The best and lamest rock band names

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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited November 2007
    Lame:

    Death Cab for Cutie

    Cool:

    Slayer
    Porcupine Tree
    Opeth
    Sean
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited November 2007
    I had a really long list, I will add some as we go.

    Add to my best list:
    Super Tramp
    Mighty Lemon Drops
    Men at Work
    Devo

    Add to my lame list:
    Duran Duran
    Asia
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2007
    DaveMuell wrote:
    Add to my lame list:
    Duran Duran

    Any band named after a character from Barbarella is kinda cool IMO.
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited November 2007
    shack wrote: »
    Any band named after a character from Barbarella is kinda cool IMO.

    That didn't occur to me. You came up with "Mott the Hoople", so you can't be too wrong on this one.

    Okay, I will make up for that one by adding one to the best list:

    Crash Test Dummies
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited November 2007
    best list:

    Pantera
    Alice in Chains
    Diskreetse Mango Trio (on here b/c the music is odd (read: European) and they call themselves a trio, but have like a dozen members...)

    Lamest:

    My morning jacket
    death cab for cutie
    red jumpsuit apparatus (or whatever that one is.)
    jimmy eat world
    dashboard confessional
    fall out boy
    my chemical romance
    story of the year
    taking back sunday

    basically every lame-**** "EMO" band in existence. Quit trying so friggin hard!!!!!!!
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited November 2007
    Hands down, take no prisoners best name in the music industry today is....

    THE WELL HUNGARIANS!
    "she had the body of Venus, with arms."
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited November 2007
    Another best:
    Echo & The Bunnymen

    Might have to start a separate thread for the "****" and the "YYYY's". That could be good, too. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bob Seager and the Silver Bullet Band come to mind as good, Tony Orlando and Dawn would be on the lame side.
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited November 2007
    oh...and one more,

    THE TRAGICALLY HIP Just reaks of coolness.
    "she had the body of Venus, with arms."
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited November 2007
    How about Cinammon Nightmare or Spandex Gauntlet? Wait, those were band names I came up with after a trip to a McDonald's bathroom and swerving my car through a bike race.
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  • nebborjk
    nebborjk Posts: 425
    edited December 2007
    Two bands I've never actually heard but like their names

    Tommy Tsunami and the Suicide Surfers
    Jihad Jerry & The Evildoers
    Audioslave
    A7X

    Other Good Ones:
    Low Fidelity Allstars
    Rage Against the Machine

    Lame:
    Chumbawumba
    Grand Theft Audio
    Power Man 5000
    Richard Cheese
    Presidents of the United States
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited December 2007
    There is a local band here called:

    Big Dick and the Extenders.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited December 2007
    Enuff Z' Nuff
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited December 2007
    Mr. Mister
    !!!
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited December 2007
    I'll stick just to rap and hip hop

    Rad names:
    Dilated Peoples
    Jurassic 5
    Deltron
    Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
    Blackalicious
    Naughty by Nature

    Less than rad names:
    Snoop Doggy Dog
    Dr Dre (neither a real Dr., nor a wannabe Dr)
    SWV
    NWA
    Eazy E
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited December 2007
    Not mentioned yet -

    Added to my Best:
    ZZ Top
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
    Jethro Tull

    Added to my Lame:
    Barry Manilow (Just because he's a wimp)
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited December 2007
    Cool:

