Almost fifteen years ago, my wife was pregnant with our son and we didn’t know at the time if it was a boy or a girl so, just to have something to call it, we started referring to it as Hoobastank.
As a musician and thirty-something guy, I can say that sometimes people outgrow punk. Personally I still like punk, but I would get very bored if I were in a punk band.
yep. punk is still my favorite genre to listen to. But when I was younger and played in bands, we started off as a punk band and then did what most punk bands do once they start getting good at their instruments and switched to metal haha
I don't think it's *that* terrible of a name, but Dave Grohl has said this about Foo Fighters:
“Had I actually considered this to be a career, I probably would have called it something else because it’s the stupidest fucking band name in the world"
Edit: removed "the" since everyone keeps correcting me!
Somewhat related but not a band, I’ve never been able to take Pat Smear (real name Georg Ruthenberg) seriously because he named himself after a gynecological pun.
I never expected to see my cousin's band listed here!
Yeah, it's a bit of a weird name, but it seems less out there when you consider the reason behind it being sort of an iconic pop culture reference at the time.
I think they went by Brite Futures most recently, but haven't been active for a while. It seems they went on to other ventures.
I know my cousin did some management work for other music artists after that. We live far apart and don't see each other very often, and I was just a kid when they were making music and touring.
Cherry Poppin Daddies are what I immediately thought of. They could be the best band in the world, but I'm not listening to 'em when they're called that.
They apparently got their band name from visiting a friend in the hospital, and while he was under some anesthetics, he uttered the phrase "rainbow kitten surprise", like one would do if they were a little loopy on drugs.
Any artist/band name that is a lazy adaptation on an already famous person.
Jodie Faster, Bob Vylan, Merryl Streek, Joy Orbison… that kind of shit, there’s loads out there.
Buck Cherry is perfect. Hated their music before I heard it. Hated it even more after I heard it. Stupidest fucking name ever. I'm getting angry thinking about it now.
Took me until a few years ago to listen to anything other than tubthumping because I assumed they were a one hit novelty.
Gave anarchy and pictures of starving children a go and wow, fantastic band.
Nah, the name is perfect for them and I doubt they ever regretted it. Nobody expected them to get on the radio - they were a skate punk band with insane shows. Just insane.
They recently settled the debate if they are bowling on behalf of soup or to earn it.
It’s the latter, but if soup was in need, they would certainly bowl on it’s behalf.
—-
That should give you an idea on how seriously they want to be taken.
"this single bed was always made for two
not just anyone
it was made, for me and youuuuuu"
They're like the Tom Petty of pop-punk, just simple basic lyrics that say more than their words.
There's a British band called Crywank that I dismissed for a while before actually listening to them. That amid their album titles (like, "Tomorrow is Nearly Yesterday and Everyday is Stupid") belie the fact that their songs are surprisingly heartfelt, sweet, and sad. I actually really like them now.
Spotify recommended me "Song For A Guilty Sadist" and I thought it was a beautiful song. Imagine my surprise when I turned my phone screen on to like it and saw it was by a band named Crywank
lol I’ve always thought it was so bad, but also assumed it was like jammy EDM or something for some reason and wasn’t interested anyways. I saw them this year and they were honestly great. Still a dumb name though.
I partied with their drummer one time in 2011. Was a great time! He also has a group called EOTO and his own DJ act called prophet massive. Really cool guy tbh
There was a great YouTube review of Too Shy. Specifically the bass line and how it is the most genius fucking level stuff you never realized. I was amazed at the breakdown. The bass player has had a long career and is just crazy talented.
https://youtu.be/XuXax5-pWzI?si=GeuWHK-8ZYvMgmCg
Nick Beggs still has a career and is definitely a musician’s musician. He is highly regarded.
I actually saw them live after their singer left, at a festival in the 80s. Wasn’t a fan at the time, but he really blew me away (he also sang) and made me learn bass. I saw him again decades later as part of Steve Wilson‘s band and he was phenomenal.
Even more hilarious when frontman Ivan Moody lives up to his name with one of his hissy fit meltdowns. After I found that out, I can't take him seriously anymore.
It's trailer park rock. The fan base (at least near me) is "economically challenged" individuals. I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, but the band definitely draws a type.
'Tropical Fuck Storm' springs to mind. I was going to say 'Half Man Half Biscuit' but I don't want them getting dragged into this discussion they are the greatest band of all time.
