The best and lamest rock band names

DollarDave

They played everything well, but two songs in particular stand out to me - they played Tommy Bolin's "Post Toasty", and they played BOC's "Burning for You". At The Zoo in Aberdeen, when they played "Burning for You", the guys at the soundboard would sing background and they would have speakers above them mounted at the ceiling facing the stage and it gave this really cool surround sound affect. We would go everywhere from Aberdeen, Watertown, Clark, Miller, Redfield, Huron, Lane, Brookings, Sioux Falls, Pipestone, and everywhere in between to see them play (and party with them back-stage). Good times.

Fongolio

George Grand wrote: »

I always thought Kiss was as lame as it got. Then a band with that name hit the scene and proved it.

+1 to that statement!!!

zombie boy 2000

cool: Arcade Fire, The Libertines, They Might Be Giants
not so cool: Kachagoogoo, The The, **** Surfers

ninerbj

DaveMuell wrote: »

They played everything well, but two songs in particular stand out to me - they played Tommy Bolin's "Post Toasty", and they played BOC's "Burning for You". At The Zoo in Aberdeen, when they played "Burning for You", the guys at the soundboard would sing background and they would have speakers above them mounted at the ceiling facing the stage and it gave this really cool surround sound affect. We would go everywhere from Aberdeen, Watertown, Clark, Miller, Redfield, Huron, Lane, Brookings, Sioux Falls, Pipestone, and everywhere in between to see them play (and party with them back-stage). Good times.

They were the ONLY band who even KNEW who Tommy Bolin was!!!
I used to catch them in Watertown (the casino Ballroom) Clark (Red's Runway) Sioux Falls (Dakota Territory) or anywhere else they played.

Thanks to this post, I now plan to give Bolin's Private Eyes a spin tonight.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Groovy Cheese Monkeys

kuntasensei

With all this discussion, I'm torn... Toad The Wet Sprocket... Lame because it's such a horrible band name, or cool because it's an obscure Monty Python reference?

Fongolio

ninerbj wrote: »

Thanks to this post, I now plan to give Bolin's Private Eyes a spin tonight.

Now there is a great album. I have Private Eyes, Teaser, James Gang Bang (with Tommy Bolin), Billy Cobham's Spectrum (with Bolin) and was just today trying to find James Gang's Miami (with Bolin) and Deep Purple's Come Taste The Band (with Bolin). One of the greatest guitar players ever. Yet another tragic drug death. Sorry off topic but I get all excited when I hear of other Bolin fans.

mewisemagic

good-
van halen

ND13

kuntasensei wrote: »

With all this discussion, I'm torn... Toad The Wet Sprocket... Lame because it's such a horrible band name, or cool because it's an obscure Monty Python reference?

Still LAME!!!

mrmusicman

cool
Blue Oyster cult
Black Sabbath
Aerosmith
Rolling Stones
Traveling Wilburys

lame
The Who(flame suit on)
Soft Cell
Ice T
Ice Cube
Prince

inspiredsports

mrmusicman wrote: »

lame: The Who (flame suit on)

I cant' believe this stood unchallenged for so long. Seems almost sacrilegious for someone calling himself mr music man. C'mon, The Who . . . lame ??? NOT!!!

I'm going to go looking for my flamethrower now. :eek:

Good call on the Wilburys

lunazul

fongolio wrote: »

sorry off topic but i get all excited when i hear of other bolin fans.

+1....

inspiredsports

The Troggs (Wild thing) - cool

bluzrip

Cool punk band name: Menstrual Flow

Their On The Rag Tour was awesome!!