    The Mothers
    The Detroit Wheels
    The Family Stone
    Nazz
    The L.A. Express
    The Magic Band
    The Vapors
    Moby Grape
    The Houserockers
    The Delaware Destroyers
    The Zombies
    Cat Mother & The All-Night Newsboys
    The Mindbenders
    The Blues Magoos
    The Count Five
    Music Machine
    The Ventures
    The Tornados
    The Del-Vikings (a tribute to the Norsemen who settled south of New Jersey no doubt)
    The Imperials
    The Pharaohs
    The Chordettes
    The Ronettes
    The Band
    "Cannonball" Adderly
    "Screamin" Jay Hawkins
    The Fifth Dimension
    Vito & The Salutations
    The Markays
    The Bar-Kays
    The Phuquein' A's
    Little Steven & The DISCIPLES of Soul (Van Z with ex-Rascals drummer Dino Danelli)
    The Modern Jazz Quartet
    Return To Forever
    Weather Report
    The 7th House (Larry Coryell's band)
    Quicksilver Messenger Service
    Blind Faith
    The Blue Flames (Georgie Fame's band)
    The Fabulous Flames (James Brown's band)
    The Standells
    The Snakestretchers (Roy Buchanan's band)
    Devo
    Men Without Hats
    Syndicate of Sound
    The Fleshtones
    The Del Fuegos
    The Smithereens
    Los Lobos
    The Cavaliers
    The Jazz Crusaders (The Crusaders)
    The International Silver Screen Submarine Band (If you have ask......it's sad)
    The Hot Licks




    Not cool:

    Hootie & The Blowfish
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited December 2007
    Another cool:

    Alabama Thunderpussy
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  • auto_pilot
    auto_pilot Posts: 256
    edited December 2007
    Best:

    Metallica
    Iron Maiden
    The Who
    Pantera
    Motley Crue
    Rage Against the Machine



    Worst:

    Heart
    Skid Row
    Tool
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited December 2007
    Best list:
    Simple Minds
    Paul Revere and the Raiders
    Faster Pussycat

    Lame list:
    Oingo Boingo
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,430
    edited December 2007
    ninerbj wrote: »
    oh...and one more,

    THE TRAGICALLY HIP Just reaks of coolness.

    +1 That was going to be my add to the cool list.

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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited January 2009
    An old thread of mine that I wanted to add to.

    Good:
    Ugly Kid Joe
    Meat Puppets

    Lame:
    Chigago
    Boston
    Nantucket, etc
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited January 2009
    Led Zeppelin....COOL!!!
    Smashing Pumpkins.....Cool
    Rolling Stones.....Cool
    Badfinger...cool
    Jethro Tull..cool
    Pink Floyd....cool
    Cake....cool
    Nirvana....cool
    Everclear..cool
    The Screwdrivers..my parents band...cool




    Marcy Playground....lame, but like their first album.
    Toad the Wet Sprocket...LAME!!!!
    The Cranberries...lame, but like SOME of their music.
    Counting Crows...lame
    Oingo Boingo....LAME!!!
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited January 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    Not cool: Hootie & The Blowfish


    May I get an AMEN, brothas and sistas!!
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    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    Well...lets see.

    Some cool names...

    Pink Floyd
    The Grateful Dead
    Tool
    Strawberry Alarm Clock
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    The Smashing Pumpkins
    Queens of the Stoneage
    Led Zeppelin
    Agents of Oblivion


    Some lame ones...

    The Beatles(one of my favorite bands...but c'mon...The Beatles?)
    The Monkees(trying to play off on the fame of The Beatles already terrible name)
    Cattle Annihilation(some **** death metal band)
    Nunslaughter(some other **** death metal band)
    Any band whose name is a city(i.e. Chicago, Boston etc.)
    P Diddy(and I thought Puff Daddy was bad...P Diddy sounds like something little kids accidentally do in bed to necessitate a sheet changing...lol)
    Hootie and the Blowfish
    All the emo bands that try to hard to have a "deep" name...
    The nirvana inducer-
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited January 2009
    Velvet Underground...cool
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited January 2009
    Best name from back in the lates 70s local Anchorage AK band, Tytus Canbe
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited January 2009
    Cool name:
    Legendary South Dakota area band in the early 80's - "Aaron Baron."
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited January 2009
    Best punk band name of all time:
    The Snivelling ****

    Very cool Metal name:
    Slipknot
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2009
    The Heartbreak of Psoriasis is a pretty good name for a band and I don't think it's taken yet.


    I always thought Kiss was as lame as it got. Then a band with that name hit the scene and proved it.
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited January 2009
    DaveMuell wrote: »
    Cool name:
    Legendary South Dakota area band in the early 80's - "Aaron Baron."

    OH MAN! Dave, you really brought back some great memories for me there!
    Not only was the name cool...those guys were great musicians!
    "she had the body of Venus, with arms."
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