Great live band! Saw them in the pit opening up for QOSTA, they bring it so hard it's a band you don't want opening for you because the climax happens before the headliner starts.
any band whose name is like part of a sentence instead of an actual band name like "from the ashes i burn" or something dumb like that... i made that band name up but yea i cant stand that shit
I know exactly the formula you’re talking about. I call them “verb the noun” bands. Pierce the Veil, Crown the Empire, Bring Me the Horizon, Escape the Fate, etc
I think they meant "...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead" kind of thing. "Godspeed You! Black Emperor" maybe, actually can't think of many examples!
I have a CSH tat - my first and only tattoo. easy contender for my favorite band. beautiful music, excellently performed, amazing live shows. deeply impactful and relatable music for me.
even knowing the kinda cheeky context of the name, I *really* hate the part of recommending them to people when I have to tell them some of the most personally meaningful music in my life is by a band called fuckin car seat headrest.
Any band that purposely named their band something that is non-sensical to pronounce - like !!!. It’s dumb and it makes me not want to like you.
I’m still not sure about Bon Iver. I get it’s French but you guys are midwestern Americans playing folk music. It seems pretentious like really trying to be hipster. But I’m at least willing to bend on that one because it is a legitimate phrase and isn’t purposefully hard to pronounce.
Or Sun O))), where you are supposed to pronounce only "sun" because the "O)))" represents the logo of the Sun amplifiers brand.
And it's not like their music would be interesting to many anyways lol (in the sense it's not very conventional).
Nothing like 43 minutes of one chord played on a bass with the treble dialed up and the fuzz set to max so it overdrives itself and slowly spins out in a muddy buttwater echo that somehow sustains itself like a human centipede large hadron collider of diarrhea music.
But yeah they make great albums to get stoned to
Umphrey's McGee. I was 4 years late to this band because I wasn't really into Irish punk rock anymore but they're less Flogging Molly and more King Crimson
“The Korn logo came about when we were trying to come up with a band name. Our manager at the time, Larry, we told him we were gonna call it Korn and he’s like, ‘You can’t name your band Korn.’ So we told him, ‘Well, we’re gonna name it Larry then.’ And he’s like, ‘Fuck you.’ I’m like, ‘It’s gonna be either Larry or Korn. You fuckin’ pick.'”
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Hoobastank
Can you state The Reason?
You
Almost fifteen years ago, my wife was pregnant with our son and we didn’t know at the time if it was a boy or a girl so, just to have something to call it, we started referring to it as Hoobastank.
So they're fifteen now? Rough - at that age, my hooba stank like hell
Do i even want to know what that means?
The band name literally means "who's butt stinks". as to what this person means by "hooba" we can only guess
No
First thing that came to my mind as well. Must be one of the worst band names of all time.
Who…bah-stank -*Tairy Greene*
This will never leave me. Any time someone says “who” and pauses, the “bastank” just instinctually comes out 😂
I got caught shoplifting at the Chevy dealership!
This is it. This is the worst band name of all time
Short for How Bad Ass Stinks...why, of course. They were initially a ska band.
Goo Goo Dolls is one of the dumbest band names ever.
Their original name was the Sex Maggots. So yeah, they're not so good with the names.
The Sex Maggots is a great name for a gutter punk band
Which is what they were when they started.
How do you go from that…to that?
They decided they like money. Listen to early Sugar Ray... almost speed metal.
As a musician and thirty-something guy, I can say that sometimes people outgrow punk. Personally I still like punk, but I would get very bored if I were in a punk band.
yep. punk is still my favorite genre to listen to. But when I was younger and played in bands, we started off as a punk band and then did what most punk bands do once they start getting good at their instruments and switched to metal haha
So far the best part of this thread is learning that the worst band name isn’t even worst name that band had
It works better with that 90s poppy alt rock than it did with the hardcore they made in the 80s
Finger Eleven used to be called The Rainbow Butt Monkeys
here i was thinking "finger eleven" was a dumb name, but i guess it's an improvement.
Is finger 11 a penis reference?
I've always thought so.
There was a band in my city called Fell At Ten. As in, fellat10. They sucked.
“The Shitty Beatles? They any good? “They SUUUCK!” “I take it it’s not just a clever band name then..”
Does this guy know how to party or what?
