Yesterday, while surfing my life away, I came across The Canonical List of Weird Band Names, which lists, well, the weirdest band names. My dad always marveled at the names of bands I listened to (INXS, 10,000 Maniacs), but they’re like vanilla compared to these names. (Caution: Many of the band names on the site are R-rated.)
Some of the names are really clever puns, and some of them are so bizarre I had to add them to the list as well. My favorites:
- Above Average Weight Band
- Abracadaver
- A Cat Born In An Oven Isn’t a Cake
- Afghanistan Banana Stand
- Alcoholocaust
- Alcoholics Unanimous
- Amputatoe
- Are These My Pants?
- The Band Formerly Known As Sausage
- Barbeque Bob and the Spare Ribs
- Beats the Hell Out of Me
- Beverly Beer Bellies
- Biff Hitler and the Violent Mood Swings
- The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
- BowWowWowHaus
- Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys
- Cap’n Crunch and the Cereal Killers
- Carnage Asada
- Cher UK
- Craig Loves Pots and Pans and He’s Going Places
- Cream of Whoop-Ass Soup
- The Dead Sea Squirrels
- Dukes of Hazardous Material
- Ethyl Merman
- The French are from Hell
- Full Throttle Aristotle
- Furious George
- Gee That’s A Large Beetle I Wonder If It’s Poisonous
- Gringo Star
- Guitarantula
- He’s Dead Jim
- Hitler Stole My Potato
- Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of Death
- Janitors Against Apartheid
- Jehovah’s Witness Protection Program
- JFKFC
- John Cougar Concentration Camp
- Kerrigan’s Knees
- Lee Harvey Keitel
- Lee Press-On and the Nails
- Manson-Nixon Line
- Mao Tse Helen
- Me First and the Gimmee Gimmees
- Minnie Pearl’s Jam
- The Only Alternative & His Other Possibilities
- Pandora’s Lunch Box
- QuarteRoy
- Rage Against the Coffee Machine
- REO Speed Dealer
- 76% Uncertain
- Sharon Stoned
- Shirley Temple of Doom
- Smorgasborgnine
- Snotty Scotty and the Hankies
- Stop Calling Me Frank
- Tall Dwarfs
- Vampire State Building
- The Vast Void of Empty Nothingness
- Vic Vaccume and the Attachments
- The Well I’m Sure I Left It There Yesterday Band
- Who The Hell Are You?
- Willie Nelson Mandela
- Wonderbred, the Refined White Flour Children
