Worst Band Names

New Zealand bands: Pumpkinhead
The Dribbling Darts of Love
Betchadupa
Crowded House
Fuck Off Cuntface
Straitjacket Fits
Semi Lemon Kola
S.P.U.D. [society for the protection of unborn dogs]
Cassandra's Ears
Proud Scum (hmmm...actually I'm not sure about this one...maybe i'm just used to hearing it, or i'm silly/stupid enough to maybe like it)
Love's Ugly Children
i heartily second An Emotional Fish for worst, but i defend Def Leppard!

There may be worse examples, but my brain is prolly mercifully hiding them from me.

Anyhow, since when did the name get in the way of anything. Taking a step back and forgetting what you know about them, here’s another illustrious roll-call of acclaimed bands/personal faves, who maybe thankfully spent more time on the tunes, than on the name....

The Who Pixies Pink Floyd Smashing Pumpkins The Police Sex Pistols Pet Shop Boys Echo and the Bunnymen Motley Crue Queen Husker Du The Beach Boys The The Nirvana Fleetwood Mac The La’s The Byrds Ned’s Atomic Dustbin Oasis Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Bryan Adams

(Alright, so there’s nothing wrong with LIVERPOOL and what a great name it is for a city, isn't it)

if names are an accurate reflection of a band's talent then Anal Beard are clearly men too consumed by genius to be able to use it in any kind of constructive way.

Problem #1: Psycho? Ah yes, because you are SO FUCKING CRAZY, right? Kooky, quirky, zany fuckwits. Problem #2: Funk. Yes, indeedy, funk. I don't really need to say anything else, do I? Problem #3: Fish? Ah yes, because it's not the most used pseudo- surreal cack-handed way of expressing once more that you are FUCKING CRAZY is it? You need to be fucking institutionalised, do you? You fucking loop-di-looped CUNTS?

*ahem* Excuse me.

This Canonical List of WEIRD Band Names is a riot. Actually all these names are really funny. Terrible and funny.

A swift cdnow search has revealed that there is indeed a band called Barabas and they perform such songs as 'Pulleys Against The Breeze' and 'Come And See My Stamen'. Barabas!

(not really, that's a fantastic name)

I have alot of friends that play in bands and they all have funny names; to name a few: 69cent burito, 3 chord special, The Buckleys, Death by defection, and 749 damage. Now see these names would be considered crappy by the stupid anoying people that dont understand but to my friends and I they are funny as hell. So what I'm trying to say dont judge the bands name cause they all mean something to someone.

Also Bum Cello; Chicks On Speed; Sub Sub; Jam and Spoon; Tok Tok; Fridge; Tortiose.

Also:

Humble Pie Dying Fetus Gorguts Bread Galactic Cowboys Slaughter Mephiskapheles Christafari Ugly Kid Joe Trik Turner

Worst disc title ever : "Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious"

WTF????

Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her

The Beatles (of course, and I know this is a tired one)

U2

No, it was the nicknames of the two band members.

Some more horrifying names: Ozzfish Experience, A.P.P.L.E. (which stood for something totally pretentious that's completely vanished from my mind--they were a political band), The Spam Grenades.

Cool names immediately, then and now: NON, Black Sabbath, Killing Joke, The Fall