Worst Band Names Ever?
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Topic: Worst Band Names Ever?
Posted By: Floydoid
Subject: Worst Band Names Ever?
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:00
There is a current topic about unimaginative album titles, which got me thinking about really awful names chosen by bands that were/are actually very good.
Two that spring to mind are:
The Flaming Groovies Love Sculpture
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:07
Toad The Wet Sprocket
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:09
The worst band ever has the worst name ever :
Hootie and the Blowfish.
I loathe every single second of every song I've heard from them. Glad they no longer exist, they were polluting the airwaves at one point.
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:11
Frumpy
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:11
U2 is pretty stupid- I'm sure there is a lot more.
^^ Agree with Hootie
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:13
Drew wrote:
U2 is pretty stupid- I'm sure there is a lot more.
^^ Agree with Hootie
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I don't know.....I think U2 is an excellent name. Whats the problem with it?
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:13
Melomaniac wrote:
The worst band ever has the worst name ever :
Hootie and the Blowfish.
I loathe every single second of every song I've heard from them. Glad they no longer exist, they were polluting the airwaves at one point. |
Amen
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:14
Snow Dog wrote:
Drew wrote:
U2 is pretty stupid- I'm sure there is a lot more.
^^ Agree with Hootie
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I don't know.....I think U2 is an excellent name. Whats the problem with it? |
U2 (you too) I don't know- just always fit me as Corny and Boring
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:16
It doesn't mean "you too" though.....
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:19
Really? What does it mean?
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Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:20
Fine Young Cannibals
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Rhapsody of Fire
Johnny hates Jazz
Scrittipolitti
Van Der Graaf Generator (I love them, but I find their name silply awful)
Black Vomit (that's an Italian punk band)
Preghiera di Sasso (Prayer of stone.... arrrgghh!!)
Prefab Sprout (I like them... but they cause you to spit everytime you say their name)
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:22
Drew wrote:
Really? What does it mean? |
They are named after the U2 spyplane that flew over the USSR causing abig diplomatic incident. Back in the '50's or '60's I think.
I don't know the details.
Hmm...yes I remember, it was actually shot down.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm - http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:29
Drew wrote:
Really? What does it mean?
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'U2' is a long obsolete size of battery (here in the UK at least).
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:30
Melomaniac wrote:
The worst band ever has the worst name ever :
Hootie and the Blowfish.
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Funnily enough they were in the back of my mind when I was making the topic, and yeah they were pretty naff.
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 14:31
Another one that springs to mind: 'Red Lorry Yellow Lorry' - it's even a tongue twister.
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Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 15:07
idk. Tool sounds really...not good.. " i am a tool"
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 15:08
Hootie and the Blowfish
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Posted By: blaughida
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 16:35
Crispy Ambulance always need to show up on this sort of list. Because they had a bad, bad name.
My least favorite band names (but they don't meet the requirement of having made decent music, if that is a requirement for inclusion here) have to be those of the plethora of contemporary pop-rock acts whose names are entire phrases or sentences. I wonder if this will be what we remember about mainstream music circa 2007.
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 16:44
The Mayors of Awesometown.
THE MAYORS OF FREAKING AWESOMETOWN.
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 17:03
Snow Dog wrote:
Drew wrote:
Really? What does it mean? |
They are named after the U2 spyplane that flew over the USSR causing abig diplomatic incident. Back in the '50's or '60's I think.
I don't know the details.
Hmm...yes I remember, it was actually shot down.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm - http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm |
I always thought they'd named themselves after a german submarine - Unterseeboot 2 (U-2).
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 17:13
Tuzvihar wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Drew wrote:
Really? What does it mean? |
They are named after the U2 spyplane that flew over the USSR causing abig diplomatic incident. Back in the '50's or '60's I think.
I don't know the details.
Hmm...yes I remember, it was actually shot down.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm - http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm |
I always thought they'd named themselves after a german submarine - Unterseeboot 2 (U-2).
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I've just done some research, and it seems that I have just presumed, for many years, that this is the origin of their name.
It seems that when they were called "The Hype", they decided on a new name. They had a list of six suggestions and chose "U2" as being the most ambiguous and one that none of the band could agree on.
I been wrong all these years!
*need slap on own forehead emoticon*
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 17:39
The Beautiful South - weak irony because they were Northeners
Oasis, named after the dull green foam used by flower-arrangers
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Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 17:43
Sick of It All
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Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 17:49
I remembered a few more. Merry go Drown. It Dies Today. Good Charlotte. The The(even though the band is pretty cool).
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 18:31
ummm
Kansas.... Boston.... No Use For a Name... Yellowcard.... Dream Theater.
