The Thirteen Dumbest Band Names in Rock History.

[Spun Cuppa]

Milli Vanilli is a crap name, and the 'singers' had ringers

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Talking with the heir to the Bracknell title this evening, I discovered that he had contributed to the visuals that backed up the performance of **** Buttons at Glastonbury this year. They were playing at the same time as Mr Jagger's popular beat combo.

Fortunately the BBC captured the moment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej58q9/acts/apr38g#p01c3hqf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****_Buttons

 

[LewesTom]

I play in a rock covers band called Our Soul Explosion. Say it quickly...

 

[fork me]

Gay For Johnny Depp
Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel
The Cruci****s
Rapeman
Admit You're Shit
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Jesus Chrust


...are just a few I have either records or the odd track by.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Found this earlier, I actually quite like it. The song that is, the name is shambolic.

 

[Brighton Mackem]

F**k Shovel
Split Beaver

 

[Trufflehound]

!!!

Still not sure how to pronounce it.

I believe it's pronounced Chk-Chk-Chk (as if that's any better). They weren't too bad, have a few songs on my computer of theirs.

Officially it's "any three repeated sounds", although Chk! Chk! Chk! seems to have been universally adopted. Saw them for the second time a couple of weeks ago. And for the second time it was one of the best live gigs I've been to. The recordings (apart from Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard) aren't a patch on the party they throw live and don't do them justice.

Cant really see whats wrong with Toad the Wet Sprocket.

The US band the article mentions weren't even the first Toad the Wet Sprocket either. There was a British band around 1980 that was part of the "New Wave of Briritsh Heavy Metal". They appeared on the Metal for Muthas compilation, and I vaguely remember seeing them one time supporting either Praying Mantis or Iron Maiden. They were crap.

Personal dislikes are:

F#*k Buttons

Another stupednous live act.

Ou est le Swimming Pool was a good one

I was at their last ever show, the same day the singer killed himself.

Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel

I always thought he was better as You've Got Foetus On Your Breath, or The All-Nude Foetus Revue.

 

[Jim D]

The was a group in the seventies (I think) called 'Hunt, Lunt and Cunningham'. They had a couple of hits but the radio DJs either refused to play them or refused to credit the group in case they got into trouble.

 

[1959]

Deacon Blue were named after a Steely Dan track

And Steely Dan were named after a brand of dildo.

Always thought Wet Wet Wet was one of the worst band names ever.

 

[Trufflehound]

And Steely Dan were named after a brand of dildo.

Albeit a fictional dildo.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Steely Dan. Great name, great band.

 

[1959]

Albeit a fictional dildo.

Ha, I didn't know that. Thanks!

 

[Trufflehound]

Ha, I didn't know that. Thanks!

Steam-powered. Mentioned in Willam Burroughs's The Naked Lunch

 

[PFJ]

Never ever seen any of these band names as silly . Enjoyed a lot the early bands mentioned ,especially Smeggy and the Cheesy Bits , 4 Skins and Gaye Bykers .Enjoyed a cracking night in Brighton watching them .
Julian Cope was playing the Top Rank, supported by the Sid Presley Experience .Once Sid Presley had finished , legged it down to the Zap (still had one tunnel then ) and enjoyed a cracking couple of sets by the Grebo phenonenums , Crazyhead and Gaye Bykers on Acid.

I suppose there are some silly names . Anal C*nt is not very funny I suppose , whereas a band calling themselves the Front Bottoms does tend to make me smile when I see their tour flyers .

 

[loz]

Plenty from the punk era.
The Snivelling Shits aka Arthur's Comix's
Tractor
Doll
The Pork Dukes

The Snivelling Shits were famous for two tracks in particular:-
Is God a man
I can't come

Quality

And this one!!!

Disturbing stuff from the 'Shits indeed.

http://youtu.be/K3UXnVNLv_4

 

[Blazing Apostle]

gets my vote ...and one of the worst gigs I have ever suffered

 

[Easy 10]

Mental As Anything.

I can't decide whether that is a shite name or a brilliant one.