Best & Worst named bands

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blankedboy

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I've always liked Soil and "Pimp" Sessions' name. Also, they have a member of the band that doesn't play an instrument. He just sits there like a boss.

Venetian Snares is also awesome for obvious reasons.

For bad names, I'd say anything that is the lead band members' name. If they're the only member, like for Freddy Todd, Amon Tobin etc, that's fine but otherwise it's just silly and obnoxious.

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Instinct Blues said:
All band names that involve "The" followed by anything, the weirder the better, is a great band name. The only exception to that rule is The The because that name is just annoying and obnoxious.

The absolute worst band names that I have come across though would have to be Anal ****, Spermswamp, Cumgun, and pretty much every othwe grindcore band out there has absolutely horrid names.
Lol I think Spermswamp supposed to be a joke.

Or a troll band.
I don't think so. Joke perhaps, but still legitimate. Even Passenger of Shit isn't a troll band (artist, producer, whatever), there's definitely people that like that stuff.
Me, for example. Passenger of Shit is awesome ^^
 

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DeadSp8s said:
Best: Dinosaur Jr.
Worst: Rise Against
You know Dinosaur Jr. was originally just Dinosaur, but they got sued and threw the Jr. on the end... even the first prints of their debut album only said Dinosaur on it...
 

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best name: Optimus Rhyme (if hiphop group counts as band)

worst name: Dave Mathews Band (I do like the band.. but it's just ostentatious)
 

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Worst: The Butthole Surfers
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they aren't really half bad.
Best:I wrestled a bear once
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they suck but it's an awesome name.
 

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Sacman said:
Best: Butthole Surfers...

Worst: !!!...

seriously you can't even google search them...<.<
Butthole Surfers, before settling upon that name, wanted to call themselves either The Dick Gas Nine, Nine-Foot-Worm Makes Own Food, or The Inalienable Right to Eat Out Dick Clark's Asshole.

Best band name? I'd have to say probably... Total Fucking Destruction.

Worst? Probably Attack Attack!, but they just sorta bother me in general.
 

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There was a band called Rage Against the Machine (so-so name). Zach de la Rocha left and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden (awesome name) joined. De la Rocha had written most of the lyrics and made them politically charged, but the new band was going to be apolitical, so they changed the name...to Audioslave. I cannot figure out why, that name is just awful.

Special mention goes to bands that follow the "The [person's name] Band" template. I.e, Allman Brothers, Derek Trucks, etc. Just lazy, though those bands themselves are good.
 

Sacman

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Drakmeire said:
Worst: The Butthole Surfers
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they aren't really half bad.
ever hear their cover of American Women... it's awesome...

Best opening line ever...<.<


 

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Dunno about the best, but the worst I can think of that hasn't been stated yet would have to be Between the Buried and Me.

If I had been drinking coke or something when I first heard of that band on Youtube, I would need a new keyboard. And monitor. And mouse.

EDIT: Oh yeah,

Avatar Roku said:
There was a band called Rage Against the Machine (so-so name). Zach de la Rocha left and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden (awesome name) joined. De la Rocha had written most of the lyrics and made them politically charged, but the new band was going to be apolitical, so they changed the name...to Audioslave. I cannot figure out why, that name is just awful.
I still can't decide whether I think the name Audioslave is awesome or complete shit.
 

Mr. Gency

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I love the name "Scary kids scaring kids."

Never knowingly heard their music, though.
Sacman said:
Best: Butthole Surfers...

Worst: !!!...

seriously you can't even google search them...<.<

Edit: Challenge failed.
 

The Thinker

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Best: Propaganda Machine, which is the name of my hypothetical band.
Real Best: I Wrestled a Bear Once, a name I just saw on this thread.
Worst: The Beatles.
 

Sacman

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Mr. Gency said:
I love the name "Scary kids scaring kids."

Never knowingly heard their music, though.
Sacman said:
Best: Butthole Surfers...

Worst: !!!...

seriously you can't even google search them...<.<

Edit: Challenge failed.
try "Chk Chk Chk"...<.<
 

Cain_Zeros

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I'm not sure if Goblin Cock should fall under best or worst. And yes, that's a real band.
 

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I'm not a fan of bands named after historical figures or documents. Franz Ferdinand for example. In high school me and my friends made a game out of coming up with band names based in history, mine was "The Monroe Doctrine". The sad part is, it sounds like a name a band would actually use.

Also don't like band names like Neutral Milk Hotel or Arcade Fire because seriously what do they mean? I guess the band just thinks it sounds cool?

Actually I don't particularly LIKE any band names, so I can't answer the other half of this.
 

WaReloaded

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Best band name: Blind Guardian or DragonForce
Worst band name: Escape The Fate, Design The Skyline or maybe Bring Me The Horizon.
 

Redworld13

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I can only think of a worsed, A.C (two curse words, use your imagination as too what they are! I aint risking a ban from the any moderators :p)