So which bands/groups/solo artists have the best name? Don't have to like their music, just their name.
Here's a few, in no particular order, to get started:
Public Enemy
The Killers
Young Black Teenagers (hip hop fans may remember they were white)
Ganja Kru
Elbow
Groove Armada
Kasabian
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
The Police
Hovercraft Pirates.
Dead Kennedys
The Slits
The Southern Death Cult
Pookisnackenburger
Half Man Half Biscuit
Dinosaur Jr
P*ss-flaps Over Disneyland
The Crystal Method
Pissing Razors
Strapping Young Lad
Armoured Cats
Creaming Jesus
Seven Dead Astronauts
The Nips who were -
The Nipple Erectors
Who's lead singer went on to form
Pogue Mahon (sp?)
Butthole Surfers
Dr Phibes and the House of Wax Equations..
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Smith%27s_Bombastic_Meatbats ]Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats[/url]
Violent Femmes
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
The Slits
Butthole Surfers
UB40
The The
Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
jimmy the hoover
pookah makes three
throbbing gristle
jefferson airplane
credence clearwater revival
street sweeper social club
Ozric Tentacles,
Soft Machine
Goats don't shave
Metallica...
.............
LOL
jefferson airplane
Points deducted for morphing into 'Starship' via Jefferson Starship...
rage against the machine ill always love
and quite like alice in chains too
Splodgenous Abounds (sp)
The Jesus and Mary chain
anal c*nt
lawnmower deth
Creaming jesus
extreme noise terror
Ultraviolence
the march of the sinister ducks
gaye bikers on acid and the jokey spin off lesbian dopeheads on mopeds
Alien sex fiend
the men that will not be blamed for nothing
Sultans Of Ping FC
Paddy Goes To Holyhead
Pop Will Eat Itself
Neds Atomic Dustbin
Swervedriver
New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Half Man Half Biscuit
Transvision Vamp (mmm, Wendy James!)
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
Chainsaw Etiquette (excellent (probably defuct) blues band local to Southampton)
Skimmington Ride (excellent (defunct) folk band also local to Southampton)
einsturzende neubaten
kraftwerk
jon spencer blues explosion
corrosion of conformity
oh and I used to be in a band called The Liquid Silk Explosion 8)
(minor geek points to anyone who knows where i stole it from)
Since I came across the ticket stub this w/e:
Slunt
Gay Dad.
I knew of a band called:
The terrorist ballet dancers from hell
Currently in a band called
Hells Anglers, which is mostly about drinking beer and talking about making music, not actually doing it.
Insane Clown Posse
knobjockey..
Dexy's midnight runners?
The Pretty Things
Some 80's Newcastle bands
The Rhythm methodists
The Sensible pencils
Arthur two-stroke and the chart commandos
Ian
The Arsebandits, like the bmx bandits..
cameltoe complex
The atomic bitchwax
The Frightening Shadows!
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
They Might Be Giants
Modern Lovers
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Fudge Tunnel
Maggot slayer overdrive
Bus station loonies
Noddy and the screaming cutlasses