Topic: Really shite band names.. (Read 45447 times)

Caspian · « **on:** 17 Jan 2007, 11:18 »

I'm sure we all know about plenty of really terrible band names, names that don't mean anything, are really boring, or don't fit the genre of music (case in point: Destroyer.) Anyway, here are some terrible band names (I'm not sayng all these bands are crap, just saying their names are crap):

Elbow
Pavement
Four Tet
I killed the Prom Queen (and it's a band from Australia. We don't even freaking HAVE prom queens over here)
Oh No! Oh My!
I'm from Barcelona
The Strokes

And the worse one ever (local emo band): Left hand cuts the Right.

Post really terrible band names here!

Ernest · « **Reply #1 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 11:33 »

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Radiohead (Even though I like them)
Rise Against (What? What do we rise against? The Man?)
Panic! At the Disco

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #2 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 12:00 »

I heard about a band called Here Comes Old Vodka Tits. That's probably not so much "worst" as it is "best", though.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #3 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 12:13 »

I would say Avenged Sevenfold, but that doesn't really work because I actually mean their guitarists' stage names. Zacky Vengeance? Synyster Gates? I can't believe that they actually think that sounds cool. I'm fairly certain that those along with the Beast and the Harlot video are intentional acts of comedy. They couldn't be that stupid, could they?

Johnny C · « **Reply #4 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 12:42 »

They could and they are.

Inlander · « **Reply #5 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 14:37 »

Hot Hot Heat.

Gridgm · « **Reply #6 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 15:24 »

we alrady had this conversatin before

let me go find it

Will · « **Reply #7 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 20:09 »

Twodeadslutsonegoodfuck is either the worst name ever or the best, I go back and forth on this one. Of course my vote for one of the worst band names EVER (even thought it's fun to say on the air at work) is Hoobastank.

Seriously, what the fuck is that all about?

Patrick · « **Reply #8 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 20:17 »

Sister Double Happiness. I think they did what every other band on earth does, they just played madlibs with their name.

"Okay, a noun. Okay, adjective. Okay, abstract noun. Okay that's our band name!"

Ernest · « **Reply #9 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 20:25 »

Anal Cunt

Will · « **Reply #10 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 20:28 »

You speak lies, sir. Anal Cunt is not a shite band name. Anal Cunt is band-name GOLD.

Now Assuck on the other hand, that's pretty awful

kokeyjoe · « **Reply #11 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 20:31 »

My girlfriend was actually duped into seeing Hoobastank a few years ago and it's still one of my favorite jokes she's ever made, such a simple punchline, but so good... "Hoobastank hoobastunk!"

As far as bad band names, I tend to usually hate any band names with numbers in them. 311, Seven Mary Three, Three Doors Down, Matchbox Twenty. They all strike me as so unoriginal. Only exception for me is Sevendust, because it's a word that already exists, and because I do guiltily enjoy their music. Ironically, I used to be in a band with a number name. But it was based off of Linux code or something, so that's all good.

Back in the '90s, my brother and I used to complain about alternative bands just looking for nouns and naming their bands after them. One day, we were looking at things in our bedrooms and coming up with intentionally bad band names. My favorite, a name that I took off a bag of store-bought cookies in my bedroom, was The Fudge-Covered Grahams.

Ernest · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 20:35 »

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Think about how egotistically retarded that sounds.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #13 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 21:00 »

I fail to see how Four Tet is a shite band name.

kokeyjoe · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 21:05 »

Shite is in the eye of the beholder. Might wanna wipe that outta there.

Johnny C · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 22:04 »

Aren't you the beholder saying that Four Tet is shite, though?

Remember, do not point out the blemish in others' eyes when there is a log in your own!

Patrick · « **Reply #16 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 23:15 »

Xiu Xiu. I am alright with their music but where the hell did they pull that one?

Thrillho · « **Reply #17 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 23:42 »

Is there going to be a thread on awesome band names?

Leftover Crack
Son of Dork
Crevis (sic) Inspection
Strumbrellas
The View
The Strokes
The Rakes
The Music
A
Audiovent
Audiogene
Audioslave
Bonebox
Breed 77
Emmerhoff And The Melancholy Babies
From Autumn To Ashes
Kasabian

I could go on.

valley_parade · « **Reply #18 on:** 17 Jan 2007, 23:52 »

Get Him Eat Him

And I'm From Barcelona is a great name.

minkles · « **Reply #19 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 00:22 »

!!!
Broken Social Scene
Cat Power
Cream
Echo and the Bunnymen
Gnarls Barkley

Will · « **Reply #20 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 00:46 »

Ariel Kill Him is both a mediocre band and a stupid band name!

