What's the most creative band name?

[Mr. Cinema]

What are some band names that really stand out? Queens of the Stone Age immediately come to mind. What are some others?

[dick_grayson]

not a real band, but I thought "The Shitty Beatles" from Waynes World was genius

[wendersfan]

The Teardrop Explodes
Them
The Velvet Underground

[Mr. Cinema]

not a real band, but I thought "The Shitty Beatles" from Waynes World was genius
:lol: I forgot about that part in the movie.

I thought "Cheap Girls" from The Money Pit was also funny.

[The Bus]

Some of my favorites:

Ned's Atomic Dustbin
VHS or Beta
TV on the Radio
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Super Furry Animals
The Dead Milkmen
!!!
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
The King of France (who should open for Louis XIV)
Yo La Tengo

[SmackDaddy]

The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies

[cdollaz]

Brown Paper Dog
Harry P***Y
Retarded Elf
Often Badgers

[Cottington]

Dionne Warwick

[slop101]

John Cougar Concentration Camp

[Groucho]

While not 100% "creative" my favorite band name is Toad the Wet Sprocket.

[auto]

I like:

Brian Jonestown Massacre
The New Pornographers

[Michael Corvin]

My Dying Bride

Porcupine Tree

[DRG]

The Christpunchers

It's hilarious to me because I know the group was probably trying to be controversial and edgy, but it is so terribly dumb it cracks me up. I just picture some surly death metalheads punching a lifesize Buddy Christ statue, all pissed off. :)

[Randy Miller III]

I've always liked <i>Pop Will Eat Itself</i>. :up:

[The Infidel]

The Coolies, mainly because of the definition:

Main Entry: coo·lie
Pronunciation: 'kü-lE
Function: noun
Etymology: Hindi kulI
: an unskilled laborer or porter usually in or from the Far East hired for low or subsistence wages

I've also liked And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead.

[Jadzia]

Kathleen Turner Overdrive

JFKFC

Clitty Litter

[Gunshy]

John Cougar Concentration Camp

:milk snort:

-Gunshy

[Dan1boy]

Slightly Stoopid
Dandy Warhols
Imperative Reaction

[Giles]

- Lightning Seeds
- Dubstar
- Man... or Astroman?
- Echobelly
- Manic Street Preachers
- Dagnasty
- Butt Trumpet (:D)
- Hope of the States
- We Are Scientists
- Guided by Voices
- Trashcan Sinatras
- Asylum Street Spankers

[Hollowgen]

Led Zeppelin!
Talking Heads
The Polyphonic Spree
Sleater-Kinney

[majorjoe23]

Frankenixon
We're Late and Smell Like Beer
Onward Crispin Glover
John Wilkes Kissing Booth

[nodeerforamonth]

Special Guest
or
To Be Announced

Think about it! You'd be able to play practically any club in the world, opening for any band! And they'd have to pay you because you're listed on their ads!

[zekeburger1979]

I thought that Five for Fighting was a creative one.

[Byron_T]

Tripmaster Monkey

[achau9598]

Olivia Neutron Bomb
Scraping Fetus off the Wheel
Butthole Surfers

[Randy Miller III]

Oh yeah, there's always <i>The Presidents of the United States of America</i>.

[UAIOE]

not a real band, but I thought "The Shitty Beatles" from Waynes World was genius

"Are they any good?"
"No, they suck!"
"So its not just a clever name."

:lol:

[Giles]

Special Guest
or
To Be Announced

Think about it! You'd be able to play practically any club in the world, opening for any band! And they'd have to pay you because you're listed on their ads!

or "Cancelled - Refund at place of purchase" :D

[wendersfan]

Scraping Fetus off the WheelActually, it's Foetus...

Other names for the same band are You've Got Foetus on Your Breath, Foetus über Frisco, and Foetus Interruptus.

[Turd Ferguson]

The Diarrhea of Anne Frank

[Maxflier]

Stone Temple Pilots

[Giles]

The Diarrhea of Anne Frank

oh now that's disrespectful.

[wendersfan]

The Diarrhea of Anne FrankYou seem to have a fecal fixation. :lol:

;)

[Cusm]

I always liked Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion

[Giles]

You seem to have a fecal fixation. :lol:

;)


there's also a British band Anal C**t

[Cusm]

oh now that's disrespectful.


Too soon?

[Giles]

Too soon?

huh?

