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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2020
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  • @LogansMoshPit
    @LogansMoshPit 3 года назад +53

    I'd like to add Puddle Of Mudd

  • @travisperrotta5264
    @travisperrotta5264 3 года назад +43

    Sniff ‘n’ the Tears. I never get tired of their hit song, Driver’s Seat.

  • @crabcake43011
    @crabcake43011 3 года назад +49

    Cherry Poppin’ Daddies comes to mind. Doesn’t look good a on a T-Shirt

    • @ChrisNorwood3
      @ChrisNorwood3 3 года назад +1

      I was on a lyric site as a kid and my dad asked about that band and then immediately retracted his question. Haha

    • @martyndunn6337
      @martyndunn6337 3 года назад +1

      Slightly better than the punk band „sniffin shit“. Lol

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk 3 года назад +1

      I actually like that one...a double entendre + it fit their Jump Blues thing.

  • @knightvisioniixv
    @knightvisioniixv 3 года назад +54

    Butthole Surfers - LOL!!! (Have some cool songs, though.)
    Hootie & The Blowfish - Corny as hell.

    • @kevintrjohnson
      @kevintrjohnson 3 года назад +1

      Butthole surfers, the surfers of butt.

    • @gemini2012100
      @gemini2012100 3 года назад +2

      I totally agree with you on Butthole Surfers. I had read that that was actually the name of a song their lead singer Gibby Haynes wrote. They did the song at a talent contest or something and the emcee forgot the group's name so he introduced them as the Butthole Surfers, which was the name of the song they did. They ended up winning the contest so they kept the name. From what I read, some of the names they used before that one were even worse. One of the names they used was The Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole. (I read that in a book I used to have about Rock band name origins.)

    • @mck7646
      @mck7646 3 года назад

      @Bvd45 Bvd47 Cause it is.

    • @mck7646
      @mck7646 3 года назад +1

      Huey Lewis and the News is cheesy too.

    • @gemini2012100
      @gemini2012100 3 года назад +2

      @@mck7646 I agree. I think a more appropriate name these days would be Huey Lewis & the Propaganda, since that's mostly what the news is these days.

  • @LuchaLibertaria
    @LuchaLibertaria 3 года назад +34

    - 'Negro Eyes' (REM was called Negro Eyes when they first started out 😂)
    - 'The Pedophiles' (This was Paul DiAnno's punk band before he joined Maiden)

    • @bryangarcia5599
      @bryangarcia5599 3 года назад +1

      _Well, you see me crawling through the bushes_
      _With it open wide_
      _What you seein’, girl?_

    • @spaghetti.lee-69
      @spaghetti.lee-69 3 года назад +2

      Is That True About DiAnno???? WOW Lucha!!!

    • @LuchaLibertaria
      @LuchaLibertaria 3 года назад +1

      @@spaghetti.lee-69 You can google it 😉

    • @oneilprovost2287
      @oneilprovost2287 3 года назад +2

      my dad was briefly into punk and saw a band in Oakland call N_ggers from Planet Hell

    • @nastyhardcore7641
      @nastyhardcore7641 3 года назад

      Actually as a punk name that's pretty goos

  • @Ghostgetter
    @Ghostgetter 3 года назад +26

    I am not even lying there was a band in Dallas in the late 80s menstrual gravy. Worse name I ever heard in my life.

    • @mck7646
      @mck7646 3 года назад +2

      What in the world...

    • @meanmrmusician9469
      @meanmrmusician9469 3 года назад +1

      That's a pretty stupid name, not just because of the unpleasant imagery, but also because that's a pretty hard sell. Imagine asking a record label, "Hey, will you market our band Menstrual Gravy?"

    • @Carlos-xz3vi
      @Carlos-xz3vi 3 года назад

      🤮

  • @NaughtyVampireGod
    @NaughtyVampireGod 3 года назад +18

    According to Tony Wilson of Factory Records the worst band name ever was Crispy Ambulance.

  • @miteyoak
    @miteyoak 3 года назад +45

    Hoobastank 🤮
    Blink 182
    Limp Bizkit

    • @leafsfan1728
      @leafsfan1728 3 года назад +2

      Miteyoak Hoobastank 😂
      WTF were they thinking?

    • @claymccoy
      @claymccoy 3 года назад +2

      Hoobastank is the worst band ever. They were probably high when they came up with the name.

  • @sethhansen2887
    @sethhansen2887 3 года назад +29

    Mid 2000s metal/math core and grind core band names are 90 percent awful

    • @nicholasstevenson7574
      @nicholasstevenson7574 3 года назад

      Ikr, most of those band names would either sound pretentious and douchy or be really comical that you could not possibly take it seriously

  • @JosephFrancisBurton
    @JosephFrancisBurton 3 года назад +24

    In the 70’s, we had a lot of law firm bands, eg Emerson Lake and Palmer, but the recent trend is to do the same but semi-abbreviate the names into a frankenstein band name, eg HoBoLeMa. Terrible!!!

    • @mickshrimpton6494
      @mickshrimpton6494 3 года назад +8

      Law firm bands lol ...so true

    • @randysvynil9502
      @randysvynil9502 3 года назад +3

      The problem with this band name is when one member leaves or dies you have to change name.

    • @randysvynil9502
      @randysvynil9502 3 года назад +6

      Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
      Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
      Others. 😊

  • @darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth
    @darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth 3 года назад +25

    You could go on for days with those early to mid 2000s pretencious sounding metalcore band names. Dont even get me started.

