We've had threads on bad, ridiculous and pretentious band names, but what about band artist/names that are really good, regardless of the quality of their music? Here's a few to start with:
Urban Cookie CollectiveProfessor LonghairInnerzone OrchestraOmni Trio
― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:12 (seventeen years ago)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:13 (seventeen years ago)
Hardfloor
― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:14 (seventeen years ago)
Cosmic Baby
Crunt
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:16 (seventeen years ago)
Fever Ray
― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:17 (seventeen years ago)
Roger Whittaker
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:22 (seventeen years ago)
Primal Scream
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:46 (seventeen years ago)
The Ted Heath Orchestra
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:47 (seventeen years ago)
Chavez
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:49 (seventeen years ago)
The Magnetic Fields
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:51 (seventeen years ago)
Saint Etienne
Brokencyde
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:51 (seventeen years ago)
Marine Research
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:52 (seventeen years ago)
The Courteeners
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:53 (seventeen years ago)
are you guys on crack most of these names are horrible
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:53 (seventeen years ago)
Guys on Crack
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:54 (seventeen years ago)
good criticism, Kitchen Paper Towel aka Shakey Mo Collier
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:55 (seventeen years ago)
Shakey Mo OTM, I was just going to post that.
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:56 (seventeen years ago)
Hootie and the Blowfish
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:56 (seventeen years ago)
Ultramagnetic MC'sPublic Enemy
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:56 (seventeen years ago)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AMPkVlVIYUM/SL47TQM1_ZI/AAAAAAAACQA/DC7LicQz_8I/s400-R/passive+aggressive+towels.jpg
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:56 (seventeen years ago)
the band
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:57 (seventeen years ago)
Sgt. Barry Sadler
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:57 (seventeen years ago)
Jackie DeShannon
― meme eisenhower (unregistered), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:58 (seventeen years ago)
Urban Cookie Collective
I mean seriously? I do not want to hear the sounds made by people who would call their band this
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:58 (seventeen years ago)
James Brown
The Smiths
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:58 (seventeen years ago)
The The
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:59 (seventeen years ago)
A
― Tuomas, Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:14 PM (45 minutes ago)
^just asking for it
― makeitstop (k3vin k.), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:01 (seventeen years ago)
I'm kicking myself, frankly.
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:01 (seventeen years ago)
Metallica
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:03 (seventeen years ago)
Anthrax
Megadeath
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:04 (seventeen years ago)
Marillion
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:04 (seventeen years ago)
Black Sabbath
No Opening Act Show Up Early
― bendy, Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:05 (seventeen years ago)
The Saints
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:06 (seventeen years ago)
Propagandhi
The Popes
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:07 (seventeen years ago)
The Nice
The Friendly Fires
Heavenly
SWANS
― Duke, Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:08 (seventeen years ago)
and, I agree that most of these are pretty shite
― Duke, Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:09 (seventeen years ago)
Crime & the City Solution
God is My Co-Pilot
Sparks (at least before weird beverage ruined name association)
― "alt-black" (Pillbox), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:53 (seventeen years ago)
sunset rubdown is maybe my favourite band name. great image and it sounds nice.
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:19 (seventeen years ago)
T. Rex
obv
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:15 (seventeen years ago)
Deadbeat
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:17 (seventeen years ago)
(analogous to Hardfloor, in a way)
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:18 (seventeen years ago)
Also, fuck it, The Sex Pistols
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:19 (seventeen years ago)
Caustic Resin
― meme eisenhower (unregistered), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:20 (seventeen years ago)
Stars of the LidDrive Like JehuStereolabPulp
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:23 (seventeen years ago)
suggban cookie collective
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:38 (seventeen years ago)
ADULT.
tho' I wish they didn't do it all caps.
― bendy, Friday, 12 June 2009 02:02 (seventeen years ago)
Supertramp
― henry s, Friday, 12 June 2009 02:12 (seventeen years ago)
totally ambivalent about 'stars of the lid' for some reason
like it depends on my mood
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 12 June 2009 02:14 (seventeen years ago)
not that i spend undue amounts of time thinking about band names
De La SoulJungle BrothersDelfonicsDigital UndergroundThe DriftersThe Fatback BandJane's AddictionLushNine Inch Nails
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 12 June 2009 05:23 (seventeen years ago)
Prince
― Le Pastries De La Boulangerie (los blue jeans), Friday, 12 June 2009 05:29 (seventeen years ago)
Neu!MantronixDeerhunterA Place to Bury StrangersBark PsychosisThe Wedding Present
― "alt-black" (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 06:02 (seventeen years ago)
Agoraphobic NosebleedCattle Decapitation
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 12 June 2009 06:57 (seventeen years ago)
The Gonuts!