[auto]

Too soon?

rotfl

[Rockmjd23]

Too soon?
Katrina and the Waves?

[gmal2003]

Year of the Rabbit
Hole
Bush
The Smashing Pumpkins and/or Smashing Pumkins
red hot chilli peppers
Probot
Hot Hot Heat
IMAROBOT
Garbage
The Pretenders
The Delphonics
Smile Empty Soul
Built to Spill

[gmal2003]

Year of the Rabbit
Hole
Bush
The Smashing Pumpkins and/or Smashing Pumkins
red hot chilli peppers
Probot
Hot Hot Heat
IMAROBOT
Garbage
The Pretenders
The Delphonics
Smile Empty Soul
Built to Spill
Soundgarden
Audioslave

[warcp]

But, Love

[BigPete]

Mothers of Invention

[Nosebleed]

I always liked Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion

I prefer John and Spencer's Booze Explosion.

[PBobcat]

The Smiths - the most popular surname in Britain used by the band as a reaction to their pretentiously-named peers of the time - some of which are named in this thread! For me, though, it also suggests a kind of craftsmanship.

[Gunshy]

I almost forgot:

"Butt Acid Batman"

They were a punk outfit back in the late 70's early 80's, might have been local to the northeast scene. Hmm, nothing on google about 'em.

-Gunshy

[Turd Ferguson]

"Tubgirls Just Wanna Have Fun"

[J-Dubya]

The Lone Gunmen

Modest Mouse

[fliggil]

String Cheese Incident.

[Monica Clinton]

Elvis Hitler
Slunt

[MartinBlank]

Led Zeppelin
Creaming Jesus
The Smashing Pumpkins
Stone Temple Pilots
Marilyn Manson
Pearl Jam

[mndtrp]

I've always liked the name Vertical Horizon, once I heard it.

Too bad I don't like any of the music.

[Snowmaker]

Pro-Pain
Tad Morose

[redcat]

I remember a punk band from years ago called The Fat Chick From Wilson-Phillips.

Imagine seeing that on a marquee.

[Gcomeau]

Always thought Pink Floyd had a good ring to it as well as U2.

[dick_grayson]

Two bands I've been in:

Rectal Thermom-and-dad
Jewish Lightning

[Nick Danger]

I've always been partial to the psychedelic names:
Pink Floyd
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead


The best offensive name is still The Dead Kennedys. Even better than DADV.

[nevermind]

"Steve Buscemi's Teeth"

[Michael Corvin]

I've always thought

Type O Negative

was an ingenius name.

[cultshock]

there's also a British band Anal C**t

I was going to mention them. :D

I'll add:

Skinny Puppy
Throbbing Gristle
Melt Banana
Rapeman

[Goldberg74]

I've always liked GWAR, Strawberry Switchblade and the Utah Saints.

[Rockmjd23]

The The.

[Pariah]

Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13

[Burnt Alive]

Jody Foster's Army
Anti-Nowhere League
Battalion of Saints
Dypsomaniaxe
Mourning Noise
Shattered Faith
Token Entry
MDC
Reagan Youth
Nipple Erectors
Saint Bushmill's Choir
Camper Van Beethoven
Echo & The Bunnymen
Wall Of Voodoo
Dayglo Abortions
Meatpuppets
Love, Spit, Love

and

The Dave Clark Five

[megashock5]

I've always liked <i>Pop Will Eat Itself</i>. :up:

Plus, they absolutely rock!

Also, someone mentioned Echo & the Bunnymen - one of the coolest things about that name (if I remember correctly) is that Echo was the drum machine they used when they started, all the band members are Bunnymen.

I'll add:
Prick
Sisters of Mercy
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
A Tribe Called Quest
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprasy
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

and even though the effect is lessened by how often you hear it, Nine Inch Nails still has a good sound to it and almost brings a feeling or imagery to mind before you even hear anything.

[Damfino]

Kmfdm

[MartinBlank]

Cat Rapes Dog

[FatTony]

The Baby-Eating Nun Punchers

[cultshock]

Kmfdm

Does that really stand for "Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode"? :)

[Michael Corvin]

No one has mentioned Nashville ***** yet?

[lukewarmwater]

violent femmes
dandy warhols
flamming lips

and of course #1
http://www.harmonize.com/DapperDans/dd_television/simpsons/b_sharps.gif

[MovieMaster11]

IHYWYP
(I hate you when your pregnant)

[UAIOE]

Does that really stand for "Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode"? :)


I'll never get how some people know nothing about the band yet will somehow stumble upon *THAT*.