  • @MosoKaiser
    @MosoKaiser 3 года назад +14

    - Hoobastank
    - Toad The Wet Sprocket
    - We Butter The Bread With Butter (and most other sentences-as-band-names too)
    - Metalium
    - Panic! At The Disco ( not necessarily a bad band name in itself, but mid-phrase exclamation points definitely are dumb)
    - Godspeed You! Black Emperor (see above)
    - Any and all of those pointlessy-long-name-just-for-the-sake-of-it band names, a la Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum (aka just "Eximperitus", if one's not into the whole brevity thing)

  • @mr.jamesvincent3519
    @mr.jamesvincent3519 3 года назад +14

    When I was a teenager back in the early 80's, my friends and I formed a garage band in the Bronx...we thought we had the coolest name ever!!! "Volume Control".....but, after a few months we decided it was kind of lame so we changed it to something else....."Slutt" ...But, after a while we decided that name wasn't too good either so we settled on "Mad Axes".... but, then we found out that was actually a slang term for rappers...so, we changed it once again to The Bronx Maniax....which was the worst one yet! Eventually we said fuck it and broke up the band and that was the end of that....but, I sometimes wonder if we would have been successful if he had taken the time to think of a very good name.

  • @HaroldDubnow
    @HaroldDubnow 3 года назад +7

    I've got a few "favorites" to share:
    1. Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
    2. Indignant Senility
    3. Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat
    4. Let me Introduce You To The End
    5. The Electric Prunes
    6. And in reserve, Thunderthighs or Starfucker (not STRFKR, the original from the '70's)

  • @thericksterdickster6456
    @thericksterdickster6456 3 года назад +161

    Rage Against The Machine... Awful name, Awful band

    • @paulburrows7908
      @paulburrows7908 3 года назад +3

      As Zakk would say "Limp Bizkit sucks Dick!

    • @scottmcgregor562
      @scottmcgregor562 3 года назад +7

      A condition that requires Viagra.

    • @kitoyobeni1
      @kitoyobeni1 3 года назад +2

      @@scottmcgregor562 Actually, the definition is much more disgusting that that. Surprised it wasn't in the clip, maybe too obvious.

    • @scottmcgregor562
      @scottmcgregor562 3 года назад +2

      @@kitoyobeni1 not sure that I want to know.

    • @kitoyobeni1
      @kitoyobeni1 3 года назад +4

      @@scottmcgregor562 I'll leave that to urban dictionary, lol

  • @davidbrown2300
    @davidbrown2300 3 года назад +9

    I was listening to Spooky Tooth in the car when my then-teenaged nephew asked who it was. When I said Spooky Tooth, he laughed and said it was the dumbest name he had ever heard. I had to agree, but the album (Spooky Two) is incredible!

    • @griefforest1870
      @griefforest1870 Год назад

      Love them, the name they had before (Art) wasn‘t any better but their album Supernatural fairy tales is one of my favoritism. Black Sabbath played this material live in the late 60s

  • @ethompson9107
    @ethompson9107 3 года назад +10

    Squirrel Nut Zippers would be one of mine

  • @diannecarpenter7718
    @diannecarpenter7718 3 года назад +12

    Thank you guys for your opinion RANT- Awful Band Names!🎤🎸🎵🥁

  • @mikewoodrow5878
    @mikewoodrow5878 3 года назад +14

    Could never understand how the band members could possibly agree on Echo and the Bunnymen

    • @mickshrimpton6494
      @mickshrimpton6494 3 года назад

      Ya i never could figure that one out

    • @Dagger-Deep
      @Dagger-Deep 3 года назад +6

      I love that name.

    • @kostasmad1431
      @kostasmad1431 3 года назад +7

      Original name was Bunnymen. Echo was the drum machine they used to use before De Freitas comes in. So they made it Echo and the bunnymen....Think its cool...

    • @slammingsammy9617
      @slammingsammy9617 3 года назад +2

      I thought the name is pretty HARE RASIN Does anybody remember laughter?

    • @mck7646
      @mck7646 3 года назад

      @bucky468 I know that song. Echosmith is frankly a terrible band name.

  • @jason-budney7624
    @jason-budney7624 3 года назад +3

    Great job you guys. I was laughing all the way through, and had to catch myself a couple of times!

  • @jasonkerest2517
    @jasonkerest2517 3 года назад +4

    I'd say- 1. Cinderella , 2. Strawberry Alarmclock, 3. Seven Mary Three , 4. Kajagoogoo, 5. Audioslave

  • @PieGuyBill
    @PieGuyBill 3 года назад +6

    Late sixties terrible band name, terrible album....Ultimate Spinach.

  • @LouisWinthorpe622
    @LouisWinthorpe622 4 месяца назад

    Orang-utan was almost a spit your drink out moment for me. Priceless. Especially the way it was thrust into the camera lens for the reveal while being announced deadpan at the same time. Pure comedian timing gold. Hilarious. You couldn't have planned that better if you'd tried 😂

  • @Paulthediecastguy
    @Paulthediecastguy 3 года назад +16

    One name I could come up with is squirrel nut zippers

    • @bobfrapples1208
      @bobfrapples1208 3 года назад +2

      Named after an old time candy

    • @catsofsherman1316
      @catsofsherman1316 3 года назад +2

      Great candy. Hard to find, but very tasty.

