We've had threads on bad, ridiculous and pretentious band names, but what about band artist/names that are really good, regardless of the quality of their music? Here's a few to start with:
Urban Cookie CollectiveProfessor LonghairInnerzone OrchestraOmni Trio
― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:12 (sixteen years ago)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:13 (sixteen years ago)
Hardfloor
― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:14 (sixteen years ago)
Cosmic Baby
Crunt
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:16 (sixteen years ago)
Fever Ray
― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:17 (sixteen years ago)
Roger Whittaker
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:22 (sixteen years ago)
Primal Scream
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:46 (sixteen years ago)
The Ted Heath Orchestra
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:47 (sixteen years ago)
Chavez
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:49 (sixteen years ago)
The Magnetic Fields
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:51 (sixteen years ago)
Saint Etienne
Brokencyde
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:51 (sixteen years ago)
Marine Research
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:52 (sixteen years ago)
The Courteeners
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:53 (sixteen years ago)
are you guys on crack most of these names are horrible
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:53 (sixteen years ago)
Guys on Crack
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:54 (sixteen years ago)
good criticism, Kitchen Paper Towel aka Shakey Mo Collier
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:55 (sixteen years ago)
Shakey Mo OTM, I was just going to post that.
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:56 (sixteen years ago)
Hootie and the Blowfish
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:56 (sixteen years ago)
Ultramagnetic MC'sPublic Enemy
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:56 (sixteen years ago)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AMPkVlVIYUM/SL47TQM1_ZI/AAAAAAAACQA/DC7LicQz_8I/s400-R/passive+aggressive+towels.jpg
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:56 (sixteen years ago)
the band
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:57 (sixteen years ago)
Sgt. Barry Sadler
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:57 (sixteen years ago)
Jackie DeShannon
― meme eisenhower (unregistered), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:58 (sixteen years ago)
Urban Cookie Collective
I mean seriously? I do not want to hear the sounds made by people who would call their band this
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:58 (sixteen years ago)
James Brown
The Smiths
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:58 (sixteen years ago)
The The
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:59 (sixteen years ago)
A
― Tuomas, Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:14 PM (45 minutes ago)
^just asking for it
― makeitstop (k3vin k.), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:01 (sixteen years ago)
I'm kicking myself, frankly.
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:01 (sixteen years ago)
Metallica
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:03 (sixteen years ago)
Anthrax
Megadeath
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:04 (sixteen years ago)
Marillion
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:04 (sixteen years ago)
Black Sabbath
No Opening Act Show Up Early
― bendy, Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:05 (sixteen years ago)
The Saints
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:06 (sixteen years ago)
Propagandhi
The Popes
― Pasta of Muppets (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:07 (sixteen years ago)
The Nice
The Friendly Fires
Heavenly
SWANS
― Duke, Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:08 (sixteen years ago)
and, I agree that most of these are pretty shite
― Duke, Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:09 (sixteen years ago)
Crime & the City Solution
God is My Co-Pilot
Sparks (at least before weird beverage ruined name association)
― "alt-black" (Pillbox), Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:53 (sixteen years ago)
sunset rubdown is maybe my favourite band name. great image and it sounds nice.
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:19 (sixteen years ago)
T. Rex
obv
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:15 (sixteen years ago)
Deadbeat
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:17 (sixteen years ago)
(analogous to Hardfloor, in a way)
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:18 (sixteen years ago)
Also, fuck it, The Sex Pistols
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:19 (sixteen years ago)
Caustic Resin
― meme eisenhower (unregistered), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:20 (sixteen years ago)
Stars of the LidDrive Like JehuStereolabPulp
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:23 (sixteen years ago)
suggban cookie collective
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 12 June 2009 00:38 (sixteen years ago)
ADULT.
tho' I wish they didn't do it all caps.
― bendy, Friday, 12 June 2009 02:02 (sixteen years ago)
Supertramp
― henry s, Friday, 12 June 2009 02:12 (sixteen years ago)
totally ambivalent about 'stars of the lid' for some reason
like it depends on my mood
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 12 June 2009 02:14 (sixteen years ago)
not that i spend undue amounts of time thinking about band names
De La SoulJungle BrothersDelfonicsDigital UndergroundThe DriftersThe Fatback BandJane's AddictionLushNine Inch Nails
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 12 June 2009 05:23 (sixteen years ago)
Prince
― Le Pastries De La Boulangerie (los blue jeans), Friday, 12 June 2009 05:29 (sixteen years ago)
Neu!MantronixDeerhunterA Place to Bury StrangersBark PsychosisThe Wedding Present
― "alt-black" (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 06:02 (sixteen years ago)
Agoraphobic NosebleedCattle Decapitation
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 12 June 2009 06:57 (sixteen years ago)
The Gonuts!
