Worst band names

[Gerrit]

Everything But The Girl took its name from a shop in London with a girl behind the desk, they had a paper hanging out saying "we sell everything but the girl"

Goo Goo Dolls was taken from a newspaper advert searching cheerleaders.

[sadloserkid]

Goo Goo Dolls was taken from a newspaper advert searching cheerleaders.

I did not know this. But it pleases me to have found out., Thanks Gerrit. :)

[gustavo]

What about Gaye Bykers on Acid
apparently their band name didnt go down well in alabama when they toured there .

[hamish]

Coming from you, as the person with the most eclectic collection ever, that is indeed a compliment!

Have you checked out Lionel Richie's posts though? Now THERE'S a man who knows his stuff...

That collection was more by accident than planned tbh - sure, ain't that the fun of buying records? I bought a Budgie album once - fcuking terrible disappoinment. Also another Welsh group - MAN - also a big downer.

Yeah, LR sure has the knowledge - fairplay to him.

Anyway, I still bow to your knowledge - even for a Kerryman who supports the Corky Boys. LOL :p :D

PS - had to add in a little slag - there's too much in the way of good vibes on Footie lately. :D

PPS - that's why I love the Cambridge Folk Festival - eclectic certainly covers it - as well as the diddley eye stuff Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Chumbawamba and a host of other...er....non folkie groups play there. Hope to start going to it again next year. It's brilliant and you never have to worry about mud like Glastonbury.

Back on thread some more weird names
P Diddy/Puff daddy
Ludacris

[CollegeTillIDie]

Cool names include:

Fats Domino .... He's a solo artist !
The Who
Led Zeppelin(which came from Keith Moon of "The Who")
Alice in Chains
Rage Against the Machine
Manic Street Preachers
At the Drive In
Beach Boys
Talking Heads
Radiohead
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Sly and the Family Stone
Franks Zappa... It's Frank Zappa and that's what his mother christened him!
The Box Tops
Canned Heat
AcDc
System of A Down
Mars Volta
White Stripes
Incubus
Beck
Interpol
Sigur Ros

and more...

Fats Domino... real Name Antoine Domino... and he had a weight problem...duh :rolleyes:
Frank Zappa ? Since when did your mother christening you something make it a cool band name? :rolleyes:

[CollegeTillIDie]

Flock of Seagulls :rolleyes:
Haircut100 :rolleyes:
ABC :rolleyes:
Aha :mad:

You are right, the list is endless.

A Flock of Seagulls got their name from a line in a Stranglers song from their CD called Black And White called "Toiler On The Sea".. the song rocks :p

[Réiteoir]

Grab Grab The Haddock
Spandau Ballet
Crispy Ambulance
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
My Morning Jacket
Kajagoogoo
New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Box of Frogs
They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them
An Emotional Fish
Jimmy The Hoover
Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia
Limp Bizkit
Rock of Travolta
The The
Puddle of Mudd
Bowling For Soup
A
Death By Milkfloat
Sixpence None The Richer
Take That
Wang Chung
Haircut
Kitchen of Distinction
Jimmy Eat World
Flock of Seagulls
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Tapau
The Music
Toploader
Menswear
Bran Van 3000
Curiosity Killed The Cat
Mental As Anything
Mad Capsule Markets
Mister Mister
Oasis
Ocean Colour Scene
Scanty Sandwich
Shed 7
System of a Down
Soul Coughing
Living In A Box
Bee Gees
Blodwyn Pig
Dilated People
Cactus World News
Classix Nouveaux
Animals That Swim
Barenaked Ladies
A House
The Cooper Temple Clause
Balaam and The Angel
Collapsed Lung
Counting Crows
Derek & The Dominoes
It Bites
Narcotic Thrust
Shakatak
They Might Be Giants
The Frank & Walters
Hedgehoppers Anonymous
The Doors
Moby Grape
Alien Ant Farm
Fields Of Nephilim
Gold Earring
Inspiral Carpets
Humans The Size Of Microphones
Kings of Convenience

[Réiteoir]

Some good ones:

Johnny Hates Jazz
Men Without Hats
Hootie & The Blowfish
Prefab Sprout
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
That Petrol Emotion
Mull Historical Society
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The Jam

[CollegeTillIDie]

Barenaked Ladies are a bunch of not so great looking Canadian guys. Before they became famous they picked this name in order to draw an audience to their first gigs.

