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Weird Al Yankovic: Hammond's got a mental rectal thermometer.
Mike Nelson: I used to play bass for Mental Rectal Thermometer.

Weird Al Yankovic: I'd like to Waldorf her Statler, if you know what I mean.
Mike Nelson: Her name is Sattler, not Statler.
Weird Al Yankovic: I stand by my filthy Muppet innuendo.
Mike Nelson: I used to play bass for Filthy Muppet Innuendo.

Mike Nelson: I used to play bass for Embryo Cold Storage.
Weird Al Yankovic: Do you even know how to play the bass?
Mike Nelson: Not a lick.
Jurassic Park: Rifftrax Edition

Quint: Hooper drives the boat, chief
Bill Corbett: Hooper Drives the Boat, Chief is the name of my irony-drenched emo band.
Jaws: Rifftrax Edition

Kevin Murphy: He's lapsing into Nicholson.
Mike Nelson: Lapsing Into Nicholson is the name of my emo band.

Leonidas: Submission?
Mike Nelson: That'd be a good name for a Muslim rock band.

"If I ever start up a punk band, one of the names I'll be sure to consider is the Invisible Flying Predators. (Also, I never plan to start up a punk band, so the name is up for grabs.)"
Albert Walker, Agony Booth, recaps Overlords of the UFO

"She likes cloth. That's a good band name."
Random guy #2, Teen Girl Squad, "Issue 12"

"With the baby suffocating, Edward and co decide to perform a vampire cesarean. Jacob takes some time off to write down 'Vampire Cesarean' as a possible future name for his punk band, and then races to Bella's side in time to hear her spine break."

Tenth Doctor: Trickster is a creature from beyond the universe, forever trying to break into our reality, manifest himself. He's one of the Pantheon of Discord.
Clyde: That's a good name for a band.
Tenth Doctor: Actually, not bad.
The Sarah Jane Adventures, "The Wedding of Sarah-Jane Smith"

Paul: Lois Lane and the Resistance does sound a bit like a New Wave band.
Al: So does Wonder Woman and the Furies. Or Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown. I think I saw them one time on Top of the Pops 2.

Wedge: What an exquisite name that would be for a rock band, no?
Eyrie Productions Unlimited Forums, 7/4/2002

Elliot: This couch reminded me of my grandpa, he used to drive around in a car just like it. You know, until he was killed in that seven car pile-up.
JD: Seven Car Pile-up would be a good name for a rock band.
Elliot: Yeah, you actually told me that on the day he died.
Scrubs

"He believes that Rei and the Dummy Plugs (Oooh, must copyright that band name!) will be sufficient to that task."
Strypgia talking about his story, Advice and Trust, in this post

Lien: Unnngh! What the heck was that?!
O-Chul: Some kind of...sonic reptilian unicorn?
Lien: Fantastic. If I ever quit the paladins and start a punk rock band, at least now I have the perfect name for it.

"Though we tend to toss the term "wireless" around all willy nilly, the fact of the matter is that our ever-draining batteries still keep us slaves to the wire — and that's only cool if you're brainstorming names for a thrash metal band."

Tony Stark: You've walked right into this one; I've dated hotter chicks than you.
Ellen Brandt: Is that all you got? A cheap trick and a cheesy one-liner?
Tony Stark: Sweetheart, that could be the name of my autobiography.

Anonymous asked: Best pre-final-boss dialogue from the Lightning Saga: Orphan's "Abandoned One" speech, Caius' "many Yeuls" rant, or Bhunivelze's "remade and remolded" lecture?
Oh, definitely Caius and the Yeuls. It's one of my favourite scenes in the XIII series.
#asks #caius and the yeuls would be a great band name

Azh: "Cussing Furbies" sounds like a great epithet.
euphgeek: Or a great name for a band.
JXJ: Everything is a great name for a band.
Jamie: "Everything is a great name for a band" is a terrible name for a band.

"Ghost and Trash. Sounds like a rock band, doesn't it?"
Jeong So-mi, The Man from Nowhere

Principal Skinner: We need a name that's witty at first, but sounds less funny each time you hear it.
Apu: How about the B'Sharps?
[Everyone present laughs for about a minute, only for the laughter to gradually trail off.]
Principal Skinner: [Serious] Perfect.

The Narga are probably the most frightening and gorge-inducing creatures the authors have yet presented us. Plus their names are damn awesome: there’s the leader, Nitrogen Carnivore, and others like Sulphuric Death, Monoxide Blood, and even Methane Death. It’s surprising some ‘80s speed metal band didn’t lift one of these for an album title, or even a group name.
Glorious Trash review of Doomsday Warrior #6: American Rebellion

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