Terrible band names. [Archive]

Shadowstorm

11-13-2008, 08:04 PM

Protest the Hero
Hoobastank.
The Killers (so incredibly generic and uninspired)
Cute Is What We Aim For
!!!
AFI (A Fire Inside? oooooo)
Fall Out Boy
Forever the Sickest Kids
Panic! At The Disco.
Bowling for Soup
3 Doors Down
Hollywood Undead
Insane Clown Posse
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
U2
we are THE PHYSICS

All I can think of at the moment.

pomeroy

11-13-2008, 08:07 PM

About half of the bands in the "What are you currently listening to?" thread.

ClannerDelta

11-13-2008, 08:11 PM

Uhm, most band names? KoRn, Staind, Tool, Disturbed, etc. I thought the point was to take something that would be scorned and laughed at in any other situation and turn it into something cool. Then again, I might be rationalizing.

VerseD

11-13-2008, 08:12 PM

Linkin Park, Deathcab For Cutie, Nickelback, Papa Roach.

The Killers (so incredibly generic and uninspired)

The band name or the music? I say both.

pomeroy

11-13-2008, 08:12 PM

The band name or the music? I say both.

You son of a bitch.

Stoke

11-13-2008, 08:14 PM

The Beatles. Yeah, I went there.

Whunpo

11-13-2008, 08:17 PM

From my library:
Death Cab for Cutie
Kyuss (Still don't know how to pronounce that shit)
Weezer

Other:
Most Metal Bands
Any band that does a regular word with improper spelling.
I'll think of more.

VerseD

11-13-2008, 08:18 PM

The Beatles. Yeah, I went there.

Yeah we shouldn't leave out old bands. Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jefferson Airplane are terrible names.

ClannerDelta

11-13-2008, 08:20 PM

Night Ranger

That one sticks out above all the rest for me.

inmostlight

11-13-2008, 09:11 PM

!!!

I love those guys and their name. I think !!! should do a tour with the band +/-, and maybe ? and the Mysterians could reform to join them for a big ol' punctuation fest. As an encore Sigur Ros could play their album () in its entirety.

muddi900

11-14-2008, 02:25 AM

Yeah we shouldn't leave out old bands. Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jefferson Airplane are terrible names.

Jefferson Starship

/thread

Suave Peanut

11-14-2008, 05:44 AM

Any band that begins its name with a preposition like "To" or "From," usually a metal band, annoys me.

Squidbot

11-14-2008, 05:59 AM

!!!

How do people discuss this band?
"Hey, have you heard the new single from exclamation mark exclamation mark exclamation mark?"

Suave Peanut

11-14-2008, 06:00 AM

How do people discuss this band?
"Hey, have you heard the new single from exclamation mark exclamation mark exclamation mark?"
Answer: it is pronounced "chk chk chk"

For your health!

Rock Bandit

11-14-2008, 06:37 AM

Terrible Band Names:
Vampire Weekend
Avenged Sevenfold
Mudvayne
Kaiser Chiefs
Flock Of Seagulls
Dishwalla
Sixx A.M.
The Alan Parsons Project
Limp Bizkit
System Of A Down
Skinny Puppy

Awesome Band Names:
The Circle Jerks
The Eagles Of Death Metal
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Shitty Beatles

Lint of Death

11-14-2008, 06:52 AM

Fun in misunderstanding:
The Spanish band Jarabe de Palo. In Spain their name refers to violently using a stick to 'cure' someone of misbehavior. The Latin American understanding is completely unrelated, as over there "jarabe" is understood to mean "semen" and "palo" means "penis".

Typical Michael

11-14-2008, 07:45 AM

I wont say AxCx out loud, just because its so awfully vulgar. And I really dont like grindcore, or their obsession with calling people homosexuals.

Smoof

11-14-2008, 08:54 AM

Any band that begins its name with a preposition like "To" or "From," usually a metal band, annoys me.

For what it's worth, bands that have names that start like that are typically shit Metalcore bands and aren't real metal anyway.

IC Rex
Hobbs' Angel of Death
Iced Earth
Infected Malignity
Vio-Lence

All I can think of right now.

Bad Buddha

11-14-2008, 10:01 AM

Awesome silly
Blue Öyster Cult
Tonto's Expanding Head Band
Throbbing Gristle
Minus The Bear
Bonzo Dog Band

Ridiculous silly
The Presidents of the United States
The All-American Rejects
The Goo Goo Dolls

Incomprehensible silly
The Mars Volta
System of a Down

LongStepMantis

11-14-2008, 10:03 AM

95% of the glam bands from the 80's.

GrenMag

11-14-2008, 10:09 AM

The Dead Milkmen

Rock Bandit

11-14-2008, 10:11 AM

The Dead Milkmen

Awwww, I like them (name and band). :mad::p

biosc1

11-14-2008, 10:12 AM

What? No love for:

Nashville Pussy (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll)?

Actually...I guess that isn't a bad name...

Here's the local bar that usually has some outrageously named bands (link to horrible myspace site for bar) (http://www.myspace.com/wendythirteen)

Upcoming...Baboon Torture Division!

