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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 C

Name		Description		Submitted by:
Cake		Like T-Bone, I like Cake but the name makes me hungry. Guess that's what happens when a band names itself after a food.		JeReMy
Cake		Ah man! It makes me hungry! Mmmm! Cake! Gimmie some!		hekifier
Calm Chaos		Well if it isn't two words thrown together that are complete opposites, I'll eat my hat. It just seems pointless to me.		Travis
Candi		This name suggests a solo female performer, but the band is actually a group of three men and one woman (Candy Pennella).		Candy Welty
Candlebox		A box to store candles? How unoriginal...		Ed
Candy Skins		No women in the band but it sounds like a female porn name		Chris
Cannabis Corpse		Not to be confused with previously submitted Cannibal Corpse. How do you make a stupid name worse? Weed reference		JeReMy
Canned Heat		It is literally impossible for heat to be canned.		Jonathan S.
Cannibal Corpse		Once someone is a corpse, it can't be a cannibal anymore. In fact, it can't eat anything.		Hardrock Harry
Captain Beyond		It sounds like a superhero.		Eddie
Care Bears On Fire		It's not a band name, it's a cult of sadistic four year old pyromaniacs.		TheStupidGenius
Carolina Liar		There are six members in the band, but only one is actually from a Carolina state. I guess the majority doesn't rule anymore.		Doug E. Stale
The Carpenters		Little did Richard know that, when he decided to name the band after himself and his sister, he would need to build a coffin for the latter. (So it is in bad taste. Sue me.)		MOR
Cash Cash		Once again, a fine pick from the Department of Redundancies Department.		Jonathan S.
A Cat Born In An Oven Isn't A Cake		I can waste my breath doing more useful things than saying this name, like exercise. Not only that, but a complete sentence, as this is, should NOT be used as a band name, no matter how long or short it is.		JeReMy
Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys		It's too long for a band name. (Too many words.)		Candy Welty
Cathedral		It's a heavy metal band; this name does not sound appropriate for such a group, sorry.		Cory
The Cave Singers		Geez. How old are these people?!		Qwee
Cazz		It sounds like it could the name of a group, but it's actually a solo performer whose real name is Robert Lewis. This name might be hard to spell if it is heard but not seen in print. And what does Cazz mean, anyway?		Candy Welty
Cee-lo Green		Not only did he name himself after a dice game, but his last name is "Calloway" not "Green", which makes it even worse.		JeReMy
Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch		It sounds like they're a swarm of bees. Since bees sting, I'd get away from them as fast as I could!		Candy Welty
The Cellos		None of the members of this group play a cello or any other musical instrument when they perform; they are a vocal group only.		Candy Welty
Celtic Woman		Since "Woman" is singular, it would sound like the name of one solo singer. But in fact, "Celtic Woman" is a quintet (group of five) lead singers (all women), some of whom do solos on certain specific songs, plus several instrumental accompanists (which include both men and women).		Sam Bucus the elder
Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street...		...Rhythm Band. This name is much too long for a band name--too long to fit in the "Band Name" space on the submission form!		Candy Welty
Charlie Dore		This name suggests a male performer, but Charlie Dore is a woman. Also, some people might spell "Dore" as "Door" if they hear the name without seeing it in print.		Candy Welty
Chasing Victory		Have you caught it yet?		Travis
Cheap Girls		Another band like Barenaked Ladies and Queens Of The Stone Age with a name that implies female members, but is composed of all males.		Jonathan S.