Grindcore bands almost always have weird, semi-retarded names. Some of these bands I like, some of them I don't care about, but the names are pretty dumb:

The Great Redneck Hope
Sawtooth Grin (though they get bonus points for naming their album "Cuddlemonster")
Bodies In The Gears Of The Apparatus
Cream Abdul Babar...this one's actually pretty damned funny, now that I think of it
Dance Floor Justice (I think this is a tough-guy hardcore band, but it's a stupid name anyway)
Find Him And Kill Him
GunsLikeGirls...

I'll stop here, but if you want to see more awful band names, just check out the "Bands" page at Lambgoat.com

Der Golem · « **Reply #21 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 00:57 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid on 17 Jan 2007, 23:42

Leftover Crack

Very wrong.

Some pretty bad names would include
The Mars Volta (like some of their musics, but until that name is explained it stays on this list)
Anal Noun/verb (AC are excempt to this rule)
Circle of Dead Children (not bad tunes though)
At The Drive-In (see "The Mars Volta")
Mr. Bungle (great band, name sucks)
HIM (just bad)
Dillinger Escape Plan (why on earth?)
The Who (almost clever, but not quite there)
Wham! (exclamation marks ftl)

Original poster still owns this thread though.

kokeyjoe · « **Reply #22 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 01:59 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 17 Jan 2007, 22:04

Aren't you the beholder saying that Four Tet is shite, though?

Remember, do not point out the blemish in others' eyes when there is a log in your own!

I figured he meant the original post referencing Four Tet. Technically, I guess he could be referring to my post about band names with numbers, but at least Four Tet is a pun and a play on words of Quartet. Matchbox Twenty, on the other hand, is just crap for no good reason to have been named that. I mean, watch this... Going by the Noun Number formula, "Hey guys, let's name a band Electrical Outlet Seventeen!" Even my example sucks, because they all suck.

But if the shite in my eye still be there, then I shall subsuquently wipe it away.

Alphapenguin · « **Reply #23 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:00 »

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Hole yet.

Ernest · « **Reply #24 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:14 »

Quote from: Der Golem on 18 Jan 2007, 00:57

At The Drive-In (see "The Mars Volta")

It was a lyric from one of their early songs when they were trying to come up with a name. I think it's a fantastic name. I mean, when considering Cedric's lyrics, it could have been something like "Smokestack Cerebral Parking Lot" or "Frontal Lobe Manufacturer" (holy shit that one's actually pretty cool) or "Cadaver Arbitrary Outlet."

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #25 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:16 »

the the
the band
rock plaza central (awesome band though)
the album leaf
don't mess with texas (really great croation post rock band oddly enough...)
the shins
blueneck
death cab for cutie
the hives
nice nice
set fire to flames
murdered by death
spoon
we're from japan (american post rock band. or canadian maybe.)

made me think, if you were in a band and could name it, what would you call it?
for some reason i often find myself making up random band names....it could be b/c i have nothing better to do. but anyway:
tin parliament
eskimo truck
igneus sill
milo (i know 'mylo' and 'yourcodenameis: milo' already exist, but i like the right spelling on its own more)
caducifer (synonymous with the god mercury. means the staff bearer since he was god of shepards. obscure ovid reference i guess...)
the isosceles umbrella parade
this one is from the simpsons but i thought it was pretty funny: the premarital sextet (good for a jazz group).

Ernest · « **Reply #26 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:23 »

Megadeth
Big Black (yes I agree that they kick ass, but their name is ridiculous)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
CKY (sounds stupid, but not as stupid as what it stands for: Camp Kill Yourself)
The Decemberists
Bright Eyes (blegh!)

mr_pharisee · « **Reply #27 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:38 »

Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 18 Jan 2007, 02:23

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Don't agree with that one >.>

Only one I can think of that hasn't been said:
Chumbawamba

Will · « **Reply #28 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:42 »

Holy Molar. That name has always bothered me for some reason.
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #29 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:44 »

Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 18 Jan 2007, 02:23

CKY (sounds stupid, but not as stupid as what it stands for: Camp Kill Yourself)

oh good god, i never knew that. wow....that is so bad it hurts.

Sythe · « **Reply #30 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:47 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 17 Jan 2007, 12:13

I'm fairly certain that those along with the Beast and the Harlot video are intentional acts of comedy.

I was curious, so I went on the youtoobs. I am now so very disgusted. This shit actually made me angry. I knew their names were dicktarded, but JESUSFUCKINGCHRIST! At least Dragonforce is entertaining.

Also, Cradle of Filth. It's accurate, but...

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #31 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 02:49 »

EYEHATEGOD.

guywithoutsocks · « **Reply #32 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 03:08 »

I'm surprised that nobody linked to this article yet. Seems appropriate enough.

