With so many stupid or simply ridiculous band names ( Elbow springs to mind ) , I wonder why they don't use place names .

Portishead and Montrose jump out at me and I've often thought that Elgin would be a decent band name .

Any more out there ???

Cypress Hill
London posse
East 17
All Saints (streetname)

Chicago.

New York Dolls.

There was a 60s group called The Elgins (pronounced el-jins, not el-ginns with a hard 'g' as in the town).

Kansas
Boston

Jericho
Bay City Rollers
Dubliners
Berlin
Of Montreal
Beirut
What Made Milwaukee Famous
I'm From Barcelona
Rural Alberta Advantage
Carolina Liar
A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Defiance, Ohio
Keep Shelly In Athens
Tokyo Police Club
Bombay Bicycle Club
Phoenix
Architecture In Helsinki

Good Charlotte

Tokyo Ghetto Pussy

Presidents of the USA....... A country is somuch better than a town or city lol

tulisa should call her new album cockermouth.

Dollar- a town in Scotland i think

Manhattan Transfer.

Glasvagas

Why are you slagging off Elbow so much? Do you even know why they chose that name?

The Tallest Man On Earth
The Mars Volta
Empire Of The Sun

well they're places

Sohodolls
Dresden Dolls

Boards of Canada.
A bit bigger than any gd city.

Some of the best music I've ever heard has been from them.

Texas
Bombay Cycling Club

Bombay Bicycle Club.

Thats the one
Another one is When In Rome