Most amazing band names

cookbookcookbook 783 Posts
edited April 2011 in Strut Central
i have always loved Big Brother And The Holding Company

Stark Reality
The Flying Burrito Brothers

100 Proof Aged In Soul

Demon Fuzz

60s r&b groups (The Ovations, The Wanderers, The Downbeats) can get interesting/creative.

a friend had a punk band in high school named "Teen Pregnancy!"

it's early, and the "godawful" thread got weird with people hatting on The Beatles and The Pixies...
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  • BreezBreez 1,706 Posts
    Sex Pistols
    Van Halen
    Pink Floyd
    Sound Garden

  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    Chesterfield Kings
    Candy Snatchers
    The Mummies

  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,778 Posts
    John Cougar Concentration Camp
    Kathleen Turner Overdrive

  • jammyjammy remixing bongo rock... 813 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    John Cougar Concentration Camp
    Kathleen Turner Overdrive

    you can add 'reo speed dealer' to that list

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,885 Posts
    Motorhead
    Supergrass
    Rocket From The Crypt
    Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
    Plasmatics
    Fatal Microbes
    Killdozer
    Burning Spear
    Upside Down Cross

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Boogie Down Productions
    Deep Heat

  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    Shark Move
    Boredoms
    Acid Mothers Temple and the melting paraiso UFO
    The Slits
    Butthole Surfers

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    J i m s t e r said:

    Rocket From The Crypt

    Oh, hell no???that's a straight bite of the better-named and better band Rocket From The Tombs. This 4:28 obliterates Rocket From The Crypts entire catalog:


  • Guided By Voices

  • Mr_Lee_PHDMr_Lee_PHD 2,042 Posts
    Led Zeppelin
    The Rolling Stones
    The Who

  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    gareth said:
    Guided By Voices
    Yo La Tengo

  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,778 Posts
    The Beatles.



    It's such a great pun.

  • Mr_Lee_PHDMr_Lee_PHD 2,042 Posts
    gareth said:
    Yo La Tengo
    I like the story behind this one.

  • The Velvet Underground

  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    Mr_Lee_PHD said:
    gareth said:
    Yo La Tengo
    I like the story behind this one.
    What's the story? Don't know it, like their music though, especially the two records with awkward long names.

  • DustedDonDustedDon 830 Posts
    Gay Witch Abortion

  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    Chicano Batman
    Fatal Flying Guiloteens

  • Mr_Lee_PHDMr_Lee_PHD 2,042 Posts
    Mjukis said:
    Mr_Lee_PHD said:
    gareth said:
    Yo La Tengo
    I like the story behind this one.
    What's the story? Don't know it, like their music though, especially the two records with awkward long names.
    Yo La Tengo is Spanish for "I have it" or "I've Got Her".

    The name came from a baseball anecdote. During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chac??n found themselves colliding in the outfield.

    When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, "I got it! I got it!" only to run into Chac??n, who spoke only Spanish, so Ashburn learned to yell, "Yo la tengo! Yo la tengo!" instead.

    In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chac??n backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words "Yo la tengo!" as a way to avoid outfield collisions.

    After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn "What the heck is a Yellow Tango?".

  • For what they did, tough to fuck with THE BAND.

  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Best Band name ever = Black Sabbath

  • jjfad027jjfad027 1,594 Posts
    ^^^ THIS

  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
    Ultimate Spinach
    Fifty Foot Hose
    !3th Floor Elevators
    Shiva's Headband
    Tonto's Expanding Headband
    Chocolate Watch Band
    Black Merda
    Bobby Franklin's Insanity

  • BreezBreez 1,706 Posts
    Some of these need to be in "the worst" thread.

  • FrankFrank 2,370 Posts
    W. e
    I. ntend
    T. o
    C. ause
    H. avoc



    The Psychedelic Aliens

  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    Since Black Sabbath is already taken here...

    Stoneface and Life Everlasting

  • DaptunesDaptunes 55 Posts
    Erotic Discount

  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
    Throbbing Gristle


    I always thought The Cult was a pretty cool name too.

  • Options
    The Stooges beats them all.

  • BreezBreez 1,706 Posts
    The Harlem Pop Trotters.
    Even though it's a straight bite, it still has a ring to it.

  • The Clash
    Niggaz Wit Attitude
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