    • @JadeJuhasz-ln6kf
      @JadeJuhasz-ln6kf 3 года назад +1

      Smoked pot with the piano player about decade ago. He seemed like a good joe.

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 года назад +2

      Reminds me, there was a 70's rock band called Dumpy's Rusty Nuts.

  • @EnemyKnown
    @EnemyKnown 3 года назад +11

    EXE was short for Executioner. They shortened it to EXE because there were so many bands with the name Executioner.

  • @jake6887
    @jake6887 3 года назад +14

    Death Angel, Morbid Angel, Fifth Angel, Seventh Angel, Iron Angel, Dark Angel, Fallen Angel
    In Belgium we've got a band called 'Kiss the anus of a black cat'

    • @carlosabad6596
      @carlosabad6596 3 года назад +1

      And what about Angel ??

    • @jake6887
      @jake6887 3 года назад +1

      @@carlosabad6596, it sounds better without another word in front. You saw the band logo upside down already?

    • @MosoKaiser
      @MosoKaiser 3 года назад +1

      What? Morbid Angel's a great band name, IMO! It's a got wonderful feeling of dissonance going on with the juxtaposition of its components. Those other 'angels' I have to agree on, quite run-of-the-mill metal band names.

    • @bryangarcia5599
      @bryangarcia5599 3 года назад

      Angel Witch, Angel Dust, Angel Morgue, Angelscourge, AngelShredder....

    • @axxellein
      @axxellein 3 года назад +1

      @@carlosabad6596 Angel is a GREAT Band Name! Awesome BAND!

  • @GMHG777
    @GMHG777 3 года назад +14

    Pete you are like a production line with all these video drops the few days holy mackerel !!!

  • @captainbeyond7469
    @captainbeyond7469 3 года назад +18

    Budgie is an awesome band but never got that name. Chris is hilarious should be a stand up comedian.

    • @fallspeed
      @fallspeed 3 года назад

      They always make me think of an old Monty Python skit: "I've just been reading a great big book about how to put your budgie down, and apparently you can either hit them with the book, or, you can shoot them just there, just above the beak."

  • @victhedude417
    @victhedude417 3 года назад +17

    I remember seeing Dee Snider on Letterman one night and band names came up. Twisted Sister? And Dee told about a band member who was all excited, saying he has the perfect name for their then unnamed band.
    " I got it! We'll call the band "This", he proudly announced. Dee replied "This"??
    "Yeah! Think about fans. Think about writers. "This" is awesome. "This" is great!
    To which Dee replied "How 'bout "This" sucks!?"

    • @pablocruise9514
      @pablocruise9514 3 года назад +2

      Saw that also years ago. Hilarious!

    • @victhedude417
      @victhedude417 3 года назад +2

      @@pablocruise9514 Yes! It was one of those laugh out loud moments that I never forget. So funny!!! 😂

    • @pablocruise9514
      @pablocruise9514 3 года назад +3

      @@victhedude417 That was the best Letterman era - EVH, DLR, Andy Kaufmann/Jerry Lawler fight, the guy who played the dad on Back To The Future kicking at Dave - genuine hilarity

    • @steveherlihy7904
      @steveherlihy7904 3 года назад +1

      @@pablocruise9514 back to the future dad's name is Crispen Glover,one strange dude.Oh yeah,.I remember that shit,he brought his shadow box with dinosaurs and tar pits,..

    • @pablocruise9514
      @pablocruise9514 3 года назад +1

      @@steveherlihy7904 That was the 2nd visit. Do your remember his 1st when he threw a kick at Dave - around 3:15: ruclips.net/video/jCaxKq5KFQM/видео.html

  • @bryangarcia5599
    @bryangarcia5599 3 года назад +10

    E-X-E were originally called Executioner, but were forced to change their name in 1986 after signing to Shatter Records, so as to avoid being confused with the Boston band Executioner. (It's also worth nothing that the renamed band's logo, stylised as 'E-X-Ǝ' in jagged metallic lettering, resembles an axe-blade when rendered on album covers.)

    • @EnemyKnown
      @EnemyKnown 3 года назад +1

      I just posted the same thing

    • @nicholaspatterson5851
      @nicholaspatterson5851 3 года назад +1

      Just shared the metal archive link about e-x- e before seeing your comment haha

    • @michaeleaster1815
      @michaeleaster1815 3 года назад

      On Facebook, search for "EXENY" and they have a page up. "Executioner" has a Wikipedia page but that must be the Boston band. That explains a lot regarding my searching...

    • @bryangarcia5599
      @bryangarcia5599 3 года назад +2

      @Michael Easter What is this ‘Facebook’ of which you speak?

  • @joea7565
    @joea7565 3 года назад +25

    Eagles of death metal

  • @DonHornsby
    @DonHornsby 3 года назад +3

    These guys are becoming "MUST SEE TV" for Monday nights. Absolutely awesome!

  • @LoopORama
    @LoopORama 3 года назад +9

    Speaking of those sentence names...When People Were Shorter and Lived by the Water
    Then those 80s alternative names...Scruffy the Cat, Pop Will Eat Itself, Yo La Tengo, Dumptruck, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Prefab Sprout, Clan of Xymox
    And of course...Kajagoogoo

    • @MrFrostien
      @MrFrostien 3 года назад

      I Actually like Kajagoogoo but what the fuck were they thinking when they choose that name!!!!

