Worst band names ever

[NightTrain]

Mind you, this is not necessarily a comment on the music of any of the acts listed below. I simply think they could have done a better job of naming themselves!

Afghan Whigs
Air Supply
All4One
G.G. Allin and the Scumfucks
Bananarama
Better Than Ezra
Boffalongo
Brand New Heavies
The Buggles
The Butthole Surfers
C & The Shells
Chocolate Watchband
Counting Crows
Cream
Deep Blue Something
Def Leppard
Dickey Dell and the Bing Bongs
Digable Planets
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Divinyls
Doll by Doll
En Vogue
Eurythmics
Eve's Plumb
Everything But The Girl
Faster Pussycat
Flesh for Lulu
Foghat
Funkdoobiest
Garbage
The Germs
Girls at our Best!
Haircut One Hundred
Hole
Hootie and the Blowfish
The Insiyderz
It Bites
It's A Beautiful Day
James
Jefferson Airplane
Jimmy Eat World
Jo Mama
Johnny Hates Jazz
Just Us
Just Water
Kajagoogoo
Killer Pussy
Klaatu
Korn
Let’s Active
Lothar and the Hand People
Loverboy
Lynyrd Skynyrd
M
Mashmakhan
Mighty Lemon Drops
Mr. Mister
Moby Grape
Mother Love Bone
Nashville Pussy
New York Rock and Roll Ensemble
Oingo Boingo
Pearl Harbor and the Explosions
The Phunk Junkeez
The Pork Dukes
Porno For Pyros
The Presidents of the United States of America
Psychedelic Furs
Ratt
Raydio
Revolting Cocks
Right Said Fred
Romeo Void
Rose Royce
Scritti Politti
7 Year Bitch
The Slits
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Supertramp
Taking Back Sunday
10,000 Maniacs
The The
Thin Lizzy
Toad The Wet Sprocket*
Tony! Toni! Tone!
Ultimate Spinach
Vanilla Fudge
Voodoo Grove
Was (Not Was)
Weezer
Wham!
Wide Boy Awake
Wiggy Bits
Wishbone Ash
The “You Know Who!” Group


*I know it's a Monty Python reference, but I also think it was a dumb name for a band! Sorry.

[bucknaked]

1. I got sick of every "alternative" group coming out with those one-syllable

...names hole, bush, creed, etc.

[wyldwolf]

24. Cycle Sluts From Hell

[Kat45]

27. I interviewed them once, after watching their show

Their music sucked. Their "people" had an attitude (as if they were some really big band). The interview was a riot, as was my article. I can't remember all their names, but one was Honey One-percenter!

[unblock]

2. "wham!" was bad, but it was an improvement over "wham! uk"

divinyls is not a bad name, c'mon.

but that is an impressive list of bad names.

[VolcanoJen]

3. "The Outfield," "Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark"

I mean, "The Outfield?" They were damn Brits... what the hell do they know about baseball?

[MercutioATC]

26. OMD is sacred! Bite your tongue!

...sorry, I'm a product of the 80's.

[Deja Q]

4. Deee-Lite and pointless acronym bands

EMF, KLF, etc...

While they all have occasional good songs/music, the names are just... yuck!

[DrWeird]

5. I'm going to start a band called Bing Bong and the Scumfucks.

That would be cool!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. The Pooh Sticks

[asthmaticeog]

7. May I humbly nominate "Hoobastank" as the worst ever?

n/t

[PittPoliSci]

34. SECOND! (n/t)

[VolcanoJen]

8. My previous-life bands had silly names.

I was the lead singer and bassist for two relatively-popular cover bands: Saucy Jack and Shoot Bamboo.

Shitty names, yes. Good times, yes. Enormous hair? Check.

[DBoon]

9. Castration Squad!

Also "The Flesheaters"

"Sex With Lurch"?

[iamjoy]

10. Bow Wow Wow; Wall of Voodoo

maybe not the worst, but certainly bad.
10,000 Maniacs

no judgement on their music, just their choice of name

[Whitacre D_WI]

11. The Beatles.

Puns are stupid.

[JohnLocke]

20. Ditto

[NashVegas]

12. LOL - Those Are All My Fave Band Names!

Well, some of them.

