# Worst possible band names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025 "2006-10-02T19:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/61 "2006-10-03T12:50:25Z")
[QUOTE=rinni] WTF and the OMGLOLs [/QUOTE] Just snorted at work. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![GeorgiaBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@GeorgiaBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeorgiaBoy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/62 "2006-10-03T12:53:44Z")
**The William Shatner Experience** ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/63 "2006-10-03T13:24:23Z")
[QUOTE=rinni] “Trout Fishing in America”. [/QUOTE] This is actually the name of an book by Richard Brautigan, oddly enough. Anyway, I’ve got some more: Hobo Cuddling Shy About Our Genitals Mayonnaise Garglers The Abu Gharib Singers The Smoky Mountain Cornhole Boys ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/64 "2006-10-03T13:26:47Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] **Mohamed Atta Fun Happy Play Time Ice Cream Party**? [/QUOTE] Is it wrong to laugh at this? I’ve always thought a great band name would be **Free Kitties!** ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/65 "2006-10-03T13:55:49Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] **Toad the Wet Sprocket** comes from an old Monty Python routine, with a rock-critic/entertainment-reporter type giving a rundown of the happenings and travails of certain bands and musicians. When I first heard of the real group, I thought it was a joke. I’m waiting for one of them to do a side project as **Poached Salmon in a White Wine Sauce** or **Helen Shapiro**. [/QUOTE] I’m with you on the Poached Salmon dreams… The story I heard was that the name was chosen in a moment of panic when they were about to be introduced - thinking that they could change it anytime they wanted to, then inertia took over and they never got around to it… Grim ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/66 "2006-10-03T13:59:09Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] Is it wrong to laugh at this? [/QUOTE] I felt kinda queasy the moment I hit the “Submit” button, so, yeah, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/67 "2006-10-03T14:19:53Z")
[QUOTE=Largo62] **Your Sister Is Next** [/QUOTE] Hey now, that’d be _perfect_ for hardcore. Hardcore PUNK, ok? :rolleyes: Got that ominous, late 70s New York, black ball of dread in the pit of the stomach feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/68 "2006-10-03T14:28:48Z")
[QUOTE=GeorgiaBoy] **The William Shatner Experience** [/QUOTE] I would pay upwards of $50/ticket to see this band, without even knowing what kind of music they played. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/69 "2006-10-03T14:30:32Z")
**Odor Jock Itch and the Taints Teratoma Teratoma Babyshower Babyshit Brown and the Greens Very Old Nuns** ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/70 "2006-10-03T14:31:37Z")
[QUOTE=rinni] “Trout Fishing in America”. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Cluricaun] This is actually the name of an book by Richard Brautigan, oddly enough. [/QUOTE] It’s also [a band](http://www.troutmusic.com/), that was the point. [QUOTE=grimpixie] I heard was that the name was chosen in a moment of panic when they were about to be introduced - thinking that they could change it anytime they wanted to, then inertia took over and they never got around to it… [/QUOTE] I’ve heard a very similar story about **The Presidents of the United States of America**. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/71 "2006-10-03T15:13:13Z")
[QUOTE=Carlyjay] I would pay upwards of $50/ticket to see this band, without even knowing what kind of music they played. [/QUOTE] Howsabout **The Bill Shatner Hairplug Cotillion** ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/72 "2006-10-03T18:01:45Z")
Dirty Sanchez and the Soiled Trojans David Hasselhoff and Friends Painful Rectal Itching Occasional Anal Leakage Vomit and the Hairballs The Terri Schiavo Charity Luncheon Leper Soup Nearsighted Gynecologists The Gloryholers God Hates Fags! Duct Tape Babysitting Service The Joan Crawford Child Care Center The Albert Haynesworth Clog Dancers Teddy Kennedy’s Driving Instructor Pediatric Oncology and the Quiet Christmas (I am so going to hell for that) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/73 "2006-10-03T18:45:33Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] Painful Rectal Itching [/QUOTE] No, that’s a bad name for jam. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/74 "2006-10-03T18:48:12Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] Pediatric Oncology and the Quiet Christmas (I am so going to hell for that) [/QUOTE] Don’t worry, I hear they play there on Tuesdays. That was mind bogglingly horrific, I applaud you. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/75 "2006-10-03T18:51:38Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] OTOH, a punk band could be named just about anything, since it’d be ironic. “Old Time Mountain Hoedown” would work just fine. [/QUOTE] I think you’d have to be careful with a name like that. If I was an exclusive punk rocker I wouldn’t go see them. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/76 "2006-10-03T19:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=Foldup Rabbit] I wonder if Deep Purple would consider that a copyright infringement. [/QUOTE] Trademark, and most likely. ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/77 "2006-10-03T19:11:45Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] Howsabout **The Bill Shatner Hairplug Cotillion** [/QUOTE] $75 plus parking. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/78 "2006-10-03T19:12:17Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Don’t worry, I hear they play there on Tuesdays. That was mind bogglingly horrific, I applaud you. [/QUOTE] Thanks, I think. I love knowing that I can offend people with more than my breath and politics. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/79 "2006-10-03T19:39:17Z")
The DEAD KENNEDIES? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-band-names/375025/80 "2006-10-03T19:45:29Z")
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