    • @terrywillson3041
      @terrywillson3041 3 года назад +1

      Half Man Half Biscuit. Mind you they did record an album called Trouble In Bridgewater which made me laugh.
      Carter, The Unstoppable Sex Machine
      Ned's Atomic Dustbin (from a Goon Show but really???)

    • @mournblade1066
      @mournblade1066 3 года назад

      Clan of Xymox is an awesome band name. And an awesome band, too.

  • @leafsfan1728
    @leafsfan1728 3 года назад +32

    Limp Bizkit
    Korn
    Hootie and the Blowfish
    Toad the Wet Sproket
    Puddle of Mudd
    King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
    Matchbox 20
    Panic at the Disco

    • @Carlos-xz3vi
      @Carlos-xz3vi 3 года назад +2

      Panic at the disco???? That’s a genius name, and it is a direct reference to The Smiths, the song “Panic”. You damn boomer!

    • @Crystalmountain-gz4bh
      @Crystalmountain-gz4bh 3 года назад

      KING GIZZARD, ARE FUCKING SERIOUS???!!!

    • @leafsfan1728
      @leafsfan1728 3 года назад

      @@Carlos-xz3vi Didn't know the meaning behind their name. That is a pretty cool story...I still think it works better as an album title, than a band name.

    • @leafsfan1728
      @leafsfan1728 3 года назад

      @@Crystalmountain-gz4bh I'm not saying their music sucks...just their name.

  • @jamesmoore5469
    @jamesmoore5469 3 года назад

    This is my favorite Rants line-up. Great work guys 🤘🏽😂

  • @haitolawrence5986
    @haitolawrence5986 3 года назад +20

    Limp Bizkit, Korn....uuurgh. 😏

    • @briann7495
      @briann7495 3 года назад +1

      oh yeah..for sure

    • @mahogany174
      @mahogany174 3 года назад +1

      Korn is fine. Limp Bizkit is awful.

    • @briann7495
      @briann7495 3 года назад +1

      @@mahogany174 on second thought (considering their music) that name fits

  • @rebeccassweetmusic4632
    @rebeccassweetmusic4632 3 года назад +7

    Awful band names by order
    1. Limp Bizkit (I don't like the band either. If people know Behind Blue Eyes because of Limp Bizkit's version, I'm gonna be like... NO!!!! YOU'RE LYING XD)
    2. Chumbawamba
    3. Puddle of Mudd
    4. Hootie and the Blowfish
    5. Mott the Hoople
    6. Screaming Trees
    7. Oingo Boingo
    8. Hoobastank
    9. Jethro Tull (I love this band, but the band name is awful)
    10. Mr. Big (I really love this band, but the band name's kinda lame tbh)

    • @bobfrapples1208
      @bobfrapples1208 3 года назад +2

      Papa Roach

    • @mickshrimpton6494
      @mickshrimpton6494 3 года назад +2

      Great list

    •  3 года назад +1

      As a kid, I thought "Jethro Tull" was Ian Anderson's name. Shows what I know!

    • @My_trashtalking_account
      @My_trashtalking_account 5 дней назад

      Pretty good list, really. Those are all shit names for sure.

  • @ChrisNorwood3
    @ChrisNorwood3 3 года назад +6

    It is the most I have laughed at a SoT video. I would love to see more of these!!!!

  • @volmerboy
    @volmerboy 3 года назад +34

    Nickelback.......that’s it

  • @damiankarras
    @damiankarras 3 года назад +4

    Todd Bridges and the Whatchu Talkin About Willis Experience.

  • @troyv8302
    @troyv8302 3 года назад +9

    For some reason Butthole Surfers, Faster Pussycat, Winger, Green Jello(Jelly), and Corpse Vomit comes to mind.

    • @ryangioia2358
      @ryangioia2358 3 года назад +3

      Troy V You could put in a lot of 80s hair metal bands, like Bang Tango, Danger Danger, Shotgun Messiah, Dangerous Toys, and numerous others. 😂😂

    • @alexandergilles8583
      @alexandergilles8583 3 года назад +4

      Butthole surfers is the worst for me. The next two are Dead Kennedy’s and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. The flying burrito brothers is also quite bad

    • @troyv8302
      @troyv8302 3 года назад +2

      @@alexandergilles8583 that name kept me from listening to them.

    • @kitoyobeni1
      @kitoyobeni1 3 года назад

      @@ryangioia2358 3 of those 4 are pretty good IMO

    • @kitoyobeni1
      @kitoyobeni1 3 года назад +6

      What's wrong with Winger? Its the singer's last name.

  • @frankjones1830
    @frankjones1830 3 года назад +2

    Keep these videos coming. Love ‘me! Remind of a couple of my buddies and I talking music.

  • @alexandergilles8583
    @alexandergilles8583 3 года назад +6

    Some that come to mind: The flying burrito brothers, Faster pussycat, Dead Kennedy’s, king gizzard and the lizard wizard, Suicide silence, Cannibal Corpse, Rhino Bucket, Blue Oyster cult, Hootie and the blowfish

    • @crabcake43011
      @crabcake43011 3 года назад

      Yeah and the Dead Milkmen

    • @soulcrusher807
      @soulcrusher807 3 года назад +5

      Cannibal Corpse is a perfect name for that band though. It fits the lyrics.

    • @jockmctodger
      @jockmctodger 3 года назад +1

      I love Faster Pussycat and always thought it was a cool name😁

    • @bryangarcia5599
      @bryangarcia5599 3 года назад +3

      Flying Burrito Brothers is objectively the greatest band name of all time. This is the hill upon which I shall die.