Afghan Whigs
G.G. Allin and the Scumfucks <-- I knew them as Sick Fucks
Bananarama
The Butthole Surfers
Digable Planets
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Everything But The Girl
Haircut One Hundred
James
Jimmy Eat World
Johnny Hates Jazz
Let’s Active
Mighty Lemon Drops
Moby Grape
Mother Love Bone
Nashville Pussy
Oingo Boingo
The Presidents of the United States of America
Psychedelic Furs
Revolting Cocks
Romeo Void
10,000 Maniacs
The The
Weezer


Hey Night Train - You forgot The Dickies and the Violent Femmes!

[Kolesar]

13. Truly. These are great bands and great band names

Nobody put a damper on my Saturday, please!

[NightTrain]

19. It's A Beautiful Day was a great band?!

Oy....

[NashVegas]

46. Notice I Left Them off My List!

[PittPoliSci]

35. I love the Dickies.

I saw them live last summer, they were about the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[electricmonk]

49. Me too

Saw them near DC with DI and Duane Peters the Huns. Great show. Dickies are in my top 5 bands of all time list. Saw them once before about 15 years ago and they've just gotten better with age.

[EstimatedProphet]

14. You forgot ? and the Mysterians

And I disagree with Jefferson Airplane

[Rowdyboy]

15. Tackiest? The Dean Kennedys...................Hands Down

[burythehatchet]

16. Bush

[LostInAnomie]

17. Mr. C the slide man: the guy who made the Cha Cha Slide song

His name forced him into being a one hit wonder. Well that and a complete lack of talent.

[madrchsod]

18. try these two

the west coast pop art experimental band. capitan beefheart

[EV1Ltimm]

21. spacehog, prong

and megadeth is pretty silly as well

[AspenRose]

22. Vanilla Ice, Duran Duran, Wall of Voodoo

that's all I can think of for now.

Wasn't there a female rap group called "Bitches with Problems" in the 80s?

[name not needed]

23. Anal Cunt

And anything with a number in it ex blink 182, eve 6.

[PittPoliSci]

32. Yeah, but AC are more or less just a joke...

I mean they threw box fans at the crowd one night, BOX FANS. They're a ridiculous band that set out just to offend everyone, and they did well at that.

[Donkeyboy75]

25. Night Ranger, Triumph, and totally agree with Supertramp

[Sufi Marmot]

42. Origin of Supertramp's name....

W.H. Davies book "Autobiography of a Supertramp" I always wondered whether he was an ancestor of Rick Davies, Supertramp's keyboardist/vocalist.

[Donkeyboy75]

48. Thanks for the info.

Of course, the band name is still pretty silly.

[Kat45]

28. Some of those are great names (but some do suck).

There was a band I really loved in the late eighties that had a stupid name: Cats In Boots.

[UCLA02]

29. Blodwyn Pig

N/t

[SarahB]

30. Poison

The antithesis of everything I was in the 80's.

[vajraroshana]

31. Yeasty Girls

Or it may have been Yeasty Girlz. Can't remember. They were a girl punk band in the eighties, a couple of times featured in MMR (Maximum Rock'n'Roll fanzine) a long time ago. Only ever heard a few of their songs -- generic 80s pop/punk.

[PittPoliSci]

33. I always thought that to be funny.

Just a weird play on words.

[SmileyBoy]

36. Bread

Shitty band, shitty name.

[BrotherBuzz]

37. I see 'Wet Nurse' never made your list

www.bay-area-bands.com/bab00027.htm

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[SmileyBoy]

39. Oh man, now THAT'S a crappy band name.

[MrSlayer]

41. Yeah but their work is brilliant!

4 Stars!

[DoNotRefill]

40. Sloppy Seconds...

really, there's a band by that name, and they're GREAT!!!!

[electricmonk]

50. Yes they are

Great that is.

[SmileyBoy]

43. Don't forget Anal C**t

Yep, it's their name. They're a novelty shock-metal band who puts down everybody including themselves.

[KG]

44. 'My Morning Jacket '- dumbest. name. ever.

[asthmaticeog]

47. Yeah, that IS way up there.

50 years of rock and roll = a ridiculous number of bands = running out of names.

[KittyWampus]

45. Throbbing Gristle .... Meat Puppets

two good bands, by the way.