Worst band names ever

[Xander]

Hoobastank >_>

I just hate saying that name! More? :(

[Ryth]

Limp Bizkit.

[Vermachtnis]

Blue Oyster Cult, nothing wrong with them. But I wanted a Cult worshiping the Blue Oyster.

[LunarWeaver]

Korn :(

[jaxun]

Janes Addicion

[Shiny]

Gay for Johnny Depp xD

[White Raven]

The Scissor Sisters.

Fitting though, since the band sounds like girls :p

[Ryth]

Korn :(

Another good name. Though it's even more moronic when you spell it "correctly" as KoRn.

[Goldenboko]

Hoobastank is a good band though...


Demon Within, my friend has the worst band, AND Band name.

[Cool Revolutionary]

The Scissor Sisters.

Fitting though, since the band sounds like girls :p
well, not girls. puffs.

[Ryth]

Hoobastank is a good band though...

They are so not. xD


Also have to bring up Insane Clown Posse.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

This canadian band called "The Band".

[Eiko Guy]

Red jumpsuit apparatus. Its so long and doesn't really have anything to do with the music IMO.

[leader of mortals]

On guitar hero 2, there is a band that i think is called the butthole surfers. Swear to god.

[Discord]

Beatles?

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Beatles?

*shoots*

John Lennon saw a man on a flaming pie high in the sky. He said to him, "You will be known as the Beatles with an A."

Then again, it could have something to do with "beat".

On topic: Pussycat Dolls.

[Big D]

'Chumbawumba' is certainly an odd name for a band; can't deny their musical contribution though.

My country has produced a few unusual band names too: Salmonella Dub, Hello Sailor, and Stellar* (the asterisk is part of the name) come to mind. Shihad certainly rate a mention, too - named after a mis-hearing of 'Jihad' from the Dune saga. They were temporarily renamed 'Pacifier' in the interests of political correctness, but thankfully they ditched that nonsensical moniker and returned to their original one.

Butthole Surfers still takes the cake for worst band name ever. Foo Fighters aren't too far behind. Panic! At The Disco makes me want to break something whenever I hear it, especially when it's said by an over-sensitive fan who insists on emphasising Panic because of the exclamation mark.

[Laddy]

I never found Fall Out Boy to be a good name, or band.

[ReloadPsi]

Beastie Boys. Sounds like a middle school music project.

[Ramza Beoulve]

Moderatto, and their slogan is also pathetic desu. "Detector de metal!" Just lame desu.

[James Leopold]

Green Day

[Værn]

My Guitar Hero 2 band's name is "Pink Bunnies of Doom." I think it's cool, but there are quite a few people that laugh about it.

[charliepanayi]

The Little Willies
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
The Music

[Cz]

Herman's Hermits
The Pigeon Detectives
Hootie and the Blowfish
Bowling For Soup
As I Lay Dying (and names of that ilk)
Selfish :skull::skull::skull::skull:

Also seconding a large number of names already in this thread, particularly Limp Bizkit and Chumbawumba.

[Markus. D]

Silverchair.

The Dissociatives was such a better name (with better music overall ^-^~)

[Discord]

All bands ending with -boys.

[Polaris]

Green Day

And

Panic at the Disco (wtf???)
Fall out Boy

The only difference is that Green Day are at least better than these two!:rolleyes2

[Madame Adequate]

The Pigeon Detectives
Hootie and the Blowfish
Bowling For Soup

No Cz, this is a thread for band names that suck, not band names that are awesome.

[Sunny Day Suicide]

Taking back sunday, though theyre a good band.


As for best band name ever, Id have to say My Bloody Valentine

[Peter_20]

"Panic", one of Dave Mustaine's first bands. :p

[oddler]

Gotta pull out Goo Goo Dolls on this one. Even the band hates their name. :p

[Bunny]

I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I suggest to anyone who is interested to take a look at any number of extended black/dark/speed metal. Most of those are horrid.

Oh!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

What the hell were you thinking, idiots. "Hey, let's be dumb."