    • @RodrigoAlves-bc8qq
      @RodrigoAlves-bc8qq 3 года назад +3

      The Dead Kennedys is a great name!

  • @garyjoyce2160
    @garyjoyce2160 3 года назад +4

    Welcome 🙏 all 4 of you tremendous guys !!👍💯

  • @patrickcrowther9195
    @patrickcrowther9195 3 года назад +8

    A few that spring to mind...
    The Beatles
    Lemon Jelly
    Weezer
    Limp Bizkit
    Def Leppard
    Counting Crows
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    Scouting for Girls
    Corrosion of Conformity
    Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
    Chris Alo’s point about the band name looking good on T-shirts is so true, when one considers that many acts will make more from merchandise sales than their music. A bad name and / or graphic design is really shooting yourself in the foot.

  • @randysvynil9502
    @randysvynil9502 3 года назад +16

    Hopefully next topic will be albums with "bad titles".

    • @bobfrapples1208
      @bobfrapples1208 3 года назад +3

      OU812

    • @bryangarcia5599
      @bryangarcia5599 3 года назад +2

      _Honkin’ on Bobo_
      _The Funky Headhunter_
      _Music to Lure Pigeons By_
      _Ken: By Request Only_
      _A Taste of Dick Black_
      _A Salt with a Deadly Pepa_
      _Hey, Man, Smell My Finger_
      _Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age_
      …And of course, the all-time gospel classic: _He Touched Me_

    • @jake6887
      @jake6887 3 года назад +1

      'We are sexual Perverts' with 'Fuck like a beast'

  • @kevintynan796
    @kevintynan796 3 года назад +2

    The Four Skins, Stiff Little Fingers, Flying Burrito Brothers, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The Bastards.

  • @fignukenrecords
    @fignukenrecords 3 года назад +13

    “...And You Will Know Us by The Trail of Dead” is what I thought he said long name 😂

    • @kitoyobeni1
      @kitoyobeni1 3 года назад +4

      Solid band though....

    • @fignukenrecords
      @fignukenrecords 3 года назад +1

      kitoyobeni1 true

    • @bryangarcia5599
      @bryangarcia5599 3 года назад

      I thought of Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated by Mass Amounts of Filthy Fecal Fisting and Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside the Infected Maggot Infested Womb of a Molested Nun Dying Under the Roof of a Burning Church While a Priest Watches and Ejaculates in Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus (a.k.a. ‘Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx’). You know, the guys behind the smash hit single ‘Dicks Out for Harambe’!

    • @peterhughes324
      @peterhughes324 3 года назад +3

      That’s a good name

    • @claymccoy
      @claymccoy 3 года назад +2

      One of my favorite bands and that is an epic name.

  • @Geerladenlad
    @Geerladenlad 3 года назад +11

    I'm going to have to go check out some Fuzzy Duck😮
    Sleaze Beez
    Beau Nasty
    Chumbawamba?
    Hoobastank??

    • @gridglory1
      @gridglory1 3 года назад

      Hoobastank. Totally agree
      Guano Apes was another

  • @cedarneckjams302
    @cedarneckjams302 3 года назад

    Love your videos man🤘I saw your guitar work you did a little while ago and think you should do more and I feel others would love it

  • @atlasking6110
    @atlasking6110 2 года назад +1

    "The Babys" - Not only the most un-rock-n-roll name ever, it's not even gramatically correct!

  • @WarPigs413
    @WarPigs413 3 года назад +12

    Greta Van fleet, anthrax, five finger death punch. All awful in my opinion

    • @petervanbuskirk500
      @petervanbuskirk500 3 года назад +7

      Anthrax? Really?

    • @Aesopos
      @Aesopos 3 года назад +7

      Anthrax is a cool name.

    • @SimpleManGuitars1973
      @SimpleManGuitars1973 3 года назад +2

      Greta Van Fleet is awful for a myriad of reasons. LOL!

    • @dr.phibesinred6066
      @dr.phibesinred6066 3 года назад +2

      Anthrax? What's wrong with that name? It's not like Anal Intruder or S.D.I. (Satan's Defloration Incorporated). Anthrax sounds pretty heavy and memorable.

    • @XA351GT
      @XA351GT 3 года назад +3

      @@dr.phibesinred6066 Anthrax is great and fits the music. One of the most bizarre band names I've ever heard was Anal Cunt. I couldn't believe that one when I heard it.

  • @jeffreyyannuzzi4832
    @jeffreyyannuzzi4832 3 года назад +3

    I actually like these 3 bands. But these names are brutal! . 1, Loverboy. 2.Cinderella. 3, The Goo Goo Dolls

  • @metalmat3651
    @metalmat3651 3 года назад +2

    I always thought the band name "Eyehategod" was a pretty stupid name

  • @djhans-kansas8505
    @djhans-kansas8505 3 года назад +2

    "There is a song called Chocolate Piano" For some reason I really laughed at that ..!

  • @breakaleg10
    @breakaleg10 3 года назад +20

    My list of bad names:
    The The
    Toad The Wet Sprocket
    10,000 Maniacs
    Fine Young Cannibals
    Träd Gräs Och Stenar (Swedish for Trees Grass And Stones)
    Camper Van Beethoven
    They Might Be Giants

    • @kevintrjohnson
      @kevintrjohnson 3 года назад +7

      Love the band, but trying to do a search for The The is a nightmare.

