Quintette du Hot Club de France
Blind Boys of Alabama
Swedish folk rock band Kebnekajse
I like the music of Japan.
And I think that the band Montrose was named after the lead singer, Ronnie Montrose. Unless there is another band called Montrose.
You all seem to have forgotten about the band I was in at University: Milwaukee.
We had some truly terrible band names.
Mannheim Steamroller
Well, there’s the Seventies folk-rock band **Orleans **(“Dance With Me,” “Still the One”)
Also from the Seventies, there was a one-hit wonder soul group called:
New York City.
Their one hit was “I’m Doing Fine Now.”
Amboy Dukes
If we’re counting bands with cities or states as PART of their name (I’m not sure if the OP was), there are still
Georgia Satellites (“Keep Your Hands to Yourself”)
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels" (“Jenny Take a Ride”)
The Brooklyn Dreams (“Heaven Knows”)
Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
The Ohio Players (“Fire,” “Love Rollercoaster”)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Since Alabama is the only group on that list I DON’T like, I suspect you and I won’t be running into each other at any concerts in the near future.
The United States of America’s only LP was critically well received.
Continuing with the idea that bands with place names as part of their name weren’t necessarily bad… the Beacon Street Union, the Muscle Shoals Horns, and Goose Creek Symphony.
Gongis named after an imaginary planet.
Oh yeah, and then there’s theAlbion Band. And Fairport Convention was named after a house they rehearsed in.
Dimmu Borgir
From Wikipedia: “Dimmu borgir means “dark cities” or “dark castles/fortresses” in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir.”
That was definitely my least favorite of their songs. I was particularly fond of Keep the Faith and When Electricity Came to Arkansas.
Fairport Convention
Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys
This reminded me of The Presidents of the United States of America. Thay had a crazy tune about peaches in the '90s.
Boston, Chicago, and Kansas do not belong on that list.
Kalapana
Earth
Heck, I liked America more than any of those three, although Chicago’s first album was great.
The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
The Soweto String Quartet
The New York Ska Jazz Ensemble
Hey, they were great!
Again, only bands whose entire name is that of a place are really crappy. I stand by that assertion.
They were really quite good. Wish they’d done more.