What is the worst rock band name ever?

dan le sac vs scroobius pip

If it had been Huey Lewis with the News that would have been better.

Gentle Giant (who I love but wow that name never gets better)

What's wrong with this? As prog band names go, I mean. It's no Spock's Beard.

Blues Traveller

yes! blues traveller ghastly name

the major English prog names are comparatively good I think: King Crimson, Yes, Genesis. Gentle Giant isn't a terrible name but it's faintly embarrassing, which might be worse. Probably just bugs me because they are the only major prog band I still listen to. I can't stand looking at that first album cover (or looking at them though either).

If it had been Huey Lewis with the News that would have been better.

If they had put out an album called "I'm Huey Lewis, Here Now the News," they could have ruled the "Horrible '70s Album Titles" thread.

Ducktails

― marcos, Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:49 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Real Estate

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booo

wait, i meant to boo this one

really if you name your band Real Estate you are just telegraphing that you are a boring as shit indie rock band

― marcos, Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:50 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the new real estate album is good. it's definitely unobtrusive and "boring," sure, but in a melancholy, wistful way. a lot of chillwave-affiliated music is in the tradition of satie and (ambient) eno -- it's not supposed to be exciting.

The The

The Music

My defense of Real Estate would be that they're going for a jangly Yo La Tengo/later day Feelies/ late 80s early 90s college rock vibe. I understand when people perceive them as "Indie Generic - version: Wilco" in the indie universe but I wouldn't say they are completely devoid of character. They stand out for a reason. Days is one of my very favorite albums of the last 10 years.

I hate "The Band". That's a bullshit name.

Better than ...

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Hed PE (also known as (hed) Planet Earth and stylized as (həd) p.e. or as (Hed)pe or (Hed)PE) or (həd) Planetary Evolution, is an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California.

They named the group "Hed", which stands for "higher education".

Legal issues forced Hed to change their name, adding "PE", which stood for "Planetary Evolution (later changed to planet earth) ".

Butthole Surfers
Limp Bizkit

Fat Chick From Wilson Philips
Jon Cougar Concentration Camp

For me, nothing matches the sheer punchability of Shpongle

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Strictly more bland crossover country-pop than rock, but Lady Antebellum is a strong contender.

T/S Lady A vs The Chicks

The other thread on this subject was also revived recently:

Worst Band Names

Still annoyed with The Dixie Chicks for stealing the name of / effectively erasing Chicks.

Dogs Die In Hot Cars

I mean what else was on the shortlist for the vote?

maybe Humpy Bong or the Butts Band

haven't heard the name dogs die etc for years but it always upset me, you have to be a real arsehole to want that image to accompany all of your music

I used to hate Wet Leg, Dry Cleaning and Pissed Jeans all because of their names -- and then I heard their respective music, and love them all.

Name I'll never abide by:
- Car Seat Headrest (I mean, seriously, fuck you!)
- Diarrhea Planet (again, go fuck yourselves)
- King Gizzard and the blah blah fuck off back to Dr. Seussville with that bullshit.
- Deer Tick (eww)
- Deerhoof (yawn)
- American Football (please go die)

that this thread is 21 years old but no-one has mentioned dumpy's rusty nuts yet is a crime tbh

It's a better name than Porridge Radio.

- American Football (please go die)
― Alex in NYC

Mike Kinsella from American Football is very much alive and well and in a new band called....

Their / They're / There

I used to hate Wet Leg, Dry Cleaning and Pissed Jeans all because of their names.

...or maybe it was because of an embarrassing incident in your past?

::::rimshot:::::

the Beatles is pretty dumb

Still annoyed with The Dixie Chicks for stealing the name of / effectively erasing Chicks.

― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length)

^^^^

Harvard (aka HRVRD)

I used to hate Wet Leg, Dry Cleaning and Pissed Jeans all because of their names.

These guys really need to do a shared tour

Big Head Todd and the Monsters

Pink Cream 69

which is fucked up cos now they're all in their 50s/60s and still performing under that name

In a similar vein, Bed Wettin' Bad Boys is one of the worst name but also hilarious and they are good so I have to give them a pass

(xpost in a similar piss-drenched vein, I mean)

that this thread is 21 years old but no-one has mentioned dumpy's rusty nuts yet is a crime tbh

Re:piss. I bought the Yellow River Boys album thinking it was going to a be a pleasant album of Chinese folk tunes…

uhhhhh

The Diarrhea of Anne Frank
(saw them open for the Jesus Lizard in the 90s)

Re: Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

Main guy is called Graham "Dumpy" Dunnell
The music and look is based around old-school Brit biker culture
"Rusty nuts" is a double entendre referencing both poorly maintained motorbike parts and rarely used sexual apparatus
Hence Dumpy has both a potentially dangerous vehicle AND isn't getting any

So in many ways this is closer to the best rock band name ever, rather than the worst.
Hope it all makes sense now!

uhhhhh

Garcia People’s
Drive by Truckers

Five Finger Death Punch

Saw it on a t-shirt the other day for the millionth time but for some reason it just struck me... DEF LEPPARD is a truly terrible name for a band...

Slint.

The correct answer is Slint.

Stunned to realize that neither Umphrey's McGee nor əkoostik hookah have been mentioned yet itt. I consider both band names to be acts of violence.