There was a Dublin band called Free Booze.... similar principle applied

[Thomo]

What about Gaye Bykers on Acid


good call, wasnt there a band called lesbian dopeheads on mopeds as well?

[hamish]

Fats Domino... real Name Antoine Domino... and he had a weight problem...duh :rolleyes:
Frank Zappa ? Since when did your mother christening you something make it a cool band name? :rolleyes:

Love the auld Fats. Heard on the radio a few years ago his version of Lady Madonna - brilliant - can't seem to get it anywhere.

I can remember the first time I started to learn the difference between pop and rock/blues/soul when I heard the b side of his Josephine record. Song called Natural Born Lover - awesome. The way he makes love to those piano keys. Wow.

Notice that a lot of his tunes have a Bartholemew as songwriter - I thought that was his name. :confused:

[CollegeTillIDie]

Love the auld Fats. Heard on the radio a few years ago his version of Lady Madonna - brilliant - can't seem to get it anywhere.

I can remember the first time I started to learn the difference between pop and rock/blues/soul when I heard the b side of his Josephine record. Song called Natural Born Lover - awesome. The way he makes love to those piano keys. Wow.

Notice that a lot of his tunes have a Bartholemew as songwriter - I thought that was his name. :confused:

No Dave Bartholemew wrote songs with him and sometimes for him.. alles klar Herr Komissar? :D

[hamish]

. alles klar Herr Komissar? :D

:confused: :confused:

C'mon CTID - you know I can be :D a bit slow the odd occasion LOL What does that mean??

[CollegeTillIDie]

:confused: :confused:

C'mon CTID - you know I can be :D a bit slow the odd occasion LOL What does that mean??

I am quoting Falco from his classic song Der Kommisar... It means
is everything clear Mr. Kommisar?

[hamish]

I am quoting Falco from his classic song Der Kommisar... It means
is everything clear Mr. Kommisar?

Jeez - you're not a Falco fan CTID :eek: - say it isn't so. That Rock me Amadeus - yuk.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Jeez - you're not a Falco fan CTID :eek: - say it isn't so. That Rock me Amadeus - yuk.
Ah that was during his Simple Minds phase when he had lost the plot. Poor ******* died in a car crash may he rest in peace.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Ah that was during his Simple Minds phase when he had lost the plot. Poor ******* died in a car crash may he rest in peace.
Now did you know that there is a link between Falco and Status Quo?

[hamish]

Ah that was during his Simple Minds phase when he had lost the plot. Poor ******* died in a car crash may he rest in peace.

Yeah, I remember that - he was pretty young too. I see Scotty/James Doohan has beamed up - I knew de Forest Kelly was dead and thought Scotty was too. I knew he had alzheimers or Parkinsons or something but I was sure he died a few months ago.
He'll never have to worry about those dilitium crystals again. He was my favourite on Star Trek.

I'm fed up editing misspellings - came across Google spell check by sheer accident yesterday - hit some button thingy - but can't find it now. Have a severe case of the transpositions at the moment. :o :D

[CollegeTillIDie]

Yeah, I remember that - he was pretty young too. I see Scotty/James Doohan has beamed up - I knew de Forest Kelly was dead and thought Scotty was too. I knew he had alzheimers or Parkinsons or something but I was sure he died a few months ago.
He'll never have to worry about those dilitium crystals again. He was my favourite on Star Trek.

Star Trek... may Bones and Scotty rest in peace. Maybe they should have followed Kirk's lead by eating All Bran? :rolleyes: My Star Trek favourite was that well known Cork Lassie Lt. YouhoorYou :D

[CollegeTillIDie]

Now did you know that there is a link between Falco and Status Quo?

OK Falco's records were produced by a pair of Dutch brothers called Rob and Ferdi Bolland. These guys wrote that song "You're In The Army Now" which was a huge hit for Status Quo....... one of whose other biggest hits was a cover version of "Rockin' All Over The World" written by John Fogerty formerly of the Creedence Clearwater Revival.....

[hamish]

Star Trek... may Bones and Scotty rest in peace. Maybe they should have followed Kirk's lead by eating All Bran? :rolleyes:

Agreed about Scooty and Bones - William Shatner looks very poorly in that advert - then again isn't he in his 70s now??

