Best & Worst named bands

[Arafiro]

Best: My Chemical Romance.
It's just a nice name and conveniently condenses to MCR which is rather easy to say quickly.

Worst: Any of the intentionally vulgar/obscene names. It isn't clever or funny.

 

[varulfic]

All band names that involve "The" followed by anything, the weirder the better, is a great band name. The only exception to that rule is The The because that name is just annoying and obnoxious.

The absolute worst band names that I have come across though would have to be Anal ****, Spermswamp, Cumgun, and pretty much every othwe grindcore band out there has absolutely horrid names.

I love the name The The, it's so wonderfully meta. Way better than The Band, which might be the laziest band name ever.

I'll second !!! as worst band name ever. No way exclamation marks are pronounced "chk".

 

[cocoadog]

Dying fetus and Alabama thunderpussy are... interesting.

 

[AbyssalSanhedrin]

Metal is rife with good examples from both sides of this particular coin. Some I really like:

The Monolith Deathcult
Wolves in the Throne Room
Esoteric
Deathspell Omega
Teitanblood
Unearthly Trance
Serpentcult
Hooded Menace
Thorr's Hammer
Exhumed
Extreme Noise Terror
Graves at Sea
Village of Dead Roads
The Funeral Orchestra
Skepticism
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Axis of Advance
Axis of Perdition
Phlebotomized
Sickening Horror

Some I dislike (spoilered due to some unpleasantness, read at your own discretion!)

Spoiler

Squash Bowels
Cemetery Rapist
Strapping Young Lad
Bone Gnawer
Circle of Dead Children
Torsofuck
Cock and Ball Torture
Fear Factory
Gore Beyond Necropsy
Clotted Symmetrical Sexual Organ
Goat Molestor
Truckfighters
Methadone Abortion Clinic
Scar Symmetry
Prostitute Disfigurement
Mangled Atrocity
Bathtub Shitter
Gruesome Stuff Relish
Fist in Fetus

Please don't report me for this post. All these bands exist, most are simply taking the piss, you didn't have to read it and I'm discussing the topic at hand.

 

[electric_warrior]

I like Los Campesinos. it basically means The Peasants

I dislike the name Ween. it just sounds annoying

 

[Ray Wilkinson]

Best Name: flagitious idiosyncrasy in the dilapidation.


It's a real band name believe it or not

 

[Les Awesome]

*Best* I've always liked Nine Inch Nails cos it abbreviates nicely into NIN
and Marilyn Manson cos he took the first name from Marilyn monroe
and manson from Charles manson

*Worst* (sigh) Anal C***

 

[teh_Canape]

how about

The Music

think about it, an indie almost hipster-tier rock band called THE Music


badass stuff though, just don't mind the lyrics XD

 

[Mr. Underson]

I always thought the name "The Beatles" was pretty lame, but of course I can't say that because they're The Beatles.

Led Zepplin stands out as being particularly awesome.

 

[Vkmies]

I find "The Doors" to be a very good name for their style of music.

"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru' narrow chinks of his cavern."

Makes perfect sense to me!

 

[standokan]

Best: Daft Punk, Triggerfinger and Them Crooked Vultures (I don't know the second one but love the third one, they're brilliant)

Worst: I hate generic ones like band of skulls. Also Live, love them but hate the bad jokes that are made about the name.

 

[Macheteswordgun]

Nortt, That is all. Awesome band though.

 

[AkaDad]

Best Name: Five Finger Death Punch

Worst Name: Toad the Wet Sprocket

 

[Stealthygamer]

Do fake bands count because if so Sex Bob-Omb is the best name for a band

Worst is probably Poets of the Fall, i love their music but their name sucks

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Best name: The Pixies, funny and misleading name

Worse name: Dire Straits, the name just annoys me for reasons I cannot explain. It may not help that I've never liked their music

Least Imaginative name: The Band

 

[KingCrInuYasha]

Best band names:
King Crimson
Van Der Graaf Generator
Blodwyn Pig
The Who
Thin Lizzy
Oingo Boingo

Worst band names:
Any band after The Jimi Hendrix Experience that names itself the *Insert name here* Experience
Captain & Tennille
The Band

 

[UltraDeth]

I'm not to good at this but I'll try

Best:
Sepultura
Oasis
Rammstein

Worst:
Toadies
Screaming Trees
NOFX

 

[zombie goat fetish]

Best : Carpathian Forest (I am just a big fan of the band)

Worse : Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis (Seriously why have a name that your fans can't even pronounce, unless they have some degree in diseases.)

&

Black Sword Thunder Attack

 

[Klumpfot]

I'm at odds with a lot of people here, since I was going to put Anal **** as one of my favourite band names ever. It's so deliciously over-the-top. Oh well.

Best: Meshuggah.
Worst: My Favorite Moonboots, probably.

 

[wilsontheterrible]

There's a band in my town called 'Little Stubby and the Disappointments'.