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/57488

I always thought if I had a band, it would be called 'Butt Attack' or 'The Moms'.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #33 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 03:11 »

Quote from: Inlander on 17 Jan 2007, 14:37

Hot Hot Heat.

Oh man, totally agreed.

Also, pretty much every metalcore band ever. Between the Buried and Me, From Autumn to Ashes, As I Lay Dying, A Life Once Lost, Hatebreed, Unearth, Bleeding Through, and so on ad nauseum.

But I think the band name I hate most has got to be Death Cab for Cutie. Fucking horrible on every level.

And Ryan, I enjoy that band somewhat but even I have to agree with you. It's embarassing to even type it.

The Hammered · « **Reply #34 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 03:26 »

I second Eyehategod.

My Bloody Valentine.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #35 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 03:30 »

my bloody valentine is indeed an awful awful name. it's worse than some of the 'emo' and 'screamo' and so-called 'metal core' bands mentioned above. a lot worse. what were they thinking?

Will · « **Reply #36 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 03:56 »

Quote from: guywithoutsocks on 18 Jan 2007, 03:08

I'm surprised that nobody linked to this article yet. Seems appropriate enough.

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/57488

I always thought if I had a band, it would be called 'Butt Attack' or 'The Moms'.

I was going to link to this, but the forums was broke. Besides, how else am I going to jack my postcount? I'm no Joe Hocking, that's for sure!

ekmesnz · « **Reply #37 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 04:03 »

Quote from: Caspian on 17 Jan 2007, 11:18

I'm sure we all know about plenty of really terrible band names, names that don't mean anything, are really boring, or don't fit the genre of music (case in point: Destroyer.) Anyway, here are some terrible band names (I'm not sayng all these bands are crap, just saying their names are crap):

Elbow
Pavement
Four Tet
I killed the Prom Queen (and it's a band from Australia. We don't even freaking HAVE prom queens over here)
Oh No! Oh My!
I'm from Barcelona
The Strokes

And the worse one ever (local emo band): Left hand cuts the Right.

Post really terrible band names here!

Man, too bad you have no idea what makes a good band name! Four Tet and Pavement are pretty original names!

Now, The Snake The Cross The Crown is a terrible name. Good band, though.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #38 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 04:05 »

wait a second, are you suggesting 'original' and 'good' might somehow be synonymous? b/c that's what i'm reading...

Thrillho · « **Reply #39 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 04:09 »

Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 18 Jan 2007, 02:23

Red Hot Chili Peppers

No worse than Chilly Willy and the Red Hot Peppers.

Will · « **Reply #40 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 04:11 »

I love this band to death, but everytime I think of the band Hot Cross, that damned "Hot cross buns" song starts playing in my head, and for that I curse them.

Ernest · « **Reply #41 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 06:24 »

Collective Soul (blegh)

thanadras · « **Reply #42 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 06:48 »

Posted this earlier in the wrong thread. Sorry.

Rainbow Butt Monkeys (now Finger11).

I did like some of the Butt Monkey's songs though although all my friends thought I was weird.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #43 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 07:28 »

Guys, you're not getting it. ALL band names are pretty stupid. I mean, when you actually objectively look at any band name, it's pretty stupid.

Come on, The Beatles? What the fuck?

Also this thread was done not very long ago.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #44 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 07:41 »

all band names are stupid? soooo for example
sufjan stevens
ted leo
dave brubeck
david bowie
joanna newsom
johann johannson
lou reed
pj harvey
neko case

man, those are such stupid names. where did they come up with them?!?!?

David_Dovey · « **Reply #45 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 07:45 »

Well, seeing as they're not bands, I hold to my statement.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #46 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 07:48 »

au contraire, they are collectives of various individuals who compose, perform and record music together. sounds like they're bands to me.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #47 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 07:52 »

Au contraire, they're the name of a solo artist. Whether they have a backing band or not is beside the point. Also, Ted Leo's band is named The Pharmacists, and band or not, Sufjan Stevens IS a stupid name.

EDIT: Take for example, if you were a professional musician who who was given a gig playing with Neko Case. Would you tell people "I'm in Neko Case"? No, you'd say "I'm in Neko Case's band"

Ernest · « **Reply #48 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 07:54 »

Jethro Tull is not a stupid name. Of course, it is the name of an agriculturalist. But My Disco isn't a stupid name, possibly because it's the name of a Big Black (stupid name) song.

Rubby · « **Reply #49 on:** 18 Jan 2007, 08:11 »

The Music.

Also, concerning MBV - it kind of sucks that it's so bad because if you've somehow never heard of them, "My Bloody Valentine" is an awfully misleading name.

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