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The 25 Most Ridiculous Band Names in Rock History

By Matt Wilson June 26, 2007 3,235,394 views
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#3.
Hootie and the Blowfish

The story: The band is named for two of singer Darius Rucker's college choir friends, nicknamed "Hootie" and "the Blowfish" because one looked like an owl and the other like a blowfish. Interesting note: That choir was named Darius the Black Guy & The Two Ugliest Dudes on Campus.

Why it's ridiculous: In a word: "hootie." In four: "hootie," "and," "the" and "blowfish." We now know from scientific studies performed in 1998 at Cambridge that there isn't a single aspect of Hootie and the Blowfish's name that doesn't invite you, the listener, on a subconscious simian level, to punch each of them in the face until they agree to change it.

#2.
Archers of Loaf

The story: Because the band members apparently wanted to spend every single interview talking about their name, they came up with the stupidest one they could think of.

Why it's ridiculous: Because it's clearly just the result of opening the dictionary two times and using the first word one of the guys pointed to. Unfortunately, one of the words happens to be "loaf," as in "meat" or "pinching a." Also, here's a hint, fellas: If you go out of your way to give yourselves a dumb name, reporters aren't going to ignore it. They're going to ask you about it. And then you'll have to tell the story about how Mike put on a blindfold and pointed at the middle of page 67 in Webster's every day for the rest of your lives.

#1.
!!!

The story: aka Chk-Chk-Chk. In the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, the clicks in the Bushmen's native language were represented with exclamation marks in the subtitles. The band thought that was cool, apparently, and named themselves three clicks. (This also makes the second band that's completely unsearchable by Google.)

Why it's ridiculous: "Hey, Nic Offer, lead singer of the three-exclamation-mark band whose name I can't even begin to pronounce, even after I heard them masturbating all over you on NPR, why did you name your band three exclamation marks?"

"Have you seen the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy?"

"No."

"Oh. Well, then I really can't explain it."

(A Coke bottle descends from the sky and hits Offer on the head, sending him on an amazing journey of discovery.)


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666 Comments

Alan Parsons is a great producer you twit. Ever heard of Abbey Road, or Let it be? Maybe the band Wings? The Hollies or Dark Side Of the Moon? Some of the best in the biz use a bad band name here and there, but the music and the talent are more important than the name. Read up my friend
http://www.alanparsonsmusic.com/bio.php

7/2/2009 10:42:42 PM
dowtunis

Hello everyone. Nice to meet you all.



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7/1/2009 11:53:26 PM
alexson115

Fred Durst is a disgrace to music
I'm ashamed to know that he comes from around here (Jacksonville)

6/26/2009 12:53:07 PM
TheRunningMan

Why is Sunn O))) not on this list?

6/22/2009 3:13:27 PM
none140

The entire time I was reading this, I was thinking about !!!.

6/22/2009 12:46:25 PM
jam6212

what about the Butthole Surfers? you cant get any weirder than that....

6/21/2009 1:23:29 PM
pez

what about Chuck Norris Won't Die?

6/17/2009 9:27:01 PM
Oh_Boy_Mayhem

You forgot Gwar. Screw that, Gwar would be a good topic by themselves. A complete s**t show like no other.

6/1/2009 9:27:31 PM
JamaulHaul

Bowling for Soup!!!

5/31/2009 8:20:09 PM
BuddhaBelly

wut about jimmey eat world?
(or The Chuck Norris's)

5/30/2009 2:25:36 PM
chucknorris

Missed the Butthole Surfers, Mr. Wilson.

5/29/2009 4:23:45 PM
Doifebag

That picture of Def Leppard is not a picture of the actual band members but the cast of a VH1 movie about them.

5/26/2009 3:32:38 PM
jabberfat1

i wanna know the story behind 3oh!3

5/25/2009 7:17:47 PM
jufin

I think number one should have been the amazing 70's band, The Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo.

5/24/2009 3:33:02 PM
Disgruntled

Okay, what about Cage the Elephant or Care Bears on Fire? Or Moosebutter? Not that Cage the Elephant or Moosebutter are bad. Care Bears on Fire suck, though.

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5/20/2009 8:51:22 AM
Shirleyxx

Men Without Hats? Crash Test Dummies? Matchbox 20 may suck, and so does the name, but when you consider there are roughly 20 matches in the box, it makes a little more sense -- enough to be edged out by The Presidents of the United States of America, at least...

5/18/2009 10:54:21 AM
iamfry

what about thousand foot crutch?!?

5/11/2009 11:16:03 AM
smurfinator1991

so what if it's one of your favorite bands, their name is still completely f*****g asinine!

i love goo goo dolls, but you don't hear me whining like a moron that they're on this list. their name is stupid, end of story. granted, it's not as asshattish as !!! (chk chk chk). what are they, aborigines?

5/9/2009 9:49:00 PM
liveincolor

For some reason it pissed me off that you put !!! (chk chk chk) (that's the full name fuckers) on here since that's one of my favourite bands, so what if people can't understand?
GRRRR

5/7/2009 5:44:11 PM
topshoprincess

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