There's this nz BM band called Unimpressed

We've once ended up with an wierd name, just because we had a first show before we had a cool band name.

Needed something real badass and were not satisfied with anything that came in our minds. Smart as we are, we decided to postpone that decission. Told the promoter to use our bass players nickname on the bill: Action Bass Tom with band

Big mighty mistake: on the posters and flyers it was written in one word Actionbasstomband , the evening went down legendary and afterwards there was no way to get that changed again !

Looking back, I learned to love that name and becoming proud of. But hell, weve ended up with it because we wanted to have a brutal and great one 😆

Written by GreatPretender on 25.03.2022 at 10:23

We've once ended up with an wierd name, just because we had a first show before we had a cool band name.

Needed something real badass and were not satisfied with anything that came in our minds. Smart as we are, we decided to postpone that decission. Told the promoter to use our bass players nickname on the bill: Action Bass Tom with band

Big mighty mistake: on the posters and flyers it was written in one word Actionbasstomband , the evening went down legendary and afterwards there was no way to get that changed again !

Looking back, I learned to love that name and becoming proud of. But hell, weve ended up with it because we wanted to have a brutal and great one 😆

Funny story, thanks for sharing

I always thought Black Metal band Lifelover was a silly name, although amusingly ironic. As well as that, Pig Destroyer, Anal C*nt, Goatwhore, Archgoat, anything with goat in their name is pretty laughable.

Written by Metal Health on 19.04.2022 at 23:34

I always thought Black Metal band Lifelover was a silly name, although amusingly ironic. As well as that, Pig Destroyer, Anal C*nt, Goatwhore, Archgoat, anything with goat in their name is pretty laughable.

I love the name lifelover for a depressive band, probably one of the best dsbm band names out there imo

Generally, I dislike names that are phrases. A band name is supposed to be a collective name for the group, so it needs to be snappy and preferrably look like a name. If you can put "the" in front, that's usually a good sign. The Supremes, the Ronettes, the Beach Boys, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Or it can be a singular name, Portishead (name of a town but has come to connote just themselves), Judas Priest (makes no sense and is ungrammatical, but feels good in the mouth and is simultaneously liturgical and blasphemous), Reverend Bizarre, etc.

I don't mind ridiculous names. For me, Deströyer 666 is much better than Every Time I Die. One is a name, the other is a random phrase. (Of-structures I have no problem with, that's a solid way to name a thing, but often they get too long.)

Granted, sometimes a silly name can transcend its literal meaning (if it even has one) and become associated with nothing but the band. Godspeed You! Black Emperor is that kind of name. (I would also put We Butter the Bread with Butter in the iconic category, if they were remotely interesting.) It's also a matter of genre expectations: if it's post-rock, you can probably get away with it. I guess a name is good/memorable if it primarily evokes the band itself, and not too much else.

Of course, the reason many bands have to resort to convoluted names is because all the simple and effective nouns have already been taken. Death, Sleep, Slayer, Anathema, Emperor, Earth.

But good bands with bad names? My Dying Bride. While Heaven Wept (although I have to give it to them, the shape and alliteration is good). Today is the Day. SubRosa (I hate that capitalisation).

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That's the stupidest and longest name ever, some pig grinder gore grind names are funny even lonmh and stupid, but this takes the throne.

Written by Bad English on 27.04.2022 at 18:49

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Oh... That's that food name! I remember that word from the biggest words in the world, when I learned it as a kid...

I wouldn't call this one the worst ever, but it's pretty silly. Back in the mid 90's there was a Finnish death metal band called Pakeni, the name is derived from "Carcass" which kinda sounds like a Finnish word for "escaped" for which "pakeni" is a synonym.

Written by Metal Rasputin on 12.05.2022 at 17:24

I wouldn't call this one the worst ever, but it's pretty silly. Back in the mid 90's there was a Finnish death metal band called Pakeni, the name is derived from "Carcass" which kinda sounds like a Finnish word for "escaped" for which "pakeni" is a synonym.

I didn't know that, but I approve!

Limp Bizkit hands down

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Written by Bad English on 22.04.2023 at 17:27

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Notice there's also the "full name" (whatever that means) right below on the band's description on this link.

Written by Bad English on 22.04.2023 at 17:27

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That logo too

How about Loverboy? Even they play ok level music but name huh.

There's a black metal band called Kvist, which translates to "twig" in Swedish. Not very evil.