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These are the band names that we feel are just plain stupid. Bands pick the most absurd names, who wants to be known as a member of the "Butthole Surfers"? We only accept entries for this page that make fun of a band name. Just saying a band is lame (no matter how lame they might be) isn't a good reason for entry.
Entries Beginning with A
Name | Description | Submitted by: | ||
| A | Why bother competing with M for the world's shortest band name? | Chris | ||
| A$AP Rocky | I don't understand why rappers have to turn their s's in their names into dollar signs. | JD | ||
| A*Teens | If it's a teen, then it is singular, otherwise it's SOME teens. | Savage Jigga | ||
| A*Teens | When ABBA (the world's best group) wouldn't let them use the name "Abba Teens" (I understand them),really, couldn't they come up with something more original? | Me And I | ||
| A-Ha | It's the sound you make when you learn the secret of a magic trick, people! | pauhead | ||
| A.B. Skhy | Most people will spell "Skhy" as "Sky" if they hear this name but haven't seen it in print. Also, this name suggests a solo performer, but A.B. Skhy are actually a quartet. | Candy Welty | ||
| A;Grumh | Semicolons as letters? This is getting stupider every minute. | Bobo | ||
| Abandon Hope | What a pessimistic band name! | Candy Welty | ||
| Abba | If you say it often enough, it sounds like you're having a fit of some sort. | Timwi | ||
| Abdoujaparov | If they didn't have a song of the same name nobody would know how to pronounce it! Even sillier than the singers old band, Carter USM. | Chris | ||
| AC/DC | I guess they swing both ways? | Tom | ||
| The Academy Is... | I love their music, but seriously; the academy is... is WHAT?! It just seems like an unfinished name. | Random Madeupperson | ||
| The Academy Is... | Is what? It's an incomplete sentence. That's like if I just stopped typing right here and... | Anne | ||
| Acapella | This band apparently was so successful it couldn't afford any instruments. | Tim | ||
| Accidental Suicide | Suicide cannot be accidental. Suicide, by definition, is killing yourself purposely! Maybe they should learn what a word means before using it in their band name, instead of creating an oxymoron. | Travis | ||
| Ace Of Base | For a long time I heard of them without seeing the spelling and thought their name meant they were adept at music in the bass range or on some kind of instrument called "bass" because of its low pitch. Then I saw their name in print and found out that it is "Ace Of BASE", not "Ace Of BASS". I've never figured out what that might mean as relating to music. Sounds like it might refer, perhaps, to chemistry or something else instead. But in chemistry, a base is something that exists in contrast to an acid. And the neutralizing or countering reactions between the two are of key importance in regard to either. So it wouldn't make much sense to think in terms of any chemist mastering one outside of the context of the other. | Carmen Stokes | ||
| Acid Mothers Temple | Oh, paleeze! | Somebody | ||
| Adagio | 'Adagio' is part of the name of many musical compositions (mainly classical). So if you try to do a search (like on amazon.com, for example) for the band called 'Adagio', the few listings of their albums will be buried, drowinging in a sea of results referring to composition titles containing 'Adagio'. | Doodah Bobo | ||
| Adam And The Ants | Ants are easily crushed by humans. (And) Adam And The Eves would have been more appropriate a name since they all were dressed in women's clothes and wore make-up. | LESMANIA.com | ||
| Adelitas Way | What in the world is an Adelitas, and what is its way? | BillyBobby | ||
| Adema | It sounds too much like Edema, which is an ailment of the legs. | A. Critic | ||
| Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force | People who hear this name but haven't seen it in print almost certainly won't spell it correctly. Also, it's too long for a band name. | Candy Welty | ||
| After 7 | What happens then? Is that when they are meant to play the music? | Haz-Man | ||
| The Afters | Don't get me wrong, they are a great band. But, really "The Afters"? | JeReMy | ||
| Against Me! | What an awful name for a band, because you would think this would mean that you would NOT have much audience, since that are Against You! Exclamation point included. | Peter | ||
