# The Coolest Band Name Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078 "2003-04-30T03:43:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/21 "2003-05-01T14:04:02Z")
Band names made up of nothing more than a string of naughty words are cool? Please. Now, **Half Man, Half Biscuit** , there’s a band name. **Scraping Foetus off the Wheel** , there’s another. And I’m a bit partial to Kinky Friedman’s old outfit, the **Texas Jewboys**. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/22 "2003-05-01T14:50:09Z")
Personally, I’m a fan of **7000 Dying Rats** , **Regurgitate** , and **Fuck…I’m Dead**. ---
**Author:** ![WonTon\_Sean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WonTon\_Sean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonTon_Sean)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/23 "2003-05-01T22:01:37Z")
**And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead** struck me as kinda neat. There’s an all-girl **AC/DC** tribute band called **AC/DShe**. I think thats pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![WonTon\_Sean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WonTon\_Sean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonTon_Sean)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/24 "2003-05-01T22:01:45Z")
**And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead** struck me as kinda neat. There’s an all-girl **AC/DC** tribute band called **AC/DShe**. I think that’s pretty cool. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/25 "2003-05-01T22:04:06Z")
You’re missing the coolest part… the ellipsis! …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead ---
**Author:** ![Plexuss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Plexuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plexuss)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/26 "2003-05-01T23:00:02Z")
Here’s my VERY favorite band name EVER!: The Slow Gene Rayburns (Anyone remember Cake magazine?) ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Barber_s_Underwear)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/27 "2003-05-02T00:09:34Z")
**Machine Gun Fellatio** ---
**Author:** ![Vevila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@Vevila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vevila)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/28 "2003-05-02T01:19:15Z")
Oingo Boingo. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/29 "2003-05-02T04:02:28Z")
Severed Head of State. ---
**Author:** ![Enoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@Enoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enoch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/30 "2003-05-02T04:40:42Z")
Dixie Wrecked ---
**Author:** ![Razzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@Razzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razzy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/31 "2003-05-02T04:50:41Z")
Mr. Pink and the Fuzzy Wigglies The Fabulous Thunderbirds Daheebiejeebies cruiserweight spoon! fun topic! ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/32 "2003-05-02T05:19:46Z")
Kathleen Turner Overdrive ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/33 "2003-05-02T05:20:24Z")
Phil Gnarly and the Tough Guys ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/34 "2003-05-02T05:49:05Z")
Swingin’ Neckbreakers (not sure what they play) Man… Or Astroman?!? (spacy surfy noise-rock) Hellbenders (“spaghetti Western” music, a la Ennio Morricone) Retro Rockets (a rockabilly band) Several band names with “ska” puns in the title: Skatalites (the first ska band), Skazel Tov, Luke Skawalker… And one of my old bands: Orjazzem. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/35 "2003-05-02T06:07:48Z")
Los Mex Pistols Del Norte. Raunchy hard-core mariachi music. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/36 "2003-05-02T06:41:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crafter\_Man \* > \*\*[Not Drowning, Waving](http://www.amws.com.au/n/ndw/ndw-d.html) \*\* Damn, **Crafter\_Man** , you beat me to it. Great Aussie band, with an awesome name. Another Australian band whose name i like is **Weddings Parties Anything**. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/37 "2003-05-02T08:10:51Z")
Few of my favs: **The Flaming Lips** **Bile** **Built to Spill** **Cake** **Reverend Horton Heat** **Yo La Tengo** ---
**Author:** ![sKipping\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sKipping\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sKipping_girl)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/38 "2003-05-02T10:26:38Z")
My second favourite band has the coolest name… **Spacetronaut** ---
**Author:** ![duggro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@duggro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duggro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078/39 "2003-05-02T11:18:12Z")
i have heard a couple of good…well, weird band names half-man, half-biscuit the bambi molesters eh…actually they are just weird, not good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coolest-band-name-thread/172078.md?page=1)