# Best band name ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698 "2009-07-02T14:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/21 "2009-07-04T11:15:49Z")
Devastatin’ Dave, the Turntable Slave. OK, I guess one guy doesn’t count as a band. In college, some CS buddies had a trance outfit called Syntactic Sugar. They woulda made it big if they could ever figure out how to use Logic Pro. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/22 "2009-07-04T17:43:19Z")
I’d go with **The Flaming Lips**. Not as strange as some of the ones in here, but as for a name that evokes musical cool with a fiery heart, it’s hard to top. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/23 "2009-07-04T17:47:00Z")
[Sleepytime Gorilla Museum](http://sleepytimegorillamuseum.com/) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/24 "2009-07-04T17:57:42Z")
Here’s a [list](http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/quotes/funnyband.html) of funny band names. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/25 "2009-07-04T18:51:51Z")
Sound neat/weird images: Shadowy Men From a Shadowy Planet The Dead Milkmen Oingo Boingo Confusing: Alice Cooper (back when it was the band, not the guy, thus making it no longer particularly confusing - still amusing, though) Jethro Tull The Band The Who ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/26 "2009-07-04T19:36:58Z")
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. Fläsket Brinner. Tasvalainen Presidentii. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/27 "2009-07-04T19:55:46Z")
Just a little holiday keepin’-ever’body-up-to-speed… > [@](#): > > Devastatin’ Dave, the Turntable Slave. [http://www.myspace.com/devastatindaveno1](http://www.myspace.com/devastatindaveno1) “You don’ have ta be a Gang… stah… You got Skills! You don’ have ta be a Gang… stah… The kind that pay Bills!” And the CLASSIC Zip Zap Rap! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/clg9AziTfI4/hqdefault.jpg "Devastatin Dave - Zip Zap Rap (Original and Best!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clg9AziTfI4) I DARE you to listen to all of it. “Zip dip zap, a zip wit a wabbit, Zippy dippa wippa… got a cocaine habit, Scooby dooby bip a zip bop blam, It started with a quarter, now it is a gram…” ```auto [QUOTE] Dino, Desi and Billy [/QUOTE] Wasn't their schtick that they were the sons of Dean Martin, Desi Arnaz... and uh.... Billy Senior? ``` > [@](#): > > Jethro Tull It was fun being a fan in the early days, when they were a lesser-known bluesy band, and we could manipulate some know-it-all into saying “I’ve got all _his_ albums!” We even got Marky Radditz to say “Yeah, well, I hitched to Chicago and saw him playing in a blues club”. ```auto And another link: The 25 Most Ridiculous Band Names in Rock History http://www.cracked.com/article_15118_25-most-ridiculous-band-names-in-rock-history.html Opposite of the OP, but fun nonetheless. ``` ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/28 "2009-07-04T20:18:45Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > My vote is […And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...And_You_Will_Know_Us_by_the_Trail_of_Dead) Also [Godspeed You! Black Emperor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godspeed_You!_Black_Emperor) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/29 "2009-07-05T00:46:48Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Wasn’t their schtick that they were the sons of Dean Martin, Desi Arnaz… and uh… Billy Senior? Right on the first two, but Billy was just plain [Billy Hinsche](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Hinsche), although he was once a Beach Boy’s brother-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/30 "2009-07-05T01:47:19Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Also [Godspeed You! Black Emperor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godspeed_You!_Black_Emperor) And until their last album, Panic! at the Disco (which dropped the bang, unfortunately.) But for minimalism, I’d have to go with “Therapy?” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/31 "2009-07-05T02:35:06Z")
\*\*Black Tape For A Blue Girl Trespassers William\*\* Great names, and I actually know several of the members. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/32 "2009-07-05T02:40:19Z")
**Black Rebel Motorcycle Club** For whatever reason, I really like **Codeine** as a band name too. ---
**Author:** ![bigdfrombigd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bigdfrombigd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigdfrombigd)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/33 "2009-07-05T04:45:51Z")
Out of Dallas, Texas in the 80’s…The Butthole Surfers!!! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/34 "2009-07-05T05:05:55Z")
On second thought, I’d also like to vote for the band [Fuck](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:d9fuxqqhldke). By virtue of their name they will not only never get played on the radio, but they will be very difficult to be torrented. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/35 "2009-07-05T11:46:27Z")
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger\_Eleven](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_Eleven) The winner is… Finger Eleven used to be called The Rainbow Butt Monkeys! ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/36 "2009-07-05T11:47:02Z")
I only heard of this band earlier this year, but it tops my all-time favourite band name list: [The Super Funky Fever Monkeys](http://www.myspace.com/robertwaynehaagandsffm) The song ‘Closer To You’ lives up to the name, too. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/37 "2009-07-05T14:13:53Z")
Every year the Onion AV Club does a list of horrible band names. Most of them are pretty amusing. One of the most amusing band names I’ve found online is **Yo! Kenneth Lamar Noid** , which is amsuing even if you don’t get the multiple references in the name. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/38 "2009-07-05T15:07:35Z")
Who trivia: there was a band meeting to decide on a name, the two choices being _“The Hair”_ and "_The Who"_. Pete lobbied for combining the two names, but “\*The Hair and The Who” \* didn’t go over well with the other band members. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/39 "2009-07-05T17:23:21Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > On second thought, I’d also like to vote for the band [Fuck](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:d9fuxqqhldke). By virtue of their name they will not only never get played on the radio, but they will be very difficult to be torrented. On a similar note, I’ve heard [Holy Fuck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Fuck) get played a few times on Sirius radio. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/40 "2009-07-05T17:52:31Z")
The genre of surf rock alone has contributed many fine band names, including **Insect Surfers** , **Laika and the Cosmonauts** , **Man or Astro-Man?** and **Don’s Mobile Barbers** (who of course recorded “Baby Snakes”). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698.md?page=3)