Mary Tyler Morphine
Apocalypstick
Jehovah’s Waitresses
Jehovah’s Witness Protection Program
Jesus Chrysler Supercar
JFKFC
The Diarrhea of Anne Frank
New Squids on the Dock
You rejected Low Toner and the Feed Jam? Are you crazy?!?!
One I always remember from the LA Weekly club listings: Scrotum Pole. I have no idea what kind of music they played, or if they’re still around. Too bad they didn’t make it big. It would be funny to hear Letterman introduce them.
I actually like gratuitous umlauts. It’s a tipoff that it might be up my alley. Motörhead Förever!
Bands I like, that I checked out partly because of the name:
Honolulu Mountain Daffodils
Shelleyan Orphan
10 000 Maniacs
Fields of the Nephilim
The Wolfgang Press
Einsturzende Neubauten
“Band” I like for its everchanging name:
Foetus - AKA Scraping Foetus off the wheel, You’ve got foetus on your breath, etc.
Bands with a name incongrous to its (early) sound, that I really like:
The Pixies
The Swans
Local Shoutouts go to:
Springbok Nude Girls (it’s a70s-80s SA thing)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Attic Muse
Oops, I forgot one local one:
Fokofpolisiekar, which directly translates as “Fuck-off Police Car”, but more in the sense of a “Fuck You!” Police car
The Good:
Buffalo Springfield
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Martha & The Vandellas
The Lemon Fabs
Fountains of Wayne
The Bee Gees (it works on so many levels)
The International Submarine Band
Big Audio Dynamite
The Ben Folds Five
The Wailers
The Drifting Cowboys
The Not so Good:
Uriah Heep
The Who
Oasis
Elvis, Scotty & Bill
The Clash
Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch (however Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five is a great name)
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Oh and can I add The Bad Seeds to the list of great and The Birthday Party to the list of the lame, in a Nick Cave “win some, lose some” scenario
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Uh, that’s a bad band name example, right?
I was just quickly scrolling throught this thread and when I saw “The diarrhea of Anne Frank” I busted out laughing. Now that I see it was posted by someone named What’s that smell?, I’m convulsing with silent laughter 
GOOD:
Disneyland After Dark
Little Blue Crunchy Things
BAD/UGLY:
Meat Loaf
I don’t remember who did it, but years ago I heard a Abbott and Costello-type routine based on the bands The Who, Guess Who and Yes.
Yes … BAD is good!
i believe it was Lenny & Squiggy. But not in character.
On Eight Is Enough?
Oingo Boingo gets my vote for good band name.
Of course, they started out as The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo, shortened it Oingo Boingo, then ended as simply Boingo.
More good band names:
The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy
The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Tangerine Dream
Midnight Oil
Originally Posted by whitetho
I don’t remember who did it, but years ago I heard a Abbott and Costello-type routine based on the bands The Who, Guess Who and Yes.
I think it was a comedy album in the late 60s or early 70s. The routine was a promoter or DJ talking about the acts at an upcoming concert.
I was gonna mention them, but not for having a good name. Don’t get me wrong, they’re one of my all time favorites. That’s the problem; I feel like a dweeb saying" I love “Oingo Boingo” Fellow fans get what an appropriate name it is, but everyone else assumes they’re some kind of lame novelty act or something.
Good:
Faith No More
L. A. Ramblers
Cracker
Tool
Bad:
Animal Bag - makes me think of dog nuts.
Lillian Axe - you’d think (and be right) of a bad 80s hair band, or a Molly Hatchet ripoff.
Stryper - Stupid name AND bad spelling.
Camper Van Beethoven - nonsense.
Good:
Faith No More
L. A. Ramblers
Cracker
Tool
Mr. Bungle
Bad:
Animal Bag - makes me think of dog nuts.
Lillian Axe - you’d think (and be right) of a bad 80s hair band, or a Molly Hatchet ripoff.
Stryper - Stupid name AND bad spelling.
Camper Van Beethoven - nonsense.
oops. Mods if you would care to delete the first version of my post (the one without Mr. Bungle) that would be cool.
Let me tell you, though, Microsoft Word DOES NOT like the fact that I’m writing an essay about the Who. The whole damn thing is green and squiggly.