# Top 12 Bad Band Names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 16, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925 "2000-12-16T18:14:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925/41 "2004-01-21T12:28:38Z")

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I always thought Metallica was a horrible band name. It sounds like a cross between a Transformer and a monster truck.

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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925/42 "2004-01-21T14:03:45Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> I found “JFKFC” very amusing. Is it a real band? Dave Eggers mentions it (I think as a fictional name) in A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

If you think their name is amusing, check out their [logo](http://www.dorsey.org/sounds/jfkfc/index.html).

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> Joey Hemlock, where did you get the name Elvis Hitler?

They’re a very real band. Check out their album [Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000008FDC/qid=1074693760/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7726009-2052157?v=glance&s=music) .

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**Author:** ![Tess\_Steckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@Tess\_Steckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Steckles)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925/43 "2004-01-22T01:18:20Z")

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There was a central Jersey band called Ben Steel and his Bare Hands for a while. Never saw them but I liked the name alot.

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**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925/44 "2004-01-22T02:05:12Z")

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I remember hearing about a band called **Penis Bagel March.** Probably the dumbest band name I ever heard of, although there was apparently a band named \*\*Cowboy Mouth, \*\* which is also a bad name.

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**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925/45 "2004-01-22T05:28:07Z")

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Crikey, my 60 year old parents _own_ a **Cherry Poppin’ Daddies** CD. It’s really embarrassing when we’re on car trips as a family and someone requests it.

So far, we’ve all managed to deal with the embarrassment by doing the following:

1. The 20-something kids keep a straight face and inwardly reassure themselves that their old fogey 60-something parents don’t know what “cherry poppin’” is.

2. The 60-something parents keep a straight face and inwardly reassure themselves that their innocent 20-something daughters don’t know what “cherry poppin’” is.

3. Avoid eye contact.

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**Author:** ![The\_Green\_Feather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@The\_Green\_Feather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Green_Feather)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925/46 "2004-01-22T07:55:36Z")

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How about **Dead Kennedys**.  
A real band. [Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IHBE/qid=1074757491/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/002-5043220-7491263) available from [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com)

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**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-12-bad-band-names/45925/47 "2004-01-23T00:29:23Z")

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**Jennifer Jason Leigh Harvey Oswald**

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