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Names -> Stupid Band Names -> F
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 F
Name | Description | Submitted by: | ||
| f(x) | It's a mathematical symbol, used as typical function notation, typically read as "F of X". I don't think it works very well as a name for a music group. | Mr. Critic | ||
| f(x) | In Geekdom, this is the short tech term for Effects as in SPFX for Special Effects! Not at all fitting for a 5 girl group of Korean Hotties! | Robert D. Arndt Jr. | ||
| F*** The Facts | Yet another Canadian band that has the F word in the name. Besides, what facts are we to f-word anyway?. | JD | ||
| F****d Up | They really named a Canadian band this. They had to be f****d up to think up the name. | Opie M. | ||
| Fabolous | I guess it is a long-running trend for rappers to intentionally misspell words, including their own rap names. | Calvin Amari | ||
| Face To Face | The name sounds more like a talk show than a rock band. | Paul Bunions | ||
| Fair Control | It either sounds like a trade regulation ("We need Fair Control on imports to protect our jobs") or security at a carnival ("Fair Control, there's a drunk heckling the fortune teller") | Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Faith Band | It looks like it could be the first and last name of a solo female act, but this is a group, and none of them are females. Why couldn't they tack on "The" in front so that it would look less ambiguous? | Ben Dover | ||
| Faith Hope & Charity | First of all, it lacks a comma, just like the name Faith Hope And Charity. Secondly, you could confuse this band with the aforementioned one (as one band uses an ampersand, while the other band spells out the word "and"). So it's pretty hard to distinguish these bands by just hearing their names but not seeing them in print. | Cassandra | ||
| Faith Hope and Charity | It appears to suggest a female trio, or maybe a female duo (since there is no comma between Faith and Hope). Actually, this 1970s band was a trio of two women and one man. | Candy Welty | ||
| Faith No More | No more faith in what? No more faith in anything? Is this a command? Are we to have no more faith in them? | brainstem | ||
| Fake? | When I saw this band name, I thought it was just as the name implied! Turns out, it's an actual group. Why would they give themselves such a name, and put a question mark after it?! Do they want people to think they're not a real band or something? | Anonymous Informant | ||
| Fall Out Boy | Um... hello? What are they falling out of? A window? A car? Why don't they just put their seat belt on!!! | katelyn | ||
| Family Force 5 | Really? Just...really? It's almost like they're the Jonas Brothers, but with two extra members. | TheStupidGenius | ||
| Far East Movement | They sound like a group of activists, not a band. | BillyBobby | ||
| The Far Out Son Of Lung | One of the other names that Future Sound of London Published music under. I did not know that the Lungs had sons and why is that son so 'Far Out'? | karnov | ||
| Faster Pussycat | "Faster Cheetah", or even just shortening it to "Faster Cat" I could see, but "PUSSYCAT??!" That just sounds so sissyfied. Not what I'd pick for a rock band, let alone a hair-metal band. (which is what they were.) | Jonathan S. | ||
| Fatboy Slim | Fat Boy. Slim....Confused. | atomicfireball | ||
| Fatboy Slim | Well he's neither fat or slim, the only thing thats right is "boy" but I guess calling your band "Boy" would be even worse | Mushi | ||
| Feminnem | No, it's not the real Mrs. Slim Shady; they're a Croatian female pop trio. And they're not a hip-hop act, either. | Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Fergie | If she wants to go far as a solo artist, I think she should change her name (or better yet, use her real name). "FUR-ghee" sounds rather lame, nerdy and dumb. I mean her music is good, but the way she says that name? | Mr. Critic | ||
| Fergie | Might not sound so stupid if the 'G' were pronounced like a 'J'. It looks like it should be pronounced that way IMO. | A. Person | ||
| The Fidelity's | There should not be an apostrophe in this name, but that's the way it appears on the record label. | Candy Welty | ||
| Fine Young Cannibals | To me, this does NOT sound like a name for an 80's pop group; this sounds more like one for a metal band. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Finger Eleven | A normal person doesn't have 11 fingers. | Mr. Critic | ||
| Finger Eleven | Makes me think that someone in this band wished they had an extra digit on one hand. Creepy!! | Evan Shortoria | ||
| Firefall | They practically named the band after something that doesn't exist, as opposed to a waterfall that does. I once thought it was named "Fireball", and they probably should have named it that. | John Phillips Screwdriver | ||
| Firesign Theater | It sounds like that cheesy movie theater on the corner in the scummiest part of town that was built in 1902, is crumbling and shows porn flicks and 1970's disney movies. | Cel-Chan | ||
| Firesign Theater | Reminds me too much of Sesame Street. Hello, this is Alistair Cookie, reporting from the Monsterpiece Theater. Ah, fond memories of Sesame Street there. | Bobo | ||
| The Firm | Because the name The Hard wouldn't have fit them well??!! | Master Jack Nicholson | ||
| Fishbone | Sounds like something the cat dragged in! | Chris | ||
| The Five Blobs | They're people, not blobs. | Candy Welty | ||
| Five Finger Death Punch | It's kind of redundant. I mean, ordinarily a punch WOULD involve five fingers. It's not like people would expect the fist delivering the punch to have only four fingers or anything. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Five For Fighting | I initially thought it was a quintet whose members were all in favor of battles (hence the name), but it turns out it's only a one-man band, and the term has to do with something totally different. | Mac | ||
| Five For Fighting | 1) It's not even a band, it's just one person. 2) His fake name doesn't even pertain to the sappy songs he writes and performs. | American Drool | ||