How does one hear about that joke and yet not find out anything about the band?

[Michael Corvin]

Ugly Kid Joe

[cultshock]

I'll never get how some people know nothing about the band yet will somehow stumble upon *THAT*.

How does one hear about that joke and yet not find out anything about the band?

Someone woke up grumpy. :lol:

Didn't mean to touch a nerve, but I wouldn't say that I "know nothing about the band", and I have several of their CDs. I don't remember exactly when and where I heard the "joke", but it was years ago, and is fairly commonly known by music fans in my area at least.

Sooo, am I right, is that what it means then? ;)

[megashock5]

Someone woke up grumpy. :lol:

Didn't mean to touch a nerve, but I wouldn't say that I "know nothing about the band", and I have several of their CDs. I don't remember exactly when and where I heard the "joke", but it was years ago, and is fairly commonly known by music fans in my area at least.

Sooo, am I right, is that what it means then? ;)


Someone who knows German would be more able to help on this one, but from what I've heard its the initials of a German phrase that translates *roughly* to "no pity for the majority" or something like that.

Anyone know the real phrase/translation?

[Cusm]

It is some German slang saying, IIRC. It also does not mean Karl Marx Found Dead Masterbating.

[Cusm]

I'll add:

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine




<----- I agree.

[Josh H]

Pearl Jam

[Trinity25]

Top FIVE best band names
1. Pearl Jam
2. Smashing Pumpkins
3. Nirvana
4. Foo Fighters tie w/ Nine Inch Nails
5. Rage Against the Machine

[Damfino]

Does that really stand for "Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode"? :)

I really don't know, but it's a great story regardless.

[uberjoe]

Top FIVE best band names
1. Pearl Jam
2. Smashing Pumpkins
3. Nirvana
4. Foo Fighters tie w/ Nine Inch Nails
5. Rage Against the Machine

Your top 5 has 6.

[UAIOE]

Someone woke up grumpy. :lol:

Didn't mean to touch a nerve, but I wouldn't say that I "know nothing about the band", and I have several of their CDs. I don't remember exactly when and where I heard the "joke", but it was years ago, and is fairly commonly known by music fans in my area at least.

That wasn't directed at you, i was talking more about the people who i have ran into in my local area.

Usually some idiot will see one of my shirts and be "witty" and spout off the "depeche mode" bit. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that on a few occasions said idiot never heard of the group and just heard the "kill mother fucking depeche mode" thing. But any type on incident like this happens maybe once a year if that.

But things were a complete 180 when i took a trip up to the Chicago area. Two people in the same mall *ON THE SAME DAY* liked my shirt and someone happened to be playing one of thier CD's in a shop. :)

[Matt925]

I always really liked the name "Man or Astro Man?" Still never made me bother to check out their music, but I think it's a cool name.

[DaveNinja]

ben, Franklyn and the electric keys (2 guys and a keyboard)
!!!
anne frankenstien (who's album was "the diarehea of Anne frankenstien")

[MartinBlank]

Didn't KMFDM release an album under the name MDFMK?

[Luther Heggs]

IIRC - college was many years ago - KMFDM does indeed stand for "Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid" (No Pity for the Majority).

Anyway, some of my favorite band names are:
Anal Magic and Reverend Dwight Frizzel
The American Soul Spiders
Brainticket
Jackie and the Cedrics
The Nihilist Spasm Band
The Plastic People of the Universe
Smegma

[Mano]

The Future Sound Of London
Electric Light Orchestra
Fatboy Slim
Interpol
Mobb Deep
Eat Static

And I always thought Johnny Cash and Amadeus Mozart were cool ass names for musicians.

[dyevin]

i've always been partial to superchunk and soundgarden

[UAIOE]

Didn't KMFDM release an album under the name MDFMK?

A single.

Inbetween breaking up and reforming however some members (I use that term loosely for Mr. Tim Skold) went ahead and formed the group MDFMK as a "continuation" of KMFDM.

MDFMK tanked and KMFDM was reformed.

MDFMK i guess would be considered a "side project"now. Never liked the album much and i don't miss Tim Skold (i can't stand hearing his voice for too long).

[megashock5]

Thought of one more...

