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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2007 at 10:16
Originally posted by Eetu Pellonpää Eetu Pellonpää wrote:

Originally posted by Dalezilla Dalezilla wrote:

Oh yeah I almost forgot: Ultra Bra. LOL
 
My nightmare band! Big%20smile
 
There are also quite silly names in the field of psychedelia, like THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND or STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK. Confused
 
Good music though!Clap
 
(But hey, it WAS the 60's then...Wink)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2007 at 10:04

There are a number of Japanese punk bands with bizzare names such as Mr. Children, Bump of Chicken, and The Piss.

As for English speaking bands, Panic! At the Disco and Clap Your Hands say Yeah are the worst names
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2007 at 02:11
Originally posted by Dalezilla Dalezilla wrote:

Oh yeah I almost forgot: Ultra Bra. LOL
 
My nightmare band! Big%20smile
 
There are also quite silly names in the field of psychedelia, like THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND or STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK. Confused


Edited by Eetu Pellonpää - July 11 2007 at 02:11
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2007 at 21:47
I always thought the name Skinny Puppy was somewhat silly.
 
Right Said Fred (What exactly was said that was right?)Confused
 
Duran Duran? (Wasn't 1 Duran enough?)LOL
 
I could probably name about 1000 different HipHop/Rap names that are extremely stupid but then I'd be wasting valuable keystrokes which could go towards better uses.Dead
 
 


Edited by Zoot Allures - July 10 2007 at 21:48
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2007 at 14:01
Originally posted by Floydoid Floydoid wrote:

Half Man, Half Biscuit

The Teardrop Explodes
Oi! mits off the Biccies! Angry
Creators of such classics as Dickie Davies Eyes, Time Flies By When You're The Driver Of A Train (inc. the immemorable line: Be careful with that spliff Eugene, it causes condensation) and I Left My Heart In Papworth General, Joy Division Oven Gloves, We Built This Village On A Trad. Arr. Tune, Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years, Paintball's Coming Home, Eno Collaboration, Everything's AOR, Styx Gig (Seen By My Mates Coming Out Of A), The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train) and It's Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas.
 
and if it wasn't for Julian Cope's Teardrop exploding we wouldn't have had Echo and The Bunnymen.... Confused okay, I'll give you that one. Wink


Edited by darqdean - July 09 2007 at 17:49
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2007 at 12:53
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

When I was in school a friend of mine played guitar in a band named "Urinprobe", another in a band called "Coitus Interruptus". None of these names were any good either.


In Finland in the 70s a very popular pop/rock band was called Coitus Int.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2007 at 12:45
Hapshash and the Colored Coat. The music was as awful as the name.
Hatfield and the North is just as bad a name; they are named after a road sign on the M1 in Great Britain.
When I was in school a friend of mine played guitar in a band named "Urinprobe", another in a band called "Coitus Interruptus". None of these names were any good either.

About U2: I always thought the name stood for "You Too", which would have been an allusion to the last words of Caesar.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2007 at 12:07
Half Man, Half Biscuit

The Teardrop Explodes
Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2007 at 09:04
Originally posted by Majestic_Mayhem Majestic_Mayhem wrote:

Fall Out Boy
Good Charlotte
My Chemical Romance
Bullet For My Valentine
Funeral For A Friend
Armor For Sleep
Boy Hits Car
Unhappy
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OK, OK, enough is enough.Wink


There was an 80s hair-metal band called  Enuff Znuff.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2007 at 08:39
Flower Kings, Smashing Pumpkins, Mighty Lemon Drops, Blow Monkeys...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2007 at 03:25
!!! is the name of the band and it's pronounced, Chk Chk Chk

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2007 at 03:15
There were some bands doing the rounds in Aus. a while back - 'I Spit in your Gravy' , 'Le Club Foot', 'Chinless Elite' and 'Deckchairs Overboard' - actually, I don't mind the last two. [I used to play in 'Pin Sandwich' which was pretty bad, in more ways than one]! ! !
Looking still the same after all these years...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2007 at 18:31
has anyone mentioned Slade?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2007 at 18:25
The artist formerly known as Prince have that pretty annoying sign...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2007 at 16:34
Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:

I have some, but this ones takes the cake:

Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start

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(^^^ That wasn't an error, those two bands do exist)

Here's a good list for some more band names: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/frenchie/intriguing_band_names/



Wow. Those two are awesome, especially the last one!

(I like weird band names)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2007 at 14:23
I have some, but this ones takes the cake:

Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start

ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

(^^^ That wasn't an error, those two bands do exist)

Here's a good list for some more band names: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/frenchie/intriguing_band_names/


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2007 at 14:02
Originally posted by E-Dub E-Dub wrote:

I remember a buddy of mine kept bringing up this prog band called Spock's Beard and thinking, "That is the dumbest name for a band that I have ever heard." Little did I know that they'd be one of my favorites eventually.

Another name that I find stupid is Modest Mouse. Death Cab For Cutie is pretty stupid, too.

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I like the name Spock's Beard, and I suppose Star Trek fans must love it!

:edit: silliest artist name I know of must propably be Yngwie Malmsteen.


PS: Anal C**t would have been a cool, provocative name, if it wasn't for the fact that the p*ssies put "AC" on their album covers instead of the full name....


Edited by magnus - July 08 2007 at 14:08
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2007 at 04:01
^ They're ok-ish names... in the "trying to be special so much that they're nothing really special" - category. Though I quite like the name Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2007 at 23:06
Sorry people, the music may be good, but Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Godspeed You! Black Emperor are quite idiotic names...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2007 at 17:26
Originally posted by fungusucantkill fungusucantkill wrote:

Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6221
hahahahahahaha


It would've been very, very good if it had been some sort sort of Jazz band instead of a Black Metal one...
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