Weird Band Names

Edna’s Goldfish.

Retarded Dwarf
Uranium Savages
The Scabs

Straight off my MP3 list, here are a few notable ones for this thread:

36 Crazyfists
40 Below Summer
Anal Cunt
As I Lay Dying
Between the Buried and Me
Boy Sets Fire
Cradle Of Filth
Epidemic
Every Time I Die
Finger Eleven
Glasseater
Grim Reaper
Guano Apes
Opiate For The Masses
Pissing Razors
Porcupine Tree
Professional Murder Music
The Postman Syndrome
Skinlab
Stabbing Westward
Stretch Armstrong
Superjoint Ritual
Sworn Enemy

Presumably named after the song played by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band during the striptease scene in the Beatles’ movie Magical Mystery Tour.

Kak
Free Beer (they played in bars and got great crowds, for some reason :wink: )
Flash and the Pan
13th Floor Elevators
Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Anaemic Boyfriend
The Flying Lizards
It’s a Beautiful Day
Fat Mattress
Blodwyn Pig
Thunderclap Newman
Sweet Thursday

Named after a Bonzo Dog Band Song (that appeared in the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour*

And who can ever forget:

When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water
We Are Going To Eat You
My 3 Scum

‘Frumious Bandersnatch’ is from ‘Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll. Although, according to Google, it’s also the name of one of Ed McBain’s 87th precinct novels.

Dopers who often find themselves bored may like to note this idea down: Googling on words found in Jabberwocky. You’d be suprised what’s out there…