# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/41 "2004-02-25T16:33:42Z")
I’m not sure if they even count as a band, but Boyz II Men (or however the hell they spell it) has always sounded like a NAMBLA offshoot to me. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/42 "2004-02-25T16:35:27Z")
When I was in high school a group of us used to make tapes of very poor music under the name **Meatloaf** \* many years before Mr Loaf appeared. We used to publish a magazine detailing the lives of a string of non-existent bands. Once in a while we would produce posters for a “Woodstock” like event, usually to be held at public toilets somewhere. Among our array of bands were: Annabald Bracegirdle and the Deadpan Fish Fries Hot Cottage Biscuit Peel The John Smith Trio (all 5 of them) Snot Mmmmmmmm (with an ever changing number of m’s) We would paste up the posters for the imaginary event. Sometimes we would meet people (girls) at parties who had “seen” Meatloaf and were fans of their work. \*The band name came from one of the band members, We all made up names for ourselves because this was embarrasing stuff. So we had names like Ezekiel Meatloaf and Pierre Lingerie. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/43 "2004-02-25T17:43:10Z")
There was a quite funny (IMHO) commercial parody a few years back on _Saturday Night Live_ of an ad for the soundtrack to the movie **Valentine**. Some of the named bands are real, most aren’t. This is the band-related text of the voice-over: > [@](#): > > Music from the motion picture, “Valentine”, featuring music from: Nine Inch Nails, The Deftones, Rob Zombie, Exquisite Mammals, T.C., Wheelwright’s Ghost, Grab The Jester, Motherboard, Skilled Homicide Harmony, Book, Fall Creek Confederacy, The Frown Squad, Motionless-Z, and Kayak. > Music from the motion picture, “Valentine”. Available now, including songs by: > Dirty Yellow Hammer, Donkey Kong U.K., All Your Blood, Bang The Skull Slowly, Hat, Gravel Fork, The Handless Kings, Fiona Apple, Rabbitpunch, Rice, Nuclear Zeitgeist, Pineapple Man, Fool’s Cap, and Buzzgum. > Available in stores now, with original songs by: > Brain Gorge, Brian Georg, Pi Eating Contest, Mr. Hameye, Agribuisness, Marvin’s Toes, Birmingham Sound Expedition, Stab The Bishop, Cunk, Marilyn Manson, and Infant 714. > Get your Valentine soundtrack today, and hear previously unreleased material by: > Decimal Metaphor, Half of, 5445 North Park Drive Community Vigilance & Restoration Comittee, and CL. My favorites are “Mr. Hameye” and “Gravel Fork”. “CL”, by the way, was pronounced “cull”. ---
**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, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/44 "2004-02-25T18:06:16Z")
I remember that skit, **Max Torque**. If I ever have a band, I’m naming it “Pi Eating Contest.” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/45 "2004-02-25T18:30:43Z")
Anyone ever heard of **Eye Hate God**? ---
**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, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/46 "2004-02-25T18:43:55Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > 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”. But some of those bands, like Blink-182, added the number only because they had to in order to avoid duplicating another band’s name. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/47 "2004-02-25T18:49:19Z")
Considering the riduculous number of mundane, banal explanations **The Who** have caused, they get my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/48 "2004-02-25T19:03:43Z")
> [@](#): > > “The Be Sharps” on the other hand … now that’s a name! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahaheheheh… ehhhh. I’d like to second Hoobastank. Listen, you can have an incomprehensible name OR a disgusting name, but not both, since if it’s disgusting it should be humorous too! ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/49 "2004-02-25T19:20:38Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > 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. I am curious why Linkin Park would be considered a bad band name- espeically after naming things like Krispy Ambulance or The Sea and Cake. Is it because they spelled Lincoln incorrectly? ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/50 "2004-02-25T19:29:28Z")
You would think after the fiasco that was **The Blow Monkeys** , people would know not to do this. You’re just setting yourself up for a snarky reviewer: “They said “blow”, and they were right!” Then came **Hootie and the Blowfish**. Won’t someone think of the children? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/51 "2004-02-25T19:32:16Z")
Lisa-Go-Blind: > [@](#): > > If I ever have a band, I’m naming it “Pi Eating Contest.” Now, now…let’s not get irrational. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/52 "2004-02-25T21:08:18Z")
The Gaye Bikers On Acid, Attack Of The 50 Ft. Jesus, The Giant Crab Cometh, and I can’t believe we could get this far into the thread w/o anyone mentioning… The Mamas & The Papas! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/53 "2004-02-25T21:29:29Z")