    • @antarcticorb9197
      @antarcticorb9197 3 года назад +2

      Stewed nipples garnished in ball hairs.

    • @MKmarcos97
      @MKmarcos97 3 года назад +1

      Good choice, The The Is horrible

    • @bobfrapples1208
      @bobfrapples1208 3 года назад

      Warrant

    • @gwts1171
      @gwts1171 3 года назад

      There are actually TWO bands called Toad The Wet Sprocket!!! It's a Monty Python reference, BTW.

  • @yhugjghug
    @yhugjghug 3 года назад +21

    The more intelligent a band is, the more stupid is their band name!
    Spock's Beard 🤔
    Porcupine Tree 🤔

    • @crabcake43011
      @crabcake43011 3 года назад +3

      Except Rush, but that’s a different level all together. RIP Professor.

    • @robcopen1713
      @robcopen1713 3 года назад +1

      Oh yes.... Spock's Beard, good one!

    • @petervanbuskirk500
      @petervanbuskirk500 3 года назад +1

      Oh yes... Yes.

    • @TheBillyKmusic
      @TheBillyKmusic 3 года назад +2

      I don't ever recall Spock having a beard, from all the Star Trek episodes I've seen.

    • @robcopen1713
      @robcopen1713 3 года назад

      @@TheBillyKmusic lol😄

  • @brucybabyy7355
    @brucybabyy7355 3 года назад +25

    chris has to have his own show.

  • @seanbrewer4010
    @seanbrewer4010 3 года назад +1

    Also digging the mention of E-X-E. Have Stricken by Might on vinyl and cassette. Awesome!

  • @victhedude417
    @victhedude417 3 года назад +20

    Of the bands I grew up with: Mott The Hoople.

    • @mickshrimpton6494
      @mickshrimpton6494 3 года назад

      Agreed

    • @LdeinerProductions
      @LdeinerProductions 3 года назад

      Fuck i forgot that one

    • @itkojecockot
      @itkojecockot 3 года назад

      yeah, terrible name...... good band tho

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 года назад +1

      Mott The Hoople isn't that bad, I've heard a lot worse. They got the name from a book title from the mid 60's. When they had a line up change they shortened the band name to Mott.

    • @victhedude417
      @victhedude417 3 года назад

      @@CB-xr1eg You know, I agree with you. Using the term "awful" band name is actually too harsh. Odd seems a better description. Butthole Surfers however, now there's an AWFUL band name!

  • @pokerface8242
    @pokerface8242 3 года назад +4

    Kajagoogoo. Hoobastank. Dead Kennedys. Panic! At the Disco. Porno for Pyros. Brian Jonestown Massacre. Chumbawamba. Mr. Mister. Dishwalla and Five Finger Death Punch come to mind.

    • @Carlos-xz3vi
      @Carlos-xz3vi 3 года назад +1

      Dead Kennedys is an awesome name. Awesome!

    • @Carlos-xz3vi
      @Carlos-xz3vi 3 года назад

      Panic at the disco is a direct reference to the song “Panic” from The Smith, you dumb boomer.

    • @pokerface8242
      @pokerface8242 3 года назад +2

      @@Carlos-xz3vi
      So? Then name the band Panic. That's cool. Imho PATD is a dumb name.

  • @stroberdolb9183
    @stroberdolb9183 3 года назад +15

    The Eagles of Death Metal. Trash band/name

  • @scottmcgregor562
    @scottmcgregor562 3 года назад +2

    I always remember the novelty song from the late 50s Camp Grenada.

  • @twikirobot6897
    @twikirobot6897 3 года назад +8

    Got one.... Dumpy's Rusty Nuts. [80's British band]
    Love all 4 of those shirts you guys are wearing !

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 года назад +1

      How about Van Der Graaf Generator? English band believe it or not.

  • @dinkjs
    @dinkjs 3 года назад +24

    Presidents Of The United States of America

  • @txoilfield
    @txoilfield 3 года назад +1

    WORST NAME EVER: "The Very idea Of Fucking Hitler" 80's hardcore band.

  • @kevinputry5655
    @kevinputry5655 3 года назад +1

    And here's some more terrible band names: Culture Club, Style Council, Kajagoogoo, A-ha, Wham, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, One Direction, Goo Goo Dolls, Five Finger Death Punch and Puddle of Mudd.

  • @raymondkizer1216
    @raymondkizer1216 3 года назад +3

    Pete, you need to a show on the origins of band's names and how they came about.

  • @BlackMoore82
    @BlackMoore82 3 года назад +4

    Love Alabama Thunderpussy! Saw their former guitarist Asechiah Bogdan a few years ago when he was still playing with Windhand.

  • @mutate34
    @mutate34 3 года назад +2

    I'm in the UK, in my 30s, and I first started collecting hard rock records as a kid in the late 90s and I remember encountering Lynyrd Skynyrd's name for the first time. I just assumed they were named after maybe a native America place or something.

  • @CB-xr1eg
    @CB-xr1eg 3 года назад +1

    Off the top of my head I can think of, Van Der Graaf Generator, Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, Mungo Jerry, Atomic Rooster, The Hootenanny Singers, Katzenjammer.
    Even some artists made up weird band names for album titles.
    Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
    The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
    Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow - T. Rex
    Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John.

