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Shittiest bandname ever?
This has probably been covered before. Meh, I'm ok with that, new members sign up all the time.
I think Elbow and Cajun Dance Party are up there with the worst.
This has probably been covered before. Meh, I'm ok with that, new members sign up all the time.
I think Elbow and Cajun Dance Party are up there with the worst.
babybird?
destiny's child
ninja banjo handjob
much as i love them.
:O
:P
guns 'n' roses
much as i love em
i mean whats that 'n' all about, eh?
i think it means 'and'?
stop trying to be clever
the retro spankers
could be spankees
any 'twee' band essentially
:O
The Twang
.
ha
the pigeon detectives - love them despite this though
Are Elbow and Cajun Dance Party
*really* up there with The Snivelling Shits, Slodgenessabounds and Grab Grab The Haddock?
The $hit
.
:O
.
there are ones that are just bad:
echo & the bunnymen
cowboy junkies
clap your hands say yeah
but even worse are those where barely any effort whatsoever seems to have been put into said name:
the futureheads
the view
the others
the hours
the music
the automatic
i read a review with the guy from the hours who said he chose that name because "it sounds like the name of a bad you've already heard of" as if this was somehow a good thing
i think
Oasis fits into both categories.
Nice typing error there.
Can there be such a thing as a Freudian typo?
(...where?)
bad
instead of band
ah i see now
maybe i shouldn't be a proofwriter :(
a poofwriter?
just kidding
...
The Little Willies
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
"The Seal Cub Clubbing Club"
:O
this is the best band name ever
it's true
Aren't they just known as....
the SCCC though?
Mind you, it's still a bit of a bugger to say.
The La's
Arctic Monkeys
bromheads jacket
the who also
Say Hi To Your Mom
worst one i can think of... at least one that I like their music.
[spunge]
Segolene Royal Insertion Massacre
Bowling For Soup?
As I Lay Dying
It Dies Today
As Hope Dies
If Hope Dies
fuck
'As I Lay Dying' is bad
as is 'Drowning Pool' (sorry)
oh, and 'Stain'd' - SUPERFLUOUS APOSTROPHE ACTION
..
Serious no "e" action too.
Modest Mouse
i hated that band name so much i didn't listen to them for months, despite being recommended them by respectable people.
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
yeurgh..
erm
the rock of travolta
meanwhile back in communist russia
the the
him
babyshambles
"meanwhile back in communist russia"
:O
Agree with The Good, The Bad and The Queen
I quite like the name Elbow though...
almost any band
from the past 5 years that precedes its name with "the" tends to have both an awful name, and just be plain awful.
i like meanwhile back in communist russia and seal cub clubbing club.
Mr Mister
Yeah
But they made up for it with the tunes.
Hard-Fi
Dananananananananakroyd (?)
Bell X1
The Boy Least Likely To
Jimmy Eat World
Ladyfuzz
iLiKETRAiNS
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club
all terrible names!
dananananananananakyroyd
is great because if you see it on a poster your attention is immediately grabbed. same goes for meanwhile, in communist russia and seal cub clubbing club. whereas if you saw bell x1 or the boy least likely to or the victorian english gentlemens club you'd probably just skim over it. and once you get big enough to the point where you no longer need people who havent heard of you to notice your bandname on a poster, it's not going to make much difference if your name's stupid anyway (arctic monkeys?)
Disagreed.
Its attracting you for ALL the wrong reasons.
Well, me personally anyway. A name like 'DANANANANANANANAAKROYD' makes me imagine:
- nerdy London art students
- 'electro fuckups'
- horribly conceited, yet 'random' style of dress and sound
what's with the whole 'London' thing?
you get students everywhere.
i think art students from outside of london are rather more pretentious usually, as london tends to act as a bit of a filter for a lot of shit outside of EC1.
'electro fuckups'
hahahaha
aren't
dananananaykroyd glaswegian?
'Arctic Monkeys'
These rubbish electro bands.
See Brianlove's profile for more information.
Not a dig at the guy, mind.
But that London 'ELECTROMADNESS!!!' stuff is generally revolting.
Birds Of Delay
:D
Noise bands tend to have silly names.
i really like that name.
it's very fitting.
It would be more
apt in a 'silliest band name' thread.
why's it silly?
if there was such a thing as a bird of delay, it'd be on their album covers.
KEITH
shirley...
My Awesome Compilation (urgh!)
Fightstar
Plus 44
AUDIOSLAVE
It's effectively a re-hash of SOUNDGARDEN.
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
that put me off them for a good couple of years.
the name made me think they'd be a shit death metal band so i never bothered listening to them.
oh the shame.
The easiest way of finding a bad band name
is to check the Young & Lost Club gig listings. Y&L's label have just put out a single by a band called Let's Bitter Cinema. That's just three seperate word concepts!
neutral milk hotel
is possibly one of the worst band names i've ever heard. everything else about them more than makes up for it though.
There's...
1) Take A Worm For A Walk Week
2) Oasis
...and I guess...
3) Test Icicles
...but I don't know if that counts now.
test icicles =
very bad name.
'hell is for heroes'... AGH
Two of the worst i've ever seen....
were on a poster for metal gig up in Liverpool.
"In Pain, Die"
and
"Die, So Fluid"
What the fuck?
You can almost hear how badly they must've been bullied at school.
Fuck Buttons is a shit name
irrespective of whether they are any good as a band. It reeks of 6th form school kid.
I've had the misfortune of seeing Die So Fluid and they are a seriously average metal band fronted by a glamorous female session musician whose other gigs have included touring with Mel C's band.
Son of Dork
Uncle Brian