompson, and there are no twins in the group. It's a trio of unrelated people. Why they decided to use a name like that, is beyond my comprehension.
Along the same lines...
Barenaked Ladies.
They're not even women, and they all wear clothes. So if you ask me, they should be called "Fullyclothed Gentlemen."
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/13/06 at 2:15 pm
A-Ha
Cat
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/06 at 2:18 pm
Yeah, none of their names are Thompson, and there are no twins in the group. It's a trio of unrelated people. Why they decided to use a name like that, is beyond my comprehension.
Along the same lines...
Barenaked Ladies.
They're not even women, and they all wear clothes. So if you ask me, they should be called "Fullyclothed Gentlemen."
The Thompson Twins named themselves after the two bumbling detectives in Herg
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/13/06 at 3:15 pm
The Thompson Twins named themselves after the two bumbling detectives in Herg
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 12/13/06 at 6:39 pm
Okay...I understand the origin of the term...but it still doesn't make sense to me to use that name for their band. Maybe they liked the name or something.
Many bands name themselves after characters ... Duran Duran, Veruca Salt, etc ...
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Indy Gent on 12/13/06 at 7:24 pm
Panic! At The Disco
No Doubt
Gym Class Heroes
and the all-time worse band name of all
Black S*** Puppy Farm.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: JamieMcBain on 12/13/06 at 8:45 pm
Anal C*****
I can't post the full name of the band.
Let's put it this way, it's pretty obscene.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/13/06 at 10:52 pm
Many bands name themselves after characters ... Duran Duran, Veruca Salt, etc ...
I knows that... but I don't think I've heard about a band called "etc"---oh never mind.
At least the Kalin Twins was an actual duo of twins.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/13/06 at 11:05 pm
I knows that... but I don't think I've heard about a band called "etc"---oh never mind.
Thank God you put that never mind in there. I was about to say, "You can't possibly think he was naming a band called 'etc', do you?"
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/13/06 at 11:07 pm
Thank God you put that never mind in there. I was about to say, "You can't possibly think he was naming a band called 'etc', do you?"
course not...i was being silly ;)
Who knows...maybe there might someday be a band with that name. :-\\
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/06 at 3:40 am
Heaven 17 was named after a group seen on a chart list in A Clockwork Orange and Moloko was the drink from the same film.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/14/06 at 6:22 am
Hot Tuna http://www.hottuna.com/
My life with the Thrill Kill Kult (I think that's the name anyways)
Talking Heads
Bananarama
Divinyls
Rubber Rodeo
Toad the wet sprocket
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Jimmy eat world
Chumbawamba
The Buggles
and I always thought the name Orchestral Manouevers in the dark was kinda weird (especially since I can't spell the word Manouevers) ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: nally on 12/14/06 at 10:17 am
and I always thought the name Orchestral Manouevers in the dark was kinda weird (especially since I can't spell the word Manouevers) ;D
Yeah, they spell it the British way. Many of us find it hard to spell it like that, which is why we often refer to them by their inits, O.M.D.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/14/06 at 12:22 pm
Hot Tuna http://www.hottuna.com/
Talking Heads
Divinyls
OMD
I think they are pretty cool; Divinyls is a good name for their time..Talking Heads is mocking the press and is self-effacing- a fitting name for them..
and OMD is a long one, but it suggests atmosphere.
Huh. I never thought i would care about this.
I think the rest you listed are terrible.
The worst names are always tribute bands that use a song or a mutated version of the band's name as their moniker...
LIke..
The Champions: ;th;e ultimate tribute to Queen
or
Crazy Train- The Ozzy Experience.
Hate that.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Ashkicksass on 12/14/06 at 12:29 pm
The Thompson Twins named themselves after the two bumbling detectives in Herg
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Mushroom on 12/14/06 at 1:59 pm
Here are a few, and always left me wondering "How did they come up with that?"
Manheim Steamroller
Suzy Eats Sh*t (the I was in the name, a local LA band in the mid 1990's)
Bow Wow Wow
Save Ferris
Closed For Remodeling (a local LA band of the 1980's)
Tears For Fears
Seven Mary Three (OK, a lot of us liked CHiPs", but taking a callsign for your band's name?)
