Best/Worst Band Names Ever ???

[CrankItUp!]

Here are the ones that come to mind instantly for me :

Best (y)

Barenaked Ladies


Worst (n)

Slaughter

[burbboi]

Worst :

Goo Goo Dolls (n)

Best :

Big Jesus Truck (y)

[Next of Kin]

Best Pitstop (http://www.myspace.com/pitstoprocks) (y)

Worst Monster Mack & The Screaming Yahoos (http://www.myspace.com/monstermackandthescreamingyahoos) :D

[DustSucker]

Worst: Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 (n)
Best: Chicks On Speed (y)

[cosmo105]

best: Eagles of Death Metal

Worst: vanilla fudge

okay it's not that bad of a name, i just fucking hate vanilla fudge.

[Mr Films]

there is no such thing as a cool/good band name

[DustSucker]

there is no such thing as a cool/good band name
yes there is ;)

The band "Altar Of Satanic Wintergoats" for example, is a bad name. Or at least, not as cool as i.e. "Pig Destroyer", "John Parkinson & The Shakers" or "Cliteater" (:


But I agree with Cosmo that you might take your opinion on the band behind the name into judgement.

[ggirlballa]

best: beastie boys(y)

worst: beastie boys(n)


beastie sounds cool but it also sounds weird

best band ever(y)

[Mr Films]

actually, there is one great band name:

The Burning Sensations

also, my friend's brother started a Led Zeppelin cover band called Steel Blimp

[CrankItUp!]

there is no such thing as a cool/good band name

(lb) correction :

Cool Nutz

Good Year Pimps

[Lex Diamonds]

Best:
The Streets
NWA
Oasis
Eminem

Worst:
Busted
G Unit
Chingy

[trailerprincess]

I always liked 'And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead'

[alexandra]

(n): Pussycat Dolls
(y): She Wants Revenge

[Tzar]

worst: P.O.D., Funeral for a Friend, Taking Back Sunday (? what the fuck does that mean)

best: Rage Against The Machine (love it more than any other band name - even Metallica) Pantera, Sepultura, Invizibl Skratch Piklz

[alexandra]

i'll admit that RATM is an excellent band name. probably the best one. even suits the band very well.


and i'll add Chemical Brothers. (y)

[trailerprincess]

Good name : Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly

Bad name: Smashing Pumpkins.

[icy manipulator]

best: rage against the fucking machine of course

worst: hmm, let me go raid my housemate's cd collection


Kind of like Spitting
Death Cab for Cutie

that'll do for the moment, there's a lot of gay names in this collection

oh, i must add

Minus the Bear

FUCKING EMO"S

[MagicCowboy]

Bad: Hoobastank

[Calimero jr.]

Best: Oysterhead, Porno for Pyros, Jane's Addiction, Sausage

Worst: Nickelback

[zorra_chiflada]

best - dogs die in hot cars

[Funkyfreshgrape]

BAD: U2

GOOD: Royal Weird-ohs

[Otis Driftwood]

Best: Suicidal Tendencies, Screaming Maggots from Hell, GWAR, Elephant Chunks

Worst: Guns nRoses, Ice Cube, Ice T, Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, Sacred Reich (who got that, what were they thinkin???)

[b-grrrlie]

Please notice we're not talking about if the band's good or bad, just the name!

Good: Velvet underground, Psychedelic Furs, Electric Blue Peggy Sue and the Revolutionions from Mars, Hoodoo Gurus (I just love the way it sounds)

bad: !!! (I guess they're regretting their choice)

[hitmonlee]

Bad: Hoobastank

i agree.

worst name ever

[Gareth]

bad: !!!

you say that 'chk chk chk' yea?
i'd feel so stupid going to a record store asking for the new chk chk chk

[discopants]

Best- Sluaghter and the Dogs, Dukes of Stratosphear, Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds, Echo and the Bunnymen, Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine

Worst- Shout Bamalan (really)

[AdRockGRL]

best: beastie boys(y)

worst: beastie boys(n)


beastie sounds cool but it also sounds weird

best band ever(y)
It's an easy name to pronunciate!!1 When i was 4 I sayd "Biti-bo" 'cause I could not pronunciate the "s"....so...I remembered that name always....

Anyaway I think that the worst name is "Fugazi" or "Pizzicato 5"

[abcdefz]

Worst: R.E.M., Electric Light Orchestra, Beastie Boys, Grateful Dead, The Crickets, Chicago Transit Authority, Dead Kennedys

Best: New York Dolls, Big Star, The Asbury Jukes, Hindu Love Gods

[adam_f]

De La Soul may be my favorite, while Blackalicious is just damn awful.

[na§tee]

(y) the cinematics. (http://www.thecinematics.net) (gotta represent the flatmate, ya know!)
divine comedy.
moloko.
ben folds five.
kiss.

(n) pussycat dolls.
wings.
soundgarden.

[abcdefz]

The Big Employees (y)

[abcdefz]

soundgarden.




I'd never really thought of it before, but I kinda like the name "Soundgarden." But I can see why not everybody would.



Oh yeah -- Sonic Youth (y)

[Rock]

best: Slayer, Anal Cunt, Bolt Thrower, Born Against

Worst: The Lovely Feathers, Jets to Brazil, Death Cab for Cutie, Bananarama, The Modern Lovers

[abcdefz]

Kajamagoogoo or whatever (n)


Hell -- most of the new wave bands had awful names. Go Go's, Haircut 100, Men at Work, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Level 42, Madness, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Bow Wow Wow, XTC, The Cure, The Fixx, Heaven 17, Fun Boy Three, Oingo Boingo... the list goes on and on.

