100 best and 100 worst Ridiculous band names

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Worst

1. Hootie and the blowfish
2. Hoobastank
3. Barenaked Ladies
4. Insane Clown Posse

Best

1. Electric Prunes

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Friday, 26 August 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

Names only, mind you.

Worst

1. The Beatles
2. Mott the Hoople
3. Korn
4. Puddle of Mudd
5. Alice in Chains

Best

1. Genesis
2. Soundgarden
3. Led Zeppelin
4. The Clash
5. Skinny Puppy

― electric derby, Friday, 26 August 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

UGH:
1. Wang Chung
2. Skankin' Pickle
3. Mephiskapheles
4. Flotation Toy Warning
5. Monsters Are Waiting

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 26 August 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

Two OMD-related names...

Bad: Hitlerz Underpantz
Good: VCL XI (VCL 11 is on the generator or whatever it is feature on the back of Radio-Activity)

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 26 August 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

Best:
The Rolling Stones

Worst:
Anal Cunt

― Adam Harrison-Friday, Friday, 26 August 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Worst:
Final Fantasy (Try googling for info on Pallett only knowing him under this moniker...yeah..)

Best:
Mice Parade (well, I think it's clever.)

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Friday, 26 August 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

i vehemently disagree wrt mephiskapheles

― Nick Sylvester, Friday, 26 August 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Worst:
Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Best:
Sonic Youth

― Viz (Viz), Friday, 26 August 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

I wouldn't exactly call "Genesis" a "ridiculous" band name.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 26 August 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

best:

The Walkmen

worst:

― TyondaiBraxton, Friday, 26 August 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

i vehemently disagree wrt Adam Harrison-Friday

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 26 August 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

i vehemently disagree wrt nickalicious

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 26 August 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Best/Worst

50 cent
The Beach Boys
Big Audio Dynamite II
Mobb Depp
bob Dylan
Bon Jovi
Brian Eno
Cappadonna
Cat Stephens
The Church
Clifton Chenier
Carlos Boozer
God Shamgod
Company Flow
Daft Punk
David Aelrod
Def leppard
Dinosaur Jr
DJ Spooky
Dusty Springfield
Einstuzende Neubauten
Electric Light Orchestra
Elliott Smith
Eminem
EPMD
Fat Joe
Femi Kuti
Flake Music
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Zappa
Fugazi
Gang Gang Dance
Gil Scott-Heron
Godfather Dan
Goodie mob
Guns N Roses
Hall & Oats
Harry Nilsson
Holger Czukay
iron Maiden
Jakie Mitoo
jamiroquai
Jeru the Damaja
Joy Division
King Tubby
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Kraftwerk
LCD Soundsystem
Little Feat
LL Cool J
Love
The Lox
M.I.A.
Max Romeo
Men at Work
Minor Threat
My Morning Jacket
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nico & the Faction
The Notorious B.I.G.
OutKast
Papa M
Phillip Glass
Phish
Pink Floyd
Public Enemy
Q-Tip
R. Kelly
Ravi Shankar
Roxy Music
Run DMC
Rush
Scienz of Life
Shabba Ranks
Shuggie Otis
Silver Jews
Sir Menelik
Sister Nancy
Slick Rick
Snoop Doggy Dog
Songs: Ohia
Soundgarden
Special Ed
Spiritualized
Steely Dan
Steve Miller Band
Stevie Wonder
Sunz of Man
System of a Down
Talib Kweli
Timbaland & Magoo
Tod Rundgren
Tom Petty
Tone Loc
Tony Yayo
Trick Daddy
UB40
Van Halen
The Velvet Underground
Weather Report
Westside Connection
White Zombie
Wycleff Jean
Yin Yang Twins
Young Black Teenagers
Z-Rock Hawaii
ZZ top

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 26 August 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

Carlos Boozer?

― jmeister (jmeister), Friday, 26 August 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

Best:
Stock, Hausen & Walkman

Worst:
R.U.D.Y.'s Journey (side project of the guitar player of the unbearable German pop band Pur)

― Herr Fahrstuhl, Friday, 26 August 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

i think Guided By Voices is the best band name of all time

― fsdghfsd, Friday, 26 August 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Worst: Megadeth (I mean, c'mon!)
Maroon 5
Stryper
Britny Foxx

Best: The The
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
El-P
The Frosted Donkeys (my own creation)
The Talking Heads

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Saturday, 27 August 2005 05:36 (twenty years ago)

I want to start a band called Euphoric Dance Architects (inspired by a typical overblown NME description about LCD Soundsystem).

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 27 August 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)

worst: Stone Temple Pilots....wtf

― joe schmoe (joeschmoe), Saturday, 27 August 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

best: Joy Division
worst: (I second Derby) The Beatles

― dark floyd, Saturday, 27 August 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

My old band was called:

Unbelievable Jolly Machine

'orrible.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 27 August 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

best: 13th floor elevators
worst: watch any given episode of "headbangers ball" on mtv2

― latebloomer: funky like a monkey and as cool as a cat (latebloomer), Saturday, 27 August 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

Best: The Grateful Dead
Worst: Strawberry Alarm Clock

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 27 August 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

i love that name strawberry alarm clock. its so delightfully fruity!

― latebloomer: funky like a monkey and as cool as a cat (latebloomer), Saturday, 27 August 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

Worst:

The I Live The Live Of A Movie Star Secret Hideout
The Olivia Tremor Control

Best:

The I Live The Live Of A Movie Star Secret Hideout
Neutral Milk Hotel

― Declan Zimmerman, Saturday, 27 August 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

UGH:
1. Wang Chung
2. Skankin' Pickle

I read this as Wankin' Pickle, which would rule this thread completely.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Saturday, 27 August 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

there is this new french band called "the flying pooh"
I think this clearly belongs to the "worst ever" category

― El carnal, Sunday, 28 August 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

As deplorable as they are, I like the band name "Silverchair".

As great as they are, I hate the band name "Broken Social Scene".

― Roz (Roz), Sunday, 28 August 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

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