# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/21 "2004-02-25T02:04:13Z")
“The Beatles” is a name that’s witty at first, but seems less funny each time you hear it. “The Be Sharps” on the other hand … now that’s a name! ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/22 "2004-02-25T02:24:41Z")
In ST:TMP, it is stated that the V’Ger cloud reads “12 power” energy. What does that mean? Its not treknobabbly enough! ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/23 "2004-02-25T02:36:27Z")
**Starving Artist** , I always like the name Dead Kennedys but thought it would’ve been funnier if they’d sort of parodied the Ramones and each taken the name of a deceased member of the Kennedy family instead of their own odd pseudonyms (Jello Biafra, East Bay Ray, Ted, and Klaus Flouride from the _Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables_ record). ---
**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, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/24 "2004-02-25T03:08:12Z")
> [@Quack](#): > > **Starving Artist** , I always like the name Dead Kennedys but thought it would’ve been funnier if they’d sort of parodied the Ramones and each taken the name of a deceased member of the Kennedy family instead of their own odd pseudonyms (Jello Biafra, East Bay Ray, Ted, and Klaus Flouride from the _Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables_ record). Not me. I’m no great fan of the Kennedys, although I did like JFK. But, shit, how must the Kennedy family feel, after losing so many of their own to premature and often violent deaths, to have to go though life with assholes like those guys publicly bobbing to the surface and making things worse by parodying their deaths. Sorry, but I think it’s dispicable. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/25 "2004-02-25T03:31:13Z")
Onward Crispin Glover (actually, I love this name, but most people hate it) Fountains of Wayne (I also hate this band) ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/26 "2004-02-25T03:44:08Z")
Nobody’s said Toad the Wet Sprocket, which is a bit of a relief, because I don’t have to explain that it’s from a Monty Python sketch about silly band names and that makes it clever and ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/27 "2004-02-25T04:57:47Z")
I see your point **Starving Artist** , and I agree that capitalizing on the Kennedy family’s unfortunate legacy would be less than savory. I don’t think that DK really capitalized on their deaths so much as it’s just the source of the name (when I say ‘didn’t capitalize’ I mean financially, of course. I doubt that DK sold many records just based on the name alone) In short, the foot in my mouth tastes horrible. ☹ ---
**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, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/28 "2004-02-25T05:25:34Z")
> [@Quack](#): > > I see your point **Starving Artist** , and I agree that capitalizing on the Kennedy family’s unfortunate legacy would be less than savory. I don’t think that DK really capitalized on their deaths so much as it’s just the source of the name (when I say ‘didn’t capitalize’ I mean financially, of course. I doubt that DK sold many records just based on the name alone) In short, the foot in my mouth tastes horrible. ☹ I don’t think they did, either, Quack. I think they were just trying to be irreverent, slightly anarchic and over the top, which is an image bands often strive for. In this case, though, like I said, I think it’s abominable. I don’t see how anyone could be so blatantly uncaring and cruel toward a family that has suffered so much and which would have to know and hear about them (the band) time and time again. And I think what irritates me the most is that they would \*have \* to have known the pain they would cause and continue to cause by adopting this name yet they’ve never seemed to care a whit. Thank you for your gracious response. I’ll have to remember it the next time I get foot-in-mouth disease. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/29 "2004-02-25T07:02:36Z")
I think “Hoobastank” rates right up there with worst band names of all time. Hoobastank. Hooba stank. What the hell is that anyway? I hate to even say it, which, I can’t say I’ve ever done, since I can’t say I’ve ever heard the band, just heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/30 "2004-02-25T09:06:11Z")
The Flying Burrito Brothers Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Kill MotherFuckin’ Depeche Mode- or whatever it is supposed to stand for ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/31 "2004-02-25T09:08:18Z")
Hear’say (what the hell is that apostrophe for?) There used to be a band in Dublin called PAMF, which stood for pussy ass motherfuckers. ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/32 "2004-02-25T11:48:06Z")
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/33 "2004-02-25T12:26:22Z")
No Krispy Ambulance? The Sea and Cake I always thought was a terrible band name, even though I don’t mind their music. And let’s not forget Linkin Park. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/34 "2004-02-25T12:44:43Z")
The Vaginal Croutons ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/35 "2004-02-25T13:07:53Z")
Gauranteed to send me into a Pitworthy rant every time is “The Flaming Lips” ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/36 "2004-02-25T13:12:19Z")
I was intensely irritated by the late-'90s trend of band names that contained numbers. You know the ones I mean. Choosing a band name isn’t like choosing an Instant Messenger handle, you can’t just pick a word or two and stick on some random numbers to make it “original”. I’ll go with The Beatles, The Who, and The The as band names that are either stupid or clever. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/37 "2004-02-25T13:35:34Z")
As David St. Hubbins taught us, it’s a very fine line between stupid and clever. My nominee is Live, which is neither clever, specific nor useful: “I went to a live concert last night.” “I went to a _Live_ concert last night.” You should see the problem almost immediately. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/38 "2004-02-25T13:41:42Z")
Or like this shitty band in high school, that wanted to call themselves ‘Free Beer’, until someone quite rightly pointed out that a poster saying ‘Tonight! Free Beer!’ would also lead to ‘Tonight!This shitty band gets a good kicking for false advertising!’ ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/39 "2004-02-25T16:14:28Z")
> [@Enola Straight](#): > > In ST:TMP, it is stated that the V’Ger cloud reads “12 power” energy. > > What does that mean? Its not treknobabbly enough! Aw SHIT! Posted in the wrong place. Please disregard. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/40 "2004-02-25T16:28:37Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > Fountains of Wayne (I also hate this band) Fountains of Wayne has always cracked me up, simply because I’ve been driving past the store they named themselves after (in Wayne, NJ) all my life. In fact, I nearly took out one of said fountains the day I took my driver’s test at the DMV next door. But I always thought Wham! and Color Me Badd were the worst band names I ever heard of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995.md?page=3)