You people are missing something:

The band's attitude and sense of humor.

Smashing Pumpkins is a GREAT name for that band, nothing is worse than walking outside on Halloween and finding the pumpkin you worked so hard to carve smashed to pieces into a mess on your front stoop.

Butthole Surfers: How serious do you think these guys are? If you don't know that the name is a total joke, then lets be honest...

The Presidents of the United States of America goes under the same basic idea as Butthole Surfers. The only really stupid names are the ones that have no bearing what-so-ever with the band's sound or attitude, such as Fall Out Boy or Zwan

I don't think anyone was going that deeply into these band names. Of course those bands joking. Stop taking all the fun out of this game. :rolleyes:

I'm just saying, you can't run around bashing the name of something unless there's a reason. It's a bit like saying RED IS STUPID or posting "heres my tits!" without an attached picture. The only stupid name is one derived strictly to be catchy and cause hype, yet has no bearing on the sound, mood, feel, or message of the band itself.

I still say you're thinking too much about this topic.

On the surface, Pink Floyd is kind of a dumb name, but we all know Pink Floyd's not dumb. It's like with tits, don't think so much and just enjoy the game. I mean, very few bands' names actually describe their sound. Metallica comes to mind but not many others. Rush doesn't describe their sound. Alice Cooper doesn't describe his sound. But who cares? Band names are meant to catch your attention. That's what they are for. This discussion is about those names, not the bands...

Aw fuck. :mad: You ruined it for me. You made me think about it instead of just enjoying it. That fucking sucks. Blah blah blah Smashing pumpkins is a good name. Go start a thread for good band names and post that in there. That can be your 9th post.

You're going to mock my post count? Good one.
I'm not trying to turn this into a shitsling debate, I'm pointing out something fairly vital to the topic. Adding a little bit of depth. If you don't like that, go make your own post about favorite colors and get out of my face.

50 of the Worst Ever
 

This site has a good compiling of the worst offenders.

A few to note: "!!!", Chumbawamba, "Wow, owls", New Found Glory, Wham!...

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/worstbandnames.html

HAHAHA

Mocking your post count? Nah. Pointing out that perhaps you don't yet have your finger on the pulse of this place? Oh yes.

The problem here, though, is that it's my face that you are in. You earn your place here and normally, it's after you get poked with a sharp implement a few times. I am of the opinion that there is nothing vital about this topic. After all, Led Zeppelin were named from a joke Keith Moon told. Had Keith been too drunk to speak that day, they might have used another name, perhaps Chocolate Banana shall we say? We'd be rocking to the fucking Banana just the way we rock to the fucking Zeppelin.

Again, n00b (since fellow boardies brought that term up, I say that we are discussing band names here, not bands. However, you were within your rights to respond with your opinion. Your opinion, however, was slightly off the topic. You need to grow a thicker skin if you plan on sticking around.

After all, I could have simply said

STFU n00b!

but I didn't. We're civilized here. :rolleyes:

Thicker skin? You're the one shitting bricks about my post.
Sorry, toots. As far as having a grasp about this place, I thought it was a decent place to post, but if you and your forum buddies want to circle-jerk over the fact that I don't have your quadruple digit post count, then be my guest. I joined this place because there seemed to be people, not jackasses (case in hand).

As for anyone else in the topic, I apologize for these chain of posts.
Now be a big boy and drop this, since we're clearly shitting up the topic.