Mookie Blaylock

Biffy Clyro

DargelSkout said:

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Tool

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You can suck...

Guy Mann-Dude

Zodiac Mindwarp

NoahAg said:

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chick79 said:

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The Presidents of the United States

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ACKshually, the full name is "The Presidents of the United States of America," which indeed is terrible. Which I think was fully intentional, playing on the self deprecating nature of the band.

If you think about it "Pearl Jam" is a pretty bad name.

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U2

Queens of the Stone Age

Cage the Elephant

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Best band name: The Diarrhea of Anne Frank

Korn is an idiotic band name. I'm sure there's some story justifying it, but it's really, really stupid.

Don't have a contribution currently, but this is a good thread.

I think we had two of the very best band names back in the day that were around BCS:

Starvin Marvin and the Dexatrims
Sneaky Pete and the Neon Madmen

Willy Wonka said:

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I think we had two of the very best band names back in the day that were around BCS:

Starvin Marvin and the Dexatrims
Sneaky Pete and the Neon Madmen

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Starvin Marvin was referenced earlier!

And the Bodacious Gonads!

Anyone from the early '00s A&M crew remember "Drying Off Grandpa"?

Lane Kramer and the Cheap Keg Floaters

Oingo Boingo

Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Cock and Ball Torture

Eve 6.

Good X-files reference, dumb band name.

Poi Dog Pondering

Klymaxx

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult

Drivin' N Cryin'

Emotional Support Cobra said:

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Eve 6.

Good X-files reference, dumb band name.

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Made some great music, though.

"Michael Learns to Rock"

What?!?

Tobias Funke said:

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Anyone from the early '00s A&M crew remember "Drying Off Grandpa"?

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Yes. We'd go see them at Zapatos

The front bottoms?

Sixpence None The Richer - New Braunfels band. Leigh Nash explained band's name during Letterman interview…. It comes from a book by C. S. Lewis called Mere Christianity. A little boy asks his father if he can get a sixpencea very small amount of English currency in use at the timeto go and get a gift for his father. The father gladly accepts the gift and he's really happy with it, but he also realizes that he's not any richer for the transaction. C.S. Lewis was comparing that to his belief that God has given him, and us, the gifts that we possess, and to serve him the way we should, we should do it humblyrealizing how we got the gifts in the first place.

I didn't know Sixpence None the Richer was from New Braunfels.

There's a lot of sorry band names out there. Imagine sitting with your band and having a list of names to choose from and something like Oingo Boingo was the best on the list.

Throbbing Gristle
D!ck Blisters

The sh*tty beetles

agcraigb said:

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The sh*tty beetles

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They suck.

Its all subjective I guess. A lot of these names aren't really bad. Disliking a name because it's some pun really isn't a valid reason. I had a group in college and the hardest thing we ever did was try coming up with a name. After 70 years of rock and roll it's not easy coming up with something that doesn't sound awful and is still available.

My church's contemporary service band played gigs under the name Valsalva. Both a great and awful name.