Worst band name

[MB1]

MB1.
Thrash The Whippet
Those Naughty Lumps
Butthole Surfers
Splodgenessabounds

[Leonard Smalls]

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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!
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Free improvisation bands have been doing that for years...
My first, and recently resurrected, band never rehearsed. We just went to parties and played for 4-5 hours at a time. We sounded like a funk/reggae version of John Zorn's Japanese noisecore bands! Fortunately this was Leeds in the 80s so everyone was completely off their faces. Y'all will be pleased to hear that we rehearse now...

[Leonard Smalls]

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MB1.
Those Naughty Lumps
Butthole Surfers
Splodgenessabounds
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I saw those Naughty Lumps a couple of times at Eric's in 1979ish. They were excellent, with Julian Cope on bass, Dave Balfe on keys and Bill Drummond:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDWm8WE8S4[/MEDIA]

As for the Buttholes, awesome in the true sense of the word is all I can say! Different league from Splodge and his crisps/lager!

[stuckinthepod]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1431010497' post='2766880'] Tour Paedo [/quote]

You'll always draw a crowd...well a mob.

[stuckinthepod]

Hootie and the Blowfish.

However if it had been Hooters and the Blowfish... such a fine line between clever and stupid.

[gadgie]

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1431010468' post='2766879']
I love them! ............Well, I used to love them!
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Still on the go. So is it that you don't like them anymore?

[Bassmonkey]

Above Average Weight Band

[redbandit599]

[sup][size=4]I have a poor track record on names [/size][/sup]

[sup][size=4]1st time played in front of people - Turbo Condom and the Fish Fingers [/size][/sup]
[sup][size=4]Long time gigging band - Dumper[/size][/sup]
[sup][size=4]Brief spell as - Red Raw and Sore [/size][/sup]

[sup][size=4]Thankfully, now in NightOwl and Declined Transaction which are much less whince inducing...[/size][/sup]

[Andytre]

sp**k volcano and the Eruptions

[Leonard Smalls]

As the great Nigel said, tis verily a fine line...
Here's some terrible band names:
Clap Yur Hands Say Yeah
Death Cab For Cutie
Hoobastank
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly
Lake of Anal Mucus
Does it Offend You, Yeah?
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
AndersonBrufordWakemanHowe (PLC)

[Freddy Le Cragg]

TBH I never liked Nirvana as a rock band name. It suited the sixties one better.

[KK Jale]

Most pretentious band name ever has to be !!!.

[Thunderbird]

[quote name='Andytre' timestamp='1431094233' post='2767777']
sp**k volcano and the Eruptions
[/quote] Are they a sp**k rock band?

[discreet]

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1431105210' post='2767891']
Are they a sp**k rock band?
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Possibly. In recent promotional literature our band was referred to as 'bluespunk'. I've never seen any, so can't comment further.

[tauzero]

Naked Touch. God knows why the rest of us couldn't come up with a better name than that (our keyboardist's suggestion).

[Billy Apple]

Years back I met this lass who said her BF was a bass player too.

What band does he play in, I asked?

Oasis, she replied.

That's a sh*t name I said, they should consider changing it.

True.

Is a sh*t name tho

[essexbasscat]

I always thought 'Ken Dodd's Dad's dog's dead' was a bit in poor taste myself..

[discreet]

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I always thought 'Ken Dodd's Dad's dog's dead' was a bit in poor taste myself..
[/quote]

It would be if it were possible to say it.

[ras52]

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1431108584' post='2767941']
Toad the Wet Sprocket,
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That one's deliberately bad: it was originally a joke name for a band on Rutland Weekend Television's spoof of The Old Grey Whistle Test.

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The Who clearly never thought about search engines when they came up with that name.
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I suspect you may be right... and I'm not sure if you're serious or not

[Guest]

[quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1431006592' post='2766827']
Die Toten Hosen (or in English: The Dead Trousers)
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It's a German saying. No wonder it doesn't translate well. On the topic of bad band names I always thought youmeatsix was a terrible one, but you could always rile up a fan by putting the spaces in the wrong places

[Mr Arkadin]

I think on the bad taste front, and guaranteed to get yourself blanked by most media outlets, was 'The Leah Betts Experience' (I even feel dirty just typing it). Looking around a bit apparently they changed their name to Foeticide. Much better.

[amnesia]

Foals.

Almost every band name that begins with 'The'...The Killers, The Music et al

Almost every band name with 4 words in it - Bring Me The Horizon, Funeral For A Friend, Bullet For My Valentine.

I think the last two are more to do with the way they sound if I'm honest.

[Billy Apple]

Extreme.

If ever there was a miss-named band

[mike257]

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1431090847' post='2767724']


I saw those Naughty Lumps a couple of times at Eric's in 1979ish. They were excellent, with Julian Cope on bass, Dave Balfe on keys and Bill Drummond:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDWm8WE8S4[/MEDIA]
[/quote]

They reformed a year or two ago, I got asked to play bass for them. Had no idea who they were and passed on it - I was only born in '84 so missed the Eric's scene completely. Bloody terrible name, which was one of my first thoughts when I read the email!

[Mr Arkadin]

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1431167792' post='2768409']
I was joking about The Who!
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Another search engine fail till quite recently was The The which should doubly annoy amnesia.

Edited May 9, 2015 by Mr Arkadin