Hoobastank
? and the Mysterians
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
M (I love the music, but try looking for it in a search engine)
Queer Interior Decorators (yet another LA band)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Ashkicksass on 12/14/06 at 2:02 pm
? and the Mysterians
Gets my vote for the worst one ever. With the weirdest lead singer. (He actually thinks he's an alien.)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/14/06 at 2:15 pm
Here are a few, and always left me wondering "How did they come up with that?"
Save Ferris
Queer Interior Decorators (yet another LA band)
Great names!!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 12/14/06 at 3:38 pm
Here's a novelty act from 1980. Bad band name, bad song title. All around cheese ...
"What Can You Get A Wookie For Christmas (When He Already Owms A Comb)" by The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir and Chorale
It hit US #69 in 1980. The fact that a song like this can chart rolls me with laughter ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/14/06 at 3:51 pm
The Flying Lizards
Cat
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/14/06 at 9:33 pm
The Flying Burrito Brothers ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Dominic L. on 12/14/06 at 10:23 pm
Fiery Furnaces
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/14/06 at 10:50 pm
Not necessarily stupid, but odd..
Foghat
Blue Oyster Cult
Flowered Up
Shed Seven
Live (trying searching for *that* in a search engine)
Of course, I like some of the songs these groups put out, but their band names are a bit unusual. ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/14/06 at 10:54 pm
My Chemical Romance and the names of every other band like these posers.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 12/14/06 at 11:12 pm
Live (trying searching for *that* in a search engine)
Reminds me of a british hard rock band called A. They had a hit in 2001 called "Nothing"
Searching that gets you Everything by B through Z LOL
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: GoodRedShirt on 12/22/06 at 8:50 pm
Yeah, none of their names are Thompson, and there are no twins in the group. It's a trio of unrelated people. Why they decided to use a name like that, is beyond my comprehension.
Along the same lines...
Barenaked Ladies.
They're not even women, and they all wear clothes. So if you ask me, they should be called "Fullyclothed Gentlemen."
Yes, but what appeals to you more? Barenaked Ladies, or Fullyclothed Gentlemen?
I know what I'd pick.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: GoodRedShirt on 12/22/06 at 9:02 pm
Bands that use punctuation in their name:
!!! (ChkChkChk)
(+44)
? And the Mysterians
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Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Dominic L. on 12/23/06 at 11:52 am
Yes, but what appeals to you more? Barenaked Ladies, or Fullyclothed Gentlemen?
I know what I'd pick.
FCG?
It was actually a name made to get people to go to their first show, because... yanno... they thought there would be actual naked ladies.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/25/06 at 3:26 pm
Duran Duran named after a character from one of the world's most cheesiest movies-Barbarella. :D ;D ;D
Cat
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 12/25/06 at 10:17 pm
Let's see,
The Gothic Archies
Death Cab for Cutie (good band, crummy name)
The Grand Prixx
My Robot Friend
Read Yellow
The Four Gone Conclusions
The Cryn' Shames
Drivin' and Cryin'
The La's
The Planet The
At The Drive-in
Dashboard Confessional
The Shower Scene From Psycho (yes, there really was a punk band with this name.)
The Fixx (one of my favorite '80s bands, never struck me how stupid the name was until this year!)
Pushing Red Buttons (band formerly known as "Norman Fell," with their album "Down")
Kajagoogoo
Prozzak (pronounced "Prozac")
The Makers (a band in which all members assumed the surname, "Maker")
The L.A. Guns
Blur
The Humpers
Anal C*nt
Porno for Pyros
Pseudo Echo
Faster Pussycat
Skid Row
The Yips
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 12/25/06 at 10:18 pm
Heaven 17 was named after a group seen on a chart list in A Clockwork Orange and Moloko was the drink from the same film.
Great name. I was a big fan of Heaven 17. Fortunately, nobody took to calling himself "Johnny Zhivago."
The Thompson Twins named themselves after the two bumbling detectives in Herg
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Sister Morphine on 12/25/06 at 10:27 pm
Anal C*nt is just hilarious.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 12/25/06 at 10:35 pm
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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/25/06 at 11:41 pm
Anal C*nt is just hilarious.
