# Name some of your favorite band names (please read OP for specifics) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103 "2019-01-20T14:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/1 "2019-01-20T14:48:46Z")
I’ve been thinking about band names and have concluded that a large majority of them are stupid, lame, or, mostly, unimaginative. And so many of the best named bands seem to be very good at selecting a name but not so great at finding success in the music biz. There are a million of them - Hostile Comb Over, Rumpleforeskin, Cindy Brady’s Lisp - but those are for a different thread. I’m really interested in bands that have made something of themselves, not bands that are known merely because they have a clever name. So maybe try to limit to those bands that have a Wikipedia page. There are some good ones, though. Here are a few I like: The Rolling Stones Barenaked Ladies Sex Pistols Devo The Clash mmm ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/2 "2019-01-20T15:43:50Z")
Supertramp ---
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Steppenwolf Lynyrd Skynyrd ---
**Author:** ![BlueInfinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BlueInfinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueInfinity)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/4 "2019-01-20T15:45:59Z")
Does it have to be a real band? Because I still think Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem is a great name for a band. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/5 "2019-01-20T17:13:05Z")
Everyone knows I’m going to toss in Cheap Trick. The back-story on how they named themselves is cool, plus they even managed to carry the general theme over to their logo. Finally, their music is, at one level, full of cheap tricks, flash, and homages to other classic bands (e.g., The Beatles). ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/6 "2019-01-20T17:18:32Z")
Spock’s Beard ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/7 "2019-01-20T17:43:15Z")
The Tragically Hip Mom’s Idea AC/DC Soundgarden ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/8 "2019-01-20T17:50:59Z")
It’s a Beautiful Day Fat Mattress (named after a news story about a mattress stuffed with pot) Blodwyn Pig The The The Flying Lizards Brinsley Schwarz Hot Tuna ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/9 "2019-01-20T17:52:45Z")
Halestorm Gorillaz Oingo Boingo Daft Punk Some Japanese ones: the brilliant green Malice Mizer Less well known, but big enough to have a few albums out… Steam Powered Giraffe Flight of the Conchords ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/10 "2019-01-20T17:56:14Z")
The Band ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/11 "2019-01-20T18:15:15Z")
Nashville Pussy. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/12 "2019-01-20T18:20:22Z")
British Cream (The Cream) The Yardbirds American Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship Japanese Super Monkeys / Amuro Namie and Super Monkeys (because Amuro was said to resemble a monkey) MAX (Musical Active eXperience) Korean IOI (Ideal Of Ideals since the 11 members beat out 90 other contestants and a play on Produce 101 the program) Wanna One (Not a fan of the group, but a clever play on Produce 101 - Season 2 which created a boys version of IOI) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/13 "2019-01-20T19:01:12Z")
Butthole Surfers The Crystal Method Gang of Four The Art Of Noise Slayer Motörhead The Cult Cumbeast The Fat Dukes of Fuck Fear Free Nelson MandoomJazz Gay For Johnny Depp Gigantic Brain Iwrestledabearonce Jesus Fucking Christ King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard LMFAO The Lord Weird Slough Feg Mindless Self Indulgence Nekrodelirium Public Enemy Red Hot Chili Peppers Rage Against The Machine The Residents Stormtroopers Of Death Soundgarden Tar Babies Trapped Within Burning Machinery UFOMammut Universal Congress Of Vaginal Penetration Of An Amelus With A Musty Carrot Waco Jesus Whores YOB …just off the top of my head… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/14 "2019-01-20T19:16:46Z")
Toad the Wet Sprocket Porcupine Tree Blue Oyster Cult Pink Floyd Steely Dan Jethro Tull Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids Rage Against the Machine ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/15 "2019-01-20T19:37:18Z")
Lots: a-ha Arabesque Bananarama Blondie Book of Love Bucks Fizz Culture Club Divinyls Electric Light Orchestra A Flock of Seagulls Garbage The Go-Go’s Jefferson Airplane Las Ketchup Men at Work Men Without Hats Midnight Oil No Doubt Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Pet Shop Boys Quarterflash Romeo Void Roxy Music Shriekback Strawberry Alarm Clock The Sugarcubes Supertramp Talk Talk Tears for Fears They Might be Giants ‘Til Tuesday Tom Tom Club Ultravox Violent Femmes Wall of Voodoo X K-pop: Big Bang Blackpink Crayon Pop Exid F(x) fromis\_9 (G)I\_DLE Girls’ Generation Orange Caramel Red Velvet Super Junior T-ara Twice J-pop: Babymetal Perfume Pizzicato Five ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/16 "2019-01-20T19:38:36Z")
Strawberry Alarm Clock The Who Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show Mungo Jerry Hooty and the Blowfish Siouxsie and the Banshees King Crimson ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/17 "2019-01-20T19:49:41Z")
The Airborne Toxic Event ? and the Mysterians Vampire Weekend Asleep at the Wheel The Flying Burrito Brothers Meat Puppets ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/18 "2019-01-20T20:41:16Z")
Echo and the Bunnymen Death Cab for Cutie (mostly because of the name’s origin). Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band The Band Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band ---
**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:** [January 20, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/19 "2019-01-20T20:51:01Z")
Night Terrors of 1927 Brian Jonestown Massacre ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103/20 "2019-01-20T21:44:45Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Butthole Surfers I was going to mention them, but you beat me to it. I remember how, for years and years, radio announcers had no problem saying their name on the air and then suddenly one day started calling them the “B-hole Surfers.” It took me a really long time before I realized they were actually the same group. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103.md?page=2)