  • @SirBoycie
    @SirBoycie 3 года назад +4

    I honestly believe Fanny could have been so much bigger if they hadn't decided on that awful name. Khruangbin is also pretty terrible. There are too many pop band names from the 80s to even mention (Bananarama, Duran Duran, Wang Chung...) but hey its a rock channel.

    • @kirkwoerner1107
      @kirkwoerner1107 3 года назад

      Fanny’s Beat Club live stuff is fantastic. Blind Alley and Special Care are truly great rock songs. Their studio stuff is weak for whatever reason.

  • @iluvpepi
    @iluvpepi 3 года назад +4

    Here are a couple more gems. (Different genres) :
    1) “Sweaty Nipples” - Seattle band during the grunge era
    2) “The Crazy World of Arthur Brown”- British ‘60’s psych band
    3) “Badfinger”- Great British band from the early ‘70s
    4) “The Fatback Band” - good ‘70s funk and soul band
    5) “*NSYNC”- no words needed

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 года назад +3

      How about Van Der Graaf Generator? Sounds Dutch but they were actually an English band.

    • @iluvpepi
      @iluvpepi 3 года назад +2

      I like that name. 😊

    • @TheBillyKmusic
      @TheBillyKmusic 3 года назад +1

      "Badfinger" still was better than their former name, "The Iveys".

    • @iluvpepi
      @iluvpepi 3 года назад +1

      @@TheBillyKmusic Yes, but only a little. 😊

    • @iluvpepi
      @iluvpepi 3 года назад +1

      @ 🤣

  • @chazblitz
    @chazblitz 3 года назад +3

    The Master Musicians of Bukkake has to get a mention here.

  • @marciopainhas5828
    @marciopainhas5828 3 года назад

    Kiss, Meat Loaf, Smashing Pumpkins, Cranberries, Black Eyed Peas, Cake, Tangerine Dream, Everything But The Girl, Jane Loves Jezebel, Toto, New York Dolls, Morte Macabre, etc...

  • @brentkrohn4731
    @brentkrohn4731 3 года назад +4

    The Melvins is one named after a high school janitor I believe. I thought there were some pretty generic names for 80s bands. White lion, zebra, stryper, Cinderella, great white, black and blue. To name a few. Maybe not the worst names but just no imagination.

    • @bryangarcia5599
      @bryangarcia5599 3 года назад

      Melvins were actually named after the supervisor of a Thriftway grocery store where Buzz Osborne had been employed as a clerk (apparently, the guy was a bit of a jerk, and the band named themselves after him just to sort of make fun of him and his ’nerdy’ name). As for the high-school janitor named Melvin, you may be thinking of the Toxic Avenger, I’m not sure.

    • @itkojecockot
      @itkojecockot 3 года назад +1

      every era had bad band names...... not just the 80's bands......

  • @jupiter7x7
    @jupiter7x7 3 года назад +3

    Remember seeing the album cover of a band called Split Beaver back in the day.

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 года назад

      There was a punk band called Clit 45.

    • @kensurrency2564
      @kensurrency2564 3 года назад +1

      Sean Cooper Honestly, that’s hilarious. As is Split Beaver. It doesn’t matter how good they are, I’d be laughing too hard to be able to watch them live.

  • @Miler97487
    @Miler97487 3 года назад

    I've heard of the band Alabama Thunderpussy. There was a rather obscure Midwestern band calling themselves Thunderpussy who released an album called Documents of Captivity in 1973, which was a heavy rock band that touched on prog and psych.

  • @paulcoleman3081
    @paulcoleman3081 3 года назад +2

    We did a little tour in Germany in the '90s and one of our local support bands was Willie and the Wankers!

    • @paulcoleman3081
      @paulcoleman3081 3 года назад

      @@miketheyunggod2534 They were a punk band. Funny thing was, they took themselves very seriously and, being German, pronounced it Villie and the Vankers. Couldn’t get a smile out of any of them.

  • @bobfrapples1208
    @bobfrapples1208 3 года назад +6

    Helmet, Soundgarden, Billy Talent, The Band

    • @davidleary4524
      @davidleary4524 3 года назад +4

      Soundgarden's not a bad name.

    • @rememberbeginning
      @rememberbeginning 3 года назад +2

      I love Soundgarden. Their name actually grabbed my attention. Fan for life!

    • @claymccoy
      @claymccoy 3 года назад +2

      I think Helmet is actually a cool band name.

    • @paulgauguin7730
      @paulgauguin7730 3 года назад +1

      Soundgarden is good

  • @gridglory1
    @gridglory1 3 года назад +3

    Clinging to the trees of a forest fire is pretty dang cool. Sounds like a post-metal band.

  • @wind-upboy939
    @wind-upboy939 3 года назад +1

    In Germany, there was a casting band called BroSis. Not a good name.
    There is a geat band called GPS. Looking for that band on the internet can really be a bother.
    And then, there are some weird ones:
    - We butter the bread with butter
    - Vampires on Tomato Juice (awesome, sounds a little bit like System of a Down)
    - Japanische Kampfhörspiele (Japanese battle audio dramas)

  • @johnharkness3059
    @johnharkness3059 3 года назад

    great topic - Would you consider doing a similar discussion on what names you would give to a new rock band? - I keep thinking that all the good names are taken - I mean there are no animals left (after Wasp, Lion, Leppard, Budgie, Scorpions, Tiger, Snake). By the way I'm not in a band that is looking for a new, cool, name or anything like that. Take care

  • @gwyld
    @gwyld 3 года назад +6

    Plenty of names I think are actually terrible: Pearl Jam, Toad The Wet Sprocket, and most recently Imagine Dragons.
    But the one I always wondered about, and I liked the band, their logo and how the name sounded, was Def Leppard. I mean, it was Deaf Leopard after changing from Atomic Mass, which was awful too. Then they changed it too look like Led Zeppelin. But who would name a band after a deaf leopard ? that doesn't make any sense to me. Then there is always this band called Cattle Decapitation, lol.
    Edit: Thanks for recommending Lucifer, I hadn't heard of this band before. Pretty cool retro sound. But yeah, no idea why they named the band Lucifer.

