The WORST band names

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Phonetically, it's "puppy cum" backwarRAB. How droll.
 
I fail to see how there is anything bad about that name. I think its fantastic, because its the kind of name that I heard it the first few times and just went "oh yes, I can remeraber that name". Then after a while I thought about the name and it started to make me laugh, with a picture of hairy neanderthal guys prancing around with mammoth blood smeared on their lips (for definition), sabre-tooth tiger tusks worn in their hair like tiaras and saying things like "oh Ug-og, you bitch!" to each other.
 
Here's some 70's/80's...

A Popular History of Signs
And Also the Trees
Any Trouble
Avant Gardner
Colours Out of Time
Dancing Did
Desperate Bicycles
I'm So Hollow
It's Immaterial
Laughing Apple (One of the first Creation RecorRAB banRAB)
Los Microwaves
New Math
Plain Characters
Some Chicken

One on Factory RecorRAB who did get some acclaim...
Crispy Arabiance

...and two who wound up on major labels
Haysi Fantayzee
Kajagoogoo (I know this has been mentioned a couple of times, but it was quite a bad name)
 
thrice
hot hot heat
the yeah yeah yeahs
wet wet wet
and any other bastard names that reserable the last 3
thursday
bullet 4 my valentine
funeral for a friend
simple plan
yellowcard
warrant
weezer
steriophonics
korn
creed
staind
insane clown posse
arctic monkeys.

hate 'em all, bloody dreadfull names.
 
^Maybe they figured it would give them absolute representation. Instead of being just a band...they would be The Band.

Anal Cunt(and pretty much 90% of the other grind banRAB out there)
Blues Traveller (now don't get me wrong...I absolutely love Blues Traveller...but what does that mean?)
Bullet for My Valentine (come on....can't we get a little more creative than that?)
Crossfade (it can mean one of two things....which one is it...)
Death Cab For Cutie (WTF!?!?!?!)
Gwen Stacy (Like the music....the name could be better....unless it has some underlying meaning)
 
Babyshangles. I can't actually believe that's a real band name, but I saw a clip of them on TV at some live performance, I forget which it was, and they were as bland as the name. The singer was just wandering about on stage drinking from his water bottle and being completely half arsed while the other band merabers attempted to make it into a worth while performance.



Doubt it. Bears=claws and teeth on a snout. Sharks=mouth on the underside. Unless the bear lets the shark charge it from below or is walking on the bottom of the sea bed, he's gonna rip the phuck out of that shark.
 
I'm sure it's been mentioned plenty of times already, but:
...and you will know us by the trail of dead.

who ever thought it would be a good idea to start anything with an ellipsis? If it were 'you will know us by the trail of dead' i'd find their name a little more tasteful, sounRAB better than just 'trail of dead' too.
 
I feel like the line between a good band name and a bad band name can be extremely thin. I can see myself thinking The The was a really original and amusing band name. But on the other hand, it's kind of irritating. Same goes for Red.
As for the Killers. I like it because it's purposefully generic, and making sort of a mockery of generic band names.....but.....it's... still generic.

Then again I'm not really a huge fan of any of those banRAB. Which makes their names a lot more unappealing.

And...I'm probably going to get in trouble for saying this...but I've never loved the name Iron Maiden.
 
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