Our list beats the crap out of Guitar One’s list. Are there explanations? Why is the Beatles a bad name? I think **angelicate** and **Lamia** nailed it. What the fuck is it with every band having a number now? Blink 182, Matchbox 20, Maroon 5? MAROON? Were all the good colors taken? What the fuck? Band names are not sports scores! “Tonight’s final score: Eve 6, Maroon 5. Eve clinches a playoff spot. Highlights at 10.” Hoobastank is the worst band name ever. I cringe when I read it (nevermind listening to their shitty music). Godsmack is a bad name too - your band is already an Alice in Chains ripoff, so it was a bad idea to draw attention to that fact by naming yourself after an AIC song. The Dead Kennedys is a great name. It’s punk music, deal with it. They didn’t capitalize on the deaths of JFK and RFK - their music never actually dealt with the Kennedys. They were a political band and one of the cleverest punk ever produced. The only good thing about Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit is that their shitty names accurately reflect their shitty music. ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/54 "2004-02-25T21:43:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The Dead Kennedys is a great name. It’s punk music, deal with it. They didn’t capitalize on the deaths of JFK and RFK - their music never actually dealt with the Kennedys. They were a political band and one of the cleverest punk ever produced. I never said they capitalized on the Kennedy’s deaths. They just thought it would be funny and irreverent to adopt the name and I think they’re assholes for doing it. Being punk doesn’t give you the right to shit on people without consequence. Undoubtedly, there are people who think it does, and you are probably one of them, but it doesn’t! They are assholes! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/55 "2004-02-26T00:21:10Z")
This band had more members than the starting line of the Detroit Lions and produced obnoxous, repetitive songs about drinking and fighting. Who is \*Chumba Wumba?[/I} Correct! Choose again! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/56 "2004-02-26T01:00:46Z")
Chumbawumba’s songs were mostly about social protest. The drinking and fighting songs were the ones that got on the radio. I like Eve 6 because they’re named after an X-Files character. The Barenaked Ladies were called “Free Chicken and Beer” but they couldn’t get put on a marquee anywhere. My fake band name in high school was “Puppy Soup”. That’s pretty awful. I agree with Hoobastank, though it does make for a nice set up in bar trivia when one group is named Hooba and the other is Stank. Some of these are local (Kansas City/Lawrence) Cake, though I like their music. Ben Folds Five only had three members. Megadeth Queensryche N\*SYNC (it has an ASTERISK!) Twysted Kyttyn (Shannon Moon’s of Blind Melon fame first band) Twisted Sister Backstreet Boys Blackstreet Color Me Badd (a second) Ratt Whitesnake Extreme Duran Duran (it’s from Barbarella, for Og’s sake) Train Blue Oyster Cult Anthrax Jethro Tull Butthole Surfers MC 900 Foot Jesus Lucas with the Lid Off (this may just be a song title) Cracker Everlast Phunk Junkees Squirrel Nut Zippers (yes, I know where their name comes from) The Elevator Division (they’re friends of mine from HS, but I still don’t get the name) 8 Degrees (mostly local from here down) Anything but Joey Camarosmith Charlatan Heston DV8ter Eminent GutRunner Hard Rein Nutsnack Post Orgasmic Trauma Satan’s Trucking Company Choad Cruxed DJ not a dj The Hardcore Acoustics Mac Lethal mi6 Toast measureXmeasure N’Dependents Puddle of Mudd Sister Mary Rotten Crotch (though it is fun to say) Uncle Dirty Toes Zero Turning Radius sotonightimaysleep Str8jakket Ukes of Hazzard And, of course, the best band name of all time: Wyld Stallyns! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/57 "2004-02-26T01:52:44Z")
> [@angelicate](#): > > 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. Oh! I actually know the story behind this one. They did an interview on MTV a year or so and explained the name. Seems that when they were first playing together, they’d played a lot of hopscotch (really) while trying to figure out the lyrics. Wherever they were while doing this, they upset a grounds and roads-type employee who didn’t speak English. Apparently he’d point at the chalked hopscotch set up and scream at them in another language. The best aproximation of what he was yelling is Hoobastank. They said they never did figure out what language it was, or if he meant hopscotch or was berating them about a mess. Not how I’d pick naming a band, but… ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/58 "2004-02-26T02:31:25Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > But some of those bands, like Blink-182, added the number only because they had to in order to avoid duplicating another band’s name. Is that really true? I had thought they might have some other explanation, and that the name might not be as stupid and unoriginal as it sounded. Because it _sounds_ like they wanted to call their band “Blink”, but there was already a “Blink”, and they were too dumb to think of another name so they just stuck some numbers on the end. Like I said, naming your band shouldn’t be like choosing an IM handle. There are plenty of words out there! Think of another one! ---
**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 26, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/59 "2004-02-26T03:27:17Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Our list beats the crap out of Guitar One’s list. Are there explanations? Why is the Beatles a bad name? Because it’s a “cheap pun.” Since I can’t find this list anywhere on the Net, but it’s on a zillion news pages, I’m going with the assumption that they created this list as a publicity stunt press release and knew that putting The Beatles first would draw lots of attention. Worked, too. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995/60 "2004-02-26T11:33:16Z")
Ken Dodd’s Dad’s Dog’s Dead Dunno who or what they are but that is stoopid name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-band-names-of-all-time/230995.md?page=4)