Monday, April 6, 2009

Best Band Name Evahhh!!!

I was talking to my girl about WKRP in Cincinatti about a rock band they had on the show one time that destroyed their hotel room and their name was was really funny but I couldn't remember it. I had to look it up via the magic of the Internets and it was from the episode "Hoodlum Rock". The band was called Scum of the Earth and WKRP had a banner hung up that said "Welcome Scum!" and Herb was worried the banner would attract the wrong kind of people, haha. That got me thinking of some of my favorite band names. Some I realized I haven't even thought about the meaning of for decades like:

Circle Jerks

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and

The Dead Milkmen

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Of course you gotta have some weirdness and/or artsy-ness thrown in for a good name, such as

Throbbing Gristle

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or the always eye popping:

The Butthole Surfers


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I remember when they made bumbper stickers that just screamed "BUTTHOLE" in giant bold pink letters. Too funny.

And then there was


...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

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To which I was all "Ohh fuck yeah!! Awesome name!" And rushed out and bought it only to be sadly disapointed that the music was neither "crushing-death-metal-like-none-ever-heard-before" nor was it "murderous Charlie Manson Family flava of anarcho-punk". Just lame-o Indie. Which made me hesitant to ever listen to this next one, although I love the name:

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness


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Here are some of my favorite, lesser known band names that I love:

John Cougar Concentration Camp


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Starvation Army

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The Horny Mormons

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Carnage Asada

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And my favorite of late, if not all-time(although I'm not sure if foreign readers will understand it fully):

Blood Bath and Beyond


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What are your favorite band names?

4 comments:

  1. Hey! I'm adding:
    -The Frumpies
    -Witchypoo
    -Margot & The Nuclear So & So's
    -Ovarian Trolley

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  2. Some that I've been in

    -exploding archbishops
    -live rat pasties
    -asphalt hamsters
    -splayfeet

    http://penmallet.blogspot.com/

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  3. Angry Samoans, Revolting Cocks. Both conjure up unforgettable mental images.

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