I remember when I was a pre teen and I wanted a Limp Bizkit CD for Christmas, my mother said that the name of the band sounded vulgar and she wouldn't get it for me. Instead she got me a Cherry Poppin' Daddies CD... Smh
I'm sure it was never about the band name. She probably heard Limp Bizkit on the radio and later in the day heard "Zoot Suit Riot" and was like "I know what will make my son fit in at Middle School. Big band swing music"
Incorrect. It's understandable because we all make mistakes. But the assignment was "worst band name ever", not "best band name ever". When you're older you'll understand why he did it
That’s the one i was thinking of - for anybody who hasn’t heard of them: that’s not the band name. That’s the acronym of the band name. Each one of those letters belongs to a word
No, Imagine Dragons is kind of cool... if you believe them when they say it's not their real band name. They originally came up with a phrase that meant something special to all of them, but they didn't think it would work as a band name, so they anagrammed it into Imagine Dragons (I assume some letters were reused or left off somehow). So there's this big mystery over what their real name is.
And that kind of plays into some dragon lore where if you know a dragon's true name, you have control over it. You don't know Imagine Dragons' true name — no one does. Perfectly acceptable if you think a band having a secret name is lame. They've said at some point they may reveal it, but they're afraid people will be disappointing, because as they originally said, it wouldn't make for a cool name.
It's pretty common across a lot of fantasy creatures tbh.
Though it's often True Name as in a fantasy idea that everyone and everything has a secret name that even they don't know, one that the universe gave them. Rather than just knowing their given name.
Another common thing is that dragons speak True Speech, a magical language that's understood by every living creature with a brain
To be completely honest, I don't consider any name to be bad.
You may say AxCx is terrible name, but once you give them a listen it exactly fits the name. Same goes for Hijokaidan, who are actually named based on one of fan's suggestion claiming that "escape staircase" suits their sound more. Party Cannon is absolutely hillarious imo, when you look at the logo and the sound. Brojob also has a name that fits their lyrical themes.
In some cases the name may come out a bit lame, but bad names? Nah. I don't consider any name bad, most of them sound either fucking epic and/or hillarious when you look at the full picture.
Just one note. Unfortunate names do exist. If a band has name that is also commonly used to refer to other things, it is really tricky to find them unless they are popular enough. I remember trying to find some music from a band called "6 cylinder". You can imagine the struggle.
Yeah, their music, in general, does not move me but the main guy was friends with Neil Peart who played maybe 5 tracks with them so... I have those 5 tracks in my rotation
I'm reconsidering if it is actually a terrible name for a band. I saw Piss Bath supporting Dead Kennedys a couple of years ago. It's probably the only support band name I've remembered, so in that respect it's quite effective.
I think it is a bit funny to see this question, I was in a thread just now finding out there is a band named
Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx
And apparently is it a abbreviation for "Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated by Mass Amounts of Filthy Fecal Fisting and Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside the Infected Maggot Infested Womb of a Molested Nun Dying Under the Roof of a Burning Church While a Priest Watches and Ejaculates in Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus",
It's probably one of those ironic names, but Psychedelic Porn Crumpets always makes me die a little when I'm trying to tell people about 'em. Great band, dumb name.
There’s a punk band who were called Slaves. After a free years of people saying “are you sure that’s the name you want to go with, being a couple of white guys?” They decided no they were not and changed it to Soft Play
Not as visceral as a lot of the other options, but it is very annoying when bands (especially smaller bands) formed in the last 15-20 years choose names that make it difficult to find their music online. Saw a band as openers once called "1,2,3". Similar for bands choosing very simple words like "Apartment", "Paint", or "Basement". Even bigger bands like "Shame", "Wednesday", and "Idles" are tricky IMO.
Name your band whatever you want, of course, but understand the consequences of your actions!
There's this band that I like called 3 - easy enough to Google if you search "3 band" - But if I'm driving in my car and I want to use voice commands to play music by them, well too fucking bad. I'm also not going to take my phone out of my pocket and look them up while driving. So I guess they won't get the plays.
I miss having a CD player in my car with my sun visor CD slip.
There was a brief time when Tommy Chong was on a band under the name "4 N*'s and a C*," and every now and again I remember that fact and think "What the actual fuck was he thinking."
Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated by Mass Amounts of Filthy Fecal Fisting and Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside the Infected Maggot Infested Womb of a Molested Nun Dying Under the Roof of a Burning Church While a Priest Watches and Ejaculates in Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus, or Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx for short.
