Worst band name ever?

[dancehallclasher]

I'm thinking it's The Lovin' Spoonful. I was thinking about this and asked a certain smug TB member who offered Grand Funk Railroad, which is pretty bad, but The Lovin' Spoonful is just so nauseating to me in its trying-too-hard wannabe-hipster goofiness. And I can't describe how much it grates on me that they abbreviated "Loving" that way.

There are obvious other clear choices -- Insane Clown Posse leaps to mind, but at least that is accurate in that it nails the music's feel, and by feel I mean crappiness.

Please post names I've overlooked and change my mind. Nothing ridiculously obscure, please, we all know there are a million terrible garage bands with names like The Haberdashers of Utmost Consistency.

P.S. Metallica, oh my god Metallica too.

[Josh Ryan]

Sleater-Kinney, unless that is what you call a warbling bird as it is fought over by two cats.

Sugar Ray.

Almost anything with "soul" in it that has nothing to do with sould music. EG, Collective soul.

Anything with a number
Blink 182, Sum 41, etc.

Flock of Seagulls. It's always been silly enough for the haircuts.

there are tons more, but these type stick out the most.

[dancehallclasher]

Originally Posted by Blisshead

Almost anything with "soul" in it that has nothing to do with sould music. EG, Collective soul.

I dunno man, I think it would be worse if it was a soul band with soul in the name. That's why Metallica is such a terrible name. Hey guys, we play metal, what should we call ourselves?

[69nites]

Panic! at the disco.....

almost as bad as

Snakes! on a Plane.....

[jrthebassguy]

Cute Is What We Aim For

I don't think I need to elaborate on that one.





But I don't have much room to talk, I get bad band name comments every now and then.

[Bob Clayton]

Originally Posted by Blisshead

Sleater-Kinney, unless that is what you call a warbling bird as it is fought over by two cats.

Sugar Ray.

Almost anything with "soul" in it that has nothing to do with sould music. EG, Collective soul.

Anything with a number
Blink 182, Sum 41, etc.

Flock of Seagulls. It's always been silly enough for the haircuts.

there are tons more, but these type stick out the most.

ours has a number, but it's spelled out.

'One-Liner'

i never liked anything with 'the' in the title.

[bassguitarist08]

Fall Out Boy -- Not only does their music severely Suck, but I hate the name. Most Punk Band Names are horrific, like My Chemical Romance, My Matchbook Romance, ICP (Insane Clown Posse), Good Charlotte, Simple Plan....Backstreet Boys...UGHH

[McHaven]

Originally Posted by bassguitarist08

Fall Out Boy -- Not only does their music severely Suck, but I hate the name. Most Punk Band Names are horrific, like My Chemical Romance, My Matchbook Romance, ICP (Insane Clown Posse), Good Charlotte, Simple Plan....Backstreet Boys...UGHH

Fall Out Boy isn't a very original name either. Sounds like they just turned on The Simpsons and took the first slightly unknown character's name that was spoken

[steamthief]

10. Ratt
9. Angels & Airwaves
8. Kiss
7. Arctic Monkeys
6. Hootie & the Blowfish
5. Korn
4. Limp Bizkit
3. Cinderella
2. E'Nuff Z'Nuff
1. LOVERBOY

[washtub_bass]

worst band names of all time

Moby Grape
and/or
The Mamas and the Papas

[Rick Brienzo]

Audioslave

[Josh Ryan]

Originally Posted by dancehallclasher

I dunno man, I think it would be worse if it was a soul band with soul in the name. That's why Metallica is such a terrible name. Hey guys, we play metal, what should we call ourselves?

True.

I guess I just really hate collective soul.

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I thought the name Sleater-Kinney came from two crossing streets. I could be wrong though- the band's awesome either way.

The Strawberry Alarm Clock is a pretty bad one.

[syciprider]

The Pooh Sticks.

[BassGod]

The worst band name of all time is Ah Ha!, that band who sings "Take On Me", with the moderately cool video.

Also, Butthole Surfers, Rotting Christ (not for any religious reasons, just because it's stupid), Def Leppard (also nominated for Worst Band Ever), and I've never liked the name Yes, despite the awesomeness of Close To The Edge.

Graeme

[superbassman2000]

i am not a fan of the screamo/emo band names myself, it just seems like they take part of a phrase or just a few random words and put them together (dashboard confessional, taking back sunday) , like the number band epidemic of the 90s (IE matchbox 20)

[dancehallclasher]

Good ones, people! I have to add The Mamas and the Papas to my worst list; they slipped my mind.

SUB-QUESTION: Has intentional misspelling ever resulted in a good band name? I can't think of one. Def Leppard, Limp Bizkit, Motley Crue, Lynyrd Skynyrd... all stupid.

[jrthebassguy]

Originally Posted by dancehallclasher

SUB-QUESTION: Has intentional misspelling ever resulted in a good band name? I can't think of one. Def Leppard, Limp Bizkit, Motley Crue, Lynyrd Skynyrd... all stupid.

My band is guilty of this....but at the time they thought (I wasn't in the band at this point) the word "Chemo" might seem too serious and possibly offensive. I'd like to think maybe we're an exception to the rule.

[ImaStupidBaby]

Butthole Surfers is an awesome name.

I hate a lot of the overly wordy emo-hipster band names like ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead. Really dudes? You kick that much ass that you leave dead and rotting corpses all along the road? Really? Cus you look like a bunch of ****in' jerk offs to me.

[BassGod]

Originally Posted by ImaStupidBaby

Butthole Surfers is an awesome name.

I hate a lot of the overly wordy emo-hipster band names like ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead. Really dudes? You kick that much ass that you leave dead and rotting corpses all along the road? Really? Cus you look like a bunch of ****in' jerk offs to me.

Is that an actual name? Because if so, this contest is over.

And generally misspellings end up being terrible names. For example, despite their incredible music, Megadeth is a stupid name.

Graeme