Remember dodging study in school to see the original Star Trek on RTE every week plus of course The Man from Uncle on Saturday nights. I recall giving out hell one Easter Saturday evening because I had to go the ceremonies when Napoleon and Ilya were on at the same time.

You youngsters don't realise what we had to go through in dem days. :D

To get back on thread - wasn't there a band called Napoleon Solo?? I'm not confusing that with a group called Unkle.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Agreed about Scooty and Bones - William Shatner looks very poorly in that advert - then again isn't he in his 70s now??

Remember dodging study in school to see the original Star Trek on RTE every week plus of course The Man from Uncle on Saturday nights. I recall giving out hell one Easter Saturday evening because I had to go the ceremonies when Napoleon and Ilya were on at the same time.

You youngsters don't realise what we had to go through in dem days. :D

To get back on thread - wasn't there a band called Napoleon Solo?? I'm not confusing that with a group called Unkle.
Yes Kirk is in his 70's will be 74 this year. Agreed I think there are bands with those two names...

When I was off work on long term sick leave following my episode I used to watch Man From UNCLE on TG4 at 10:00 each morning . Saw most of them during this time. Great stuff.

[hamish]

When I was off work on long term sick leave following my episode I used to watch Man From UNCLE on TG4 at 10:00 each morning . Saw most of them during this time. Great stuff.

I think it's on one of those Sky channels nowadays - David McCallum is now in his 70s too and Robert whatsisname/Solo is still on the occasional new programme.
I often wonder what became of William Conrad (Cannon), Clu Gullager (various cowboy programmes) and other actor/actresses from 60s TV series. Remember too that girl on Daktari - Cheryll Millar? - my first crush. :D :o Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. LOL

[hamish]

Now did you know that there is a link between Falco and Status Quo?

I can feel a joke coming here........ Enlighten me. :D

[noby]

Fats Domino... real Name Antoine Domino... and he had a weight problem...duh :rolleyes:

The worst copying ever goes to Chubby Checker.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Yeah, LR sure has the knowledge - fairplay to him.


...never mind me -I'm like Grandpa Simpson. I'm making it up as I'm going along. Did no one tell ye the www is crammed full of rank bull****ters. :D ;)


Fats Domino... real Name Antoine Domino... and he had a weight problem...duh

I think the "fats" handle was a popular one with jazzers for a bit. There's another rather excellent one out there -Fats Waller -I have some of his stuff. Also there was Fats Navaro and "Tuba Fats" Lacen.

On top of the fact that Waller and Domino were undoubtedly how shall we say -gentlemen of fuller carriage -I think the Fats thing might have been a stylistic handle as well ..i.e if the guys name had Fats in it you knew he was not only a jazzer but a jazzer of a particular ilk.

[noby]

I think the "fats" handle was a popular one with jazzers for a bit. There's another rather excellent one out there -Fats Waller -I have some of his stuff. Also there was Fats Navaro and "Tuba Fats" Lacen.


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[hamish]

Showband from the 70s:

Eamonn Cannon and the Headliners.

[CollegeTillIDie]

I think it's on one of those Sky channels nowadays - David McCallum is now in his 70s too and Robert whatsisname/Solo is still on the occasional new programme.
I often wonder what became of William Conrad (Cannon), Clu Gullager (various cowboy programmes) and other actor/actresses from 60s TV series. Remember too that girl on Daktari - Cheryll Millar? - my first crush. :D :o Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. LOL
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William Conrad.... not too surprisingly died of a heart attack some time in the past few years.

[hamish]

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William Conrad.... not too surprisingly died of a heart attack some time in the past few years.

Never knew he was dead CTID. I used to like Cannon...a bit. He was no spring chicken even in Cannon....at least 55 or 60 and that was in 60s or early 70s so he must have been a great age when he died.
Another fella I just remembered.....Joe Mannix. :D

[Aaron GUFC]

...has to be THE RADIATORS FROM SPACE. :D :D Wtf like? also Status Quo sucks aswell. :rolleyes:

[CollegeTillIDie]

Never knew he was dead CTID. I used to like Cannon...a bit. He was no spring chicken even in Cannon....at least 55 or 60 and that was in 60s or early 70s so he must have been a great age when he died.
Another fella I just remembered.....Joe Mannix. :D

Don't know what happened to Mike Connors(Mannix) you might want to Google the name. Fancied his secretary big time myself ;)
Most of those old shows actually do have Websites set up by fans or in some cases by the production companies or networks that used to show them. There is at least one MAN FROM UNCLE website for example, which has all the episodes and plots of them all and explains a lot of behind the scenes stuff.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Showband from the 70s:

Eamonn Cannon and the Headliners.

