The Best and Worst Band Names You've Ever Heard

I don't know how the minds of these "Future Funk" guys work. They took French House and gave it a new stupid name so who knows with them?

Personally, I like to think "Gonad Migraines" is the best answer.

My friend manage to use the term "cum vampire" in conversation once, and now I think that would be a good name for a rock band. That of course would be my harder, more jokey band, while my more serious one would be Nucular Diabeetus:

Friend: So you're the frontman of Nuclear Diabetes?

Me: No, it's "Nucular Diabeetus".

Friend: That's what I said, isn't it?

In the category 'blandest band names possible' we have Office Building.

I'd say "they better make vaporwave", but even then it's an unimaginative name.

Just learned of an entertaining So Bad, It's Good band name: Chineapple Punx ^note It's a spoonerism, get it?.

There's a dude called 식료품groceries. He makes music that he defines as "shelfwave". Or possibly she. I really have no idea. It's like heavily reverbed muzak, not necessarily bad though. It really depends on your tastes, you'll either hate it or love it usually.

Also, "Makeup in Vanity Set", one of my favorite duos of all time, but the name is... deceiving I suppose...? Same with deadmau5, his name has the word "dead" in it, so people who don't know deadmau5 are gonna think it's sad emo metal or something.

There are also a few names like "Hecq" that's just like... how do you even pronouce that? Heck? Hec-kw?

Some great names though... Biosphere is a pretty fitting name for the style of music he makes. Really interesting and chill sounding. Solar Fields, The Flashbulb, and ISAN are fairly good sounding names as well.

Oh, also, Black F*g

Near Deaf Experience is such a great name that there's at least two artists currently under that name. The one on You Tube plays grimy heavy metal, the one on Spotify atmospheric darkwave.

There have apparently been multiple bands called this. The one I've actually heard is a group of heterosexuals who do Black Flag covers with Camp Gay vocal inflections (and altered lyrics anytime the original song mentioned women). If I remember right, they try to offset the stereotyping by donating proceeds from live shows/records to LGBT-related charities.

edited 8th Apr '18 8:18:44 PM by MikeK

I'm sure they greatly appreciate it.

Cruciamentum is a simple, severe sounding name. I like it.

…For that matter, is there any band named Stillborn Machine?

It's a reference to the first Order From Chaos album.

edited 23rd Aug '15 9:29:31 AM by StillbornMachine

So, you're the reborn version of long disappeared poster Stillbirth Machine?

I couldn't access my account so I made a new one.

Via posters inside a rock club I went to the other day, I learned there is a band called Marmozets. Right away I thought this was a terrible band name, but now I've decided that if they meant it as a joke, it is sort of funny. The logic would be "Lots of bands misspell their name to make it look cooler, and there are also lots of bands named after animals, so let's apply Xtreme Kool Letterz to one of the least intimidating animals out there". Also, it turns out the music's not bad - it's poppy metalcore I guess.

edited 10th Sep '15 7:13:13 AM by MikeK

Good: Van Der Graaf Generator, Faust, ISIS, Opeth, King Crimson, Meshuggah, My Bloody Valentine, Fates Warning, In The Presence of Wolves

Bad: Porcupine Tree, Daft Punk, Yes, Tool, The Dillenger Escape Plan, Green Jellÿ, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The The, System Of a Down

I Don't Know: IAMTHEKIDYOUKNOWWHATIMEAN, Ninja Sex Party, Anal Cunt , Giraffes? Giraffes!

The Band could be either great or bad.

The didn't pick their name they wanted to call themselves something else but when they were Bob Dylan's backing band he called them The Band so everyone else just called them that so they just got stuck with the name.

Just found out there was a Canadian pop rock band called Default. Endorsed by Nickelback. I'd make a joke, but it would be a cheap shot regardless of what I'd say.

edited 29th Sep '15 2:18:41 PM by Small_Mess

I think I remember them from roughly an aeon ago (or maybe 2003), not in a positive way either.

Echosmith is a pretty cool name. I mean, it's basically a fancy way of saying that you're someone making a sound, so it's a fitting name for any musician.

edited 30th Sep '15 1:26:46 AM by Xeroop

Kriminals. They're a lesser known nu-metalcore band, and their names just sounds silly.

Even sillier? It's stylized as KRiMiNaLs.

edited 12th Jan '16 1:12:55 PM by Papercut1

Worst: Neutral Milk Hotel. As great as they are, that's a stupid as hell name with little meaning beyond it's supposed to be weird.

Best: Nine Inch Nails. Perfect representation of their music, and it's a dark but kickass name.

edited 12th Jan '16 8:24:33 PM by golgothasArisen

I actually like Dillinger Escape Plan as a band name it's cool. And Sabaton (screams power metal and beer XD).

Job for a Cowboy is a stupid ass name for a band that I guess is actually kinda good (at least their last two albums are if you're into prog death metal.)

Man they were everywhere when Knee Deep came out in like 6th grade, holy hell. 6th grade was pretty much 'Sexyback', "Knee Deep" and 'Crazy' to be honest

edited 24th Jan '16 11:47:24 AM by RoboZombie