Honourable Mentions: Anthrax (less bad than others but still awkward when mentioning the band in casual conversation), Shotgun Willy (solo artist)
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
I like the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies tribute band, the Hymen Bustin Fathers
They're still touring, too!
But they played at the Super Bowl halftime show once so they are okay /s
Did they really? That may have been peak 90s
I remember when I was a pre teen and I wanted a Limp Bizkit CD for Christmas, my mother said that the name of the band sounded vulgar and she wouldn't get it for me. Instead she got me a Cherry Poppin' Daddies CD... Smh
I'm sure it was never about the band name. She probably heard Limp Bizkit on the radio and later in the day heard "Zoot Suit Riot" and was like "I know what will make my son fit in at Middle School. Big band swing music"
Sigh...
“It’s swing music so it’s okay” was probably what she thought
Relevant Todd in the Shadows that came out just a few days ago.
Jimmy Eat World should be part of the conversation due to their acronym.
Who ever called them J.E.W.? Or when did they ever use that acronym themselves?
Perhaps tried to and then realised
The The
Or The Band.
Amazing band though
The Band
Honestly one of the best! An excellent lyricist and songwriter as well - although a little heavy handed on the harmonica.
Incorrect. It's understandable because we all make mistakes. But the assignment was "worst band name ever", not "best band name ever". When you're older you'll understand why he did it
What is that? Seen it on someone's wall near me too
Prince had a legal fight with his record label over ownership of his music. As a protest, he changed his artist name from "Prince" to this symbol.
And had floppy discs with the character code sent out to all the music magazines so they could print it. As Charlie Murphy put it, dude could ball.
Prince, formerly known as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" (this symbol), formerly known as Prince.
Butthole Surfers have not been mentioned yet?
Yeah, the title of the thread is worst names ever. That's on an orthogonal axis with most likely to make an 11 year old boy giggle
For some reason they're always intertwined in my head with another terribly named band, Diarrhea Planet.
hey... i was a butthead in the 90s.
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. Such a pain in the arse when you have to refer to them.
Do you just say "seven pigs" or "Pigs 7"? Or do you literally say "pigs" seven times?
Are there seven of them?
(Looked it up, there are five of them and they abbreviate it to "Pigs x7".)
There was a band called Pigface for a bit who were actually good
The band öOoOoOoOoOo is a bit unwieldy.
Supposedly pronounced as "caterpillar" in whatever language you prefer.
Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx
That’s the one i was thinking of - for anybody who hasn’t heard of them: that’s not the band name. That’s the acronym of the band name. Each one of those letters belongs to a word
Good old Xavleg
Imagine Dragons
No, Imagine Dragons is kind of cool... if you believe them when they say it's not their real band name. They originally came up with a phrase that meant something special to all of them, but they didn't think it would work as a band name, so they anagrammed it into Imagine Dragons (I assume some letters were reused or left off somehow). So there's this big mystery over what their real name is.
And that kind of plays into some dragon lore where if you know a dragon's true name, you have control over it. You don't know Imagine Dragons' true name — no one does. Perfectly acceptable if you think a band having a secret name is lame. They've said at some point they may reveal it, but they're afraid people will be disappointing, because as they originally said, it wouldn't make for a cool name.
This sounds even more dumber and pretentious.
I thought that was Devils??
It's pretty common across a lot of fantasy creatures tbh.
Though it's often True Name as in a fantasy idea that everyone and everything has a secret name that even they don't know, one that the universe gave them. Rather than just knowing their given name.
Another common thing is that dragons speak True Speech, a magical language that's understood by every living creature with a brain
I already disliked them, you didn't need to make them even more unlikeable
Hoobastank
IMO, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has an awfully high good band/dumb name differential
Oh honey, Freddie was a bigger Queen than Elizabeth, Danaerys, and Latifah rolled into one.
Next you're gonna tell me The Police isn't a group of cops
no they are real police, they watch every step you take
every move you make, they'll be watching you.
Nickelback
!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
I love them as a band and the name makes sense once you know what it's representing, but it's terrible for searching or recommending to people.
The Beatles
Cmon this is a great pun
The Oneders?
Shitfucker
To be completely honest, I don't consider any name to be bad.
You may say AxCx is terrible name, but once you give them a listen it exactly fits the name. Same goes for Hijokaidan, who are actually named based on one of fan's suggestion claiming that "escape staircase" suits their sound more. Party Cannon is absolutely hillarious imo, when you look at the logo and the sound. Brojob also has a name that fits their lyrical themes.
