Worst band names

**hamish** · 18/07/2005, 8:09 PM

Originally Posted by Gerrit

Disagree here. Joy Division was a name with a history (named after the prostitutes in the sad decor or World War II) and I think the name bounces ideally with the band's gloomy messages. Ian Curtis is a genius...

Right Said Fred (do they still exist ?!) was a pretty dull name...

I read somewhere recently that they were doing a "gig" somewhere in Latvia or some place like that.

**EnDai** · 18/07/2005, 10:01 PM

Skinny Puppy hehe.

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Joy Division cannot, under any circumastances, be considered a bad name!

**REVIP** · 19/07/2005, 6:38 AM

Originally Posted by EnDai

Joy Division cannot, under any circumastances, be considered a bad name!

Sorry, but I can't cope with anything to do with the Nazis

I think Ian Curtis was a lot more sophisticated than some of the people who followed his band.

**EnDai** · 19/07/2005, 8:36 AM

Wow, what a low dig!

**tetsujin1979** · 19/07/2005, 9:12 AM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Funeral for a Friend is a pretty ****e name for a band. I mean, it sounds like they were trying very very hard to impress those spotty kids that think about death a lot...instead of getting a job and a kick up the arse...

I don't think they knew about it at the time, but Funeral For A Friend was the name of the Superman storyline in DC comics when he was killed

**Lionel Ritchie** · 19/07/2005, 9:55 AM

Originally Posted by EnDai

Skinny Puppy hehe.

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Joy Division cannot, under any circumastances, be considered a bad name!

Pretty certain that's [SIZE=7]CHUMBAWAMBA[/SIZE]

Generally I think half the names on this list should be on a "best" band names ever rather than worst.

Many of my favouite bands have what strike me as rather uninspired monikers
-the Who, The Smiths, The Birthday Party, The Wedding Present, The Housemartins.

Always thought Metallica was a dumb corny name for a metal band. Only endears with time and association with the artists canon of work. ...ditto The Beatles.

Nirvana is a crappy name for a band of any genre -and they nicked it from a 1960's division 3 Mama's and Papa's type outfit ...and subseqeuntly paid dearly for it.

Always thought Oasis sounded like a name of horrible pop soul band ala M People (now there's a **** name for ye).

How about all the w@nkers who think it's really smart to replace Cs' with Ks' and Ss' with Zs'. Cutting Krew, Kriss Kross, Split Enz. (ah yes ...who became Crowded House ...the Sh1te just keeps on comin')

**sadloserkid** · 19/07/2005, 10:39 AM

Though some of them are good bands I hate the type who are trying to ironic and cleverly self-deprecating with their names... Garbage and Dodgy come to mind straight off.

A lot of band names are kinda cwap and uninspired anyway, Boyzone sounds a club of 12 year olds who don't allow girls to join because the puberty fairy has yet to pay a visit to the squeaky voiced youngsters.

One of my favourite bands but The Goo Goo Dolls is a dumb name.

Gay For Johnny Depp is possibly the best name ever.

**REVIP** · 19/07/2005, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by EnDai

Wow, what a low dig!

Sorry, wasn't meant as a dig!!

I lived in London -79-83 - some of the Joy Division fans were NF types - sort of guys that followed Millwall.

Some of the NF boys were strange - they were into Two Tone/Ska stuff. Bad Manners used to get a big following amongst them - despite the fact that Buster Bloodvessel (can't think of his proper name!) was very anti-racist

**Lionel Ritchie** · 19/07/2005, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by REVIP

Sorry, but I can't cope with anything to do with the Nazis

I think Ian Curtis was a lot more sophisticated than some of the people who followed his band.

It's a valid point. They took their name from the concentration camp sheds were the guards would house prettier inmates trading better conditions for sex.

The famous "you all forgot Rudolph Hess" quip invited a lot of grief.

This continued after his death and Joy Divisions demise when the rest took the moniker 'New Order' and were accused of 'coat trailing to the skinheads again'

**patsh** · 19/07/2005, 11:34 AM

Anyone remember

Flux of Pink Indians

or

The Bonzo Dog DooDah Band ?

**ThatGuy** · 19/07/2005, 11:47 AM

Worst name for a band ever is, without a doubt, "Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich".

**sligoman** · 19/07/2005, 1:07 PM

Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

Pretty certain that's [SIZE=7]CHUMBAWAMBA[/SIZE]

Yeah, your right it is [SIZE=7]CHUMBAWAMBA[/SIZE]

**Lionel Ritchie** · 19/07/2005, 1:32 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Did Carter USM ever go by the full title 'Carter Unstoppable Sex Machine'.

And did Fuzzbox ever use the full version 'We've Got Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It'

yes to both. Carter USM was merely a convenient abbreviation (particularly for print). Saw someone introduce them on TOTP one night -exactly the type of show you'd think such an abbreviation might be employed -but the guy made the point of emphasising every word as they started into the classic 'Only Living Boy In New Cross'

I have a couple of singles at home -'Love Is The Slug' (1987 -my earliest shoplifting memory!

) and 'Rules and Regulations' (1986) by 'We've Gotta Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It' both of which are class and also their 1989 LP 'Big Bang' (spawned singles 'Pink Sunshine' and 'International Rescue') which is pretty horrible and was released under the name 'Fuzzbox'

**HomeBrewPlease** · 19/07/2005, 1:56 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

.....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead.

too long by far!!

Oh no. I think that is a class name. Cant yoy just picture all the dead bodies trailing behind them.

**Peadar** · 19/07/2005, 2:04 PM

Everything But The Girl
Always thought that was a funny name with a female vocalist who was anything but a girl.

**noby** · 19/07/2005, 2:14 PM

Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

yes to both. Carter USM was merely a convenient abbreviation (particularly for print). Saw someone introduce them on TOTP one night -exactly the type of show you'd think such an abbreviation might be employed -but the guy made the point of emphasising every word as they started into the classic 'Only Living Boy In New Cross'

Wasn't there a certain ex-US president not too happy with posters of him with the words "Unstoppable Sex Machine" printed underneath.

Has this thread turned into the most interesting/unusual band names.

Some others:

? and the Mysterians
Q and not U
Death to tyrants (especially for REVIP)
Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

Everything But The Girl fall in to the category of "if we knew then that we'd still be going now, we'd have thought of a better name"

Duran Duran, as mentioned earlier fall into the category of Fictional character names. Along with Boo Radleys, Belle & Sebastian etc.

**Peadar** · 19/07/2005, 2:28 PM

Five
Blue
One True Voice
Steps
S Club 7
Bellfire
Simply Red
Bananarama
McFly

The list is endless...

**Troy.McClure** · 19/07/2005, 2:54 PM

How come no one's mentioned Boyzone or Take That yet? Cheesier than their "music"

And Peadar, you forgot S Club Junior!

**strangeirish** · 19/07/2005, 2:56 PM

Flock of Seagulls

Haircut100

ABC

Aha

You are right, the list is endless.

**hamish** · 19/07/2005, 3:17 PM

Here's a double whammy - first single I ever bought was by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders.

No kidding, it was called, "Um, um, um, um, um".

It would probably be called the Humming Song nowadays. I think it was a big hit in 1964 or 65. They're probably better known for putting out the original version of "Groovy kind of love" which Phil Collins also had a hit with.

Dr.Strangely Strange was a Dublin band in late 60s and I remember them on The Late Late then singing a ditty called "Dublin Corporation". Oh Jesus, it was awful.

History lesson over

Hamish the Historian.