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Shittiest bandname ever?

jakam0 [Edit] [Delete] 71 replies 17:12, 13 February '07

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.

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  • babybird?

    destiny's child

    grundylezimbra | 13 Feb '07, 17:16 | X
  • ninja banjo handjob

    much as i love them.

    rapscalion-jones | 13 Feb '07, 17:19 | X
    • :O

      thommo @rapscalion-jones | 13 Feb '07, 18:12 | X
      • :P

        rapscalion-jones @thommo | 13 Feb '07, 18:12 | X
    • guns 'n' roses

      much as i love em

      i mean whats that 'n' all about, eh?

      grundylezimbra | 13 Feb '07, 17:20 | X
      • i think it means 'and'?

        jp100 @grundylezimbra | 13 Feb '07, 18:21 | X
        • stop trying to be clever

          grundylezimbra @jp100 | 13 Feb '07, 23:41 | X
    • the retro spankers

      could be spankees

      any 'twee' band essentially

      bobj | 13 Feb '07, 17:20 | X
      • :O

        thommo @bobj | 13 Feb '07, 18:12 | X
    • The Twang

      .

      busstopboxer | 13 Feb '07, 17:21 | X
      • ha

        the pigeon detectives - love them despite this though

        moodiejg @busstopboxer | 13 Feb '07, 17:23 | X
    • Are Elbow and Cajun Dance Party

      *really* up there with The Snivelling Shits, Slodgenessabounds and Grab Grab The Haddock?

      thommo | 13 Feb '07, 18:13 | X
    • The $hit

      .

      Rose-Kitten | 13 Feb '07, 18:16 | X
      • :O

        thommo @Rose-Kitten | 13 Feb '07, 18:22 | X
    • .

      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

      spookyelectric | 13 Feb '07, 18:24 | X
      • i think

        Oasis fits into both categories.

        thommo @spookyelectric | 13 Feb '07, 18:30 | X
      • Nice typing error there.

        Can there be such a thing as a Freudian typo?

        moderaterock @spookyelectric | 13 Feb '07, 19:05 | X
        • (...where?)

          thommo @moderaterock | 13 Feb '07, 19:11 | X
          • bad

            instead of band

            spookyelectric @thommo | 13 Feb '07, 19:34 | X
            • ah i see now

              maybe i shouldn't be a proofwriter :(

              thommo @spookyelectric | 13 Feb '07, 19:46 | X
              • a poofwriter?

                just kidding

                grundylezimbra @thommo | 13 Feb '07, 23:43 | X
    • ...

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

      charliepanayi | 13 Feb '07, 18:26 | X
      • "The Seal Cub Clubbing Club"

        :O

        thommo @charliepanayi | 13 Feb '07, 18:30 | X
        • this is the best band name ever

          neecho @thommo | 13 Feb '07, 19:08 | X
          • it's true

            pretty_vacant @neecho | 13 Feb '07, 23:35 | X
            • Aren't they just known as....

              the SCCC though?

              Mind you, it's still a bit of a bugger to say.

              dead_fred @pretty_vacant | 14 Feb '07, 09:35 | X
    • The La's

      Arctic Monkeys

      Thom_fa | 13 Feb '07, 18:29 | X
      • bromheads jacket

        moodiejg @Thom_fa | 13 Feb '07, 18:33 | X
        • the who also

          moodiejg @moodiejg | 13 Feb '07, 18:34 | X
    • Say Hi To Your Mom

      worst one i can think of... at least one that I like their music.

      _IndiElectronica_ | 13 Feb '07, 19:03 | X
    • [spunge]

      Segolene Royal Insertion Massacre

      deadcats | 13 Feb '07, 19:06 | X
    • Bowling For Soup?

      As I Lay Dying
      It Dies Today
      As Hope Dies
      If Hope Dies

      moderaterock | 13 Feb '07, 19:07 | X
      • fuck

        'As I Lay Dying' is bad

        as is 'Drowning Pool' (sorry)

        oh, and 'Stain'd' - SUPERFLUOUS APOSTROPHE ACTION

        deadcats @moderaterock | 13 Feb '07, 19:08 | X
        • ..