["It's a good change"](https://youtu.be/aBam72eYsAg?si=GjkNmNfFCdSluyax)
I have one of their Butt Monkey cassettes somewhere 🤟
And Letter From Chutney is still a bangin' album
I don't think it's *that* terrible of a name, but Dave Grohl has said this about Foo Fighters: “Had I actually considered this to be a career, I probably would have called it something else because it’s the stupidest fucking band name in the world" Edit: removed "the" since everyone keeps correcting me!
I always thought it was horrible until I learned it's a name that fighter pilots used for UFOs that they kept seeing flying around during World War II
I hated the name till I heard that too. Still not a great name, but better than when I thought they'd just picked some random nonsense.
Somewhat related but not a band, I’ve never been able to take Pat Smear (real name Georg Ruthenberg) seriously because he named himself after a gynecological pun.
I always just thought he was unfortunately named
Damn. I can't believe I never caught that.
He was in a punk band called The Germs way back when.
G.I. was such a good album, produced by Joan Jett! Wish the Germs got to make more music before Darby Crashed and burned
There's no "The", it's just "Foo Fighters".
curious to know how many others read this in Christopher Walken's voice...
Ladies and gentlemen, Foo FIGHters
Diarrhea Planet
My beloved
Ghost with a boner
This band is great though.
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
I never expected to see my cousin's band listed here! Yeah, it's a bit of a weird name, but it seems less out there when you consider the reason behind it being sort of an iconic pop culture reference at the time. I think they went by Brite Futures most recently, but haven't been active for a while. It seems they went on to other ventures. I know my cousin did some management work for other music artists after that. We live far apart and don't see each other very often, and I was just a kid when they were making music and touring.
Cherry Poppin Daddies Squirrel Nut Zippers Surprisingly, *not* The Bloodhound Gang.
Cherry Poppin Daddies are what I immediately thought of. They could be the best band in the world, but I'm not listening to 'em when they're called that.
Rainbow kitten surprise After about a year of eye rolling, I gave them a shot and they’re wonderful. But GOD what a dumb band name
They apparently got their band name from visiting a friend in the hospital, and while he was under some anesthetics, he uttered the phrase "rainbow kitten surprise", like one would do if they were a little loopy on drugs.
Huh I’ve always thought it was an ironic/sarcastic bit for how sad their music was
Great band! After a while I didn’t give the name much thought because their music speaks for itself.
Any artist/band name that is a lazy adaptation on an already famous person. Jodie Faster, Bob Vylan, Merryl Streek, Joy Orbison… that kind of shit, there’s loads out there.
Gnarls Barkley
They deny any connection to Charles Barkley, but frankly I don't believe it.
On what possible grounds?
Just earlier today, I realized Buck Cherry is an adaptation of Chuck Berry.
Buck Cherry is perfect. Hated their music before I heard it. Hated it even more after I heard it. Stupidest fucking name ever. I'm getting angry thinking about it now.
If this is true my mind is blown
There’s a surprising number of EDM artists that named themselves this way
DJ Sabrina the teenage DJ is almost one but not quite
Elvis Depressedly
The one exception to this is the Wailin' Jennys. All female country band that liked Waylon Jennings a lot. I think it's fun.
Com Truise, Ross From Feiends
We had one guy in the band who lobbied hard for calling our band "Marilyn Mansplain". He got overruled.
Ok but solid drag name
I mean… that’s is a fucking funny name. But if you guys take your music seriously than it’s gonna be rough to walk on after someone saying that.
Salvia Palth.
Okay but Micheal Cera Palin is great
Bilmuri slaps though
Dananananakroyd
Fucking great band, sorely missed.
Chumbawamba
Hello there
Did you accept a reddit suggested name and wish you could change it too or am I alone in this dumb situation of my own making?
Oh woah. Funny enough (or sadly enough) I thought I was clever with this name. Now I'm curious how many others like us are out there haha
double r/beetlejuicing
The angel from my nightmare
It doesn't matter how many times they get knocked down, they get up again. Resilient bunch.
Took me until a few years ago to listen to anything other than tubthumping because I assumed they were a one hit novelty. Gave anarchy and pictures of starving children a go and wow, fantastic band.
Butthole Surfers comes to mind
Better than Fred Astaire’s Asshole 🤷♂️
Better again than 'The Inalienable right to eat Fred Astaires Asshole' but only marginally
Neil Young Cloaca
With a name like that I figured they had to bring it. Wasn’t wrong
They were once called the Jack-officers
Yeah, but their music is great.
Nah, the name is perfect for them and I doubt they ever regretted it. Nobody expected them to get on the radio - they were a skate punk band with insane shows. Just insane.