There used to be a local band here in NYC called The Original Rays. It's an in-joke, but if you're a pizza-loving New Yorker, it was pretty hilarious.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 12 June 2009 06:59 (seventeen years ago)
Crucifucks
― "alt-black" (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 07:02 (seventeen years ago)
fIREHOSEdEUSiLiKETRAiNS
― StanM, Friday, 12 June 2009 07:16 (seventeen years ago)
If Tokyo Gore Police was a band name...
― oi het gud (circa1916), Friday, 12 June 2009 07:25 (seventeen years ago)
High Rise
― what u arrestin me for, innit (╓abies), Friday, 12 June 2009 07:29 (seventeen years ago)
Bleib Alien.
It's an anagram...for Bible Alien!!
― what u arrestin me for, innit (╓abies), Friday, 12 June 2009 07:37 (seventeen years ago)
I love it. Like, I know what it means, but not quite.
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 08:06 (seventeen years ago)
Chicks On Speed
― myndbloom, Friday, 12 June 2009 13:48 (seventeen years ago)
sonic youth is the best band name. it sounds like a gang.
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Friday, 12 June 2009 13:59 (seventeen years ago)
Wu Tang Clan and all its members' names, save U-God and Masta Killa.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:02 (seventeen years ago)
I remember when I first asked a friend on the HC scene if he'd heard Sonic Youth, his assumption was they were like Youth Brigade or Teen Idles.
Especially good since they were all pushing or past 30 when they got going.
― bendy, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:04 (seventeen years ago)
The Velvet Underground Black SabbathMagmaCromagnon
― Marco Damiani, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:11 (seventeen years ago)
Strapping Young Lad
― Bill Magill, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:12 (seventeen years ago)
Young Marble Giants
― lol? I nearly wtb 1 (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:20 (seventeen years ago)
Pig Destroyer
― lol? I nearly wtb 1 (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:22 (seventeen years ago)
all of the Foetus variations.Devo.Front 242.
― mark e, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:32 (seventeen years ago)
How many of these bands are dearly beloved by the people posting them? I think Autechre is a fantastic name but they're also my A++++ all time fave band of all time.
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:34 (seventeen years ago)
Because I think it's such a cool band name, I always want to like Primal Scream more than I do.
Another great, great band name for a band just about everybody likes (except the most hopeless contrarians) : The Clash
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 12 June 2009 15:26 (seventeen years ago)
a definite factor with my choices i'll admit, as it was often the band name that would make me want to hear more of the music.[that and the cover art of course]
― mark e, Friday, 12 June 2009 15:41 (seventeen years ago)
Cannibal Ox
― lol? I nearly wtb 1 (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 16:17 (seventeen years ago)
i pretty much think the Velvet Underground is the best band name everbut also:Talking HeadsStevie WonderSlum VillageKraftwerkBasic ChannelOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkRoxy MusicJoy DivisionNew Orderthe Knife
i tried to think of some artists i don't like that have good names but i couldn't think of any, i don't know if that's cause the music colors my impression of the name or what
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 12 June 2009 17:03 (seventeen years ago)
Princess Superstar
― snoball, Friday, 12 June 2009 17:07 (seventeen years ago)
leather nun
― meisenfek, Friday, 12 June 2009 17:16 (seventeen years ago)
The FallThe Shadow RingThe Idea Fire Company
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 12 June 2009 18:01 (seventeen years ago)
I just found out there used to be an Italo disco act called Erotic Drum Band. That may just be the best band name ever!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 3 February 2011 12:19 (fifteen years ago)
I really like the Dead Kenny Gs
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:14 (thirteen years ago)
okay as far as gimmicky bandnames go that's pretty funny
also fond of "Deathray Davies"
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:23 (thirteen years ago)
band names that fit the music well are also great - stuff like Faust, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Sparks, Chemical Brothers, Datarock, Soul Coughing, Ween...
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:26 (thirteen years ago)
the thing about the Dead Kenny Gs is that they fuse punk rock and jazz, so it's also appropriate.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:30 (thirteen years ago)
Sixteen bitch pile up
― MaresNest, Thursday, 7 March 2013 21:43 (thirteen years ago)
Incredible Bongo Band
― MarkoP, Thursday, 7 March 2013 21:45 (thirteen years ago)
Scroll Downers
― map, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 23:19 (ten years ago)
Urban Cookie CollectiveI mean seriously? I do not want to hear the sounds made by people who would call their band this― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:58 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:58 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sounds even worse today than it did back then.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 23:29 (ten years ago)
The Charging Tyranosaurus of Despair
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 28 April 2016 01:41 (ten years ago)