The Top 50 Terrible Band Names

Following emergency surgery...

October 26, 2007

The rise of Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong got us thinking that there are plenty of god-awful band names out there. We compiled a list together of 50 howlers from over the years. We could have scoured the archives for bands that have played Peel sessions, but we thought we’d do it with a difference – bands that people have heard of and who have actually sold some records. No one is safe, not even U2…

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50. Phish - Nowadays the band don’t make music, they just cruise the internet stealing your personal details and email addresses.

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Whoever wrote all this is a twat.
~ by Liam 1/16/2009 Report
red hot chili peppers? garbage? shirley manson would kick you ass. whoever wrote this should lest kill themselves
~ by david 4/27/2009 Report
This game could go on forever. It's much harder to make a list of good band names.
~ by Jw 5/23/2009 Report