Bad Buddha

11-14-2008, 10:15 AM

Tupelo Chain Sex

Blue

11-14-2008, 10:21 AM

I'm going to defend Panic! At The Disco even though I loathe their music. The name may be a bit silly but I don't think it's terrible and would even go so far as to say it's better than many band names out there. Like Poison, say. Or Ratt.

Bad Buddha

11-14-2008, 11:10 AM

Here's the local bar that usually has some outrageously named bands (link to horrible myspace site for bar) (http://www.myspace.com/wendythirteen)

Upcoming...Baboon Torture Division!

Careful! Those baboons will go medieval on your bright red ass! :eek:

TheEpicOfTyler

11-14-2008, 11:48 AM

[LIST]

Fall Out Boy

To be fair, Fall Out Boy started as a joke band and is named after the Simpson's character.

inmostlight

11-14-2008, 04:59 PM

Also, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the band "...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead".

Some time back a friend and I were also trying to compile a list of bands whose names also describe their sound. The only ones I can remember are "Casiotone for the Painfully Alone", "The All-Girl Summer Fun Band", and "Electric Light Orchestra".

Shadowstorm

11-16-2008, 03:49 PM

The Ting Tings.

squirrelTactics

11-16-2008, 07:58 PM

Death Cab for Cutie is a literary reference if I remember correctly. I still think its kind of a dumb name, but it's less dumb because of this fact.

My list:

As I Lay Dying
Korn
NSYNC

pseudopseudo

11-16-2008, 08:06 PM

For your health!

Dr. Steve Brule, a man after my own heart.

I personally can't stand the name "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah" (even though I love their music). Also, "MGMT" gets on my nerves. And there used to be a band in Sioux Falls named "CSNVTTS!" (pronounced "Casanovetts"). They were arrogant as fuck, but fun as hell to party with.

squirrelTactics

11-16-2008, 08:08 PM

Dr. Steve Brule, a man after my own heart.

I personally can't stand the name "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah" (even though I love their music). Also, "MGMT" gets on my nerves.

I would be annoyed with MGMT if I didn't love their music (videos) so damn much. Trippiest shit ever!

harle

11-16-2008, 08:17 PM

I remember finding these two bands when going on a metal music hunt:

Anal Blast (http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3024)
Septic Blood Fart (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=180352044)

If the name Anal Blast is not bad enough, here are their album names:

Puss Blood Pentagram
Vaginal Vempire
Perversion...and the Guilt After / Version 5 Obese
Battered Bleeding Bitch
Assault On The Hot Wet Blood Hole Best of/Compilation

I DARE you to look at the song names. :o

divinechaos

11-16-2008, 08:19 PM

Cunt Echo.

Scaryfaced

11-16-2008, 08:22 PM

C U Next Tuesday.

I'll give you all two guesses to what appears on their merch.
________
PORNSTARS ALIDA (http://www.fucktube.com/categories/840/alida/videos/1)

pseudopseudo

11-16-2008, 08:26 PM

C U Next Tuesday.

I'll give you all two guesses to what appears on their merch.

Wow, that's actually a band name now?

Last time I checked, it was a way for waitstaff to underhandedly insult customers without their knowledge.

Camel

11-16-2008, 08:26 PM

I think Mudcrutch is a terrible band name.

pseudopseudo

11-16-2008, 08:27 PM

The more I think about it, the garage band I was a part of in college had a pretty crappy name. We were called "Asking For A Bad Ending".

Scaryfaced

11-16-2008, 08:28 PM

Wow, that's actually a band name now?

Last time I checked, it was a way for waitstaff to underhandedly insult customers without their knowledge.

Same. Then I saw my buddy's gf walking around with a C-U-N-T hoodie on. Which of course lead to me finding out it's actually a band name, which makes it all ok. Good thing, too. I woulda really thought that was crass otherwise.
________
DOT IOLITE PORTABLE VAPORIZER REVIEW (http://vaporizers.net)

pseudopseudo

11-16-2008, 08:31 PM

Same. Then I saw my buddy's gf walking around with a C-U-N-T hoodie on. Which of course lead to me finding out it's actually a band name, which makes it all ok. Good thing, too. I woulda really thought that was crass otherwise.

That kind of reminds me when French Connection UK clothing was all the rage. I can't count the number of people I talked to wearing it that had no clue what "FCUK" actually stood for.

Superman's Dead

11-16-2008, 08:36 PM

Let's not leave MCs out of this just because they're not technically a band. I'm calling out the Ices, both T and Cube. Can you imagine what getting started must have been like for them? Hilarious.

The Academy Is... just because I don't know what it means.

Apocalyptica, because their music is so beautiful and they really don't need that Metallica link anymore.

Brand New is just kinda boring.

And the Barenaked Ladies because its misleading, great though they may be.

divinechaos

11-16-2008, 08:40 PM

Chicken Sexer.

The Iron Weasel

11-16-2008, 09:41 PM

Wolvie

11-16-2008, 09:42 PM

The Beatles. Yeah, I went there.

The name or the music? I say both.

I keed I keed! :D

TheEpicOfTyler

11-17-2008, 06:42 AM

C U Next Tuesday.

I'll give you all two guesses to what appears on their merch.

http://new.merchnow.com/images/7690/470x470.jpeg

Zero

11-17-2008, 07:13 AM