There used to be a local band here in NYC called The Original Rays. It's an in-joke, but if you're a pizza-loving New Yorker, it was pretty hilarious.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 12 June 2009 06:59 (sixteen years ago)
Crucifucks
― "alt-black" (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 07:02 (sixteen years ago)
fIREHOSEdEUSiLiKETRAiNS
― StanM, Friday, 12 June 2009 07:16 (sixteen years ago)
If Tokyo Gore Police was a band name...
― oi het gud (circa1916), Friday, 12 June 2009 07:25 (sixteen years ago)
High Rise
― what u arrestin me for, innit (╓abies), Friday, 12 June 2009 07:29 (sixteen years ago)
Bleib Alien.
It's an anagram...for Bible Alien!!
― what u arrestin me for, innit (╓abies), Friday, 12 June 2009 07:37 (sixteen years ago)
I love it. Like, I know what it means, but not quite.
― Brundlefly (kenan), Friday, 12 June 2009 08:06 (sixteen years ago)
Chicks On Speed
― myndbloom, Friday, 12 June 2009 13:48 (sixteen years ago)
sonic youth is the best band name. it sounds like a gang.
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Friday, 12 June 2009 13:59 (sixteen years ago)
Wu Tang Clan and all its members' names, save U-God and Masta Killa.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:02 (sixteen years ago)
I remember when I first asked a friend on the HC scene if he'd heard Sonic Youth, his assumption was they were like Youth Brigade or Teen Idles.
Especially good since they were all pushing or past 30 when they got going.
― bendy, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:04 (sixteen years ago)
The Velvet Underground Black SabbathMagmaCromagnon
― Marco Damiani, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:11 (sixteen years ago)
Strapping Young Lad
― Bill Magill, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:12 (sixteen years ago)
Young Marble Giants
― lol? I nearly wtb 1 (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:20 (sixteen years ago)
Pig Destroyer
― lol? I nearly wtb 1 (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:22 (sixteen years ago)
all of the Foetus variations.Devo.Front 242.
― mark e, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:32 (sixteen years ago)
How many of these bands are dearly beloved by the people posting them? I think Autechre is a fantastic name but they're also my A++++ all time fave band of all time.
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:34 (sixteen years ago)
Because I think it's such a cool band name, I always want to like Primal Scream more than I do.
Another great, great band name for a band just about everybody likes (except the most hopeless contrarians) : The Clash
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 12 June 2009 15:26 (sixteen years ago)
a definite factor with my choices i'll admit, as it was often the band name that would make me want to hear more of the music.[that and the cover art of course]
― mark e, Friday, 12 June 2009 15:41 (sixteen years ago)
Cannibal Ox
― lol? I nearly wtb 1 (Pillbox), Friday, 12 June 2009 16:17 (sixteen years ago)
i pretty much think the Velvet Underground is the best band name everbut also:Talking HeadsStevie WonderSlum VillageKraftwerkBasic ChannelOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkRoxy MusicJoy DivisionNew Orderthe Knife
i tried to think of some artists i don't like that have good names but i couldn't think of any, i don't know if that's cause the music colors my impression of the name or what
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 12 June 2009 17:03 (sixteen years ago)
Princess Superstar
― snoball, Friday, 12 June 2009 17:07 (sixteen years ago)
leather nun
― meisenfek, Friday, 12 June 2009 17:16 (sixteen years ago)
The FallThe Shadow RingThe Idea Fire Company
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 12 June 2009 18:01 (sixteen years ago)
I just found out there used to be an Italo disco act called Erotic Drum Band. That may just be the best band name ever!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 3 February 2011 12:19 (fourteen years ago)
I really like the Dead Kenny Gs
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:14 (twelve years ago)
okay as far as gimmicky bandnames go that's pretty funny
also fond of "Deathray Davies"
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:23 (twelve years ago)
band names that fit the music well are also great - stuff like Faust, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Sparks, Chemical Brothers, Datarock, Soul Coughing, Ween...
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:26 (twelve years ago)
the thing about the Dead Kenny Gs is that they fuse punk rock and jazz, so it's also appropriate.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:30 (twelve years ago)
Sixteen bitch pile up
― MaresNest, Thursday, 7 March 2013 21:43 (twelve years ago)
Incredible Bongo Band
― MarkoP, Thursday, 7 March 2013 21:45 (twelve years ago)
Scroll Downers
― map, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 23:19 (nine years ago)
Urban Cookie CollectiveI mean seriously? I do not want to hear the sounds made by people who would call their band this― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:58 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:58 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sounds even worse today than it did back then.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 23:29 (nine years ago)
The Charging Tyranosaurus of Despair
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 28 April 2016 01:41 (nine years ago)