MUSIC THREAD
Name a band with a shitter name than 'Half Man Half Biscuit', if you can.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:15, 53 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Coldplay.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:16, Reply)

that's a shit name but not in the same league as HMHB I'd say.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Keane.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Or:
"Music to suck your thumb and wet the bed to."
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:17, Reply)

Wow, Owls!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:20, Reply)

that's it
my new crochet project is owl bobble hats
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:21, Reply)

that's so cute
my eyes are bleeding
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:41, Reply)

Props to which ever /boarder made this and others

can't remember now unfortunately
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:45, Reply)

Bumsnogger
i'm not making this up although they do appear to have split up now.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:22, Reply)

I thought Insane Clown Posse
was made up by a friend trying to take the piss out of me.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:40, Reply)

then you heard them
and realised it was Insane Clown Posse that were themselves taking the fucking piss.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:43, Reply)

too fucking right

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:00, Reply)

and you will know us by the trail of dead

(Halfy By light alone, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:22, Reply)

I was so expecting them to be a metal band
judging them solely by the name.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:40, Reply)

thanks for reminding me of them
has it really been six years since ode to isis came out?
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:40, Reply)

hmm
Johnny Hate Jazz
Yazz and the Plastic Population
(ragged, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:22, Reply)

Those are bad ones.
'Living in a Box' isn't brilliant either, eh?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:41, Reply)

TV on the radio
and all black metal
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:24, Reply)

Katrina and the waves

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:26, Reply)

The Darkness
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Fall Out Boy
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:28, Reply)

On the other hand, you have daft but great names
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Los Campesinos! (with !), Dananananaykroyd, and others.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:30, Reply)

I never get the right number of
dananas when I say that.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:39, Reply)

I can say it out loud
but I had to go to iTunes and copy and paste. I can't be WRONG
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:41, Reply)

not ON THE INTERNET!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 18:05, Reply)

dandy warholes

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:30, Reply)

the British psychedelic era threw up some terrible names
'Tinkerbell's Fairydust' being especially awful...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:33, Reply)

My Chemical Romance
More like "My Chemical Toilet". Shit name. Shit music.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:35, Reply)

I heard one the other day
called And So I Watch You From Afar

Even the radio DJ was getting annoyed with saying it.

Also, The Music. Pretentious much?!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:38, Reply)

They're ace!
And very good live. But yes, shit name.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 18:54, Reply)

John Spencer Blues Explosion
*runs*
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 17:57, Reply)

You want Immodium for that, young man.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 22:30, Reply)

HIM

(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 18:06, Reply)

Great band, but...
Pig Destroyer.

And there was an awful Japanese band called Bathtub Shitter.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 18:55, Reply)

The Music
can you get more up your own arse? I don't think so
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:01, Reply)

Shit band
Horrid little troll bastard of a whining cunt singer.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:02, Reply)

i'll just park this here
www.brightlightsfilm.com/weirdbandnames/

highlights (ahem) include

6 Hard Brothers and a Dog
Hobopope and the Goldfish Cathedral
Wonderbred, the Refined White Flour Children
wookie lust
Afghanistan Banana Stand
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:22, Reply)

I love
"Lawn Pirahna" though.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 23:30, Reply)

Tractor

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:23, Reply)

On a more serious note
I have a "Foreheads in a Fish Tank" CD somewhere.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:24, Reply)

bonzo dog doh dah band anyone?

(Halfy By light alone, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:25, Reply)

good call

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 20:47, Reply)

haha I really asked for that, eh?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 20:47, Reply)

On that note
Is Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction not a smidge over the top? I realise that's the point, but still.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 21:18, Reply)

Over the top, you say?
A band featuring 'Slam Thunderhide', 'Cobalt Stargazer', 'Kid Chaos' and 'Zodiac Mindwarp'...?

No idea what you're on about.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 22:35, Reply)

Mystic sprial
but they are thinking of changing it
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 19:36, Reply)

Man or Astro Man
great band though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 22:18, Reply)

Porcupine Tree
Make great music, shit name though.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 22:25, Reply)

Get cape wear cape fly
Just remembered another one. A guy I know started up a punk band a while back called "Bitch Lips".

He related to me the following conversation with a pub owner:

Owner: "So you're a punk band? Interesting. What are you called?"

Friend: "Bitch Lips"

Owner: "Sorry mate, I don't think you're right for the pub"

Friend: "But you haven't even heard us yet!"

Owner: "...Yeah, you're not right for the pub"


What made it better was the tone of angered innocence he told it in...
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 23:29, Reply)

A few
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - pretty stupid, but a few of their members went on to form:

'Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra La La Band'

Love the bands, but look like a twat when I have to explain what I'm listening to

Also crappy indie band 'Does it offend you, yeah?' - Punctuation does not equal creativity
(MightyRob, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 11:32, Reply)

Speaking of punctuation,
isn't there some wanky indie band called '!!!!' or something like that? You're right, punctuation does not equal creativity, just a lack of any decent ideas and/or a level of pretentiousness that even The Moody Blues can only dream of.

Oh, and speaking of pretentious: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Did that lot ever achieve anything of note besides a fucking ridiculous name?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:02, Reply)

!!!
How do you even say that?
(MightyRob, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 13:06, Reply)

Click click click
with your tongue on the roof of your mouth, like the !Kung people of Botswana do.

Whenever I read it I pronounce it "HMM?!" though.
(StapMyVitals wouldn't mind a bit of that, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 19:03, Reply)

The The
The most fundamentally ungoogleable band ever. Also a wanky name, even if it wasn't shit for publicity.
(StapMyVitals wouldn't mind a bit of that, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 18:53, Reply)