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Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
I like the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies tribute band, the Hymen Bustin Fathers
They’re still touring, too!
But they played at the Super Bowl halftime show once so they are okay /s
Did they really? That may have been peak 90s
I remember when I was a pre teen and I wanted a Limp Bizkit CD for Christmas, my mother said that the name of the band sounded vulgar and she wouldn’t get it for me. Instead she got me a Cherry Poppin’ Daddies CD… Smh
I’m sure it was never about the band name. She probably heard Limp Bizkit on the radio and later in the day heard “Zoot Suit Riot” and was like “I know what will make my son fit in at Middle School. Big band swing music”
Sigh…
“It’s swing music so it’s okay” was probably what she thought
Relevant Todd in the Shadows that came out just a few days ago.
Jimmy Eat World should be part of the conversation due to their acronym.
Who ever called them J.E.W.? Or when did they ever use that acronym themselves?
Perhaps tried to and then realised
Or The Band.
Amazing band though
The Band
Honestly one of the best! An excellent lyricist and songwriter as well - although a little heavy handed on the harmonica.
Butthole Surfers have not been mentioned yet?
Yeah, the title of the thread is worst names ever. That’s on an orthogonal axis with most likely to make an 11 year old boy giggle
For some reason they’re always intertwined in my head with another terribly named band, Diarrhea Planet.
hey… i was a butthead in the 90s.
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. Such a pain in the arse when you have to refer to them.
There was a band called Pigface for a bit who were actually good
Hoobastank
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Oh honey, Freddie was a bigger Queen than Elizabeth, Danaerys, and Latifah rolled into one.
Next you’re gonna tell me The Police isn’t a group of cops
no they are real police, they watch every step you take
every move you make, they’ll be watching you.
That played concerts at sun city in apartheid south Africa and have heavily glossed over the fact afterwards
Imagine Dragons
That’s the one i was thinking of - for anybody who hasn’t heard of them: that’s not the band name. That’s the acronym of the band name. Each one of those letters belongs to a word
The band öOoOoOoOoOo is a bit unwieldy.
Supposedly pronounced as “caterpillar” in whatever language you prefer.
IMO, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has an awfully high good band/dumb name differential
!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
I love them as a band and the name makes sense once you know what it’s representing, but it’s terrible for searching or recommending to people.
Nickelback
The Beatles
Cmon this is a great pun
The Oneders?
To be completely honest, I don’t consider any name to be bad.
You may say AxCx is terrible name, but once you give them a listen it exactly fits the name. Same goes for Hijokaidan, who are actually named based on one of fan’s suggestion claiming that “escape staircase” suits their sound more. Party Cannon is absolutely hillarious imo, when you look at the logo and the sound. Brojob also has a name that fits their lyrical themes.
In some cases the name may come out a bit lame, but bad names? Nah. I don’t consider any name bad, most of them sound either fucking epic and/or hillarious when you look at the full picture.
Come on, let musicians have some fun.
Just one note. Unfortunate names do exist. If a band has name that is also commonly used to refer to other things, it is really tricky to find them unless they are popular enough. I remember trying to find some music from a band called “6 cylinder”. You can imagine the struggle.
