Worst Band Names

might as well name their next one Well, Akshually

Pretty good song titles

There's a local shit deathcore band called Catcher And the Rye

I am fairly sure they're just idiots that think that is the title of the book. They are humongous douchebags

probably for a different thread, but cant find one suitable, what's the most obvious band name that hasn't been "taken" yet? Taken by a somewhat notable band who would stop someone else using it I mean.

I have been thinking about this. Animal names are popular - Eagles, scorpions, Owls, Wolves, Coyotes, Worms, Otters, Bonobos, Giraffes, Zebra, Naked Mole Rats, Wallabies, Sloths, Tardigrades, Yellowjackets, Fruit Bats, Bandicoots? Apparently all taken.

But there are some still sitting out there unclaimed. I am not aware of a band called the Ring-Tailed Lemurs, or the Earwigs.

The sneakiest move would be to call your next band The Beetles. Technically it hasn't been taken.

Earwig has already been used - early 90s shoegazer band who later turned into Insides

I once read that the most common band names in America are Paradox; The Rain; and some third one I forgot. Googling confirms that Paradox is a top 10 name, as are Apollo, Atlas, and Zero.

These are fun things to check out on last.fm, for example

https://www.last.fm/music/Paradox

The 1960s was a huge landgrab for common words. You just had to plant a “The” flag in front of it.

xxxpost, I check every once in a while, but there's never been a hardcore band called Lifetime of Abuse

there is Life is Abuse but I don't like the ring of that as well

I was pretty upset to discover Moni Jitchell recently - I thought we'd agreed to stop doing this shit

Buckcherry should have been the last word in that nonsense

pro-tip - if you used to be in the band Saliva and you want to go on tour and do their songs, but Saliva still exists and you can't legally use their name, perhaps best not to use the naming convention "Josey Scott's Saliva"

lol

i had a really good "worst band name" idea last night, but forgot it! it was 2 words and one of the words was 'Pizza'

Sounds like band-name trauma induced by this:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1F4B-7agAEotGg?format=jpg&name=large

Pizza Great Guy

The "ILM Best of 2023 Tracks Nominations" playlist just served me up a song by needanamebro.

they got a new name now bro

https://www.instagram.com/saynow

they're great but I'm glad they changed it that name wasn't doing them any favours

ruby the hatchet

...I had avoided "Amp Fiddler" until a couple weeks ago due to the truly dire choice of name, but turns out he's great!

ruby the hatchet makes me think of the simpsons be sharps ep "we need a name that's clever at first but less funny each time you hear it"

is "ruby the hatchet" a pun I am not getting? Is it supposed to sound like "booby hatch" or something? help me out here, I'm not in a place where I can say this out loud without looking like a crazy person

Bury the hatchet

oh, duh! thanks, that was driving me crazy. I need some caffeine

You and me both.

what a horribly formed "pun"

They should change their name to Bury Tuesday.

We the type of people who don't ruby the axe