Do you honestly think that is worse than Shaun O'Dowd and Ding a Ling? :D

[hamish]

Do you honestly think that is worse than Shaun O'Dowd and Ding a Ling?
Yeah, I'd forgotton about that lot. :D
I remember the Headliners 'cos I saw them at Ballygar Marquee Carnival - hard to see them much 'cos of the mass brawls and flying bottles - Jeez those marguees. :eek:
They had a unique take on a lightng system - during an instrumental solo, Eamon Cannon would reach for a switch and you had red/blue, red/blue etc. -you really had to be there. :D

[hamish]

I mentioned a Beeslow punk band from late 70s in another thread way back - band called Vomit. :eek:
Met one of that set up on Saturday - Dixie (also ex Athlone Town Reserves) and told him I had mentioned Vomit in Footie. We had a great laugh about it.

One thing he told me I didn't recall and it's perfect for this thread. Vomit changed their name to................................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...........Methodist Torpedoes. LOL :D

[liam88]

Ah saw Chumbawamba as a lad-legendary stuff! (what the heck am I on about I sound old I still am a lad!!)

Anyways FLOGGING MOLLY is a great name for a band!!

GErry and the PAcemakers was a bit suss

[Gerrit]

The Smiths


great band, dull name... One of the most uninspired things Morrissey came up with, unlike many song titles (who else could come up with "Don't make fun of daddy's voice" ? :cool: )




in Belgium there used to be a band caled "Biljarten na half tien" which means 'Playing pool past 9.30 pm" :eek:

[Gerrit]

and risking my life by saying this on an Irish forum, but the name of the band is probably the worst thing U2 ever came up with :eek:

Bananarama is quite a dull name, and The Beach Boys sounds a bit of dull-macho to me.

[Lionel Ritchie]

The Smiths


great band, dull name... One of the most uninspired things Morrissey came up with, unlike many song titles (who else could come up with "Don't make fun of daddy's voice" ? :cool: )




in Belgium there used to be a band caled "Biljarten na half tien" which means 'Playing pool past 9.30 pm" :eek:

Just off on a wee tangent - I noticed this phenomenon in Holland too -when the Dutch say "Half Ten" they actually mean 9.30 or "half way to Ten" whereas when we say it we mean 10.30 or "half an hour past Ten"

[Schumi]

Just off on a wee tangent - I noticed this phenomenon in Holland too -when the Dutch say "Half Ten" they actually mean 9.30 or "half way to Ten" whereas when we say it we mean 10.30 or "half an hour past Ten"
German is the same. "Halb 10" means 9:30.

[noby]

The Smiths...dull name...

I always thought that was kind of the point.

As for U2, it works on a purely image/marketing point of view. I'm sure early posters etc. were pretty striking and unmistakable.

[Gerrit]

Yeah, but since when is music is about commerce ? I'd say too few artists care about artistic dignity and ideals.



And about the "half ten": yes, in Dutch or German it would mean 9.30 = half an hour to ten.
Pretty confusing it was in my first week in Ireland...

[jofyisgod]

Anyone remember the Cartoons. Had the 'Witch Doctor' song as a hit. That's a bad name, and look them up on Google Images if you want a laugh.

[speedking]

Cannibal Corpse. :D

[sligoman]

Just thought of an another-Goldie looking chain. That is terrible :D, sh!it band too:mad:.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Cannibal Corpse. :D

Yes and their music is also an acquired taste too.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Franz Ferdinand is a naff name... the band are ok the name sucks.

Maybe I should call my next band Gavrilo Princip? :D

[TonyD]

what about "jerry fish and the mud bug club"? really písses me off every time i hear it for some reason :o

Too true. That guy has previous form too "An Emotional Fish" for crissakes. Muck band too.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Too true. That guy has previous form too "An Emotional Fish" for crissakes. Muck band too.

Ok there is an English expression as Cold as a Fish... implying Fish do not have any emotions.... Jerry Fish decided to turn that notion on it's head and given his surname was Fish... the rest is history

[Wolfie]

Got to be one of the geekiest ever:

Mumford and Sons