Members zoink Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 I was just thinking about band names. What is the strangest, worst, or best band name you've heard (or been a member of)? One of my longtime Austin favorites is Walter Higgs and the Shuffle Pigs. Some others I've encountered over the years: When People Were Shorter and Lived By The WaterDead LettuceUncle Bob Touched MeAdios PantalonesColon on the Cob and Probing Digit: http://www.bandnamemaker.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bernard Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 And for any of you struggling to come up with a name, here's a band name generator that actually gives some decent names. http://www.bandnamemaker.com ''Uncle Bob Touched Me'' :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purity_Control Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Bathtub {censored}ter is possible the best one i've heard of. Throbbing Gristle of course has to be mentioned always in this kind of thread. Also I recently discovered a Jaques Brel cover band called Dead Belgian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 I was never that keen to check out the music of a band I kept hearing about that went by the name Butthole Surfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purity_Control Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Always avoided them too, sounded unappealing even to me, but having just listened to , might be time to start unavoiding them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members r05c03 Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Buthole Surfers are a great band. Sort of a Primus type of band, but at least 15 years earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aymat Posted June 9, 2012 Members Share Posted June 9, 2012 Not a real band but I always thought "Dick Stigmata" would be a great name for one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liliththekitten Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 Butthole Surfers were a great band. Its funny because the name got them attention but also turned people off. They turned the strange/gross album name into an artform too: Pee Pee the Sailor and Brown Reason to LivePsychic... Powerless... Another Man's SacCream Corn from the Socket of DavisRembrandt PussyhorseLocust Abortion TechnicianHairway to Steven they kinda lost their touch with "Independent Worm Saloon" which was their attempt @ a 90's alternative hit album but I liked that one too. And "Electriclarryland" yielded their biggest hit even if it sounded just like Beck. There are some band names that are just irritating, I hated the whole trend of names like "Or, the Whale". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Synthaholic Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 I never was comfortable with 'Dead Kennedys'. I once saw a dueling pianos +band in Fort Walton Beach, FL who called themselves 'The Chicksie Dicks'. I thought that was clever. Also, longtime Atlantans remember 'The Swinging Richards'. Also clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikelpanky Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 I love the "swap the first letter names" like Com Truis and Doby Mick. Something about that just cracks me up. My current band (however waning we may be) is name Mr. Blackwell's Petty Thieves. I think it's a pretty cool name (I wish I had come up with it), but it has an even cooler story behind it, which may be the most important thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zoink Posted June 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 I think it's a pretty cool name (I wish I had come up with it), but it has an even cooler story behind it, which may be the most important thing. Well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikelpanky Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 Oh yeah, that may be important to add When we were in highschool (and just starting the band) there was a foreign exchange student who lived with the bassist and guitarist, who are brothers. Naturally, being a drummer, the drummer was out and about roaming the halls when he spotted said exchange student and the then-rhythm-guitarist going to a snack machine. Between them, all they had were $20s. So, they stuck it in the machine, made their selection, it came out, followed by approximately 78 quarters, and the 20 dollar bill. So, in their own words, "...we weren't stupid, so we all lined our pockets and Jesse got his 20 back and we went along like nothing happened." Our school was very new, with a very state-of-the art closed circuit camera system. The suspects were apprehended before they made it back to class. Our assistant principal at the time, Mr. Blackwell, informed the boys that the snack machines and the money within is the property of the Buffalo Rock corporation and not the school system. Since they were 18, he should have reported them to authorities, and they would have been arrested and charged with petty theft. He let them off for having no prior offenses in their name, and they had to return the quarters. They did get to keep the snacks. From there, we figured the best way to thank our principal for not throwing our guitarist and drummer in jail was to name the band after him. He appreciated it so much that he once let us skip school to go practice, and take finals early to play a gig. Karma, dudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zoink Posted June 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 Great story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 the weirdest ones i heard are germanOstzonentuetensuppen geben Krebs (Instantsoups from east germany will cause cancer)Fahrkartenkontrolleure in tiefgefrorenen Frauenkleidern (Ticket collectors in deepfrozen women clothes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Plink Floyd Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I don't know anything about them, but Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys should get special mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mooginator Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Skrote ( my band now)The Sex Mentors ( featuring Ickee Spermbreath and Passaround Patty)Bludgeoned Fawn ( my son's band name)Norman Fell ( a band I created in the early 90's)Nuke the Poodle ( a band I created in the late 80's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I always wanted a band called Waldo Heffernan & the Heffertones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Suilebhain Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Bad name, cool band (especially at the time when guitar bands were of the terrible hair-metal sort: Mighty Sphincter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 A group of kids that played a high school variety concert here called themselves the TaliBand, which I thought was clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zoink Posted June 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Did anybody try out the random name generator? Band Name Maker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I never was comfortable with 'Dead Kennedys'. Punk rock and tasteful, discrete names don't go together. See: Jon Cougar Concentration Camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Synthaholic Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Nuke the Poodle ( a band I created in the late 80's) Puke The Noodle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Spoonerism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Plink Floyd Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Spoonerism?I believe you are correct, WonsoDonderBog! Which reminds me: Always let your pages do the walking through the yellow fingers, because Opporknockity only tunes once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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