Cheap Trick		How much did the trick cost?		Travis
Cheese Monkeys from Planet Nine		I SWEAR THIS IS REAL!! All I know about them is that one of the former members was Daniel Biro, the bassist for Hawk Nelson		JeReMy
Cheri		This name suggest a solo female performer, but actually it's the name of a female duo with neither woman named Cheri.		Candy Welty
Cherry Poppin' Daddies		Incest is best! If you can't keep it in your pants, keep it in the family! Talk about EWWWW!!!!		Becky
The Chi-Lites		This name sounds like "The Shy Lights"--and that's what I first thought the name was! But then later, I heard a DJ spell out the name. I couldn't have spelled the name right without hearing or seeing the spelling.		Candy Welty
Chihuahua Zycantah		Apparently a zycantah is some kind of hallucinogenic pancake from somewhere in South America. Maybe a chihuahua (which is a breed of dog native to Mexico...and the name of a city in said country) is what it makes you believe you are? (i.e, if you try it when the moon is full are you a were-chihuahua?)		Chris
Children Of Bodom		These are grown men calling themselves children. Good luck pulling that off. Most children don't have facial hair.		Travis
Chocolate Watch Band		Yep, 60s again.... Catchy, but stupid. Maybe Hershey would like to try this one.		Dano
Chris Young		There are two famous pro baseball players by that name (one an outfielder, the other a pitcher)...as well as an American country music singer. Not that there's anything truly wrong with that, but for three famous men to have the same first and last name, that does provide quite the ambiguity. At least there's no other famous musician with this name as of yet.		Cassandra
Chumbawamba		It sounds like something with native americans. It rhymes. But what does it mean?!		Mike Florio
Chumbawamba		Just picture a native amazon rain forest tribe chanting it at a sacrifice ritual and you'll see what I mean.		Mac
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!		Exclamation points in names are always stupid.		JeReMy
Cinderella		Why would you name a heavy metal band after a girlie children's movie?		Screaming Mutt
Circle Of Dead Children		You don't need to look hard to see why this is stupid.		Jon Harrison
Circle Takes The Square		Isn't that what the host on "Hollywood Squares" says whenever the contestant at the "O" podium correctly agrees or disagrees with the panelist's response?		A. Critic
Circus		They're not a circus; they're a rock band.		Candy Welty
City Boy		This name suggests a solo performer, but it's actually the name of a six-member rock band.		Candy Welty
Clam Abuse		Thou shalt not abuse clams.		Oliver South
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah		That's not a name, THAT'S INSTRUCTIONS. Couldn't they have made the sensible choice most bands do and just name themselves for some sort of noun?		Jonathan S.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah		What do think they're doing with this name? Is this some attempt to compare themselves to Stevie Wonder in the early days of his career?		The Skuz
Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah		No! You do it! I don't want to! Stop bossing me around!		Travis
Classics IV		Most people who hear this name, but haven't seen it in print, will think it is "Classics Four" or "Classics 4." Few people would guess that there's a Roman numeral in the name.		Candy Welty
Climie Fisher		It makes me think of: Slimy fish, er...		Chris
The Clique		This band might be confused with an earlier band called The Cliques. Also, the name would be hard to spell for many people who hear it but haven't seen the spelling.		Candy Welty
Cobra Starship		A starship filled with cobras going to space. Why?		Incest Boy
Cobra Starship		It seems kinda sick. In addition, I'm a wee bit surprised that the members of Starship (a band previously known as Jefferson Starship, and originally known as Jefferson Airplane) haven't sued this band for seemingly ripping off their name.		Cassandra
Coconut Records		It sounds more like a record label than a band name, and it's only one person! Great cute songs though.		carly_carlz
Coffinberry		There is no such berry (to my knowledge), and it doesn't sound very tasty.		Jonathan S.
Cold		For a psuedo-heavy metal band, the name doesn't sound scary at all. A lot of pepole like the cold, especially skiers, snowboarders, fans of the Christmas season, and snow-plow geeks. And I thought "The Killers" was a lame name for a band.		The Skuz
Coldplay		It's just two random words put together		Natasha
Color Me Badd		They were trying to sound tough by calling themselves "bad" but were so bad they added a second D.		Novaheart
Color Me Badd		"Badd" isn't even a color.		John Phillips Screwdriver
Colorblind James Experience		Can't be much of an experience if they're colorblind.		Jonathan S.
