10 Worst Band Names
Check it Out--then Tell Us Who's on Your List?
Picking a band name is the most important step in your music career.
Well, maybe not the most important step...but you should at least pick something that looks cool on a t-shirt, ha, ha.
However, lately I've been seeing lots of really ugly shirts with dopey band names on them. Bad names are nothing new, but it seems that they've been getting worse lately. So, drumroll please, check out today's list of the 10 Worst Band Names.
Did we forget your (least) favorite band? Drop us a line in the comments section and tell us who's on your list!
Top 10 Worst Band Names
10. Foo Fighters
Sure, bandleader Dave Grohl was in Nirvana. But this is still a terrible band name.
9. The Number 12 Looks Like You
Um, what?
It's a line from Pee Wee's Big Adventure. And nothing says "let's rock" like a quote from a Paul Rubens flick.
Walk by a mall and you're sure to see kids with bad haircuts sporting these nonsensical t-shirts. If you've never heard them, you're lucky.
6. Hoobastank
Scored a huge hit with "The Reason" and "Did You?", but that doesn't excuse this lousy name. Slang for drugs? Probably. Totally lame? Definitely.
First of all, this super-sensitive, uber-wussy indie rock band is slowly ruining rock'n'roll. Secondly, they stole their awful name from an awesome song by the Bonzo Dog Band. Why do bad bands always try to ruin good music?
4. Puddle of Mudd
Friends of equally dopey has-beens Limp Bizkit, this band apparently failed the same spelling class.
3. Panic! At the Disco
Unnecessary punctuation is even less cool than purposefully misspelled or pun-inspired names. Of course, they also write songs with titles like, "Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off." These guys need an editor.
Known for writing ballads tailor-made for weepy Meg Ryan movies, this band's Bon Jovi wannabe singer, Johnny Rzeznick is now a judge on Fox's Next Great American Band. Does this guy's opinion really count for anything?
1. Fall Out Boy
This goes for Fall Out Boy and every other band who thought they were being clever by naming themselves after something from the Simpsons.
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4 Comments
Post a CommentWhoever wrote this article knows nothing about band names. These bands are actually all great! 2 thumbs down to you.
some of the bands on here are actually good bands!
The Number Twelve Looks Like You is from a Twilight Zone episode. Hoobastank is the bassist's middle name. Fall Out Boy is a character from the Simpsons etc. Still terrible band names, terrible bands for that matter, but this article reads like a thirteen year old death metal fan wrote it. You could've put maybe a little research into how these bands got their names? Oftentimes that makes the band name even more pathetic.
You know you are getting old when you have never heard of most of these band names. But a ROFL article just the same.