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 19:24
paolo.beenees wrote:
Fine Young Cannibals
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Rhapsody of Fire
Johnny hates Jazz
Scrittipolitti
Van Der Graaf Generator (I love them, but I find their name silply awful)
Black Vomit (that's an Italian punk band)
Preghiera di Sasso (Prayer of stone.... arrrgghh!!)
Prefab Sprout (I like them... but they cause you to spit everytime you say their name) |
Black Vomit Thats awesome! I'm going to look for that.
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 19:26
My vote goes to a certain Massachusetts-based grindcore band led by Seth Putnam, whose name is not apropos for a family-friendly website. Then again, I suppose that could be argued against because it was INTENDED to be a bad name.....
The worst part about the name Hootie & the Blowfish is that it implied that someone in the band was named Hootie, which was not the case (Darius Rucker named the band after two of his classmates, neither of whom was in the band).
But really, the worst names are not necessarily the weirdest or most disgusting - because they serve a purpose, which is to get attention - but the names that are so unoriginal that you can tell that no thought went into them. (I mean, the Killers? Come on.....)
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 19:28
Ah yes AC?? Their name is almost as bad as their music.
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 19:42
Apparently there is more than one band named Black Vomit.
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 20:11
Oh please, this is a family friendly site but I guess we can take saying that awful name...
Anal c**t
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 05:55
"Black Vomit" is also a song by the noise band Wolf Eyes.
Bad names, hmmm...
Genesis
Yes
Dream Theater
Oh wait, this was supposed to be about very good bands with bad names well, in that case, Gentle Giant.
But this band takes the cake, I guess (although the name is actually kinda awesome )
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 06:00
Cream
a) Pompous and Egotistical
b) Ammo for the press et al to have a dig. ie; Cream curdle etc.
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 06:12
Snow Dog wrote:
Tuzvihar wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Drew wrote:
Really? What does it mean? |
They are named after the U2 spyplane that flew over the USSR causing abig diplomatic incident. Back in the '50's or '60's I think.
I don't know the details.
Hmm...yes I remember, it was actually shot down.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm - http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm |
I always thought they'd named themselves after a german submarine - Unterseeboot 2 (U-2).
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I've just done some research, and it seems that I have just presumed, for many years, that this is the origin of their name.
It seems that when they were called "The Hype", they decided on a new name. They had a list of six suggestions and chose "U2" as being the most ambiguous and one that none of the band could agree on.
I been wrong all these years!
*need slap on own forehead emoticon* |
I heard that part of the reason they chose U2 is because it's not specific to one language.
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 07:49
Best name ever: Meanwhile, back in communist russia. Wost, Yes.
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 08:04
Worst five IMHO (in no particular except the last one):
Buster Hymen and the Penetrators
Gaye Bikers on Acid
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Butthole Surfers
but the worst and stupidest ever -
The The
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 08:08
Pain of Salvation. Dreadful name. In fact, most Prog Metal bands have really, really awful names. Like, Green Carnation. Alchemy X. I mean, seriously, wtf? So bad it hurts.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 08:21
Gorky's Zygotic Myncii
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Posted By: queenlerxst
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 08:38
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start
Yes, their name is the code for obtaining 30 lives in the old video game Contra.
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 08:45
Snow Dog wrote:
Tuzvihar wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Drew wrote:
Really? What does it mean? |
They are named after the U2 spyplane that flew over the USSR causing abig diplomatic incident. Back in the '50's or '60's I think.
I don't know the details.
Hmm...yes I remember, it was actually shot down.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm - http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm |
I always thought they'd named themselves after a german submarine - Unterseeboot 2 (U-2).
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I've just done some research, and it seems that I have just presumed, for many years, that this is the origin of their name.
It seems that when they were called "The Hype", they decided on a new name. They had a list of six suggestions and chose "U2" as being the most ambiguous and one that none of the band could agree on.
I been wrong all these years!
*need slap on own forehead emoticon* |
Also remember double A batteries, were also once called U2 batteries .
Personally I think they got that particular page of the book of band names - somebody already had T2, and they risked all those jokes in calling themselves V2 in case they bombed!
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Posted By: queenlerxst
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 08:47
Snow Dog wrote:
Gorky's Zygotic Myncii |
I actually like that one... It's cute.
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 08:55
It won't make any sense to English speakers (¡learn spanish already!), but every single band listen in "bandasdechile.cl" would bring the end of mankind due to extreme laughing. "Superdeaf", "Perez's fathers", "I prefer Fernández", "BLack tuesday", "Nothing special", "Deficient", "80's superband",
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 13:18
la oreja de van gogh (Van Gogh's Ear)
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Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 13:22
Oh yeah I almost forgot: Ultra Bra.
