Music: Best Band Names

[Langdon Alger]

What are the best band names?

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[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Anal ****
Vaginal Jesus
***** Riot

 

[Langdon Alger]

I was thinking more along the lines of

The Rolling Stones
The Tragically Hip

 

[Xelebes]

The B Flats.

 

[Shareefruck]

The one that jumps out at me as being awful every time I hear it is "Eyehategod"

Best is harder to pick.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Martha & The Muffins

 

[Know Your Enemy]

x ray spex

 

[kihei]

The Rolling Stones is pretty good.

 

[Ouroboros]

Dead Can Dance. I like the double meaning. Unique.

Order From Chaos. Succint, near perfect mission statement.

Portal. Doesn't look like much but it just fits the music really well.

Magma.

NoMeansNo.

Devo. Meaningful - conceptual jumping off point for the music.

A lot of band names seem kind of arbitrary. How you feel about them is probably tied to how much you like their music.

 

[Ozz]

KSKTFK (casket fk)
Grinch's Green Pecker

Alestorm (pirate metal band with many songs about drinking, a spin on "maelstrom" of course)


Just some cool ones that tickle me...

 

[silkyjohnson50]

The Band
Between the Buried and Me
Deftones
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Glassjaw
The Head and the Heart
Radiohead
The Rolling Stones
Mouse Rat
Scarecrow Boat

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

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The one that jumps out at me as being awful every time I hear it is "Eyehategod"

You take that back!!! Eyehategod are awesome.

To be fair though they are one of my alltime favourite bands and I may or may not be wearing an Eyehategod shirt as we speak....

 

[Langdon Alger]

The Band
Between the Buried and Me
Deftones
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Glassjaw
The Head and the Heart
Radiohead
The Rolling Stones
Mouse Rat
Scarecrow Boat

I would say The Band is probably the worst band name of all time

 

[McPuritania]

Rainbow Butt Monkeys was a good one until they changed it to Finger Eleven.

 

[Shareefruck]

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You take that back!!! Eyehategod are awesome.

To be fair though they are one of my alltime favourite bands and I may or may not be wearing an Eyehategod shirt as we speak....

I have no perception of what they sound like (and have no interest in it), but the name itself is beyond cringe-worthy. (And I hate religion)

 

[kingsholygrail]

Smashing Pumpkins.

 

[Ben Grimm]

I would say The Band is probably the worst band name of all time

I think it's great. I also like The Cramps, Husker Du, The The, and XTC (ecstasy).

 

[perrygetz1*]

New Found Glory

 

[The Gongshow]

A Great Big Pile Of Leaves

 

[Mikeaveli]

The Mothers of Invention
Dead Kennedys
The Pharcyde
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

 

[bigdirty]

The Trans-Canada Soul Patrol

 

[tacogeoff]

Your Mom's New Boyfriend

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I have no perception of what they sound like (and have no interest in it), but the name itself is beyond cringe-worthy. (And I hate religion)

Sound wise they are like early early Black Sabbath mixed in with hardcore punk and a lot of feedback and slow paced-ness.

As for the name they came up with it when they were like 17, not because of any anti-religiousness...but just to piss off and offend.

 

[Shareefruck]

Sound wise they are like early early Black Sabbath mixed in with hardcore punk and a lot of feedback and slow paced-ness.

As for the name they came up with it when they were like 17, not because of any anti-religiousness...but just to piss off and offend.

I think that just makes it worse.

 

[Know Your Enemy]

I think that just makes it worse.

I was thinking the same thing