we used to scour the Scrabble board after a game for good band names… best ever was:
Grief Bums
According to Dave Barry, there was a band in Japan named “King Fucker Chicken.”
Real:** Reverb Motherfuckers**
I just love the meter of it.
The two guys from the Godfathers were in a band called the Sid Presley Experience, which I thought was great.
Elvis Hitler also comes to mind…
Attack of the 50 foot Jesus
the Friends of Ned Flanders
the Ya Ya Yas
the Doom Patrol (named from a comic book superhero team, but still a great band name.)
the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
My new favorite band name: Arsonists Get All the Girls
Oops I should have stipulated in the OP that they have to be real band names. Oh well, I guess it doesn’t matter now. Some of these made up ones crack me up. Oedipus & The Motherfuckers is pure genius.
I band I formed for a one-off gig was called Pregnant Space Mice, which came from a newspaper headline.
Rejected names for my current band included Buzzkilla and The Righteous Boogers.
I’m not really a tremendous fan of their music, but I think Panic! At the Disco is a great band name. Especially with the exclamation mark.
Onward Crispin Glover
The The
The Men They Couldn’t Hang
The Psychedelic Furs
Charlie Big Time Potatos
Uncle Ben’s Minty Balls
The Stockholm Monsters
The Fanny Licking Belt Whippers
The Dinner Ladies
I’ll second the Dead Kennedys.
At the time they named the band, I would have to assume this name would be pretty shocking.
A few years ago there was a local band I saw named Retards at the Zoo.
I suspect it pays homage to the Dead Milkmen song.
Onward Christian Slaters. {I had a joke once with my brother that he had an evil twin named Atheist Cockroach}.
I can’t vouch for their authenticity, but Courtney’s Music Site has a long, long list of funny band names. These include
[ul]
[li]Vic Vaccume and the Attachments[/li][li]Why Do You Keep Cutting Off My Hands?[/li][li]Shitty Shitty Band Band[/li][li]Nearly Died Laughing While Shaving My Butt[/li][li]Ethel and the Mertzkillers[/li][li]Damn You Peter Pan[/li][li]Arm the Homeless[/li][/ul]
Most of the ones mentioned in this thread are on her site.
My friend used to say of the shoe company Nunn Bush: “That describes my sex life.”
Not as hilarious as some of these other names, but my band is called One Less Finger, due to an x-acto knife accident.
Real: Napoleon Blownapart
Mine: Queasy Peters
Joe
Is this a budget knock-off no-name version of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? (you know, kind of like those bags from Luis Vuiton and Prado you can buy on Canal St)
Which reminds me of another favourite real band name I forgot to mention the first time around:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
I like Charlie McRapekit
Back in the 1970s, I recall a punk band called The Very Idea of Fucking Hitler. I believe they eventually shortened it to Fucking Hitler.
How about Analcunt?