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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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My Dying Bride(A Quite Good band with a Very, Very Good vocalist and a godawful name, they don't risk being namedropped too often by anyone who wants to retain a sense of dignity), Gothminister(Just bad, in every respect), and let's say Anathema.

By contrast SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW is a Very Very Funny name, as is Zweck, but only if you are Norwegian rather than German.

Edited by Zweck - July 07 2007 at 13:56
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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

 
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That is actually the name of the sci-fi movie....

The worst posssible name is FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND
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http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6221
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Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6221
hahahahahahaha
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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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Sorry people, the music may be good, but Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Godspeed You! Black Emperor are quite idiotic names...
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^ 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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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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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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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

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/



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

(I like weird band names)
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The artist formerly known as Prince have that pretty annoying sign...

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has anyone mentioned Slade?

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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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!!! 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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Flower Kings, Smashing Pumpkins, Mighty Lemon Drops, Blow Monkeys...
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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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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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