God Lives Underwater
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Jet
In the 80s you had this very long band names thing. Surely, it was different and cool in a way, but in retrospect, most of those names suck as actual band names.
For instance, Frankie Goes To Hollywod, Pop Will Eat Itself, We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It etc.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 1 May 2008 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link
TV
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 05:48 (fifteen years ago) link
oooooooon
the
RADIO!!!!!!!!!
;p
superchunkarctic monkeys
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Vampire Weekend (totally misleading)
Apocalyptica (how original...)
!!! (any name that you can't even pronounce without specific instructions is bound to suck)
Hercules and the Love Affair (what the hell does this even mean? the music is quite nice, but the name mislead me to think it's one of those stupid indie bands)
...And You Will Know Us by the Pretentious and Overlong Name of Our Band
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Broadfield Marchers
― dog latin, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Any band that auditions for The X-Factor is guaranteed to have a bowel clenchingly bad name. Some choice picks:
2 to GoVoices With Soul4 TuneAddictiv Ladies4SureSame DifferenceBad Lashes
― chap, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I've always thought that Technical Difficulties, Plus Support, and Gig Cancelled are all very bad band names.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://blogmunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/seinfeld.jpg
― Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Addictiv Ladies
why is this making me lol so hard
― Like sicking a little bit of water into my mouth (HI DERE), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Smell & Quim
― NickB, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
A somewhat talented band in the wake of Goldfrapp, Product 01, will probably be condemned to obscurity due to the most forgettable band name ever. It's not even embarassingly misguided.
― derelict, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Pig Destroyer is an awesome name.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
taking in mind "Pig" = "Cop" here.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Field Music, and the two side-projects of it's members: School of Language and The Week That Was.
― zeus, Wednesday, 8 October 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Came across two crackers recently
Hockey
The Answering Machine
There used to be site on the dusty old internet with what seemed like thousands of names in a plain text document. Of course I never bookmarked it or saved it, and google searches for bad band names just fill up with dull blog entries. Don't suppose anyone...?
― whatever, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Hockey, the band. Great.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah the band had to sit and agree that too. Lord knows what the other ones were on the shortlist. Lacrosse? And don't mention Darts, first album I ever bought...
― whatever, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
You have GOT to be fucking shitting me:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mJ1auw6aL._SS500_.jpg
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 15 June 2009 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
THEIVERY CORPORATIONMORCHEEBAhoobastank― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃Now imagine the festival name all three would headline.― Ned Raggett
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃
Now imagine the festival name all three would headline.
― Ned Raggett
Terrastock!
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;-)
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 15 June 2009 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I've never been sure if this is a good or bad band name:
Archers of Loaf
― henry s, Monday, 15 June 2009 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
better than Pinchers of Loaf
― giving a shit when it isn't your turn to give a shit (sarahel), Monday, 15 June 2009 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ love it!
― henry s, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
man, threads like this just make naming your band at all seem pointless. why bother?
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:08 (fifteen years ago) link
no-named bands are the future!
what if you named your band "why bother?"
― casual racism fridays (bug), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the name it hugs back. also they are great.
― comedy cafe at the toxteth hotel (electricsound), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:10 (fifteen years ago) link
― casual racism fridays (bug), Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:09 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
cuz it could potentially be misconstrued as a weezer cover band
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
there seems to be a band with the name "cassettes won't listen" which bombards me with spam mail. as if i would ever listen to a band with such a shitty name. bastards.
― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:21 (fifteen years ago) link
are you a cassette?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Has there ever been a worse band name than Killswitch Engage?
― anagram, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Al Qaeda Sound System.
― suggestzybandias (jim), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, Vortis might not be the worst, but everything about the band stinks (and it is a bad band name, don't get me wrong). I am sure some of you know exactly why this band reeks, but if you are curious just go check them out. The bio and explanation of the name kinda say it all.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I just got a Facebook invite for a gig, and the band playing there is called Bloodshit Gutsfuck. I declined.
― Tuomas, Friday, 26 June 2009 11:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Isn't there also a band -- a different band -- called Killswitch click?
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 26 June 2009 12:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Dub Narcotic Sound System is pretty bad, though Calvin Johnson would probably tell you it's supposed to suck.
― throwbookatface (skygreenleopard), Friday, 26 June 2009 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
There's this local band who named themselves The Heinrich Maneuver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtDrJ-hQQxI
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 7 August 2009 00:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually my country is a heaven for bad band names. Other examples:
The RockPeterpanJ-RocksMocca
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 7 August 2009 00:38 (fourteen years ago) link
whoever oops was, was really off the money on this thread. i guess people were too busy thinking of their own to argue.
agree that Hoobastank is probably still the worst name ever.
― Highly trained BBQ chef (rockapads), Friday, 7 August 2009 05:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually my country is a heaven for bad band names.
You need to provide Myspace links or whatever for these characters.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 August 2009 05:23 (fourteen years ago) link
The Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sqrv6IsBYE
Peterpan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jH5Y1LMwJA http://www.newpeterpanband.com/main.php
J-Rocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWzpnYc9ib0
Mocca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkJTr3POP68 (I hate this band. see for yourself.)
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 7 August 2009 05:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Some screamo/metalcore/whatever bands:
She Has a Fashion ViceAttack Attack! I See Stars I Explode LikeAsking AlexandriaBlood On The Dance Floor The Devil Wears PradaDead by Aprilnevershoutnever!I Set My Friends On FireAugust Burns RedAn Ocean Between UsMemphis May FireOne Morning LeftWe Are The Emergency2 0' Clock GirlfriendI, The Skyline...Watchout! There's Ghosts
COULD YOU FUCKING BELIEVE THAT?!
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Saturday, 8 August 2009 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:07 (fourteen years ago) link
There's a great local band in Portland right now called Mongoloid Village. They rock, but everyone wishes they would change the name.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
They just need to add "People" to the end.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link