Ludicrously terrible band names

[emdasher]

The only real problem with the name Bettie Serveert is that I'm sure many people assume that it's the lead singer's name when it is not.

Band names that could just as easily refer to the singer of the band as they could to the band as a whole are annoying. Like, Alison Goldfrapp sings in the electronic group named Goldfrapp. But Feist is just Leslie Feist.

[Joe Rogaine]

Arctic Monkeys. That name is just awful.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Classic:

The Canonical List of Weird Band Names

Endless fun.

You made my week, Martin. Thank you.

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REO Speeddealer was such an excellent name.  Too bad they had to change it.

[dania]

People With Chairs Up Their Noses

Organica

and Colostomy Grab-Bag are all pretty terrible. 

[Beth]

The only real problem with the name Bettie Serveert is that I'm sure many people assume that it's the lead singer's name when it is not.

Band names that could just as easily refer to the singer of the band as they could to the band as a whole are annoying. Like, Alison Goldfrapp sings in the electronic group named Goldfrapp. But Feist is just Leslie Feist.

I hate when bands use their last name. Just use your whole name. It's not that long.

[Josh]

Goblin Cock.

[AllisonLeGnome]

I was just reminded of one my least favorite names and had to share:

Star Fucking Hipsters

[mokin]

I was just reminded of one my least favorite names and had to share:

Star Fucking Hipsters

The Dandy Warhols changed their name?

[Amplituden]

I played guitar in a band in high school that had the worst name ever.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you DEAD MINNOW BUCKET!!

[TL]

I played guitar in a band in high school that had the worst name ever.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you DEAD MINNOW BUCKET!!

Close, but I know a guy who was in a band in high school called "The Sexual Fish."
I'm pretty sure that's worse.

[mokin]

I played guitar in a band in high school that had the worst name ever.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you DEAD MINNOW BUCKET!!

Were you a Dave Matthews Band cover band?

[John Junk 2.0]

Dead Minnow Bucket!  Amazing.

Please indulge me as I wax nostalgic:

I was in bands in middle school and high school, all with terrible names:

Succubus     changed to
Felix Stubble    changed to
Amixia   (the worst of all!)
I was constantly fighting with the other members of the above bands.  My tastes were this weird mix of They Might Be Giants and, like, Native Nod.  They all really liked Faith No More and Metallica.  Our keyboardist was the biggest Aerosmith fan I've ever met. 

Then I joined a band called Subminded (also really bad name!!  Doesn't even mean anything) and then we changed our name to Gum Adder (still pretty bad but not as bad).

After college I started a band with some friends called My Three Dads (wtf??!!) .

The Tokeleys was a pretty bad band name too.

[KickTheBobo]

my early bands had names that I am almost embarrassed to type. yes, I came up with most of them.

The End - crappy punk/hardcore influenced non-music.

CutThroat - feeble attempt at being youth-crew style bro-core. standout track: "Shut Up!" a song criticizing white power skins (I don't think we had even had any in-person experience with any, this being middle-class suburbia)

Common Ground - a more "posi" retooling of the previous band. still terrible.

28 Dollars - I was playing with a different set of folks now, and we were now doing Lookout! style pop-punk. Actually had some decent tunes. The name came from an experience we had at a late night diner where a drunken lady came over to our table and told us that a trucker at the other table wanted to have sex with "the one with the eyebrows" (meaning either me or Brian T.) He stated that he would pay $28 for this. After I left this group, they really got into listening to Gish and lsd and changed their name to 28 Days. I got them a gig playing live on Pat Duncan's through Dave Parasite, whose terribly-named band I was kind of in for a few months when I was at Seton Hall (just a handful of practices, no shows).

Litterbox - terrible dumb punk music.

I think I have blocked out a few more.

[yesno]

After college I started a band with some friends called My Three Dads (wtf??!!) .

This is a good band name.