Favorite Band/Artist Names

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 02 Dec 2006 16:46

[edit-top of page so i'll quote the brunt of what dave posted]

Cleaver wrote:Uh, I guess I should post a funny band name.... but I don't think any band names are really too great. I think Incubus is a cool name, cuz its some really old english word for monster. Kinda neat. I think The Postal Service is a good name. I think The All American Rejects is the worst band name ever created. Sorry little billy.

oh david, so very true. i was just thinking that earlier as i read through this thread. they're in a class of their own.

dp · Post by dp » 02 Dec 2006 19:16

Haha, MC Hawking, I didn't know other people actually knew about MC Hawking.

"Fuck the Creationists!"

I like the band names:

We Are Scientists
The Band
Blind Guardian
CCR
Dragonforce
The James Gang
Led Zeppelin
Supertramp

and many more I can't think of right now.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 03 Dec 2006 10:13

On a semi-related note, I had a friend who was in a folk/country band, and when they were brainstorming for names, he proposed "penetranus."

I just like that name for a folk band.

dyalander · Post by **dyalander** » 03 Dec 2006 16:11

Earl Gray
The Electric Mayhem

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 03 Dec 2006 16:16

Vaginal Jesus
Cock and Ball Torture
Boris

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 03 Dec 2006 19:21

Pirate Man wrote:The Band

thats a great name for a band

The Actual Sized E · Post by **The Actual Sized E** » 03 Dec 2006 21:11

Pirate Man wrote:Haha, MC Hawking, I didn't know other people actually knew about MC Hawking.

"Fuck the Creationists!"

AAAEEHHHHH YAHHHHH!

shred villain · Post by **shred villain** » 04 Dec 2006 14:06

five iron frenzy

Post by **Zac Miley** » 04 Dec 2006 14:31

Some good names:
Wolfmother
Sasquatch and the Sick-a-Billys <<FUCKING AWESOME
Soundgarden
Audioslave (basically all Chris Cornell projects)

Some stupid names:
Eve6 (good moosik, shitty name)
50 Cent
Hinder (this one just makes me want to puke)
Matchbox 20

Hard to think of them on the spot. Good thread.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 06 Dec 2006 10:49

MVP = VAGINAL JESUS LOL

Pascal · Post by **Pascal** » 16 Dec 2006 13:47

My favorite is PlanesMistakenForStars.

I like how the name, when spoken, could also mean plain people mistaken for celebrities.

Tripp · Post by **Tripp** » 19 Dec 2006 15:03

Uphill Battle
Built Upon Frustration
The Acacia Strain
Vision Of Disorder
Ten Yard Fight
All Else Failed
Pig Destroyer
Life Of Agony
Into The Moat
Not Waving But Drowning
Locked In A Vacancy
Love Lost But Not Forgotten
Red Roses For A Blue Lady

Why I like the last one? I dunno...

Anexthesis · Post by **Anexthesis** » 21 Dec 2006 15:26

Someone already said it but Butthole Surfers is one of the greatest names ever. I'm also quite partial to:
Yes
Blue Oyster Cult
Paranoid Social Club
Silver Chair
King Missle

The Actual Sized E · Post by **The Actual Sized E** » 21 Jan 2007 11:36

Here's a few more:

Penis Flytrap
13th Floor Elevators
Circle Takes the Square
The Birds Are Spies They Report to the Trees
The Tragically Hip
My Dad Vs Yours
Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Pianosaurus
MC 900ft Jesus
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
The Samuel Jackson Five

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 09 Feb 2007 22:25

http://sam.hochberg.com/bandname.html

* Alcoholocaust
* The Ass Baboons of Venus
* The Couch Slugs
* The Dancing French Liberals of 1848
* Dick Duck and the Dorks
* Ed's Redeeming Qualities
* Ethyl Meatplow
* Hell Camino
* Individual Fruit Pie
* Lavay Smith and The Red Hot Skillet Lickers
* Lawnsmell
* Mussolini Headkick
* Rash of Stabbings
* Stukas Over Bedrock
* Technosquid Eats Parliament

A few are designed to look good on a marquee, like FREE BEER AND CHICKEN and HORNETS ATTACK VICTOR MATURE.

StyleeRiley · Post by **StyleeRiley** » 04 Mar 2007 20:42

Zoogz Rift and the Amazing Shitheads

OJ and the Real Killers

Electric Eel Shock

The Eagles of Death Metal

Morcheeba

Neutral Milk Hotel

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 05 Mar 2007 09:09

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness is one of my favorite band names - nice.

I would like to see concerts that are organized entirely around the band names. For instance, you could have a bill like this:

Buck65
Plus/Minus
50 Cent

Or

We are wolves
Vs.
We are scientists

But then it would actually be a panel discussion from leading academics, and all the hipsters would be pissed that they got suckered into a panel discussion instead of seeing a concert. Except the really ironic hipsters. They'd be overjoyed.

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 05 Mar 2007 13:26

My favorite band is undoubtedly:

The Decemberists

check out the artwork section on thier site. decemberists.com I'm in the sweet green sweater with the ocean scene on the back of it that I painted.

this band pwns

..I'm not going to list any of my second favorite band names. The Decemberists are so far ahead of any other band...

funny band name:
my sister's friend is in a band called "Womb Kick"

hakkpakk · Post by **hakkpakk** » 05 Mar 2007 13:33

Bob and the Sagets is a funny band name, along with
Cripple Bastards
Anal Beat Burgular
Circle of Dead Children(my bros band)
The Queers
Sodom
Merry Fucking Christmas
Sperm Blast
Peter and the Test Tube Babies

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 06 Mar 2007 14:32

RawSko wrote:The Decemberists are so far ahead of any other band..."

But this is what I want to know: is the gap closing?

Anyway, some band names I like:

Send for Help
Death Cab for Cutie
TV on the Radio
The Kinks
Jean Grae
Busdriver
The Strokes
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Dead by Monday
The New Pornographers
Atmosphere
Big Pun (I thought this was such an idiotic name at first, but then after meditating atop a mountain for fourty years I became aware of its multifaceted glory)
Velvet Teen