    • @independenceltd.
      @independenceltd. 3 года назад

      Did you know that there were two Toad the Wet Sprocket? There was also a NWOBHM band who released two singles in '79 and '80 with the same name. Who'da thunk it?

    • @mck7646
      @mck7646 3 года назад

      Oh God, Imagine dragons...horrible band.

    • @Rockerlady
      @Rockerlady Год назад

      Steve Clark's father suggested Blind Parrot.

  • @robcopen1713
    @robcopen1713 3 года назад +4

    Little Ceasar, horrible name, GREAT first album....thank Mr. Pardo for turning me to these guys, good band horrible name, Toe Fat...and my band once played with a band called Nat King Coleslaw 😃

    • @mickshrimpton6494
      @mickshrimpton6494 3 года назад

      Nat King Coleslaw lol ...makes me think of REO Speed Dealer

    • @robcopen1713
      @robcopen1713 3 года назад +1

      @@mickshrimpton6494 Lmao!!! REO speed dealer!! That's a good one😄

    • @bobfrapples1208
      @bobfrapples1208 3 года назад +1

      @@mickshrimpton6494 Yeah, they got sued and lost

  • @crabcake43011
    @crabcake43011 3 года назад +1

    Great topic, guys!

  • @barrycardiss4851
    @barrycardiss4851 3 года назад

    I'm 62 now but in my 20's I played drums in a band called Bad Riffs, my friends band was The Electric Tent Pegs.. We were featured in a local magazine with another band called Sheila and the P### Flaps!!!

  • @davidvandersande2208
    @davidvandersande2208 3 года назад +4

    What about 'Chicken foot". Great band but what a silly name.

  • @kayfimt7769
    @kayfimt7769 3 года назад +5

    Off topic but might be a cool change of pace and I have a feeling the crew would handle it well - personal top 3 best horror movies ever made. Understood if this is a no go because it’s not about music.

  • @jimzezza6915
    @jimzezza6915 3 года назад

    Before Flied Egg the band was called Strawberry Path. And despite another weird name, their one album "When the Raven Has Come to the Earth" is a nice dose of early 70's hard psych.

  • @anthonyfalco7096
    @anthonyfalco7096 3 года назад +2

    "We butter the bread with butter" i shit you not thats an actual band lol. Im going to name my band. "Corporal wally jazz and the chocolate whisker nugans" 😂😂😂

  • @connollyc
    @connollyc 3 года назад +3

    "Cattle Decapitation" Aww, I love the name and their music 🤷‍♂️

  • @quarterjukebox208
    @quarterjukebox208 3 года назад +19

    Hole.

    • @bobfrapples1208
      @bobfrapples1208 3 года назад +3

      Deftones

    • @Dagger-Deep
      @Dagger-Deep 3 года назад +1

      @@bobfrapples1208
      That's actually a pretty cool name, but that's just my two cents.

    • @dr.phibesinred6066
      @dr.phibesinred6066 3 года назад

      @@Dagger-Deep Better than Cattle Decapitation.

  • @AngelLopez-vi3nr
    @AngelLopez-vi3nr 3 года назад +1

    Crabby Appleton, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Mudcrutch and But Trumpet are my contributions to this particular conversation.

  • @Amber_xo_133
    @Amber_xo_133 3 года назад +2

    Goo Goo Dolls
    Hoobastank
    Every band name with a phrase or sentence
    Babymetal

  • @greensombrero3641
    @greensombrero3641 3 года назад +3

    My favorite band name was called Lunch Meat.

  • @smashdalde9713
    @smashdalde9713 3 года назад +3

    I was once in a garage band called 'Blistered Clit'..

    • @spaghetti.lee-69
      @spaghetti.lee-69 3 года назад +2

      You should have Played Weddings!

    • @smashdalde9713
      @smashdalde9713 3 года назад +2

      @@spaghetti.lee-69 we were terrible too..

    •  3 года назад +1

      @@smashdalde9713 C'mon, how could a band called Blistered Clit possibly be bad??

    • @smashdalde9713
      @smashdalde9713 3 года назад +1

      @ oh trust me,we were BAD...Great name tho isn't it? You're welcome to use it if you like..take the name and run with it!

  • @johnhuntify
    @johnhuntify 3 года назад +1

    Back in about '92 or '93, while listening to the Friday Rock Show on Radio 1, I heard the DJ comment, "We'll play another track by 'Dearly Beheaded' in a minute." Made me laugh when I heard the band name. 😁

  • @garethchesters2516
    @garethchesters2516 2 года назад +1

    My addition would be a band called the rods, great first album, saw them support iron maiden on the number of the beast tour. Still love their music to this day

  • @kevintynan796
    @kevintynan796 3 года назад +3

    The female band Fanny. Talk about lost in translation. Fanny refers to bum in the States, in England Fanny is CU Next Tuesday.