Great Band Names

[00000000000]

What is your favourite band name? (one that does or has existed). Don't even have to like the band itself, just the best name.

Also, suggest your own cool band name (one that, as far you know, does not exist)

[Apoi_Viitor]

Dimmu Bordiga

[Le Libérer]

Poor Fish Lee
Reverend Sweet Water
Corrosion of Conformity
Black Flag
Trailer Park Bullies
Back Alley Allah
Scrambled Debutante
(the last 3 were names of bands my son was in. Obvious punk band names)

[ModelHomeInvasion]

Pulling Teeth

[ModelHomeInvasion]

Oh, and of course Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

[Hit The North]

There's a band around my way, called The Everly Pregnant Brothers, who specialise in songs with titles like "No Oven, No Pie".

[Invader Zim]

Manic Street Preachers.

[00000000000]

Manic Street Preachers.

That was what I was going to say..one fo my favourite bands too

[Rooster]

I think the rule to a good band name is to have three syllable so that it's easier to chant.

Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Areosmith, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Pantera, etc.

[eyeheartlenin]

My favorite band name, and they have, or had, an internet presence, is Last Good Tooth. I always smile when I think of that name. The names that have already been given, especially Scrambled Debutant, Back Alley Allah, and Corrosion of Conformity, are hilarious!

Friends, thank you for more reasons to smile!

[Le Libérer]

My favorite band name, and they have, or had, an internet presence, is Last Good Tooth. I always smile when I think of that name. The names that have already been given, especially Scrambled Debutant, Back Alley Allah, and Corrosion of Conformity, are hilarious!

Friends, thank you for more reasons to smile!

Oh thats just right off the top of my head. I worked in the music industry for 7 years. I got tons more where that came from. Just need time to sit down and remember.

[Euronymous]

Fecal Body Incorporated (http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Fecal_Body_Incorporated/3540316280) (a.k.a. FBI, F.B.I.)
Funeral Rape (http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Funeral_Rape/31619)
Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis (http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis/24539)
Pile of Maggot Infested Viscera (http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Pile_of_Maggot_Infested_Viscera/3540276795) (a.k.a. PxOxMxIxVx, P.O.M.I.V., POMIV)
VxPxOxAxAxWxAxMxC (http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/VxPxOxAxAxWxAxMxC/3540328960) (a.k.a. Vaginal Penetration of an Amelus With a Musty Carrot)

Basically any band in the Goregrind category.:laugh:

[Ose]

I saw a local band not long ago called the Four Kinnells. Whether you get it or not might depend on your accent.

Various Artists would be a cool band name, but I'm sure it's already been done.

[Agent Ducky]

The The.
My friend's band is named "The Kronstadt Sailors" :P

[Rss]

Pain of Punishment
The Greatest Degeneration
Koopa Troopas on Iraqi Soil
Was (Not Was)
God's Starship

[00000000000]

For some reason, I've always wanted to be in a band called 'Mothboy and the Hungry Flames'...sounds a bit emo..or just lame, but oh well
Also tried to start a punk band called 'The Vile Bodies'..sounds like it prob already exists.

[Volcanicity]

The Dead Kennedy's.
Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
Big Brother and the holding company.
Suicidal Tendencies.
Napalm Death.
Stormtroopers Of Death.(S.O.D).
Nuclear Assault.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

My friend is putting together a band called "Sexy Grandma's" *Shaking my head*.

[The Dark Side of the Moon]

Dethklok
The dead Kennedy's
Van halen
Drunk right now

[Leonid Brozhnev]

My friend was in a Lamb of God tribute band called 'Rape the Pope'...

[Tim Finnegan]

Roaring Jack, Silly Wizard, Stiff Little Fingers, Oi Polloi, Mastodon. Special mention for Eyehategod, too, because I've never quite been able to figure out exactly how seriously it was meant to be taken.



I think the rule to a good band name is to have three syllable so that it's easier to chant.

Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Areosmith, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Pantera, etc.
Nah, nah, you're wanting four syllables, so you can do the old "Blah-blah blah-blah *thump thump thumpthumpthump*". That's the best kind of chant.

[Flying Trotsky]

I've always wanted heavy metal band called "Molotov Cocktail Waitress"... Our first album would be "Brute Strength Parade"...

[Sam_b]

I always liked The Dillinger Escape Plan as a band name. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is a pretty good one too.

[Magón]

Rodrigo Y Gabriela is nice since it's a good simple, to the point, name.

My band name would be the Pragmatic Supermen.

[Rusty Shackleford]

God Speed You! Black Emperor
A Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Death
Suicide
Tiger Lillies
Cream

[Dumb]

Temple of the Dog
Joy Division
Those Poor Bastards
Army of Anyone (though the band itself kinda sucks)
Failure (Best album cover (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Failure-Magnified.jpg), too!)
Local H
Crazy Horse
Reverend Glasseye and His Wooden Legs
Alice in Chains

Edit: And how can I forget? "Dumb."

[Rooster]

After having a little time to think about it, the best band name ever has to be Shit. They were a fake band in the film Joe's Apartment. Their poster was amazing.