          Serious no "e" action too.

          Wiggles @deadcats | 13 Feb '07, 21:04 | X
    • Modest Mouse

      i hated that band name so much i didn't listen to them for months, despite being recommended them by respectable people.

      neecho | 13 Feb '07, 19:08 | X
    • The Good, The Bad and The Queen

      yeurgh..

      smezzer | 13 Feb '07, 19:36 | X
      • erm

        the rock of travolta
        meanwhile back in communist russia
        the the
        him
        babyshambles

        darkpigeon @smezzer | 13 Feb '07, 19:52 | X
        • "meanwhile back in communist russia"

          :O

          thommo @darkpigeon | 13 Feb '07, 20:06 | X
          • Agree with The Good, The Bad and The Queen

            I quite like the name Elbow though...

            chrisgal @smezzer | 13 Feb '07, 20:08 | X
            • 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.

              Brooner @chrisgal | 13 Feb '07, 20:46 | X
          • Mr Mister

            monpot | 13 Feb '07, 20:51 | X
            • Yeah

              But they made up for it with the tunes.

              colonol_k @monpot | 13 Feb '07, 20:56 | X
              • Hard-Fi

                Dananananananananakroyd (?)
                Bell X1
                The Boy Least Likely To
                Jimmy Eat World
                Ladyfuzz
                iLiKETRAiNS
                The Victorian English Gentlemens Club

                all terrible names!

                Mainy @colonol_k | 13 Feb '07, 21:13 | X
                • 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?)

                  spookyelectric @Mainy | 13 Feb '07, 21:58 | X
                  • 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

                    wrightylew @spookyelectric | 13 Feb '07, 22:50 | X
                    • 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.

                      i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @wrightylew | 13 Feb '07, 23:10 | X
                    • 'electro fuckups'

                      hahahaha

                      marke @wrightylew | 14 Feb '07, 00:24 | X
                      • aren't

                        dananananaykroyd glaswegian?

                        deadcats @marke | 14 Feb '07, 02:32 | X
                • 'Arctic Monkeys'

                  i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 21:55 | X
                • These rubbish electro bands.

                  See Brianlove's profile for more information.

                  wrightylew | 13 Feb '07, 22:48 | X
                  • Not a dig at the guy, mind.

                    But that London 'ELECTROMADNESS!!!' stuff is generally revolting.

                    wrightylew @wrightylew | 13 Feb '07, 22:51 | X
                • Birds Of Delay

                  :D

                  Noise bands tend to have silly names.

                  therapyrock | 13 Feb '07, 22:53 | X
                  • i really like that name.

                    it's very fitting.

                    i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @therapyrock | 13 Feb '07, 23:03 | X
                    • It would be more

                      apt in a 'silliest band name' thread.

                      therapyrock @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 23:06 | X
                      • why's it silly?

                        if there was such a thing as a bird of delay, it'd be on their album covers.

                        i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @therapyrock | 13 Feb '07, 23:08 | X
                • KEITH

                  shirley...

                  the_sad_oak_hunt | 13 Feb '07, 22:56 | X
                • My Awesome Compilation (urgh!)

                  Fightstar
                  Plus 44

                  ultraglideinblack | 13 Feb '07, 23:02 | X
                • AUDIOSLAVE

                  It's effectively a re-hash of SOUNDGARDEN.

                  james_delve | 13 Feb '07, 23:12 | X
                  • ...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.

                    stwerewolf @james_delve | 13 Feb '07, 23:15 | X
                • 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!

                  simon_t | 13 Feb '07, 23:39 | X
                • 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.

                  marke | 14 Feb '07, 00:22 | X
                • 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.

                  Damian | 14 Feb '07, 00:24 | X
                  • test icicles =

                    very bad name.

                    'hell is for heroes'... AGH

                    deadcats @Damian | 14 Feb '07, 02:33 | X
                • 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.

                  dead_fred | 14 Feb '07, 09:39 | X
                  • 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.

                    Silentcommand @dead_fred | 14 Feb '07, 11:13 | X
                • Son of Dork

                  Uncle Brian

                  shucks | 14 Feb '07, 11:10 | X
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