“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!
In ST:TMP, it is stated that the V’Ger cloud reads “12 power” energy.
What does that mean? Its not treknobabbly enough!
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.
Onward Crispin Glover (actually, I love this name, but most people hate it)
Fountains of Wayne (I also hate this band)
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.
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. 
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.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Kill MotherFuckin’ Depeche Mode- or whatever it is supposed to stand for
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.
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
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.
The Vaginal Croutons
Gauranteed to send me into a Pitworthy rant every time is “The Flaming Lips”
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.
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.
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!’
Aw SHIT! Posted in the wrong place.
Please disregard.
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.