Worst Band Name Ever
 

Just scanning through my music, and I find many ridiculous band names (J+J+J, Ethel Meserve, !!!), which made made me think - what is the worst band name of all time???

So for discussion, list your worst 1-3 bands and why it is a stupid name. I'll go first.


1. The Presidents of the United States of America - From the moment I heard this band name many years ago, I thought it was stupid. Who wants to think about the president when you're listening to music, I mean why not - the House of Representatives or the Supreme Court? Horrible name - horrible band.
2. The Monkees - First off, it's not even spelled correctly. And when I start to ponder the name, I get really bad images in my mind. There's lots of other animals out there to name yourself after without the extra connotation baggae of a monke(y)e.
3. The The - Either clever as hell, or stupid as hell - I vote for the latter.

All right, your turn, what other horrible band names exist?

Crash Test Dummies

I'm not disagreeing, but Presidents of the United States of Amercia = Pot USA

I absolutely love the band but The Yeah yeah yeahs

The Monkees were modeled after The Beatles, thus the misspelled animal name.

My vote goes for that classic early sludge metal band Fudge Tunnel, because it's ass. On that note, I have to add The Butthole Surfers. Shitty name, dude. I'd rather hang with the Meat Puppets but they're dicks. I'd add Coldplay simply because I hate 'em but their name's okay so I'll not do that.

Did a thread like this on a metal board I am on.. here are some of the ones from there.

Bowling For Soup

My Chemical Romance

Cinderella

The Butthole Surfers

Nickelback

Anal Mucus

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

No Use For a Name

Hoobastank

Limp Bizkit

Reliant K

Wham!

Reel Big Fish

Alien Ant Farm

The Flying Burrito Brothers

Dee Dee and the Dishrags

Anal Cunt
The Sweatpant Boners

But I'll tell you 3 band names that don't exist but should:

1) Feces Bazooka
2) Mike Dexter and the Dopest Guys In School
3) The Twat Jockeys

All-around winner for worst band with the worst name:

INXS

Whether I like the band or not, I actually think INXS does what a band name should. It's short and catchy, has a double meaning and it's clever. I remember when they first hit in the early 80s and their name was definitely a topic of conversation the day after they first aired on MTV. Of course, they were no Bananarama.