[g-mile7]

Good: Prince & The Revolution
Bad: Prince & The NEw Power Generation

[abcdefz]

The Clash (y)

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

i like !!!. i think it describes the style of the band very well. i also like pavement, beat happening, broken social scene, casiotone for the painfully alone, depth charge, giant sand, the red krayola, tortoise, and the birthday party.

i dont like caribou, beastie boys, the streets, super furry animals, and the red hot chili peppers.

[g-mile7]

Best: Wu-Tang Clan
Worst: Theordore Unit :(

[Lex Diamonds]

Anal Birth (y)

[Justin]

macho man randy savage

[Otis Driftwood]

Yuppicide

[Lyman Zerga]

tic tac toe!

[chromium05]

NINJA POP-UP JUNIOR MANSION (n)

THE INCREDIBLE ASTHMA TWINS (n)


Fantastic Five MC's (y)

Kool Keith (y) ( I know that's not a band but it's the dopest name ever)

[Bob]

Worst: Dead Kennedys

Best:

what

[Guy Incognito]

If anyone has seen "24 hour party people" they will know this one but there used to be a band in Manchester called Crispy Ambulance . Poor. The Beatles is a shit name.

Anyway good band names - Dogs die in hot cars (crap band tho), De La Soul, Motorhead and Primal Scream

[alexandra]

NINJA POP-UP JUNIOR MANSION (n)

THE INCREDIBLE ASTHMA TWINS (n)
hahahhaha

wtf, these are great!

[abcdefz]

what



The Who?



Mott the Hoople is kinda stupid, too.

Funny enough: I was thinking of some of the adolescent-humor band names out there, and thought, "Why don't you just call yourself 'Morning Wood'?"

Next day in the paper there was an article about Morningwood. :rolleyes:

[BangkokB]

Bob is right.
Dead Kennedys is spot on
Marilyn Manson is up there with it

The Bad
People that name their band their name

[DIGI]

best: rage against the fucking machine of course

worst: hmm, let me go raid my housemate's cd collection


Kind of like Spitting
Death Cab for Cutie

that'll do for the moment, there's a lot of gay names in this collection

oh, i must add

Minus the Bear

FUCKING EMO"S

You think Minus the Bear's emo?

[M.C. Guevera]

Best: Public Enemy, Rage Against The Machine, Quarashi, The Who, The Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul, Panic! At The Disco, O.N.E., N.W.A.

Worst: Limp Bizkit, Beastie Boys, G-Unit, Taking Back Sunday

[n/c]

BEST : Rich kids on LSD, Bomb the music industry!, Arrogant sons of bitches, Voodoo glow skulls, Anal cunt, 88 Fingers Louie, Jamiroquai

WORST : ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S HAAHAHAHAHAH

[CrankItUp!]

Absolute Worst = The Police (n)

[DroppinScience]

You know what's a band name I can't stand?

AIDS Wolf

I seriously can't imagine anything good coming out of an awful name like that...

[QueenAdrock]

Worst :

Goo Goo Dolls (n)

First thing that came to mind. I remember first hearing their name and was like "You fuckin' kidding me?"

Also bad: The Cardigans, Godsmack, Limp Bizkit, Kottonmouth Kings

Ones I like: Fatboy Slim, Crystal Method, Garbage (the irony makes it good), and Sneaker Pimps (side note - they got their name from Mike D).

[discopants]

If anyone has seen "24 hour party people" they will know this one but there used to be a band in Manchester called Crispy Ambulance . Poor.

Alan Hempstall was the lead singer and they had an album called The Plateau Phase.

[DustSucker]

(y)
Don Caballero
Bongzilla
Leng Tch'e

(n)
Rumpelstilskin Grinder
Pokémon Execution

[P of R]

Best: Butthole Surfers, RATM, NWA, Nashville Pussy, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Echo and the Bunnymen, Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Worst: The streets, The sounds, Kent, Beastie Boys, Death cab for cutie, Deathstars (hahaha), Basically anything starting with "the".

All I can think of for now.

[kaiser soze]

Best: Devo

Worst: Celine Dion

[P of R]

Is there a band called Celine Dion?

[Lyman Zerga]

the celine dions

[abcdefz]

You can pretty much count on teen bands to have bad names, but 'N Sync is really awful.

[P of R]

Oh Backstreet Boys sounds like a bunch of boys sticking it up eachother's bums.

[camo]

Best(y)

and you will know us by the trail of dead

Worst (n)

Backstreet Boys

[SpuffyRJ]

worst: fist, supernove (damn that reality television)
best: The Knack, Death from Above 1979, Head Automatica, Led Zeppelin

[Rock]

Everybody Was In the French Resistance…Now

[Odie]

Dananananaykroyd (n)

[Kid Presentable]

Has anyone said analcunt?

[yeahwho]

Best(y)

and you will know us by the trail of dead


First band that popped into my head, love that band name.



ps: sorry it took almost 3 years to respond........

[abcdefz]

Jimmy Eats World is a pretty bad name.

In a related note, a band I was in was very briefly Dead Jims. Which is also really bad.

[Ty Webb]

Has anyone said analcunt?

i opened for anal cunt in philly a few years ago. no lie.

[camo]

The Ghost of a Thousand (y)

Pigeon Detectives (n)

[mikizee]

Me and my friends are in a trashy band called Deep Vein Thromboner. I like our name.

Our first album is called Large Hardon Collider and we are only releasing it on cassette.

[b i o n i c]

bicycle thieves