Worst band name

[pfretrock]

Must have been the early 70s, Hawkwind and The Pink Fairies were sharing a gig or stage and billed in (probably) a NME advert as PinkWind. Don't google it.

[Roger2611]

My mates had an old punk band called "Kipper Trench" They soon changed it to "By Order of the Seven Fat Pigs" which was marginally better

[Tullfan]

Has to be - "Clean Bandit" - come again?????

[jonnythenotes]

So bad it's good.....A local band.........Seamus O' Blivion and the Megadeth Morris Men..... also on you tube....

[Thunderpaws]

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I thought Scouting For Girls was a play on Baden-Powell's 'Scouting For Boys' book title? It is a dreadfully naff name, admittedly.
I swear as much as the next docker, but I detest band names with profanity in them (that Anal C bunch being a a prime example). Trying faaar too hard to be controversial. "Look at us, we're being rude! *snigger*". Oh, grow up.
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Haha. Our band name is Sula Sula which is Latin for Red Footed Booby...

[Billy Apple]

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The Men They Couldn't Hang has always bugged me big time
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Great band though. In fact, I think I'll put them on

[christhammer666]

how about......prostitute disfigurement

[Billy Apple]

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How about 'Scraping foetus off the wheel'? yes, they existed (band name changed I think but all had 'foetus' in them somewhere).
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They were all just one chap, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Thirlwell"]Mr. JG Thirlwell[/url]. Bloody used to love his stuff me.

[Billy Apple]

One of my most hated is The Manic Street Preachers. Cheesypretendtyanxtiness in extreamis.

[mrdreadful]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1431000081' post='2766712']
I detest band names with profanity in them (that Anal C bunch being a a prime example). Trying faaar too hard to be controversial. "Look at us, we're being rude! *snigger*". Oh, grow up.
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That was kind of the point of A.C.

[leschirons]

Why do loads of bands of 50 years + musos think that "Dodgy Prostate" or "Midlife Crisis" are clever names?

[Kirky]

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They were all just one chap, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Thirlwell"]Mr. JG Thirlwell[/url]. Bloody used to love his stuff me.
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Their/his 12" single of Ramrod is an absolute classic.

[cameltoe]

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The Killers was nicked from the New Order Crystal video
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Never knew that! Hate the Killers, love that song.

There used to be a local band around Cornwall called Marvin and the Gays. I quite liked that though

[gareth]

ukip

[discreet]

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I detest band names with profanity in them (that Anal C bunch being a a prime example).
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They did come up with the best song title of all time: You Look Adopted.

Edited May 7, 2015 by discreet

[KingBollock]

I was once in a death metal band called Bum f***ers From Hell. I was gutted when they changed it to Cerberus.

[lojo]

Mental as Anything

[Roland Rock]

I always thought that the name U2 was pretty lame. Also there was an indie rock band called 'A'. Quite a cool logo, but impossible to Google. (Actually forget that, just tried its easy - a testament to Google's ever-advancing algorithms)

I always liked the name Throbbing Gristle.
Also 'Impractical Cockpit'

Edited May 8, 2015 by Roland Rock

[discreet]

The Revolting Cocks.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

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Also there was an indie rock band called 'A'. [/quote]

They called themselves 'A' so they would be first on the racks at HMV. True story.

[discreet]

There's a band currently doing the rounds who never rehearse, don't have songs or a set and improvise for every performance. You've got to admire their balls... they are called Commercial Suicide. You'd have to go a long way to find a band name more appropriate than that!

[UglyDog]

Many years ago, I was in a band that was very nearly called Dada Bagus (pronounced da-da-ba-GOOSE) -- which roughly translates from Indonesian as 'nice tits'.
Before I get chastised for being an offensive old man, I should point out that remarkably the name was suggested and fiercely championed by our [u]female[/u] vocalist.

Edited May 8, 2015 by UglyDog

[discreet]

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...the name was suggested and fiercely championed by our [u]female[/u] vocalist.
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Did she have da-da-ba-goose?

[ras52]

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Did she have da-da-ba-goose?
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...or were they frequent visitors to her garden?

[KingBollock]

There was a band called Vaginal Croutons who did a splendid cover of The Littlest Hobo theme tune. I have a live version with the best bass solo ever.

Edit: Found it on YouTube!

http://youtu.be/u4iOR1CmUmA

Edited May 8, 2015 by KingBollock