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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:07 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
They just need to add "People" to the end.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Access to most of the material on The Devil Wears Prada's website requires a subscription. It's $9.99 for a first tier subscription acscending up through 6 subscription levels that culminate in Big Wiggly Style ($49.99). Here's what you get:
1 Year Interactive MembershipTDWP Member Pack that includes:Set of TDWP drum sticksSet of signature TDWP picksTDWP Member LaminateExclusive TDWP Fan Community T-Shirt (Limited Edition)Copy of With Roots Above and Branches Below LP Record
SKU #TDWP-SUB-0006
DUDE! YOU GET A LAMINATE! I didn't know people fucked with those since Rockabilia ads in the back of Metal Maniacs.
All this from a band that "derives its name from an anti-materialistic mindset as stated by vocalist Mike Hranica, instead of directly refering to the novel with the same title."
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Emo/screamo bands really do excel in this category.
― adamj, Saturday, 8 August 2009 06:09 (fifteen years ago) link
pie chart of a dump
― new balls please (whatever), Saturday, 8 August 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
new worst band name ever: Municipal Waste.
― anagram, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 08:00 (fourteen years ago) link
They have already been mentioned upthread.
The first name that popped into my head was Archers of Loaf. Such a criminally poor name for such a great band.
Names of solo artists are rubbish too eg. Andrew Bird, John Vanderslice etc.They are their real names right?
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 11:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Ditchcroaker
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 11:35 (fourteen years ago) link
They have already been mentioned upthread
Municipal Waste? Not according to my Ctrl-F, they haven't. Archers of Loaf, on the other hand, have.
― anagram, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 11:59 (fourteen years ago) link
XposT - apologies _ i was referring to my Archers!
Municipal Waste is terrible - the HC band? Here in England that would translate as Council Dump or something.terrible
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh I see, apologies.
I'm English as well and Municipal Waste sounds like a fairly normal British English phrase to me, though.
― anagram, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Ok anagram . You probably right. I need to brush up on my shit.
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:24 (fourteen years ago) link
personal & the pizzas
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I quite like the name Archers of Loaf.
There's a local band called Fanny Burger Face. This is so resolutely terrible that it may border on genius.
(Also, I believe it does refer to the British English meaning of 'fanny' rather than the personal name or the American English version.)
― emil.y, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I kind of like the name Municipal Waste, but find it hard to intonate correctly in everyday speech, especially with a British accent. Mun-I-cipal Waste, MUN-i-CIP-al Waste... hmmm...
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 08:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I always say mu-NI-cip-al.
― anagram, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 10:33 (fourteen years ago) link
The correct answer is obviously:"Does It Offend You, Yeah?" Urgh.
― Pheeel, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
almost there , I reckonFucking shocking and irritating to the extreme.
Where they any good? I avoiding them because of their name.
Who wouldn't?
Crunching kick into the balls
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
The Strange Death Of Liberal England
^ I would like to nominate these guys
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Also has anyone said iLiKETRAiNS yet?
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually every single band that last.fm says is similar to TSDOLE has a shitey name:
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Strange+Death+Of+Liberal+England/+similar
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link