[Agent Ducky]

Edit: And how can I forget? "Dumb."
Btw, did you ever decide on your band's name?

[Xenophiliac]

Two best band names ever...

Strawberry Alarm Clock:cool:

&

Mechanical Beetles Never Quite Warm:laugh:

[Rocky Rococo]

Brutal Juice (they remembered an old Hertz commercial)
The 13th Floor Elevators

I went to couple of shows where the bill was The Lyres and The Cheetahs.

[La Comédie Noire]

"Anal C**t" and their many many disturbing song titles.

[Dumb]

Btw, did you ever decide on your band's name?

Nah...my drummers ditched me. One's playing bass and the other is still drumming, and they're with another band now.

[wunderbar]

Let's Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop
Neu!
Public Image Ltd.
Whoregasm

[TheGeekySocialist]

always thought "Acquiesce" would be an awesome band name...

[Invader Zim]

I see that still nobody has been able to beat Manic Street Preachers. So I suppose this question has now been unequivocably answered and should be recorded in all halls of learning that the Manic Street Preachers have the greatest band name now, and likely to the end of time, when the fluctuation of the sun render this planet lifeless and erradicate all human life and culture.

But, some other band names I like:

... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
65 Days of Static
A Flock of Seagulls
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Alcoholic Faith Mission
Atari Teenage Riot
Audio Bullys
Backyard Tire Fire
The Beasts of Eden
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Boxer Rebellion
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
The Chameleons
The Cure
Dananananaykroyd
Dead Town Radio
Deadmau5
Echo and the Bunnymen
Envy and Other Sins
Explosions in the Sky
Fridge
General Fiasco
Glasvegas
God is an Astronaut
Hacienda
Hadouken!
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Joy Division
The Joy Formidable
The KGB's
The Knife
Led Zeppelin
Levellers
Massive Attack
McCarthy
Metric
Mogwai
Morphine
Mumm-Ra
The New Pornographers
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Pavement
Pendulum
Pg.Lost
Pixies
Placebo
Portishead
Rage against the Machine (shit band though)
Republic of Loose
Reverend and the Makers
Rolling Stones
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Shitdisco
Simian Mobile Disco
Skream
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin
Stornoway
Tears for Fears
Teanage Fanclub
Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam
Turin Brakes
TV on the Radio
Voxtrot
The Who
Wolves in the Throne Room
Worried About Satan
Zola Jesus

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is a pretty good one too.
I always wished the music was as good as the name. Wishful thinking, eh?

I like:

Cease Upon the Capitol
I am the Resurrection
A Place to Bury Strangers

[Invader Zim]

I am the Resurrection



Stone Roses song.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Stone Roses song.
yeah I always come across that whenever I'm trying to find stuff on the shortly lived band.

[TheGeekySocialist]

yeah I always come across that whenever I'm trying to find stuff on the shortly lived band.

shortly lived, but their music will last for a long time, they were great :)

[CommieTroll]

I always liked the band name ''Seether'', I heard of a band my friend's dad played in called ''The Richard Cranium Experience'':laugh: Most people won't get that one.

[Invader Zim]

yeah I always come across that whenever I'm trying to find stuff on the shortly lived band.

In that case, unless they predate the Stone Roses, it makes it a pretty fucking stupid band name.

[brigadista]

paddy goes to hollyhead and a local Irish dj here called DJ Puff PAddy

[Sam_b]

I always wished the music was as good as the name. Wishful thinking, eh?

I'll happily play the wimpy kid here, but I really dig CFTPA. Saw his last ever Scottish show and thought he was excellent. Saying that I've seen this act a few times and it never disappointed, but I guess generally it's more in tune with a lot of the stuff that i'm into.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

In that case, unless they predate the Stone Roses, it makes it a pretty fucking stupid band name.
Welcome to the world of screamo. Compared to I Would Set Myself on Fire for You, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Fine Boat, that Coffin!, Only for the Sake of Aching, and Tunes for Bears to Dance to, I would say I Am The Resurrection isn't that terrible of a name in comparison.

[Geiseric]

If i were to start a punk band, the name would be either "Dead Labour" or "The kronstadt sailors". A metal band would be called "Walls of Black Blood," or "Black Blood Gravestone," however i'm in a rap group atm, its totally a joke, and we all like the G Funk genre, so we used a play on words and call out band G punk.

[Invader Zim]

Welcome to the world of screamo. Compared to I Would Set Myself on Fire for You, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Fine Boat, that Coffin!, Only for the Sake of Aching, and Tunes for Bears to Dance to, I would say I Am The Resurrection isn't that terrible of a name in comparison.


Oh come on! naming your band after a Philip K. Dick novel is inspired. The only problem with it is that it is too obvious. The Radioactive Chickenheads on the otherhand is a sublime piece of referencing, I can't believe I didn't include it in my list earlier.

[Cencus]

Jimmy Saville's Wheelchair. From East kilbrade near Glasgow in the late 80s

thatcher on Acid

[Xenophiliac]

The Smiths.

Their name really captures the mediocre world of anonymity and is a perfect choice for the band.

[Frank Zapatista]

Back Alley Allah

I actually LOVE this name.