1000 **** DJs

(edit: darn filter)

[tdirgins]

They Might Be Giants
Devo

[Alan Smithee]

The words **** and ***** get automatically censored???

Anyways, for about a week there was a group called Jesus Chrysler.

[sauce07]

Phish - I always liked the Ph
Moe. - i always liked the .
Umphreys McGee - Just like it, don't know why
Genesis - Just works
AC/DC - it's electric

[Sernov]

Green Apple Quick Step
Shovel Jerk
Jack Off Jill
Sunny Day Real Estate

[Michael Corvin]

I just ran across one I had to post:

Sweaty Nipples

[+Danny]

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Brand New
Dashboard Confessional
Death Cab for Cutie
Panic! At the Disco

+Danny

[Atreus]

^ Panic! At the Disco just reminded me of The Go! Team who also uses the exclamation mark well. And I've always liked the name Leftover Crack.

[Hospitaller]

The Christpunchers




haha I saw these guys(and gal) live once, they opened for another band with a nice name....Broadzilla

other great band names I love:

Almighty Lumberjacks of Death
Seahorse Napkin Force
50 Station Wagons of Kung Fu Fury
Cult of the Psychic Fetus
The Weird Lord Slough Feg
Cal Hopkin's Amish Armada

oh and another mention for John Cougar Concentration Camp...I think one of the members of the Dwarves used to be in that band....amazing name

[DonnachaOne]

From The Onion's "2005: The Year In Music"

<BLOCKQUOTE>Worst Band Names Encountered This Year

Public Display Of Funk
Well Hungarians
Test-Icicles
Snatches Of Pink
Goblin Cock
Swollen Members
Clitastrophy
Libido Funk Circus
Cunninlynguists
Assbaboons Of Venus

---------------------

Best Worst Band Names Encountered This Year

I Will Kill You Fucker
Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop
The Asshole Two
When Rocky Beat The Russian</BLOCKQUOTE>

[Giles]

50 Tons of Terror (US name) (original British band name: Penthouse - go figure why they couldn't use their original name stateside)

[Mike1055]

"Blue Oyster Cult"
or their earlier names
"Stalk Forrest Group"
"Soft White Underbelly"

[Atreus]

From The Onion's "2005: The Year In Music"



Best Worst Band Names Encountered This Year


Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop

:lol:

[PopcornTreeCt]

The Doors

Any band name that forms a complete sentence needs a new name.

[Aphex Twin]

There's a DJ named Drug Penis

:up:

[Aphex Twin]

:lol:

http://www.letsgetoutofthisterriblesandwichshop.com/

[cineman]

Billy and the Boingers

[printerati]

- Southern Culture On The Skids
- The Tragically Hip
- The Weakerthans

[maxfisher]

While not 100% "creative" my favorite band name is Toad the Wet Sprocket.

That was the first thing I thought of as well. A couple others I like:

Flotation Toy Warning
Jump, Little Children
My Morning Jacket
Ok Go
Trashcan Sinatras

[kornboy]

Corrosion Of Conformity
HIM
Stone Sour
Venaculas (Local)
Grasshopper Takeover (Local)
The Moronic 5 (Local)

[shaggy]

- Southern Culture On The Skids
- The Tragically Hip
- The Weakerthans

Well Done. Tragically Hip probably the best band name ever.

I also like

U2
Death Cab for Cutie
Rheostatics
Rilo Kiley
The Postal Service

[Aphex Twin]

I like Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Squarepusher, Autechre, Stars of the Lid, The Dead Texan, Biosphere

[Joeboo835]

I'm sure every college campus has a band called this, but i'll mention it anyway.

THere was a called Free Beer. So you'd look on what was playing at the bar and it would have hte day and who was playing. So it wourld read "Thursday - Free Beer".

I always wanted to start a band and call it "Something Else". SO when you're in teh car and someone says "Lets listen to something else", it could mean your band :)

[The Bus]

Pstt... Onion. Cunniglynguists and Swollen Members have been around for at least 5 or 6 years.

I still like Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin.

[jessecrx]

My bro plays guitar in a band and he said he heard of a band called "Dude, Your Mom's Hot!"

Clever...

[crankyman]

his boy elroy

[JANK]

I'll only add those not mentioned yet

My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult
Steely Dan
Iron Butterfly
Swing Out Sister
Ozric Tentacles
Roxy Music
The Who (think about it)
Sniff and the Tears

[starseed1981]

The New Pornographers