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 19:25
Anal c**t - probably the worst name ever.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 19:41
cuncuna wrote:
It won't make any sense to English speakers (¡learn spanish already!), but every single band listen in "bandasdechile.cl" would bring the end of mankind due to extreme laughing. "Superdeaf", "Perez's fathers", "I prefer Fernández", "BLack tuesday", "Nothing special", "Deficient", "80's superband", |
Totally awesome name. If it wasn't already taken, I'd start a band and use that name!
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 19:59
Philéas wrote:
cuncuna wrote:
It won't make any sense to English speakers (¡learn spanish already!), but every single band listen in "bandasdechile.cl" would bring the end of mankind due to extreme laughing. "Superdeaf", "Perez's fathers", "I prefer Fernández", "BLack tuesday", "Nothing special", "Deficient", "80's superband", | Totally awesome name. If it wasn't already taken, I'd start a band and use that name! |
But it is taken already. Check the website at http://www.bandas%20de%20chile.cl - http://www.bandas de chile.cl . Go to "Buscar bandas", and then, copy paste bands names into anyonline translator, or send a message to me, and I'll translate. The possible laugh is worth the translate effort.
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 20:26
Ok...some unimaginative names...all three are bands that I really dig too.
PFM - named after a bakery.
Banco - named after a bank.
Bruford - named after a drummer.
Such imaginative music, such unimaginative names.
But if it's gross names that we are talking about, there was a Cincinnati band that went by the name of Bloody Discharge.
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 00:40
Kansas, Boston, Chicago, America, Europe, Asia... man, those names suck
what about Istambul? Now that would rule!!!
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Posted By: gong
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 01:16
Snow Dog wrote:
Drew wrote:
Really? What does it mean? |
They are named after the U2 spyplane that flew over the USSR causing abig diplomatic incident. Back in the '50's or '60's I think.
I don't know the details.
Hmm...yes I remember, it was actually shot down.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm - http://americanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/a/gary_powers.htm |
damn right! i remmember too...btw, i dont like their music at all, but their name i find so funny.
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Posted By: gong
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 01:20
The T wrote:
Oh please, this is a family friendly site but I guess we can take saying that awful name...
Anal c**t |
i agree with that! very stupid named band.
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Posted By: gong
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 01:23
Franz Ferdinand gets my vote.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 06:01
el böthy wrote:
Kansas, Boston, Chicago, America, Europe, Asia... man, those names suck
what about Istambul? Now that would rule!!!
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I've done a quick search on bandnames.com and couldn;t find an Istambul - but there are bands called Byzantium and Constantinople
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 06:04
Vienna, though I sorta like that
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 06:20
Philéas wrote:
Pain of Salvation. Dreadful name. In fact, most Prog Metal bands have really, really awful names. Like, Green Carnation. Alchemy X. I mean, seriously, wtf? So bad it hurts.
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You got my vote.
Also I can't stop noticing how people who have a (hidden or not) problem with the classic bands' music say their names are "objectively" bad.
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 08:17
Fall Out Boy
Good Charlotte
My Chemical Romance
Bullet For My Valentine
Funeral For A Friend
Armor For Sleep
Boy Hits Car
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OK, OK, enough is enough.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 08:29
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
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Those two are actually pretty good names, in my opinion. The music, however, is a different matter.
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Posted By: gong
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 17:25
in the year of 1966, Keith Moon was readdy to left The Who coz of one fight with Pete Townshend in the studio... it was really fight, and Keith said to Pete that he will founded his own band with tne name - Led Zeppelin! Pete was very angree to his drummer and said that "new" Moon's band is a very stupid idea, "as same as new band name". ok, so few years after, (1968) Moon said to Page & Co ("New Yardbirds" ) to named their new as Led Zeppelin. this is a true story!
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 22:11
The names of death metal bands like atrocity,disillusion,pestilence, etc or punkd bands like Dead Kennedis,..imagine in the future..dead bushes etc
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 22:25
gong wrote:
in the year of 1966, Keith Moon was readdy to left The Who coz of one fight with Pete Townshend in the studio... it was really fight, and Keith said to Pete that he will founded his own band with tne name - Led Zeppelin! Pete was very angree to his drummer and said that "new" Moon's band is a very stupid idea, "as same as new band name". ok, so few years after, (1968) Moon said to Page & Co ("New Yardbirds" ) to named their new as Led Zeppelin. this is a true story! |
It's a true legend, but the exact details are fuzzy... the phrase "it'll go over like a lead balloon" already existed and was modified to 'zeppelin'. Whomever decided to use it for a band name and how that got transferd to Page's band is unclear. Peter Grant decided to change the spelling of 'lead' to 'led' to avoid mispronounciation and cause it was more fun a name.