Colorless Green Ideas		What? If the ideas are green, then they're not colorless. (So that's an oxymoron.) And another thing, how could ideas be colored anyway! This is bothering me a little too much.		hekifier
Come		Another band with a name that's supposed to sound offensive to uptight squares (obviously referring to ejaculation), but in reality is just flat-out lame.		The Skuz
Company B		Doesn't quite fit in with the image of those who sang "Fascinated" in the late 1980s. Makes me think of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy".		Vic George
Concrete Blonde		Sounds like just another name with two random unrelated words thrown together.		Gebbie Dibson
Cooper Brothers		Only two of the band members have the surname Cooper and are related as brothers.		Candy Welty
Copyright		I like the band, however, it makes you wonder if they can ever do covers. They could've been spawned by the record companies against Napster. You can't sing their songs ever, or you'll be slapped with a lawsuit.		KangaMan
Counting Crows		Hmmm. Nothing to do here but smoke my joint and count all these crows in my yard. Hey, I got it! Let's call our manager dude.......		Christopher Dumas
Cowboy Junkies		Cool band, but really, do you know how big a needle you need to shoot up a cowboy! And damn, those spurs leave awful track marks!		Capricornus
Cowboy Mouth		The name sounds like a gum disease common in the American Southwest.		Todd W. Zimmerman
The Coyote Sisters		They aren't coyotes, they aren't sisters, and only one of them is actually surnamed Coyote!		Candy Welty
Crack The Sky		This name is an impossibility. The sky can't be cracked by anyone.		Candy Welty
Crash Test Dummies		First of all, they must've been pretty dumb to come up with that name. Secondly, their most popular hit song is called "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". How dumb is that?		Joe
Crazy Town		Sounds like it could be the name of a mental institution, or it could be something you say to someone who says something weird: "Aw Come on! You must be in crazy town!"		Logan
Crazy Town		The band must have been really stuck for names if they chose that.		Mushi
Crazy Town		I really want to believe that they named themselves after one of Velocity Girl's better known songs, but I should know better than to be so optimistic.		The Skuz
Crazy town/O-Town/My Town		what the hell is with towns/ WHO CARES ABOUT TOWNS. Obviously the pop idustry is obsesed with them		Rachel
Creamy		This was the name of a surprisingly good Danish girl group active from around 1999 to 2003. But think about it...two teenagers performing under the name "Creamy". It only gets more unsettling when you consider that one of the members had a child the year of their last performance.		Mo
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young		Hey, here's the most famous of the bands with a "law firm" type name.		Tom Radigan
Crossfade		Isn't a cross fade a type of movie effect? It sounds like a better name for a movie studio than a band.		BillyBobby
Crowforce		Little birds don't sound very forceful!		Chris
Crystal Castles		The name is terrible, and the music is even worse. It's not anything you'd associate with crystals or castles.		Rocky Mountain Hy
Crystal Method		I bought "crystal method" thinking I would try to lose weight listening to it. I didn't. I did however loose lots of sleep and thus, my job. I got hooked on it after a couple of uses, and it gave me unsightly blemishes!		Mitch
The Cult		You might mistake them with BLUE OYSTER Cult. Both bands are really good anyway.		Kronus
Cults		There was already a band called The Cult. People might think Cults is a offshoot band (in other words, a sequel) of The Cult.		Opie M.
CunninLynguists		Because it involves several tortuous puns.		Sam Wiseman
Curren$y		Yet another rapper who uses a dollar sign in his name. I guess these rappers are really obsessed with money.		JD
Curve		Grading on one for naming bands, I'd give this band an F- for creative effort.		newsound
Cute Is What We Aim For		Dumb on two levels. First, the name is somewhat long-winded (that's SIX words, mind you!); second, they're a heavy metal band. Yeah, they were being sarcastic when they chose the name, but their so-called joke is lost on me; neither they nor any other metal band ever "aim for cute", so the name isn't even plausible.		Jonathan S.
Cutting Crew		Think about this for a sec, here. Do they, like, like to cut things or something? THAT could lead to serious problems...		Bye-Gon Jinx the Master
Cycle Sluts From Hell		Yes, there was a heavy metal group with that name. What were they thinking? Why would a band want to be known with such a disgusting name?!		Mr. Critic
Cycle V		Is this supposed to pronounced Cycle Vee or Cycle Five? I ask because the group came the same time as the dog food Cycle I, II, III, and IV.		Phil McCracken

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