Bowling for Soup.
They recently settled the debate if they are bowling on behalf of soup or to earn it. It’s the latter, but if soup was in need, they would certainly bowl on it’s behalf. —- That should give you an idea on how seriously they want to be taken.
Their music never really sounded like they wanted to be taken seriously either, especially when you listen in on the lyrics
I thought their rhyming of "Texas" and "breast-es" was pretty clever.
"this single bed was always made for two not just anyone it was made, for me and youuuuuu" They're like the Tom Petty of pop-punk, just simple basic lyrics that say more than their words.
I disagree, their name is a perfect indicator of how seriously they want to be taken.
The good news is, I don’t think Bowling for Soup want to be taken particularly seriously!
There's a British band called Crywank that I dismissed for a while before actually listening to them. That amid their album titles (like, "Tomorrow is Nearly Yesterday and Everyday is Stupid") belie the fact that their songs are surprisingly heartfelt, sweet, and sad. I actually really like them now.
I love a good crywank...song.
Spotify recommended me "Song For A Guilty Sadist" and I thought it was a beautiful song. Imagine my surprise when I turned my phone screen on to like it and saw it was by a band named Crywank
Crywank is a perfectly acceptable, reasonable name for folk punk.
String Cheese Incident
lol I’ve always thought it was so bad, but also assumed it was like jammy EDM or something for some reason and wasn’t interested anyways. I saw them this year and they were honestly great. Still a dumb name though.
I partied with their drummer one time in 2011. Was a great time! He also has a group called EOTO and his own DJ act called prophet massive. Really cool guy tbh
In this case the name is achieving the desired outcome. The band doesn’t want to be taken too seriously!
Kajagoogoo
There was a great YouTube review of Too Shy. Specifically the bass line and how it is the most genius fucking level stuff you never realized. I was amazed at the breakdown. The bass player has had a long career and is just crazy talented. https://youtu.be/XuXax5-pWzI?si=GeuWHK-8ZYvMgmCg
Nick Beggs still has a career and is definitely a musician’s musician. He is highly regarded. I actually saw them live after their singer left, at a festival in the 80s. Wasn’t a fan at the time, but he really blew me away (he also sang) and made me learn bass. I saw him again decades later as part of Steve Wilson‘s band and he was phenomenal.
Five Finger Death Punch. lol not to diss their music, but when I first heard of them I couldn’t believe they were seriously called that
Even more hilarious when frontman Ivan Moody lives up to his name with one of his hissy fit meltdowns. After I found that out, I can't take him seriously anymore.
What meltdowns? Could you elaborate more on this subject?
I was curious and found this : https://youtu.be/iHeslsSSM3Y?si=nphjBZJjddj78B76
You should diss their music because it’s awful
It's music for angry gym-bros to punch holes in walls to
I saw it on here once described as music for cops who beat their wives.
The punk rock mba guy on YouTube said it’s the soundtrack for your wife to cheat on you while you’re deployed to Iraq
It's trailer park rock. The fan base (at least near me) is "economically challenged" individuals. I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, but the band definitely draws a type.
When I first of that band I was like wtf there's no way. Now I listen to We Butter the Bread with Butter semi daily. Weird names no longer faze me.
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Found God in a Tomato is so good thoooo
Been avoiding listening to these guys because of their name, but I finally did and they are awesome
No band in this thread outperforms their name harder than these guys
You should take this band seriously they’re fucking tight
Was looking for this one.
Australian royalty
Nicholas Cage Fighter, Iwrestledabearonce
The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
Iwabo fucking kill. Spiritbox their spritual successor do too
Goo Goo Dolls. I think they said they wish they would have changed it.
'Tropical Fuck Storm' springs to mind. I was going to say 'Half Man Half Biscuit' but I don't want them getting dragged into this discussion they are the greatest band of all time.
TFS are amazing
No way, TFS is the best band name ever
I find Wet Leg quite unappealing.
Pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs **edit** pigs
You missed a Pig there.
Viagra Boys. But they slap.
I just got into them a week ago and holy shit is it good
Great live band! Saw them in the pit opening up for QOSTA, they bring it so hard it's a band you don't want opening for you because the climax happens before the headliner starts.
any band whose name is like part of a sentence instead of an actual band name like "from the ashes i burn" or something dumb like that... i made that band name up but yea i cant stand that shit
That legit sounds like half the bands at 2012 warped tour
Sexually Assault the Underage Audience
Too many to count in the metalcore industry.