| Air Supply | What the heck is an air supply? I mean, there's such a thing as a power supply, a water supply, and things like that...but how can one store air to use later? | Clucky The Chicken | ||
| The Airborne Toxic Event | In my opinion, this name is too long for a band name, and it doesn't flow well off the tongue. Also, the name sounds sickening to me. | Candy Welty | ||
| Al Greene & The Soul Mate's | To indicate plural of an ordinary word, you don't use an apostrophe (that indicates possessive!), but that's the way it appears on the record label. | Candy Welty | ||
| Alabama 3 | It's another double-misnomer. They're not from Alabama (or anywhere in the U.S. for that matter--- in fact, they're from the U.K.) and it's not a trio. | Mr. Critic | ||
| Alabama Shakes | A literally impossible name, since a whole state can't shake. And people might confused this with the country band Alabama. | Rock Maninoff | ||
| Alesana | This name sounds like a girl's name, and hence could suggest a solo female performer, but it's the name of a 6-member post-hardcore band, all men. The name is pronounced "Alice Anna", so virtually no one will spell it correctly if they don't see it in print first. | Candy Welty | ||
| Alexisonfire | It looks ambiguous; should it be read as "Alex Is On Fire" or "Alexis On Fire"? According to the band, the latter is correct...but it would help if they spaced out the words so that it wouldn't provide ambiguity. | Mr. Critic | ||
| Alice Cooper | The witch, he named himself after, had exactly the same name... which means it couldn't be more unoriginal. | Mads | ||
| Alice Cooper | Originally, it was the name of his band (which is kinda stupid in the first place, since it could be the actual first and last name of an individual person). The guy later went on to assume the name for himself, which is kinda tacky, given that Alice is a female name. | Kenny | ||
| Alice Donut | It's an all-male group, not a solo female act as the name implies. And you thought the name Alice Cooper was confusing when it was originally given to a band and later assumed by the band's frontman! | Max | ||
| Alice In Chains | I bet they chose this name solely for shock value. Who else would name a band after a woman in bondage? | Rocky Rhoades | ||
| Alice In Chains | Oh come on.....like Alice needs any more problems..... she already had her own "adventure" in Alice In Wonderland, why does she need to be in chains? | Zakery Wood | ||
| Alien Ant Farm | It sounds like a tourist trap, a farm that raises alien ants. | Mac | ||
| Alisha's Attic | Perhaps that's where the name of this band needed to stay, in Alisha's attic? | Peter | ||
| Alkaline Trio | Alkaline means having to do with chemical compounds that neutralize acids, i.e., have a pH greater than 7. Is that what this group does? Do they work in a chemistry lab when they're not performing? | Cassandra | ||
| All Saints | It's apparent that none of these women are saints. | Sheryl Crowbar | ||
| All That Remains | If you're all that remains [of the population], who are you going to perform for? | Jonathan S. | ||
| The All-American Rejects | You have got to be kidding me. Who puts rejects in their name? | Trevor | ||
| The Almost | "Almost" is not a noun. | Cassandra | ||
| Alphaville | Is that located anywhere near Betatown? | Peter | ||
| Also | Also what? This name sounds incomplete. | Candy Welty | ||
| Alter Bridge | Sounds like what you'd tell someone if you wanted to change the Golden Gate. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Altered Images | Maybe this band needed to alter their name with their images? | Peter | ||
| Amanda Ghost | She was born Amanda Louisa Gosein. She first named her band "Amanda Ghost" and then took on that name for herself. She used that assumed name even as president of Epic Records (2009-2010). As a last name, it is hard to find either much credibility or much appeal in "Ghost". As a singer at least, it might somehow relate to the image she wanted to project. But for a record company executive it sounds even more out of place. | Iris Verna | ||
| Amazulu | Some people will find this name hard to spell if they hear it but haven't seen it in print. | Candy Welty | ||
| America | They're cockneys. Is that good enough? | Bobo | ||
| America | Naming a band after a continent is both ridiculous and excessive. The same goes for Asia and Europe. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Amorphous Androgynous | Another name The Future Sound of London went under. So what is it... a 'shapeless hermaphrodite'? These guys are cool but I think they really need to think of better names | karnov | ||
