# Most Stupid Band Names of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995 "2004-02-24T22:49:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/1 "2004-02-24T22:49:29Z")
Guitar One, which appears to be an online magazine, has issued its list of [the top ten stupid band names of all time](http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0224Dumb-Names-ON.html). 1. The Beatles 2. Limp Bizkit 3. Any band named after boy body parts 4. Any band named after girl body parts 5. Bands with scatological names 6. Bands named after places 7. Yes 8. Toto 9. The Presidents of the United States of America 10. The Band What? No “The The”? ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/2 "2004-02-24T23:57:52Z")
Would have to say that Bands named after a part of a car is by far the worst one could do. Master Cylinder, Bondo, etc… just plain lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/3 "2004-02-25T00:01:09Z")
It would be interesting to see what they think is a good name. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/4 "2004-02-25T00:01:31Z")
What about names with built-in exclamation points? Frente!, Against Me!, etc. Simultaneously the worst and the best: Half Man Half Biscuit ---
**Author:** ![malden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@malden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malden)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/5 "2004-02-25T00:08:40Z")
Barenaked Ladies U2 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/6 "2004-02-25T00:12:17Z")
[The Mommyheads](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311090941112836&sql=A3l65mpzf9f7o). Terrible name, but I can recommend this particular LP as really, really good pop music, in the general drift of Paul McCartney and Crowded House. Jim Thirwell’s many [“Foetus”](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll) bands. Long before Damian Hirsch nauseated the pomo art world, there was this guy doing his arty, noisy, and deliberately offensive thing in the music world. ---
**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/7 "2004-02-25T00:13:10Z")
Spandau Ballet should be in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/8 "2004-02-25T00:13:17Z")
“The Beatles” is a subtly clever pun; anyone who’d call the the dumbest band name of all time obviously doesn’t get it. (Think of the all-girl Beatles tribute band, the Bangles, for a clue.) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/9 "2004-02-25T00:15:44Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > [The Mommyheads](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311090941112836&sql=A3l65mpzf9f7o). Terrible name, but I can recommend this particular LP as really, really good pop music, in the general drift of Paul McCartney and Crowded House. > > Jim Thirwell’s many [“Foetus”](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll) bands. Long before Damian Hirsch nauseated the pomo art world, there was this guy doing his arty, noisy, and deliberately offensive thing in the music world. Whoa. Thirlwell/Foetus pretty much invented the “industrial” sound (along with Einsturzende Neubauten). Probably the greatest discrepancy between obscurity and influence since Kate Bush. ---
**Author:** ![J\_String](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@J\_String](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_String)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/10 "2004-02-25T00:17:55Z")
The first time I heard of **Porcupine Tree** I thought, “God, what an asinine name for a band.” They rock though, and defy (easy) description in such a way that the name fits. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/11 "2004-02-25T00:19:26Z")
So 4 of the top 10 worst band names are categories made up of many band names. Great list. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/12 "2004-02-25T00:21:59Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > 1. Any band named after girl body parts Horseshit. **Labia Majora** is the greatest band name of all time. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/13 "2004-02-25T00:28:22Z")
Yuh. Howbout the Slits? Throbbing Gristle? that list sux. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/14 "2004-02-25T00:30:35Z")
Sorry, I wasn’t very clear in my post. I’ve known people who swear by Thirwell as a great musical genius, and I’m willing to grant that he’s been very influential (even though I’ve heard only one of his albums and wasn’t won over – not that that denies his standing and influence, only that his music isn’t particularly to my liking). My intended point was that his project names are so disgusting (Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel; You’ve Got Foetus On Your Breath; etc.) that it’s a bit of a barrier. That provocative attitude strikes me as jejune, obnoxious, and nihilistic, like teenage boys who empty garbage cans on top of people’s cars on Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/15 "2004-02-25T00:55:24Z")
. . . and perfectly in keeping with the Punk movement of the late seventies (I’ve heard Thirlwell described as “post Punk”), and nothing that can’t be compared to the likes of Marilyn Manson or Johnny Rotten. ---
**Author:** ![gooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gooti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooti)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/16 "2004-02-25T01:16:00Z")
I begrudgingly nominate **Goblin Cock** because it makes me groan and giggle at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/17 "2004-02-25T01:35:06Z")
Let’s not confuse shitty band names with shitty BANDS! ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/18 "2004-02-25T01:36:21Z")
…and they didn’t list Anal Cunt? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/19 "2004-02-25T01:50:16Z")
… Or **The Ass Baboons of Venus**? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/20 "2004-02-25T01:51:30Z")
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