Worst Band Names

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Men Without Hats: I always thought this was at least a funny name. It's like , they're the men *without* hats, as though having a hat was the natural state of man.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

"The name of a figure whose main claim to fame is having been assassinated doesn't really seem to work on a literal or ironic level for a dance-punk band."

The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is seen as the first event that triggered the First World War. So in historical context he is pretty important. Maybe by calling themselves Franz Ferdinand theyre suggesting they will make such an impact on modern history. In which case i'm predicting they fail.

― dmun, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Wheatus ranks up there with Hoobastank as the worst band name ever.

I disagree with the person who nominated Spoon though. Isn't it a reference to Can? Plus, "spoon" is a cool-sounding word if you say it a few times. And the name matches the music. The empty space created by a spoon is as important to its function as the material it's made from.

Wow, that sounds kinda pretentious, but I still think I have a point.

― Mila, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, etc.
Evanescence because no one can spell the damn thing
Switchblade Symphony
Boyzone
Modest Mouse, because I can't tell if it's an intentional pun or just a twee phrase. What's next, Nicolai Rimski Corpse?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Shooglenifty - an uptempo folk outfit.

these people actually exist.

― john clarkson, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I vote Hoobastank. It's honestly surreal and disturbing to think someone thought that name up and actually deemed it good enough to put on albums, flyers, posters, etc. It's bafflingly bad.

A while ago one of my friends had me download songs by this band called Septic Flesh. I can't remember what any of the songs were like but i do remember laughing for half an hour straight at the name.

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The Killers.

it would have been funny 30 years ago, but now... just childish.

― zeus, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

well, someone who's actually from florida (where hoobastank is from as well), told me once that they use to be called 'whose butt stinks', and were virtually coerced to change it later. now that is certainly worse than hoobastank.

― Jena (JenaP), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 06:44 (twenty-one years ago)

any band on the cover of alternative press!

― latebloomer: HE WHOM DUELS THE DRAFGON IN ENDLESS DANCE (latebloomer), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 08:30 (twenty-one years ago)

-- dmun

Right. But he's important only passively. There's nothing cool or interesting or even funny about Franz Ferdinand. He was a hapless, unwitting catalyst of history, so therefore a lame namesake.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd also like to vote for bands with names that are so mundane that I can't fucking find them on the internet! You know, if I search "Blonde Redhead" at least I know I'm going to find Blonde Redhead. But recently a guy was telling me to check out a band called "Casino". I can't check them out! I tried!

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Hurting: A band called "The Casino" played here recently... I wonder if they're the same folks.

― i am nervous (cochere), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I just saw a poster for a band called "Sin Tax" and it made me itchy.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Nervous, was it a British band?

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Diesel Park West.
Bowling For Soup.
North and South.
Orange Orange.

And I've just remembered The Stereophonics used to perform under the name TLC. What did it stand for?
Tragic Love Company. Seriously.

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Erm, isn't that Ron and Russell from Sparks? It looks uncannily like them.

― Philip Alderman (Phil A), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Los Lonely Boys is easily the worst band name ever.

― Jeff Reguilon (Talent Explosion), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Hurting: No... some guys from Vermont. So I guess there's more than one Casino out there.

― i am nervous (cochere), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Mind Science of the Mind!

― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)

i've always thought the worst band names were the ones that followed some empty, bland aesthetic for the sake of it -- like, look at this kind-of-hip sounding name that has nothing to do with the music and offers a mental image of absolutely nothing. also, when you get random first names in band names = TOTAL DUD. i don't get all the hate for grind metal names and such -- i always thought these were pretty great.

Matchbox 20
Blink 182
Semisonic
Guster
Dave Matthews Band
Linkin Park
Marcy's Playground
Sum 41

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

ten months pass...

Dr Feelgood

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Test Icicles
Artic Monkeys

― Admiral_Stevens, Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

Inventory: 10 Successful Music Artists With Terrible Names

― Asthmatic Cajun (Asthmatic Cajun), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 15:52 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

all of today's "metal"/metalcore(?) bands. Bullet for my Valentine? Oh please.

― Aditya (dan138zig), Sunday, 13 August 2006 11:28 (nineteen years ago)

On that canonical list posted above, I can't get any further than 'Aggresive Crotch Display' before cracking up.

― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Sunday, 13 August 2006 11:43 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

What could be worse than Chuck D's band Confrontation Camp? Especially considering that Griff is/was a member.

― thirdalternative, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 15:28 (eighteen years ago)

Came across this one last night: Observers Observing Observables.

― Bimble, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:54 (eighteen years ago)

I Mother Earth

― Pillbox, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 17:09 (eighteen years ago)

^^^infintesimally better than the comparable Our Lady Peace

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 17:28 (eighteen years ago)

There's a band whose record I like who have for some reason (something to do with The Royal Tenenbaums) call themselves "Margot & the Nuclear So-and-Sos."

― ellaguru, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 17:32 (eighteen years ago)

Around town here there is a coffee shop boy/girl folk duo called....*drum roll*....

"PATCHOULI"

!!!!

seriously!?!?!

― RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 17:38 (eighteen years ago)

Vampire Weekend

Don't know if that's some kind of reference, don't care. That name just completely eats shit.

― RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 17:42 (eighteen years ago)

Fuck buttons

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 18:39 (eighteen years ago)

THEIVERY CORPORATION
MORCHEEBA
hoobastank

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

Now imagine the festival name all three would headline.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

Bands Who(m) I Have Never Heard Note One Of, But The Name Tells Me All I Need To Know
who has the worst name out of all the 'The ....' bands?

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

My Chemical Romance

― stephen, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 19:44 (eighteen years ago)

Mid-90's industrial rock triple-feature: Dink, Machines of Loving Grace, Stabbing Westward

― Pillbox, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 20:31 (eighteen years ago)

Fuck buttons

Seconded (for reasons I set forth on another thread).

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 30 April 2008 20:33 (eighteen years ago)

Does it Offend You, Yeah?

Get the fuck out of my face, annoying band.

― paulhw, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 20:57 (eighteen years ago)

Chumbawumba
Bananarama
Scritti Politti

You get the idea.

― The Deacon, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 21:03 (eighteen years ago)

God Lives Underwater

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

Jet

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

In the 80s you had this very long band names thing. Surely, it was different and cool in a way, but in retrospect, most of those names suck as actual band names.

For instance, Frankie Goes To Hollywod, Pop Will Eat Itself, We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It etc.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 1 May 2008 02:11 (eighteen years ago)

five months pass...

― Surmounter, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 05:48 (seventeen years ago)

oooooooon

― Surmounter, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 05:48 (seventeen years ago)

the

― Surmounter, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 05:48 (seventeen years ago)

RADIO!!!!!!!!!

― Surmounter, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 05:48 (seventeen years ago)

superchunk
arctic monkeys

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:05 (seventeen years ago)

Vampire Weekend (totally misleading)

Apocalyptica (how original...)

!!! (any name that you can't even pronounce without specific instructions is bound to suck)

Hercules and the Love Affair (what the hell does this even mean? the music is quite nice, but the name mislead me to think it's one of those stupid indie bands)

...And You Will Know Us by the Pretentious and Overlong Name of Our Band

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:15 (seventeen years ago)

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