| An Cafe | The indefinite article "an" is only supposed to precede words that begin with a vowel sound; this includes words that start with a silent consonant such as "honor" and "hour". The word Cafe starts with a consonant which is NOT silent, therefore "an" should NOT precede it. | Mac | ||
| Anal Cunt | Come on. Does this really need any explanation? | Adam | ||
| Anal Cunt | This band wanted to have the most offensive band name ever. They had to censor their name because those two words were offensive. Why name your band after a slang term of genetalia? | Paul Warren | ||
| And An A | What is this name supposed to mean? Are they spelling some word that has had one or more letters already given, like "Give me an S and an E and an A and that spells "sea"? Do they have a big letter A on stage with them when they perform? Or maybe they prominently feature A notes in their songs? | Candy Welty | ||
| And One | "And One" is a basketball clothing company (written AND1) or a basketball term used when a player makes a shot while being fouled, then makes the resulting free throw, used interchangeably with the more specific "three-point play", "old school three", and "four-point play" (the last if the shot is worth three points). It shouldn't be a band name. | JeReMy | ||
| And One | And one of what? What and one? This phrase is incomplete on both ends, since the word "and", a conjunction, needs something on both sides. | Tommy | ||
| And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead | I would be terrified to see this band. It sounds like they kill everyone who comes to their concerts! | That Guy Over There | ||
| Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe | Another firm of accountants. No wait, sounds more like a law firm. | Chris | ||
| The Angels | Actually, the name itself is not stupid... but what IS stupid is that it could refer to two *different* bands: 1) a 60s "girl group" from the US, and 2) an Australian rock band formed in the early 70s. So the second group is probably clueless (for lack of a better word) for not realizing that the name had already been taken. | Editor | ||
| Angels And Airwaves | And how exactly would someone know if angels did take to the airwaves? And do they really need to do so? | Peter | ||
| Angelspit | I highly doubt angels actually possess saliva. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Angie Aparo | Angie is traditionally a girl's name...but this person is a guy! | Mr. Critic | ||
| The Anglo-Persians | The members of this American dance band, which recorded tunes such as "Toytown Admiral" in 1930, are from neither England nor Persia. The band's name appears to have come from a rug manufacturer. | Larry | ||
| Animotion | But what emotion is it? Happiness? Sadness? Anger? | Rychendroll | ||
| Anita And Th' So-And-So's | Almost no one will spell this name correctly if they hear it but haven't seen it in print, especially since the word "The" has an apostrophe in place of the "e". | Candy Welty | ||
| Another Bad Creation | Makes me afraid to ask what their last creation was. | united | ||
| The Answer | If by taking this name they mean they believe their music is "the answer" to life's problems, then I'd say they're a little misled. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Apocalyptica | Sounds like a lame rip-off of Metallica. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Apoptygma Berzerk | This name makes absolutely no sense. An apoptygma is a part of an ancient Greek chiton. So...It's an ancient Greek dress going on a killing spree. | Noblerot | ||
| April March | Two months that occur in reverse order. | Mr. Critic | ||
| Arab | You are naming yourself after a race, what the hell? That's like if I changed my name to Caucasian, you know, because I'm white. | hamp | ||
| Arab Strap | Sounds like a dirty little toy that a high school girl could use to pleasure herself. | hekifier | ||
| Archers of Loaf | Does this mean you shoot bow and arrow at loaf? | Travis | ||
| The Archies | Needless to say, the name makes me think of Archie comic books. Even if that was the intention, they could have come up with a better name. (Or does everyone in the band have the family name Archie?) | Thomas Radigan | ||