One of my favorite bands.
Some of the best songs EVER!!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: La Roche on 12/25/06 at 11:44 pm
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 12/26/06 at 4:27 am
If ever I decide to start a band, I may call it Watching Abbey Road Webcam
since that is what I do alot ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 12/26/06 at 8:32 am
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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: KKay on 12/26/06 at 8:42 am
Cinderella
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/26/06 at 11:20 am
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/26/06 at 11:21 am
I'm sure Philip would join you. ;)
Cat
I will be the Ticket Seller for the concert.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 12/27/06 at 2:07 am
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?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: pink daisy on 01/02/07 at 10:29 am
Half Man, Half Biscuit is a pretty dumb name.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 01/02/07 at 11:05 am
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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: thereshegoes on 01/02/07 at 11:51 am
I think they're an ok band but Death Cab for Cutie is one of the silliest names i ever heard.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 01/02/07 at 12:06 pm
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.'"
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 01/02/07 at 10:43 pm
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.)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Dominic L. on 01/02/07 at 10:56 pm
xbxrx
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: malibumike65 on 01/11/07 at 4:50 pm
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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 01/14/07 at 3:30 am
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: ouch1 on 01/15/07 at 10:19 am
Goo Goo Dolls....what the hell is a "Goo Goo Doll"?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: karen on 01/15/07 at 10:30 am
Goo Goo Dolls....what the hell is a "Goo Goo Doll"?
Girls who like playing in Goo Goo Muck?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 01/15/07 at 6:52 pm
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...
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 01/15/07 at 7:47 pm
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?!?!?)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: karen on 01/16/07 at 4:07 am
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?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 01/17/07 at 5:49 pm
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: sweetie44 on 01/17/07 at 6:27 pm
My son listens to band named, Choking Victim, I think this is a stupid name for a band.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: JamieMcBain on 01/17/07 at 9:30 pm
I agree.....
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 01/17/07 at 9:50 pm
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: RTynanDDS on 02/07/07 at 1:33 pm
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: agrimorfee on 02/07/07 at 1:53 pm
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
:D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Tia on 02/07/07 at 1:54 pm
^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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: agrimorfee on 02/07/07 at 1:54 pm
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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: agrimorfee on 02/07/07 at 1:59 pm
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: karen on 02/15/07 at 8:05 am
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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: witchain on 02/15/07 at 8:25 am
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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: JamieMcBain on 02/15/07 at 8:56 am
Alien Sex Fiend soons like a really bad band name. ;D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: witchain on 02/15/07 at 9:18 am
Alien Sex Fiend soons like a really bad band name. ;D
If you dropped a couple and listened to them you would understand... :D
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: karen on 02/15/07 at 9:37 am
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: RTynanDDS on 02/15/07 at 12:51 pm
Sandy Duncan's Good Eye (Though the same person nominated it for both categories :-\\ )
What can I say? Sometimes "stupid" is "best."
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 02/15/07 at 1:16 pm
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/07 at 1:56 am
Peter And The Test Tube Babies
Another band from the 80s
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 03/23/07 at 3:14 am
Dork & Dickweed
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 03/23/07 at 3:19 am
Some new band called Gym Class Heroes
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/07 at 6:26 am
From the 90s:
Sparklehorse
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Paul on 03/23/07 at 7:14 am
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!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: karen on 03/23/07 at 7:50 am
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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Dominic L. on 03/23/07 at 10:22 am
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?
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: karen on 03/23/07 at 11:11 am
Is that pronounced like fetus (It could be the English way of spelling it??)
Yes and yes
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/07 at 1:05 pm
From 1986:
Gay Gordon And The Mince Pies
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Paul on 03/23/07 at 3:21 pm
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!
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Guest 6862 on 10/12/07 at 12:08 pm
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.)
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Foo Bar on 10/12/07 at 10:49 pm
'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.
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: whistledog on 10/13/07 at 12:26 am
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
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: GoodRedShirt on 10/13/07 at 12:33 am
White Birds and Lemons
Cut Off Your Hands
...most names that are 4 or more words are stupid/funny/silly
Subject: Re: Stupidest Band Name
Written By: Dominic L. on 10/13/07 at 1:07 am
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.