Band names that make you shake your head

[Ol' Dub]

Some time ago, we were messing around with a band name generator.

Some of my favorites were:
Twang Dwarf
Acid Ogre
And my personal favorite, Extra Strength Hobbit


If someone uses one of those names, just make sure to send me a copy of your album.

 

[leesbrushes]

I shouldn't say this but I would love to start a band with this name.
The particular individuals.

 

[BrewsterRooster]

I think String Cheese Incident is a fine name. It's goofy, but it's meant to be. It's when they're supposed to be serious that I shake my head. Think of Plan 9 from Outer Space, or any movie mocked on MST3K- they weren't meant to be terrible. Someone actually thought they were good enough to release.

I'm definitely not deriding the band - I like them quite a lot.

 

[Korladis]

You know... it occurs to me that pepper and buttholes being in the same vicinity would probably have bad outcomes.

Some time ago, we were messing around with a band name generator.

Some of my favorites were:
Twang Dwarf
Acid Ogre
And my personal favorite, Extra Strength Hobbit


If someone uses one of those names, just make sure to send me a copy of your album.

Those are all brilliant.

One of the ones I saw recently and liked was "Curt Yagi and the People Standing Behind Me."

 

[Rune Bivrin]

Steve N' Seagulls. These guys are great, but what's up with that name?

Nod to Steven Seagal, maybe?

Also, they're from Finland. Not that this has any significance, but I figured it should be said anyway.

 

[Rune Bivrin]

Them Crooked Vultures is pretty "lol, wut?"-inducing, but it's probably intentional.

 

[Korladis]

I think the most generic metal band name I ever heard was Destroyer 666. Sorry, if anyone's a fan, but really?

 

[BassWaffle]

Seriously these are all hilarious
Car Seat Headrest seems fine to me. There are better names. It's not like it's overly dramatic or inappropriate for their vibe though, it generally works.

There are a lot of band names that we don't think of as being stupid simply because they're household names. Like people have mentioned, those 60s band names seem like they were pumped out of a machine, but we don't think about it since those bands are such a big part of our culture

 

[Strung_Low]

Blood Fart

 

[devnulljp]

I think Car Seat Headrest is a great name for a band

 

[Relsom]

Ok, in that case I'm going to name a $$$$$ metal band Fender and expect people not to be pissed off.

I sub for a band called the Fender Benders, and yes Fender instruments are actually played.

I think Boaty McBoatface may be available again.

 

[Matto1349]

Agalloch and Drudkh. Two unique blackened folk metal acts with names that sound like the struggling, gurgling noises people make when they are being strangled to death in a band slasher movie.

 

[Korladis]

I sub for a band called the Fender Benders, and yes Fender instruments are actually played.

I think Boaty McBoatface may be available again.

Bandy McBandface.

 

[BoogieZK]

In France we had memorable bands
Agressive agricultor (agressive Farmer)
Ultra vomit
Porc sodomisator (pig sodomisator)
Gronibar (big boods)
With an iconic song:
J'ai parié l'anus artificiel de ton grand-père au Pmu....
Translation:
I bet your grandpa's artificial anus on horses races.....

Highly intellectual X-D

 

[Cosmo Dalton]

Diarrhea Planet

 

[Hopi76]

Not critical of their music, but I used to roll my eyes at the 90's trend of single-syllable and single word band names... Bush, Hole, Tool, Creed, etc. Then again, I thought Flatus was a good choice

 

[FA108208usat2]

Any Emo band that ever existed

 

[Dana R Gregory]

Back in the late 60s, there was a band in Boston called Ultimate Spinach. They had a local hit with "The Ballad of The Hip Death Godess". Hey it was the 60s.

 

[Fat Freddy]

I remember a band in the seventies called "Peter Out and the Faders"......

 

[BurningTheAltar]

The Butthole Surfers.