| The Fixx | In the 80s, misspelled names were quite common. The members wonder, "What's the extra X for?" | Tommy | ||
| Flaming Lips | I saw them in concert and I was disappointed when the singer didn't light his face on fire! | Mitch | ||
| Flesh For Lulu | The band saw 60s pop star Lulu eating a burger. I think most of us see something completely different... | noskcaJ | ||
| Flip Cartridge | It's one person (Billy Meshel). He recorded under the name Flip Cartridge in 1966, when tape cartridges were popular. Some cartridges had to be flipped over by hand to play the other side. But I doubt that anyone would name their child Flip Cartridge! | Candy Welty | ||
| Flogging Molly | I thought beating women went out with horse-drawn buggies--and what did Molly ever do to you?! | Jonathan S. | ||
| Flogging Molly | I don't know who Molly is, or why she likes flogging, but it's her life. | Rychendroll | ||
| FloRida | Why has he named himself after a state? Why not Al Aska, then at least he'd have a male first name instead of an abbreviation for Florence! | Ann Thracks | ||
| Flybanger | C'mon man, a FLY? Isn't it enough that ya pulled its wings off? | Chrystal | ||
| The Flying Burrito Brothers | OK, help me here.... | Dano | ||
| The Flying Lizards | Are there such things as flying lizards? I dunno.. | hamp | ||
| Flyleaf | Sounds like a leaf with a zipper. | Nude Yogi Bear | ||
| Flyleaf | You've got a leaf in your fly?! Isn't the main singer (of this band) a girl? This gets my vote for silliest-sounding band name ever. | Jonathan S. | ||
| The Flys | Ordinarily, I wouldn't care that the name is misspelt. However, when I heard the name on the radio, I assumed it had the normal spelling ("flies"), so when I searched it on Google and NOTHING came up [band-wise, I mean], I naturally got frustrated. I only found out the "correct" spelling by accident while looking at a radio station's playlist! In short, don't make a band name that's going to cause that much confusion. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Foetus | It's just too disgusting! Even worse are some of the nicknames they went under, such as "You've Got Foetus On Your Breath" and "Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel." | noskcaJ | ||
| Foghat | Fog is gaseous, not solid, so it's literally impossible even try to make anything out of it, including a hat. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Foghat | I would love to have a hat made out of fog, although it would be quite useless. | Travis | ||
| Foo Fighters | Should have been Kung-Foo Fighters but their budget was too low to waste character space! | Dan Abnormal | ||
| The Fools | It's FOOLish for a band to have that name. | Candy Welty | ||
| Forever The Sickest Kids | Sick? Forever? Did these guys simply pull out words from a random word generator or what? | Sick As A Dog | ||
| Foster The People | Fans might believe this band was named after Jodie Foster. | Richard Head | ||
| Fountains Of Wayne | Fountains cannot sing or play instruments because they are just statues that stand and spout water. Watching fountains for hours is not entertainment. | Sonny Pro Bono | ||
| The Four Voices | This name is too obvious. | Candy Welty | ||
| Fox the Fox | From the Department of Redundancy Department ... | Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Foxboro Hot Tubs | It sounds more like a company that would sell/manufacture jacuzzis or related merchandise. | Logan | ||
| Frankie Goes To Hollywood | It would sound better as a title on a movie about someone, named Frankie, who goes to Hollywood. | Mads | ||
| The Fratellis | Sounds like some Italian mob family. "Hey, Luigi! 'Dere's somebody who needs to get whacked!" | Jonathan S. | ||
| Fred Locks | Rhymes with "dreadlocks". And he's a reggae singer. It's a spectacularly failed attempt at cleverness. | Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Free Soda | Yes, many people would probably like some free soda, but only at some special event or something of that nature. Doesn't work so well as a name for a band. | Timmy O'Toole | ||
| Freelance Whales | For starters, none of them are whales. And why are whales "freelance"? It makes no sense. | Iceblossom | ||
| Freezepop | A kid's dessert treat...that's the best you could think of? | Jonathan S. | ||
| Frickin' A | You're not likely to make any 'brownie points' with parents if you include a crudity in your band's name. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Friends | I'm sure the people in this band are friends with each other...but a good percentage of the public might assume that this band probably named itself after a certain hit TV sitcom that ran for 10 years. | Calop | ||
| Frizzle Sizzle | It sounds like a hair salon whose hairstyles are at least 20 years out of date. | Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Front 242 | Yet another name with a number at the end. Makes me wonder what happened to the first 241 fronts. | Dr. Radium | ||
| Frou Frou | Another name that sounds like a dog. repeat their name and it sounds like a dog barking: "Rouf Rouf!" | Logan | ||
| Frou Frou | I never quite understood this band name. I mean, it sounds kinda dumb...but I'm sure it means something, altho I can't imagine what. | Mr. Critic | ||
| Frozen Ghost | It sounds like something the ice cream man gives to children on Halloween. | Todd W. Zimmerman | ||
| Full Blown Rose | Well, duh. I mean, it's not like you can have a flower that's half-rose and half-something-else. The only kind of rose you could have IS a "full blown" rose. | Jonathan S. | ||
| Fun | Yeah, I'm sure they are fun, but the name is too simplistic. If they want to sell CDs, they should change it to something synonymous like Hyperactivity or Frivolity. | Lance Crackers | ||
| Fun-Loving Criminals | Puts a new perspective on thieves and robbers. But really, why name a group Fun-Loving Criminals? It is especially funny that there most famous single is titled, "Scooby Snacks." Just awesome. | Darby Hen | ||
| Funky Communication Committee | It's too long for a band name--ten syllables! | Candy Welty | ||
| Fuzzy Index | Sounds like they pulled two words randomly out of a hat. | Rachel |
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