Worst band/musician with a name that is pun based on other bands/musicians

Pomplamooseandsquirrel

Tonight, the Gender Rifles will be opening for the Reproduction Handguns

Spruce Bringsteen. Not a real thing, just had to get it out of my head. I'm sorry. The funny thing about this one is that if you say it quickly enough, it's easy to miss.

Wevie Stonder (wow my autocorrect hates that name) is a bad name but the music was sometimes good.

The Beatless were a big beatles tribute band in the 90s.

Celibate Rifles? xps

Hey Dio Red

I just remembered that there's a Japanese band called Sex Machineguns? Which I admit I find amusing. Don't know what they sound like though.

Ok. Anyway tomorrow it's the Thankful Alives, with surprise special guest Vartha and the Mandelas.

I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that this one would already exist:

Urethra Franklin

there's probably lots of overlap with/inspiration to be found in this Whiney joint:

creatively bankrupt newish chillwave/post-AnCo bands whose names are just '80s ephemera

Com Truise

I like this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Music#/media/File:Kane_West_-_Western_Beats.jpg

Let's try again

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Kane_West_-_Western_Beats.jpg/240px-Kane_West_-_Western_Beats.jpg

Brian Jonestown Massacre can get grandfathered in, also the name sort of works for their particular brand.

"Todd Terje" is quite funny imo

Ean Brino
Fryin Berry
Bourtney Carnett

Mother John Fisty

Doy Jahvision

Early entrant:

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/6/62/Polly_Darton.jpg

Oko Yono
Clue Wang Tan
Nillie Welson
$hoe Tort
Melonious Thunk
R. Tex
He and Shim

Wetty Fap

Vurt Kyle

Smock Pope

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Cougar_Concentration_Camp

Oh No Ono

Like I'm sure a million other people I assumed Kurt Vile was one of these when I first heard of him

Myron Aiden

there's a chicago-based rap producer named Smoko Ono

Wank Hilliams
Chasey Trapman

^ both of these have discogs listings

kill them all

https://www.discogs.com/artist/6561460-Yonic-South

^^ noted upthread already, also terrible and bad

Hugh Reed & the Velvet Underpants - who, amazingly, have their own Wiki page.

kane West rules!

there was graffiti near our train station for nearly a decade that just said the velvet underpants haha

Pizza Underground pretty good though

i was gonna check all of these but i've just heard 30 seconds of Wevie Stonder and there's no fucking way anything else in that list is worse

no wevie stonder are good, I will fight you

do they have records that aren't hilarious wacky so random anti-music?

dunno, to be honest I have heard one ep. also that doesn't sound bad.

https://youtu.be/qtZuZZLVx2A this ep

ok i'll assume it's like Ween and they belong to a different kind of enjoyment than i'm familiar with

i mean yeah we all like different things it's all good but that stuff makes my skin crawl

Rinse and the Prevolution

^^ (searches Discogs, breathes sigh of relief)

Reince, surely

where are the Deathray Davies

DAVE: We're thrilled to have the great Neil Peart here for the conclusion of Drum Solo Week. And for the occasion, we whipped up this little something:
Dave holds up a bottle of Neil Peart Plus shampoo.(The audience offers tepid laughter. Off camera we hear an angry Alan Kalter. He is not happy with the audience response.)
ALAN: "Oh, are you kidding me? Come on! What's wrong with you people?!"
DAVE: "Alan, what's the matter with you?"
ALAN: (to the audience): "That's it? That's all you ungrateful bastards can come up with, a charitable little mercy laugh? They brilliantly combined Neil Peart's name with a popular shampoo and conditioner in one! Don't you get it? Mark my words, 'sdd'holes, next time you don't laugh, I'm coming out there and fighting every one of you. (to Dave) Now, Dave, say it again!"
DAVE: "I don't think we need to do the . . .

ALAN:" DO THE DAMN JOKE!"
DAVE: (Dave sheepishly holds up the bottle): "It's Neil Peart Plus"
The audience responds enthusiastically.
ALAN: "That's what I thought . . . idiots."

I always thought Jefferson Airhead was quite a good name

When I was at school we were planning to start a band called 'The Meatles' and our LP would be called 'Beat The Meatles' - luckily we were all multitalentless and none of this ever happened.

John Cougar Concentration Camp got booked unheard in Bloomington at Rhinos back in the day.

Fleddy Melculy, Belgian metal band

I wonder what the first example of this was?

Chubby Checker

I imagine there were pre-rock and roll examples.

“Count” Basie was a play on Duke Ellington and Earl Hines.

Interestingly. Blossom Dearie (who I knew about) postdates Blossom Seeley (who I didn't) by 30 years.

this is a really good record, by the way. put out by pals of mine on a pal's record label. #westernmassaction

https://www.discogs.com/release/2335180-Schurt-Kwitters-Schurt-Kwitters