MB1 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 MB1. Thrash The Whippet Those Naughty Lumps Butthole Surfers Splodgenessabounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431084744' post='2767613'] There's a band currently doing the rounds who never rehearse, don't have songs or a set and improvise for every performance. You've got to admire their balls... they are called Commercial Suicide. You'd have to go a long way to find a band name more appropriate than that! [/quote] Free improvisation bands have been doing that for years... My first, and recently resurrected, band never rehearsed. We just went to parties and played for 4-5 hours at a time. We sounded like a funk/reggae version of John Zorn's Japanese noisecore bands! Fortunately this was Leeds in the 80s so everyone was completely off their faces. Y'all will be pleased to hear that we rehearse now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [quote name='MB1' timestamp='1431090366' post='2767717'] MB1. Those Naughty Lumps Butthole Surfers Splodgenessabounds [/quote] I saw those Naughty Lumps a couple of times at Eric's in 1979ish. They were excellent, with Julian Cope on bass, Dave Balfe on keys and Bill Drummond: [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDWm8WE8S4[/MEDIA] As for the Buttholes, awesome in the true sense of the word is all I can say! Different league from Splodge and his crisps/lager! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckinthepod Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1431010497' post='2766880'] Tour Paedo [/quote] You'll always draw a crowd...well a mob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckinthepod Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Hootie and the Blowfish. However if it had been Hooters and the Blowfish... such a fine line between clever and stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgie Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [quote name='ubit' timestamp='1431010468' post='2766879'] I love them! ............Well, I used to love them! [/quote] Still on the go. So is it that you don't like them anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmonkey Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Above Average Weight Band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [sup][size=4]I have a poor track record on names [/size][/sup] [sup][size=4]1st time played in front of people - Turbo Condom and the Fish Fingers [/size][/sup] [sup][size=4]Long time gigging band - Dumper[/size][/sup] [sup][size=4]Brief spell as - Red Raw and Sore [/size][/sup] [sup][size=4]Thankfully, now in NightOwl and Declined Transaction which are much less whince inducing...[/size][/sup] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andytre Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 sp**k volcano and the Eruptions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 As the great Nigel said, tis verily a fine line... Here's some terrible band names: Clap Yur Hands Say Yeah Death Cab For Cutie Hoobastank Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly Lake of Anal Mucus Does it Offend You, Yeah? Dogs Die In Hot Cars AndersonBrufordWakemanHowe (PLC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Le Cragg Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 TBH I never liked Nirvana as a rock band name. It suited the sixties one better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK Jale Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Most pretentious band name ever has to be !!!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [quote name='Andytre' timestamp='1431094233' post='2767777'] sp**k volcano and the Eruptions [/quote] Are they a sp**k rock band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1431105210' post='2767891'] Are they a sp**k rock band? [/quote] Possibly. In recent promotional literature our band was referred to as 'bluespunk'. I've never seen any, so can't comment further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Naked Touch. God knows why the rest of us couldn't come up with a better name than that (our keyboardist's suggestion). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Years back I met this lass who said her BF was a bass player too. What band does he play in, I asked? Oasis, she replied. That's a sh*t name I said, they should consider changing it. True. Is a sh*t name tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I always thought 'Ken Dodd's Dad's dog's dead' was a bit in poor taste myself.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1431110804' post='2767976'] I always thought 'Ken Dodd's Dad's dog's dead' was a bit in poor taste myself.. [/quote] It would be if it were possible to say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1431108584' post='2767941'] Toad the Wet Sprocket, [/quote] That one's deliberately bad: it was originally a joke name for a band on Rutland Weekend Television's spoof of The Old Grey Whistle Test. [quote] The Who clearly never thought about search engines when they came up with that name. [/quote] I suspect you may be right... and I'm not sure if you're serious or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 [quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1431006592' post='2766827'] Die Toten Hosen (or in English: The Dead Trousers) [/quote] It's a German saying. No wonder it doesn't translate well. On the topic of bad band names I always thought youmeatsix was a terrible one, but you could always rile up a fan by putting the spaces in the wrong places Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Arkadin Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 I think on the bad taste front, and guaranteed to get yourself blanked by most media outlets, was 'The Leah Betts Experience' (I even feel dirty just typing it). Looking around a bit apparently they changed their name to Foeticide. Much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnesia Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Foals. Almost every band name that begins with 'The'...The Killers, The Music et al Almost every band name with 4 words in it - Bring Me The Horizon, Funeral For A Friend, Bullet For My Valentine. I think the last two are more to do with the way they sound if I'm honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Extreme. If ever there was a miss-named band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike257 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1431090847' post='2767724'] I saw those Naughty Lumps a couple of times at Eric's in 1979ish. They were excellent, with Julian Cope on bass, Dave Balfe on keys and Bill Drummond: [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDWm8WE8S4[/MEDIA] [/quote] They reformed a year or two ago, I got asked to play bass for them. Had no idea who they were and passed on it - I was only born in '84 so missed the Eric's scene completely. Bloody terrible name, which was one of my first thoughts when I read the email! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Arkadin Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1431167792' post='2768409'] I was joking about The Who! [/quote] Another search engine fail till quite recently was The The which should doubly annoy amnesia. Edited May 9, 2015 by Mr Arkadin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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