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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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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


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I always thought the name Skinny Puppy was somewhat silly.
 
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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
 
 


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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


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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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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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Originally posted by Progrock105 Progrock105 wrote:

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


These names are pretty good, in my opinion. Panic! At the Disco's music, however, is completely lifeless and utterly boring. I haven't heard the Japanese bands.
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Originally posted by Zappa88 Zappa88 wrote:

 
Good music though!Clap
 
(But hey, it WAS the 60's then...Wink)
 
Yep, good stuff indeed! Thumbs%20Up Probably the trend was then to give an impression how "far out" or "stoned" they are. Tongue
 
The Chocolate Watch Band appeared in a cult movie "Riot on Sunset Strip", which would be a fun film to see. Apparently it is not yet released on a DVD or even a VHS? There's a really brutal performance from them on that one, the tune is called "Sitting There Standing". The singer really sees things which other people don't! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iSP7ytIo_M Later they did two IMO quite sophisticated pscyhdelic albums with more imagination used, as that song is quite basic 60's R'n'B.


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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

!!! is the name of the band and it's pronounced, Chk Chk Chk


some sort of Aboriginal noises, Lee?

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^^^ That's definitely one of the weirder names (and pronunciations) of a band that I've heard, but their music is so damn catchy and groovy...

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Originally posted by Philéas Philéas wrote:

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...


their album's name is "Into the c**t of Chaos" LOLLOLLOLLOL


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Originally posted by Chameleon Chameleon wrote:

The Mayors of Awesometown.
 
THE MAYORS OF FREAKING AWESOMETOWN.
i think that's hilariously genius
In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree
In the sky there is a cloud containing the sea
In the sea there is a whale without any eyes
In the whale there is a man without his raincoat.
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Originally posted by Zoot Allures Zoot Allures wrote:

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
 
 

Duran Duran are named after the angel in the movie "Barbarella" starring Jane Fonda. The actual spelling of the name is "Durand Durand" though, but the "d" is not pronounced, so probably the band thought that "Duran Duran" is the right spelling.


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Points: 1553 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 07:14
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Zoot Allures Zoot Allures wrote:

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
 
 

Duran Duran are named after the angel in the movie "Barbarella" starring Jane Fonda. The actual spelling of the name is "Durand Durand" though, but the "d" is not pronounced, so probably the band thought that "Duran Duran" is the right spelling.


'Right Said Fred'  was an early 1960's song by Bernard Cribbins.
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Points: 87 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 09:49
BON JOVI!!

(Wait, in what way is it suppose to be the worst?)
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Points: 12 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 19:07
hmmm... Graveworm

Dark Black, many death metal bands...


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Points: 167 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 19:12
Slightly off topic, but I do recall falling about laughing when my mate, Chris, being a 15 year old who had just seen the Woodstock movie for the first time, announced that he was going to buy a "Country Fish & The Joe Boys" album. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2007 at 22:25
i saw this band on myspace and it was called the chickensband HAHAHAHA
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Lynryd Skynryd comes to mind.

The Flaming Lips.

It's a Beautiful Day. (great band, though)

CCR. Just a stupid, stupid name.

And Hootie and the Blowfish was just too stupid for words, and so was their music. They had more than the alloted 15 minutes of fame. Good riddance. Hope you saved your money, fellas.
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I think that must be A.C., which is an abbreviation of "anal c**t".
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