In some cases the name may come out a bit lame, but bad names? Nah. I don't consider any name bad, most of them sound either fucking epic and/or hillarious when you look at the full picture.
Come on, let musicians have some fun.
Just one note. Unfortunate names do exist. If a band has name that is also commonly used to refer to other things, it is really tricky to find them unless they are popular enough. I remember trying to find some music from a band called "6 cylinder". You can imagine the struggle.
Is this a for real band name or a joke about the band Nine Inch Nails (or both)?
Vertical Horizon
Yeah, their music, in general, does not move me but the main guy was friends with Neil Peart who played maybe 5 tracks with them so... I have those 5 tracks in my rotation
I am just trying to figure out what a vertical horizon would be. It sounds kinda badass at first but then I'm like... It's just contradictory!
Would a vertical horizon be a "verizon"?
Ffffuuuuuuuuuu....
Intentionally bad or unintentionally bad?
I'm reconsidering if it is actually a terrible name for a band. I saw Piss Bath supporting Dead Kennedys a couple of years ago. It's probably the only support band name I've remembered, so in that respect it's quite effective.
There's a band called TaintStick
I think it is a bit funny to see this question, I was in a thread just now finding out there is a band named Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx And apparently is it a abbreviation for "Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated by Mass Amounts of Filthy Fecal Fisting and Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside the Infected Maggot Infested Womb of a Molested Nun Dying Under the Roof of a Burning Church While a Priest Watches and Ejaculates in Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus",
Or as they call it in the Vatican, "Tuesday."
Or for short, The Aristocrats
Holy, and I thought "Vöedtæmhtëhactått" was bad
It's probably one of those ironic names, but Psychedelic Porn Crumpets always makes me die a little when I'm trying to tell people about 'em. Great band, dumb name.
Local Santa Rosa band back in the mid to late 90's called Mother Teresa's Cunt
tbf, mother teresa WAS a cunt.
Piss Bath.
Slobberbone.
Torsofuck
Keyboard drumset fucking werewolf
I heard a song by an indie band called Purulent Vagina.
It sounded exactly how you'd expect it to.
The band
Anal Cunt
Lots of problematic song titles too.
My favourite is "I rescpect your feelings as a woman"
"Problematic"
There’s a punk band who were called Slaves. After a free years of people saying “are you sure that’s the name you want to go with, being a couple of white guys?” They decided no they were not and changed it to Soft Play
panic! at the disco
If you're a Rust developer
How about Shitmat? Great music but hard to tell people about it.
Bowling for Soup
No, that’s a good name.
Not as visceral as a lot of the other options, but it is very annoying when bands (especially smaller bands) formed in the last 15-20 years choose names that make it difficult to find their music online. Saw a band as openers once called "1,2,3". Similar for bands choosing very simple words like "Apartment", "Paint", or "Basement". Even bigger bands like "Shame", "Wednesday", and "Idles" are tricky IMO.
Name your band whatever you want, of course, but understand the consequences of your actions!
There's this band that I like called 3 - easy enough to Google if you search "3 band" - But if I'm driving in my car and I want to use voice commands to play music by them, well too fucking bad. I'm also not going to take my phone out of my pocket and look them up while driving. So I guess they won't get the plays.
I miss having a CD player in my car with my sun visor CD slip.
Now playing I Set My Friends On Fire - Things That Rhyme With Orange
Not technically a band but I have always thought the DJ called 'Breakfast' was a terrible choice
There was a brief time when Tommy Chong was on a band under the name "4 N*'s and a C*," and every now and again I remember that fact and think "What the actual fuck was he thinking."
Probably "Band"
Milky Chance
Invisible Boyfriend. They later restyled themselves as Reptar
I'm thinking about bands where I wouldn't wear their shirt in public despite liking the band.
Lamb of God was originally "Burn the priest" which while very metal, could be awkward in public.
Other notable mentions are Snapped Ankles, Pissed Jeans, Wet leg, and the Cherry poppin daddies.
Clam Jam. or. Hung Jury
I don't know "Deleted by Creator" has a certain charm to it... It's not that bad.
Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated by Mass Amounts of Filthy Fecal Fisting and Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside the Infected Maggot Infested Womb of a Molested Nun Dying Under the Roof of a Burning Church While a Priest Watches and Ejaculates in Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus, or Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx for short.
Honourable Mentions: Anthrax (less bad than others but still awkward when mentioning the band in casual conversation), Shotgun Willy (solo artist)