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Author:  W_Z [ Sun May 01, 2016 10:26 am ]
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Doesn't matter if they're a good band or not...just a list of great band names through the years. Off the top of my head:

The Who
AC/DC
Sonic Youth
The Meat Puppets
Panic! At the Disco
Rage Against the Machine
Sound Garden
Minor Threat
Veruca Salt
Rancid
Built to Spill
The Sex Pistols
Muse
Joy Division
The Spin Doctors
Genesis
They Might Be Giants
My Morning Jacket
Fall Out Boy (stressing the quality of the band doesn't pertain to this list)
Spinal Tap (it counts!)
The Gin Blossoms
The Butthole Surfers
The Grateful Dead
The Libertines
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Barenaked Ladies
Outkast
Folk Implosion
Goldfinger
Incubus
Hum
The Temptations

Author:  IkeSouth [ Sun May 01, 2016 10:30 am ]
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this is lame as shit

Author:  newper [ Sun May 01, 2016 10:36 am ]
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You forgot Toto and Was (Not Was)

Author:  formerlyknownas [ Sun May 01, 2016 10:37 am ]
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IkeSouth wrote:
this is lame as shit

Here Comes Old Vodka Tits is my favorite, though I wonder if it is apocryphal, since I've never heard a single song.

The The

Author:  W_Z [ Sun May 01, 2016 10:45 am ]
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IkeSouth wrote:
this is lame as shit


never heard of them; how long have they been around?

Author:  formerlyknownas [ Sun May 01, 2016 10:52 am ]
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W_Z wrote:
IkeSouth wrote:
this is lame as shit


never heard of them; how long have they been around?

They were around in the 2000s--and with a name like that, I thought they deserved a few listens....but I never found anything.

Author:  Matches Malone [ Sun May 01, 2016 12:11 pm ]
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Vic Vacuum & The Attachments

Author:  W_Z [ Sun May 01, 2016 1:26 pm ]
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formerlyknownas wrote:
W_Z wrote:
IkeSouth wrote:
this is lame as shit


never heard of them; how long have they been around?

They were around in the 2000s--and with a name like that, I thought they deserved a few listens....but I never found anything.


probably the drummer wigged out. always blame the drummer.

Author:  Rod [ Sun May 01, 2016 1:33 pm ]
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Severed Scrotum

Author:  Matches Malone [ Sun May 01, 2016 1:36 pm ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Severed Scrotum

Thats.... not right.

Author:  W_Z [ Sun May 01, 2016 1:52 pm ]
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oh and i always liked Cannibal Corpse. great band name.

Author:  Zippy-The-Pinhead [ Sun May 01, 2016 3:11 pm ]
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W_Z wrote:
Doesn't matter if they're a good band or not...just a list of great band names through the years. Off the top of my head:

The Who
AC/DC
Sonic Youth
The Meat Puppets
Panic! At the Disco
Rage Against the Machine
Sound Garden
Minor Threat
Veruca Salt
Rancid
Built to Spill
The Sex Pistols
Muse
Joy Division
The Spin Doctors
Genesis
They Might Be Giants
My Morning Jacket
Fall Out Boy (stressing the quality of the band doesn't pertain to this list)
Spinal Tap (it counts!)
The Gin Blossoms
The Butthole Surfers
The Grateful Dead
The Libertines
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Barenaked Ladies
Outkast
Folk Implosion
Goldfinger
Incubus
Hum
The Temptations

The Dead Kennedys
Sandy Duncan's Eye
Steely Dan

Author:  formerlyknownas [ Sun May 01, 2016 3:15 pm ]
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The Dead Schembechlers

Author:  Rod [ Sun May 01, 2016 3:16 pm ]
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The Herb Tarlicks

Author:  formerlyknownas [ Sun May 01, 2016 3:18 pm ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
The Herb Tarlicks

Is there a The Les Nessmans--or The Les Nessmen?

Author:  Hockey Gay [ Sun May 01, 2016 3:24 pm ]
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Anal Caller Bob

Author:  Chus [ Sun May 01, 2016 3:37 pm ]
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W_Z wrote:
Doesn't matter if they're a good band or not...just a list of great band names through the years. Off the top of my head:

The Butthole Surfers


/thread

Author:  Erotic Lawyer [ Mon May 02, 2016 7:19 am ]
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Porkchop Sandwich and The Sleepy Vampires.

Author:  BigW72 [ Tue May 03, 2016 1:18 pm ]
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Vic Vacuum & the Attachments

Author:  Jaw Breaker [ Tue May 03, 2016 2:57 pm ]
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Led Zeppelin

(The Who had suggested that the newly formed group would go down like a "lead balloon.")

Author:  Psycory [ Tue May 03, 2016 3:04 pm ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Severed Scrotum

As a former manager of Severed Scrotum (for like five minutes when I was in high school). I approve. I found their song "Eric Clapton Pushed His Kid" to be one of their best...

Author:  Telegram Sam [ Tue May 03, 2016 7:29 pm ]
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Lotta love for Vic Vaccuum and the Attachments in this thread. I don't think those words have ever been typed in that order before.

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Generation X
X
X Ray Spex

Author:  MajorKong [ Tue May 03, 2016 7:47 pm ]
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Porno For Pyros

Author:  W_Z [ Tue May 03, 2016 7:50 pm ]
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i can't believe i forgot about these...

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Babes in Toyland
Public Image Ltd.
The Dead Milkmen

Author:  MajorKong [ Tue May 03, 2016 8:12 pm ]
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Type O Negative

Author:  Chus [ Tue May 03, 2016 10:50 pm ]
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Well Hungarians

Author:  Chus [ Tue May 03, 2016 10:50 pm ]
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W_Z wrote:
Fall Out Boy


Ze goggles, ze do nothing!

Author:  Sir Loin Of Beef [ Thu May 05, 2016 9:25 am ]
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Sinister Footwear
Orgy With Pigs
Job For A Cowboy
IWrestledABearOnce

Author:  Dave In Champaign [ Fri Jun 10, 2016 1:15 pm ]
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Necro'ing this thread to cast a qualified vote for Radio Birdman. Not the best band name, but definitely the best origin of a band name.

Author:  K Effective [ Fri Jun 10, 2016 1:59 pm ]
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Oingo Boingo
Otis Day and the Knights
Hostile Amish

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