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bands with silly names ?
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the chauffeur
13-06-2015
just been listening to the Twerps which i thought was a pretty silly name, but that's nothing compared to
The Broken Penis Orchestra
or
Hot Buttered Anal ...
Dandem
13-06-2015
Aborted Hitler Cock is my personal favourite.
SummerShudder
13-06-2015
Kaiser Chiefs - named after a football team - enough said
Mumford & Sons - sounds like a painter and decorator business
The Pigeon Detectives - What?
The Kills - Sorry, The Killers was taken
Northern Line - Best band name out of all the tube lines I suppose
JohnnyForget
13-06-2015
Originally Posted by SummerShudder:
“Northern Line - Best band name out of all the tube lines I suppose”

There was a sixties band called Piccadilly Line, which I think is better.

As for band names that are other tube lines, I don't know of any, but I'm sure there must be/have been some.
SpaceCake
13-06-2015
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
dodger0703
13-06-2015
Def Leppard
Irishguy123
14-06-2015
Ham Sandwich
Makson
14-06-2015
Boy Banned
shackfan
14-06-2015
Once you're used to it any strange name will seem normal. When we first heard there was a new band called Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark it was a real WTF moment but noone thinks that now.
the chauffeur
14-06-2015
Originally Posted by Makson:
“Boy Banned”

I actually like that !
Inkblot
14-06-2015
I really hate it when artists give themselves "hilarious" versions of other, more famous musicians' names, like Joanna Gruesome and Chet Faker did.
eugenespeed
14-06-2015
Congratulations On Your Decision To Become A Pilot
CLL Dodge
14-06-2015
Originally Posted by SpaceCake:
“Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
!!! (Chk Chk Chk)”

Were they inspired by Spock's Beard?
RetroMusicFan
14-06-2015
Here's a few funny band names that have always made me laugh:


Half Man Half Biscuit
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Limp Bizkit
Mint Royale
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
Z Stardust
14-06-2015
Originally Posted by shackfan:
“Once you're used to it any strange name will seem normal. When we first heard there was a new band called Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark it was a real WTF moment but noone thinks that now.”

I thought they were Our Kestrel Manoeuvres in the Dark at first which does kind of work.
In my defence, I was about ten when they first started out.
scrilla
14-06-2015
Originally Posted by Inkblot:
“I really hate it when artists give themselves "hilarious" versions of other, more famous musicians' names, like Joanna Gruesome and Chet Faker did.”

Joy Orbison
REO Speedealer (who later dropped the REO for legal reasons)
Sex Beatles
scrilla
14-06-2015
Kajagoogoo (and Limahl)
Haircut 100

Anti-Pasti - against pasta! They took it from an Italian restaurant menu: 'ante pasta' as in before pasta (a starter) and punked it up.

Anti-Nowhere League

U.T.F.O. - always sounded a bit corny to me when expanded to Untouchable Force Organization. I think they should have skipped the Organization bit.

Intentional foolishness that I quite like:
Crispy Ambulance
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
The Happy Flowers (Mister Anus & Mister Horibbly Charred Infant)
Furious Pig

Johnny Hates Jazz - how can anyone hate jazz? A crappy pop band shouldn't even have the right!

The Poison Girls - a band with one female

America, Portishead, Kansas, Boston, Asia, Europe etc. - Put something with it for goodness sake! Be The Ohio Players, Detroit Emeralds, Stockholm Monsters

Jamiroquai
Spice Girls
Inspiral Carpets
Tygers of Pan Tang
Big Audio Dynamite - stupid band, matching name. Painfully hip for a while.
The Buggles
Atomic Kitten
5ive
Girls Aloud
Vomit Visions
Tears For Fears
Fun Boy Three
(not a band but) Puff Daddy (and P Diddy)
Snoop Doggy Dog / Snoop Dog / Snoop Lion
scrilla
14-06-2015
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“There was a sixties band called Piccadilly Line, which I think is better.

As for band names that are other tube lines, I don't know of any, but I'm sure there must be/have been some.”

Brit-Funk outfit Central Line were quite popular at the turn of the 70s/80s.
soulboy77
14-06-2015
Phaser Whale is a really off the wall name for a band.
Daisy Bennyboots
14-06-2015
New Fast Automatic Daffodils.(they shortened it to New FADS!)

'We've got a Fuzzbox and we're gonna use it' - shortened to Fuzzbox when they went all poppy.
Mark39London
14-06-2015
Butthole Surfers
Daisy Bennyboots
14-06-2015
Originally Posted by Z Stardust:
“I thought they were Our Kestrel Manoeuvres in the Dark at first which does kind of work.
In my defence, I was about ten when they first started out.”

Hahaha!! this is brilliant!!
EStaffs90
14-06-2015
One of the groups whose music was used in the London 2012 Opening Ceremony was called F Buttons.

Well, I suppose they couldn't use their actual name - F*** Buttons.
Arcana
14-06-2015
As mentioned earlier, familiarity tends to diminish the silliness but Prefab Sprout still jars with me even after all these years.
Inkblot
14-06-2015
Originally Posted by scrilla:
“Brit-Funk outfit Central Line were quite popular at the turn of the 70s/80s.”

And their drummer was Jake Le Mesurier, son of John Le Mesurier and Hattie Jacques. One of those deliciously strange, but apparently, true stories about the music business is that the son of Sgt. Wilson off of Dad's Army taught Stewart Copeland of the Police how to play reggae.
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