| Architecture In Helsinki | They're not from the capital of Finland, as the name implies. And why architecture? Do they have some obssession with it or something? | Mr. Critic | ||
| Arctic Monkeys | That's just cruel for the poor monkeys, dontcha think? | Someonebored | ||
| Arctic Monkeys | This is slightly self explanitory. I'm not sure if they know this but you can't find many monkeys in the arctic regions...that's where it's cold. | Travis | ||
| Area 7 | I take it that Area 51 is taken, but 7??? Is there another alien crash landing that we don't know about - and that the CIA doesn't want us to? It doesn't sound too bad for a ska band though. | Haz-Man | ||
| Armed and Hammered | It's like "armed and dangerous" and "Arm & Hammer" at the same time | JeReMy | ||
| Arsonists Get All The Girls | Arsonists don't get girls, they get big guys named Bubba in prison. | JeReMy | ||
| The Artist Formerly Known As Prince | 'nuff said. | Chris Kuan | ||
| As I Lay Dying | As I Lay Dying... what happened? | A Stranger | ||
| As I Lay Dying | Like any band that thinks they're so much deeper than us mere mortals because their skin is talcum powder white and their hair is dyed jet black, just pick the harrowing part out of a morose sentence. Anything connected with death. Ooooh, how deep. (/sarcasm) Other bands in this category: ...And You Shall Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Dead 'Til Friday, and Murder By Death. | ShawnGBR | ||
| Ashley 1st | What does it mean? Does it mean Ashley is a parent of Ashley 2nd? Does it mean Ashley is/was a Monarch, the first by that name in a given sequence of rulers? Does it mean "Make Ashley your first priority"? Or does Ashley open for other bands or performers? So ambiguous a name! Leaves us scratching our heads! | Penny Olivia Tyler | ||
| Asia | Not a single member is from Asia. They're all British. Does that make any sense? | Paul Bear | ||
| Ass Ponys | The word "ass" in the band name is bad enough, but words that end with the letter "y" when preceded by a consonant, typically change the "y" to "ie" when forming the plural. | Joe Siebert | ||
| Ass Ponys | Sounds like the title of a gay porn flick. | the man | ||
| The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | You would think that the band is just called The Asteroids and that they actually have a concert tour. But that's their whole name. It figures that they're Danish. | Paul Bunions | ||
| Atari Teenage Riot | Sounds like a bunch of kids got together to protest against Sony and Nintendo. "Down with the PS3! Up with the 2600!" | Jonathan S. | ||
| Atomic Kitten | Damn it! I knew that building a power plant by Hello Kitty's pad was a bad idea | Jimbo | ||
| Atomic Kitten | Makes me think of the PowerPuff girls. Little kittens blasting into space. | red_mozzie | ||
| Atreyu | This sounds like Betray You. I'm not sure if this is what they were aiming for but that's what it sounds like. Like there song 'Blow' suggests, this name 'blows' as well. | Travis | ||
| Attack! Attack! (or) Attack Attack! | I mean they're two different bands.... one has one exclamation point and the other has two....it's like it's cool repeating a word for a band name. Hey yeah, my band name is Approach! Approach! | Zakery Wood | ||
| Audible | What an unimaginative name! All bands are audible, not just this one. | Candy Welty | ||
| Audioslave | Great band, but the name makes them sound like they are puppets for the record company. | Ned Riley | ||
| The Audition | I guess they failed it. | Maya | ||
| Audrey Arno And The Hazy Osterwald Sextet | It's way too long for a band name. | Candy Welty | ||
| Avenged Sevenfold | I don't know who is avenging who, and for what reason? It sounds too mysterious. | BillyBobby | ||
| Average White Band | Look at them. Five men. Three are white, two are black. Average - maybe. "White"? - not quite! Look again. Two of them ain't white. | Icy Red |
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Much like the stupid song lyrics page, I get a lot of submissions for this page. More than I can really handle. The problem is that I get a lot of "Blink 182 is stupid 'cuz I said so" submissions, which I have to waste time deleting (though not much). I also get a lot of submissions that just aren't funny. I guess the real problem is that the word stupid can mean so many things, and hence every band name could be considered stupid.
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