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 05:56
andu wrote:
Philéas wrote:
Pain of Salvation. Dreadful name. In fact, most Prog Metal bands have really, really awful names. Like, Green Carnation. Alchemy X. I mean, seriously, wtf? So bad it hurts.
| You got my vote.Also I can't stop noticing how people who have a (hidden or not) problem with the classic bands' music say their names are "objectively" bad. |
Mmm? Pot to kettle, I guess. And yes, I do think names like Genesis, Yes or Gentle Giant (even though the latter band is nothing short of awesome) are as bad as the ones mentioned by Phileas.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 06:00
Wet, Wet, Wet....
The Men They Couldn't Hang...
oh, dear God...
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 08:03
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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Posted By: Zweck
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 13:55
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.
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 14:20
fandango wrote:
The Men They Couldn't Hang...
oh, dear God... |
That is actually the name of the sci-fi movie....
The worst posssible name is FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 15:08
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6221 - http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6221
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Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 15:20
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 17:26
fungusucantkill wrote:
Logos wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6221 - 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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Posted By: The T
Date 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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Posted By: Visitor13
Date 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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Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: July 08 2007 at 14:02
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....
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Posted By: chamberry
Date 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/ - http://rateyourmusic.com/list/frenchie/intriguing_band_names/
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: July 08 2007 at 16:34
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/ - http://rateyourmusic.com/list/frenchie/intriguing_band_names/
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Wow. Those two are awesome, especially the last one!
(I like weird band names)
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: July 08 2007 at 18:25
The artist formerly known as Prince have that pretty annoying sign...
0+->
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 08 2007 at 18:31
has anyone mentioned Slade?
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Posted By: mrgd
Date 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]! ! !
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 03:25
!!! is the name of the band and it's pronounced, Chk Chk Chk
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 08:39
Flower Kings, Smashing Pumpkins, Mighty Lemon Drops, Blow Monkeys...
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Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 09:04
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
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There was an 80s hair-metal band called Enuff Znuff.
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 12:07
Half Man, Half Biscuit
The Teardrop Explodes
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date 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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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 12:53
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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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 14:01
Floydoid wrote:
Half Man, Half Biscuit
The Teardrop Explodes
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Oi! mits off the Biccies!
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.... okay, I'll give you that one.
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Posted By: Zoot Allures
Date 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?)
Duran Duran? (Wasn't 1 Duran enough?)
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.
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: July 11 2007 at 02:11
Dalezilla wrote:
Oh yeah I almost forgot: Ultra Bra. |
My nightmare band!
There are also quite silly names in the field of psychedelia, like THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND or STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK.
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Posted By: Progrock105
Date 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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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: July 11 2007 at 10:16
Eetu Pellonpää wrote:
Dalezilla wrote:
Oh yeah I almost forgot: Ultra Bra. |
My nightmare band!
There are also quite silly names in the field of psychedelia, like THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND or STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK. |
Good music though!
(But hey, it WAS the 60's then... )
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: July 11 2007 at 11:01
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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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: July 12 2007 at 06:10
Zappa88 wrote:
Good music though!
(But hey, it WAS the 60's then... ) |
Yep, good stuff indeed! Probably the trend was then to give an impression how "far out" or "stoned" they are.
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 - 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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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 12 2007 at 06:14
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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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 00:12
^^^ 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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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 00:24
their album's name is "Into the c**t of Chaos"
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Posted By: Anonymous
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 02:31
Chameleon wrote:
The Mayors of Awesometown.
THE MAYORS OF FREAKING AWESOMETOWN. |
i think that's hilariously genius
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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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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 09:56
Zoot Allures wrote:
I always thought the name Skinny Puppy was somewhat silly.
Right Said Fred (What exactly was said that was right?)
Duran Duran? (Wasn't 1 Duran enough?)
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.
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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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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: July 15 2007 at 07:14
BaldFriede wrote:
Zoot Allures wrote:
I always thought the name Skinny Puppy was somewhat silly.
Right Said Fred (What exactly was said that was right?)
Duran Duran? (Wasn't 1 Duran enough?)
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.
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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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'Right Said Fred' was an early 1960's song by Bernard Cribbins.
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Posted By: wooty
Date Posted: July 15 2007 at 09:49
BON JOVI!!
(Wait, in what way is it suppose to be the worst?)
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Posted By: Skoojoo
Date Posted: July 15 2007 at 19:07
hmmm... Graveworm
Dark Black, many death metal bands...
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Posted By: Hacketeer
Date 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.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 26 2007 at 22:25
i saw this band on myspace and it was called the chickensband HAHAHAHA
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Posted By: Nanook
Date Posted: September 29 2007 at 22:07
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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Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: September 30 2007 at 07:52
I think that must be A.C., which is an abbreviation of "anal c**t".
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