Neutral Milk Hotel

Crispy Ambulance

Renaldo and the Loaf

No it's a Mac shortcut. Windows would be something else involving a number.

Here's a few;

We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It, later changed to simply Fuzzbox, I wonder why? Did they ever use it?

D:Ream, sorry prof Brian Cox but I always hated the colon part.

W.A.S.P, which apparently stands for We Are Sexual Perverts! The mind boggles.

Barenaked Ladies, a bunch of guys!

JLS, apparently means Jack The Lad Swing, really awful initialled band. Meaningless.

Strawberry Switchblade, two girls went top five in '85, what does it mean?

Daisy Chainsaw, not as clever as they likely thought at the time.

British Sea Power, why name your band as if it was a utility company?

Glitter Band, enough said, but not good enough for their own name?

Therapy?, with that question mark in the name. Why? Legit question mark on that question.

Test Icicles, oh dear, they actually had a Top 40 hit with this name too.

Wayne Wonder, sorry but there's only one Wonder and it ain't Wayne.

Two Men, A Drum Machine And A Trumpet, a hit group from '88.

Princess Superstar, she wasn't modest eh, ought to have been, one No11 hit a decade ago. Try again.

Mighty Lemon Drops, far from mighty.

Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction, a prime mover for a laugh.

Kajagoogoo, they had the No1 this week in 1983, seemed OK at the time, name seems naff now. Later changed to Kaja.

Spacehog, In the meantime onto the next.

Bis, strange group, weird girl, always on the NME, where are they now?

Captain Hollywood Project, right so what was this project then Captain?

Busted, and they soon were!

Bros, two twin blondes and another drummer boy not their brother. Trade descriptions act!

Finally, Biscuit Boy a male trio group from 2001, who have the fame of a single week ever at No75.

Atomic Kitten (horrible horrible name).

Slightly o/t,but I remember when "Too Drunk To F***" got into the top 40,the presenter (THINK it was Tony Blackburn) said "At number thirty six is a record by a band who choose to call themselves The Dead Kennedys"

Not stupid but funny band names


Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Half Man Half Biscuit
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
Porno For Pyros

Lol!

It was actually the name of a swimming pool in Swindon, which is where they took it from.

dogs die in hot cars

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. As if it's not bad enough already, what's with the full stops?

Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong was pretty terrible too. No wonder they were an almighty flop.

Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark
Mr. Mister

young black teenagers (they were all white guys)
bone thugs N harmony
gay dad
right said fred
the pigeon detectives
insane clown posse
hootie and the blowfish

Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's Dead

There is a band called Child Pornography. Not many hits for them on Google I'd suspect

I'm fully aware of this and I am a big Marina fan but I think she has chosen a very bad stage name for a number of reasons:

1. At first glance you'd just assume she wasn't a solo artist but a group. Female solo artists seem to connect with the public more so than groups.

2. It's too long, Marina Diamonds would have done just fine.

3. How do you write it correctly? do you use 'and'? or '&'? or '+'?

I honestly think her poor name is one of the reasons that she has failed to have the massive success she wants.

I think the oddest band name i've heard of is

Splodgenessabounds from the 70s.

The song is called Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Please and that's all that is said for the duration of the song as he gets madder and madder because he cannot get served it's so funny.

Also

Jilted John
Toy Dolls
Men Without Hats
Men At Work
Mental As Anything
Rockers Revenge
Monsoon
Bow Wow Wow
Haysi Fantayzee
Bronski Beat
Communards

Chumbawamba

A million times better than their original name, The Cranberry Saw Us.

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Danananananaykroyd, or however it's spelled.
Splodgenessabounds

Hot Chip. Because i instantly want hot chips when I see the name. Im hungry now

How very dare you.. thats a great name..

The The..

Tin Machine..(the name, the band were good)

I love Mr Bowie and Mr Sales et al but..

Oh my, with this list you are so giving away your age and era to a quite definitive point in time aren't you! Just like I could the same.

The Strokes - why have a band name after a serious medial condition?
The Hives - again another medical condition that's not pleasant
Westlife - meaningless
The Script - sounds dull
The Killers - sounds like they should be locked up!
Elbow - why have the name of a body part for a band, it's strange and yet dull
Dido - just put an L in the middle and that's what I always think of when you hear the name!

And ps to one poster that said Def Leppard? That's an awesome name, also Megadeth is a brilliant name too

You like bands that can't spell then?

Megadeath and Deaf Leopard!