Worst band names

cool band names of bands i like:

sunburned hand of the man
jackie-o motherf*cker
acid mothers temple and the melting paraiso u.f.o.
the incredible string band
comets on fire

great bands. '..trail of dead' have a great name, possibly one of the best out there i've heard of. haven't listened to much of their music though which always makes the name mean so much more.

all the jazz greats have amazing names, ornette coleman, sun ra, pharoah sanders, miles davis, john coltrane, charlie parker - - the sh!t

wire magazine this month has 15 dodgy band names, some great: barbara's bush, the dead kenny Gs, to live and shave in l.a. (great name)

band names that sound like the band? motorhead for one...

dumbass radio friendly US bands like... Matchbox 20, Maroon 5 and stupid rappers names like Fat Joe, Nelly (thats a lass's name surely!), Usher, Boyz II Men....

Originally Posted by Conor74

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I know Tim Goulding, Ivan Pawle and Joe Thoma, who all featured with the band at one time or another. Tim is now a very successful artist - great paintings, his burning heather series is in every well-to-do house in the area, and he lives in Beara in West Cork. Joe Thoma is an arts teacher in South Kerry. Ivan is from South Kerry but dunno where he is now.

Jesus Conor - you're a mine of information on music - is there anything you don't know about the scene. Respect.
That DSS song was still awful

joe dolan. terrible name

Originally Posted by PAURO 7

dumbass radio friendly US bands like... Matchbox 20, Maroon 5 and stupid rappers names like Fat Joe, Nelly (thats a lass's name surely!), Usher, Boyz II Men....

God, I totally forgot about rap! Any rapper, ever! (that should cover it )

Worst Band names heres a list :

Metallica
Maroon 5
Beatles
New Order
The Killers
The Bravery
Queens of the Stone Age
Bloc Party
Velvet Revolver
Whitesnake
Air Supply
Rainbow
Toto
Jet
The Hives
The Strokes (sounds like peddlin' )
Wheatus
The Dubliners (couldn't think of anything better no?)
Queen
Rush
Judas Priest
Slayer
Megadeth
Yes
Audioslave
Faithless
Cream
Prince
Guns n Roses
Iron Maiden
Ramones
Doors
Kiss
The Band
And theres hundreds more...

Cool names include:

Fats Domino
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
The Box Tops
Canned Heat
AcDc
System of A Down
Mars Volta
White Stripes
Incubus
Beck
Interpol
Sigur Ros

and more...

Originally Posted by Risteard

Neds Atomic Dustbin
Hootie and the Blowfish.

Don't be dissing the Neds now Risteard. Have been listening to nothing else in my car all week...!

Or if you're gonna dis them, then at least mention the 'New Fast Automatic Daffodils' (or New FADS) - as their name is similiar yet remarkably dafter....

Originally Posted by Flea

Worst Band names heres a list :

Metallica
Maroon 5
Beatles
New Order
The Killers
The Bravery
Queens of the Stone Age
Bloc Party
Velvet Revolver
Whitesnake
Air Supply
Rainbow
Toto
Jet
The Hives
The Strokes (sounds like peddlin' )
Wheatus
The Dubliners (couldn't think of anything better no?)
Queen
Rush
Judas Priest
Slayer
Megadeth
Yes
Audioslave
Faithless
Cream
Prince
Guns n Roses
Iron Maiden
Ramones
Doors
Kiss
The Band
And theres hundreds more...

Cool names include:

Fats Domino
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
The Box Tops
Canned Heat
AcDc
System of A Down
Mars Volta
White Stripes
Incubus
Beck
Interpol
Sigur Ros

and more...

Aaaaah - come on Flea. There's nought wrong with half of those names. Faithless ? Interpol ? White Stripes ? The Beach Boys ? Audioslave ? Queen ? They mightened be what you would choose for your own band, but they all 'work'.

What would you class as a good band name then ?

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Aaaaah - come on Flea. There's nought wrong with half of those names. Faithless ? Interpol ? White Stripes ? The Beach Boys ? Audioslave ? Queen ? They mightened be what you would choose for your own band, but they all 'work'.

What would you class as a good band name then ?

I said that the beach boys interpol and the white stripes are cool names.
As for Faithless it just sounds like the band dont stand for anything. Its different if you call your band something like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Yes this too doesnt mean anything but its obvious there was no intent for it to mean anything.
Audioslave sounds like the previously referred to spotty kids are now adults and are been targeted here. Break it up Audio and Slave, oh its crap.Its sounds laboured. They should have stuck with their first name Civilian.
Queen is corny.

I dont know what is a good name, but I like names that are 1. not corny 2. not pretentous 3. If its ment to mean something mean something smart like the Mars Volta not faithless which ironically has similar meanings
4. If it doesn't mean anything keep it simple like Interpol not Kiss(which is corny)

I dunno I can't describe it just try and be smart with a name but don't overdo the 'smartness'

Aw shucks!!!

just thought of an excellent moniker of an american power punk covers band
ME FIRST & THE GIMME GIMMES

they specialise in speed/power punk covers of movie classics like 'my favourite things', 'Somewher Over the Rainbow' 'Who Put the Bop in the Bop-Shoo-Wop-Shoo-Wop' etc...

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.

Originally Posted by Gerrit

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.

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

Originally Posted by Conor74

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

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

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

Originally Posted by Flea

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
Frank Zappa ? Since when did your mother christening you something make it a cool band name?

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Flock of Seagulls
Haircut100
ABC
Aha

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

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

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

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

What about Gaye Bykers on Acid

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