[CimminyCricket]

I can't really think of any bad ones, but I have recently scene a record done by a band whose music I have never heard and have never known existed before now: Goblin Cock

[prayzer]

Oh come on! New Kids on the Block! :barf:

[Goldenboko]

Hoobastank is a good band though...

They are so not. xD

ARE TOO! :nonono:
Crawling in the Dark is good!

[Sergeant Hartman]

Insane Clown Posse..........

[LunarWeaver]

Oh come on! New Kids on the Block! :barf:

Do boy bands count? If they do, then I think Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, O-Town, etc. can all go in this thread. Oh, what the heck, I'll bring up the Spice Girls, too.

But they're more like pseudo-music that were formed as a marketing ploy and not actual bands.

[prayzer]

Do boy bands count? If they do, then I think Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, O-Town, etc. can all go in this thread. Oh, what the heck, I'll bring up the Spice Girls, too.

But they're more like pseudo-music that were formed as a marketing ploy and not actual bands.

Well, since they are referred to as boy-"bands" I guess we can include them all. And why not throw them all into a big bon-fire while we're at it! :mwahaha:

[Xander]

Oh yeah, as people mentioned, butthole surfers! They had a cool song from scrubs I liked...shame about their horrribleeee name :(

[Tallulah]

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, often referred to as Carter USM due to the crappiness of the original name... :eep:

EDIT: Also, Half Man Half Biscuit and Sultans of Ping (just heard someone mention these on the radio, along with Carter USM, funnily enough! O_o)

[GooeyToast]

I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I suggest to anyone who is interested to take a look at any number of extended black/dark/speed metal. Most of those are horrid.

Oh!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

What the hell were you thinking, idiots. "Hey, let's be dumb."

No. Not even close.

[Momiji]

Well, some of those are references to other things the band may have admired. 'As I Lay Dying' is the title of a William Faulkner book (It's Faulkner, right? I can't remember the author.).

Fall Out Boy is a reference to a comic book hero on The Simpsons.

Panic! at the Disco is a reference to a song of which the band and title of the song escapes me.

[daggertrepe]

Nickelback is dumb

[Gopher Gamble]

Nickelback is dumb

Okay the name is dumb.I can't stand Nine inch Nail or their music.....

[Rocket Edge]

Kaiser Chiefs. In fact, everything about that band annoys me.

[Namelessfengir]

theres a new band called fenix down

[Bunny]

I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I suggest to anyone who is interested to take a look at any number of extended black/dark/speed metal. Most of those are horrid.

Oh!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

What the hell were you thinking, idiots. "Hey, let's be dumb."

No. Not even close.

Yes. So very close. It is a stupid band name.

Another one:

Rainbow Butt Monkeys. They changed their name to Finger Eleven though.

[GooeyToast]

I would think one listen to any of their songs would be enough to determine why they chose that name. It fits perfectly.

Unlike, say Neutral Milk Hotel, which I'd assume you listen to based on your profile information.

[chrs229]

Smashing Pumpkins

[o_O]

Dying Fetus is a pretty terrible band name.

[Bunny]

I would think one listen to any of their songs would be enough to determine why they chose that name. It fits perfectly.

Unlike, say Neutral Milk Hotel, which I'd assume you listen to based on your profile information.

Their music explains that they took their name from a docmentary about a Japanese Biker Gang? Interesting.

[GooeyToast]

lol ur clever.

I'm sure the name wasn't taken to imply they were Japanese bikers. To me it implies a dark, satirical humour about politics, which fits because they are very outspoken anarchists with very critical world views. Their music perfectly reflects this also, as it is very solemn and emotional. But I'm sure you already knew that.

Why you would choose the beloved Godspeed amongst a sea of ridiculously titled, unsensical bands (Neutral Milk Hotel, Limp Bizkit, Panic At The Disco, Butthole Surfers, Hoobastank, etc.) that have nothing to do with their music makes little sense to me.

[MJN SEIFER]

Any band that finds it a good Idea to name them selves after a contry or continant gets my vote, I'm talking "Europe", "America", "Brtish", "Asia", and probably many more. It's even worst when you're not even from that place (e.g. "America" are from England and "British" is full of Americans!)