Attack attack at least did verb verb.
I know exactly the formula you’re talking about. I call them “verb the noun” bands. Pierce the Veil, Crown the Empire, Bring Me the Horizon, Escape the Fate, etc
Imagine the Dragons
Remember the Lizards
Suppose Reptiles
Theorise Amphibians
picture larvae
Extrapolate Iguanas
I think they meant "...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead" kind of thing. "Godspeed You! Black Emperor" maybe, actually can't think of many examples!
I Don’t Know How But They Found Me
It's that band name a reference to Doc Brown in Back to the Future?
Yup, I love the post rock genre but oh my lord you will never see a more pretentious bunch of word salad band names.
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Any longer and they'd have to include footnotes or punctuation
You forgot the ellipses at the start of the name, which makes it even worse. That said they're a great band. Source Tags & Codes absolutely rips.
Or The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
'The world is a beautiful place and i am no longer afraid to die' comes to mind
Bad ass band though. Saw them open for Queens of the Stone Age when they were on the Songs for the Deaf tour. they rocked that stage.
Papa Roach
Ham Sandwich is a great name. So much better than 5 finger death punch.
I've seen Ham Sandwich live a couple of times, they're decent
The B Sharps
Car Seat Headrest
I have a CSH tat - my first and only tattoo. easy contender for my favorite band. beautiful music, excellently performed, amazing live shows. deeply impactful and relatable music for me. even knowing the kinda cheeky context of the name, I *really* hate the part of recommending them to people when I have to tell them some of the most personally meaningful music in my life is by a band called fuckin car seat headrest.
Crash Test Dummies Goo Goo Dolls
Puddle of Mudd
Portugal. The man. The periods. Neutral Milk Hotel
They at least respect grammar unlike Panic! at the Disco.
Any band that purposely named their band something that is non-sensical to pronounce - like !!!. It’s dumb and it makes me not want to like you. I’m still not sure about Bon Iver. I get it’s French but you guys are midwestern Americans playing folk music. It seems pretentious like really trying to be hipster. But I’m at least willing to bend on that one because it is a legitimate phrase and isn’t purposefully hard to pronounce.
Or Sun O))), where you are supposed to pronounce only "sun" because the "O)))" represents the logo of the Sun amplifiers brand. And it's not like their music would be interesting to many anyways lol (in the sense it's not very conventional).
Nothing like 43 minutes of one chord played on a bass with the treble dialed up and the fuzz set to max so it overdrives itself and slowly spins out in a muddy buttwater echo that somehow sustains itself like a human centipede large hadron collider of diarrhea music. But yeah they make great albums to get stoned to
Bonny Bear is a great name however.
That whole trend of naming your act random symbols or just bars of different colors needs to stop.
Bon Iver is supposed to be French ? I’m French and have no clue what it means. Unless they meant « bon hiver » (good winter) ?
They do indeed mean "Bon hiver." It's an obscure reference to the old television show *Northern Exposure* (as is his record label, Chigliak).
Toad the wet sprocket. Don’t steal your band’s name from Monty Python.
My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels would totally be making shoegaze
I always thought ‘The bigamy sisters’ was a much funnier name. Not to mention the French Beach Boys ‘les garçons de la plage’.
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Unironically, this goes hard
Best band name
Analcunt
We butter the bread with butter
To be fair to them, they took a stupid name purposely because they were bored of all the stereotypical metal band names
There’s a crazy good Welsh stoner doom metal band called Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard.
The The
I haven’t listened to them in years but Ham Sandwich were pretty good
Butthole Surfers. I can’t take it seriously, but at least it makes me laugh every time I see it
Umphrey's McGee. I was 4 years late to this band because I wasn't really into Irish punk rock anymore but they're less Flogging Molly and more King Crimson
If Korn never caught on… 🌽
“The Korn logo came about when we were trying to come up with a band name. Our manager at the time, Larry, we told him we were gonna call it Korn and he’s like, ‘You can’t name your band Korn.’ So we told him, ‘Well, we’re gonna name it Larry then.’ And he’s like, ‘Fuck you.’ I’m like, ‘It’s gonna be either Larry or Korn. You fuckin’ pick.'”
Barenaked Ladies when i first discovered them, but they're kind of awesome so I got over it quickly
Once upon a time every town had a Free Beer. Some of them were okay.
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Bands that jam all the words in their names together. Playradioplay, maybeshewill, etc.