# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AuntPam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AuntPam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntPam)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/41 "2009-07-05T21:49:08Z")
The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash. My friend Doug Meyer played with them for a while… ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/42 "2009-07-06T00:32:07Z")
We had three in Denver until recently. John Cougar Concentration Camp The Gaza Strippers REO Speeddealer. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/43 "2009-07-06T01:05:11Z")
Ummmm… How about… Toad the Wet Sprocket. ---
**Author:** ![mj\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mj\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mj_2)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/44 "2009-07-06T01:11:03Z")
Kiss Simple, easy to remember and to the point. I’ve always thought this was the best band name ever. And who doesn’t love a great kiss!? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/45 "2009-07-06T05:19:30Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And the CLASSIC Zip Zap Rap! > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clg9AziTfI4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clg9AziTfI4) > I DARE you to listen to all of it. \*Don’t be a dope! Don’t smoke that coke! We’re talkin’ 'bout cocaine, it’s not good for your brain! \* It’s the sax hook that makes it art. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/46 "2009-07-06T07:28:14Z")
Well, maybe not the best, but pretty cool: _Janet Beverage Bean and the Concertina Wire_ The best might be found in post #20. I think I wanna hear some of that shit! ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/47 "2009-07-08T14:44:30Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Ummmm… > > How about… > > Toad the Wet Sprocket. [Toad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_The_Wet_Sprocket) took their name from a [Monty Python sketch](http://www.wordlab.com/articles/mp_rocknotes.cfm). That sketch is full of bizarre names. My father in law was once in a band called “Excess Phlegm.” They didn’t really go anywhere. I personally would love to be in a band named “[Slap Fart Wake Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6vN4H6L458)” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/48 "2009-07-08T14:57:27Z")
Some friends of mine had a band called “the Friends of Ned Flanders.” They later changed their name to “Jamasaurus Rex.” Another couple other friends (I know a lot of musicians) named Russ Murphy, Jeff Putnam and Mark Bingham had a band called “Russ Murphy & the Jeff Putnam Group (Featuring Mark Bingham.)” ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/49 "2009-07-08T16:25:10Z")
I’ve always been partial to _Buddy Hinton’s Revenge_ (named after the kid from the Brady bunch who picked on Cindy for her lisp and then got punched by Peter) ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/50 "2009-07-08T16:44:25Z")
Rod Torfleson’s Armada featuring Herman Menderchuck- best garage band ever!! Seriously though, we have a local band called [LoveSeedMamaJump](http://loveseed.com)who play most of the East Coast. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698/51 "2009-07-08T16:51:12Z")
When she was a teenager, in the 1930s Caribbean, my grandmother was in a band called: **The Back Street Syncopators** I love that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-name-ever/501698.md?page=2)