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Fri 12 Sep, 2003 02:03 am
Here is the start of a list of stupid band names. If anyone knows what the hell they mean,any info is appreciated. Also,feel free to add more.
Skankin' Pickle
Foghat
Trick Pony
Pop Will Eat Itself
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Third Eye Blind
Third House Of Beef
System Of A Down
Blind Melon
Green Day
Ten Years After (Ten Years After WHAT???)
Fury In The Slaughterhouse
Grateful Dead
Atomic Rooster
Pearl Jam
King Crimson
Spooky Tooth
Mustard Plug
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Less Than Jake
Chainsaw Kittens
Mott The Hoople
Matchbox 20
Fever Tree
Bowling For Soup
Chocolate Watchband
Grand Funk Railroad
Quiet Riot
Mother Love Bone
The Radiators From Space
Iron Butterfly
Smash Mouth
Blues Traveler
Radiohead
Blues Magoos
Godsmack
Pinhead Gunpowder
Rage Against The Machine
Wall Of Voodoo
Blue man group
I think that's what they're called.
There is a band in India called
The Rubber Band (actually I think it is quite funny)
Actually Grand Funk Railroad is a parody of the Grand Trunk Railroad, a real line that evidently runs somewhat near where the band members come from.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are from Boston so that's something of a play on Boston.
Something the matter with Hootie and the Blowfish? Can you believe there used to be a group called the Beatles? I kid you not.
Pop Will Eat Itself were a fine band from the UK indie-rock scene of the late 80's/early 90's, and were among the first of that genre to use samples & synths as well as guitars etc. The name is a quote from some guy. Not much use actually, sorry!
A couple of others daft 'uns from the same era were Kingmaker, Super Furry Animals and (my favorite) Ned's Atomic Dustbin, who take their name from a radio comedy sketch by The Goons, who appeared on BBC radio in the 50s and included Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers & Sir Harry Seycombe.
Limp Bizkit
Eminem
The Black Eyed Peas
Kick the Can Crew
Oi! Kev's link with band name origins is pretty cool..
Iron Butterfly: heavy yet delicate, downright artificial.
Ten Years After: it's a way of saying the near future, ten years after this moment.
Rage against the Machine: neoluddites, a political stance against the system.
Really stupid names:
The Monkees - stupid on purpose
Humble Pie
The Lemon Pipers
the hyeroglyphs that for a while substituted "Prince"
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince
I always thought The Psychedelic Furs was a pretty stupid name, though I liked the group.
And how about Death Cab for Cutie (from an old Bonzo Dog song)?
Re: Stupid band names
Kingding wrote:
Trick Pony
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Third Eye Blind
System Of A Down
Blind Melon
Green Day
Grateful Dead
Atomic Rooster
Pearl Jam
King Crimson
Less Than Jake
Chainsaw Kittens
Matchbox 20
Fever Tree
Bowling For Soup
Quiet Riot
Iron Butterfly
Smash Mouth
Blues Traveler
Radiohead
Blues Magoos
Godsmack
Rage Against The Machine
I think they are cool names. Since I think these are intresting and somewhat creative I was wondering, Kingding, what you think is a cool band name if Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Chainsaw Kittens, and Trick Pony are not?
My roomate was in a band called "FUPA."
Hilarious name.
For those that don't know...FUPA stands for "Fat Upper Pu$$y Area." Like when you see a fat chick, and her crotch area is hanging out...like a gut below the gut.
My Emerson college roommates formed a band in 1965
(goddamn I feel old)
called
"Grendel and the HoneyCloisters" which you have to read Candy
to understand. It was shocking. So was their version of Gloria
That was also the year that the Big Bad Boston BackBay BadBoys started doing cover tunes in the North End. It was also fun for the broadcasting students who had contests to see who could introduce the band the fastest. Every song was intro'd by someone else, the crowd was merciless on any who stuttered or uh'd.
I was marching for peace and couldn't bother learning E - A - B7 tunes.
What a smuck......
I don't think any of the names are stoopid.
From the time I was spending my meager allowance on LPs, I was always, "Why didn't I think of that?"
Screaming Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, Smithereens, and Red Hot Chili Peppers are some of my favorites (maybe because I also like their music).
Grand Trunk Railroad divided the town where I grew up in Michigan. Which side of the tracks do you live on?
Craven stole my favorite stupid band name.
But the all time stupidest name has to be the symbol for the artist that was formerly Prince.
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