25 most ridiculous band names I know it's debateable and incomplete, but still... bands have stupid names, even good bands. Is it too late for me to change our name again?

death penis is not on there.

that article is ridiculous for explaining why the names are ridiculous. i think any band name over 3 syllables is ridiculous.

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Originally posted by trout mouth:
25 most ridiculous band names I know it's debateable and incomplete, but still... bands have stupid names, even good bands. Is it too late for me to change our name again?

I only got to read half of this article because it got blocked. Apparently its R rated. Thanks APS.

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Originally posted by trout mouth:
25 most ridiculous band names I know it's debateable and incomplete, but still... bands have stupid names, even good bands. Is it too late for me to change our name again?

Fuck this list. Fuck taco bell wins.

Yeah, it's kinda hard NOT to come up with a stupid band name. Albuqueruque seems to have/had a plethura of them - specially gay-sounding ones, not that there's anything wrong with that. "Oh! Ranger?" Why not just name yourselves "Helpless limp-wristed damsel in Destress?" "Mindy Set?" Why not just go with "Wussy Set?"

As a rule, any band that has to resort to colors or numbers for their name betrays a distinct lack of creativity (Simply Red, Matchbox 20, Red Five). Unit Seven Drain - c'mon guys, that's the best you could do? Name yourselves after a fucking city drain!? You're not THAT bad! OK, you rock, you rock!

Jesus Jones, there's so many bad names out there you could list 'em all day . . . Marcy Playground, Mr. Big, Pavement, etc.

How about some of the BEST names? That's a little bit harder to come up with . . . the coolest name has got to be The Smiths. Instead of going for something absurdly cool or outrageous, they went for the plainest, most common name ever and MADE it cool. Butthole Surfers has to be up there as well.

The worst are the band names with people's names in the band name.

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Originally posted by WebMonkey:
The worst are the band names with people's names in the band name.

Hey!
Who you talkin' 'bout?

*quickly averts eyes, quietly fades into background*

ooops, sorry black, didn't mean to offend!

i meant bands like

"the Gordy Anderson Band"

Hey Blackie - "Still the best (hated) band in town" do you want to be hated? If so, why? Seriously, I'd like to get to the bottom of this . . . it might help me to understand my own self better.

Why do so many of you claim to WANT to be hated? I suspect this is just a cop-out. A kinda sorta excuse to be a flat-out asshole with a "nudge-nudge, wink-wink" bail out to save you from being branded a troll or a "true asshole."

You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?

Don't fuck with black. He knows people who hate people.

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Originally posted by WebMonkey:
The worst are the band names with people's names in the band name.

jeremy, jeremy... are you forgetting the likes of Richard Hell and the Voidoids? James Chance and the Contortions? Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds? i personally like those names... but i can't detach their music to their names, so maybe i would hate them... but only if the band sucked.

yeah, those names are pretty cool. it's just the generic blues bands with the dude's name in it i guess that I think is kinda lame

fair enough. i have to agree, for the most part. i'm sure there's an exception or two out there somewhere.

I always hate "something and the something" names myself, even if I like the music. Too long, not catchy enough, either too much ego in the name or else too jokey or arty or absurd. Always strikes me as they had some negotiations for that name. "Rod Torkelson's Armada featuring Herman Menderchuck!"

I still like my favorite-but-never-used band name, "Surly Moving Co. & The Kurt Loders."

Eh? Get it? Eh? EH!?

Yeah, I know, puns are dead.

Five Finger Death Punch. I mean wow; they thought long and hard about this one...

Kool and the Klan

7-Foot Spleen
Psychefunkepus
The Chocolate Watchband
Peter Pan Speedrock
Cream Abdul Jabbar

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Peter Pan Speedrock

I've got one of their releases. Its a split with Zeke. Those guys kick ass!