Ridiculous/funny/confusing band names you've come across?

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A Gunslinger wrote:As i recall, 10CC was named for the average amount of a man's ejac*late. No kidding.
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BTW...funny band name?

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Some odd ones...

Half Man, Half Biscuit
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Revolting Cocks
The Horslips
Chocolate Watch Band
Four Men and a Dog
Carter the Unstoppable Sex machine
Bow Wow Wow
Ozric Tentacles
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Dressy Bessy
The Bucket Band
Jesus and Mary Chain
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Yeah, but The Jesus and Mary Chain kicked ass.
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I can't believe no one has put this yet...

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Stonemaybe wrote:Half Man, Half Biscuit
I've actually seen this band live, they have a cult following among people who went to University about 30 years ago (i.e. my parents' generation). Some of their 'hits' include Dickie Davis Eyes and All I Want For Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit, which results in a lot of their fans turning up to gigs in said football kit.

I can also confirm that Guns is right about 10cc's name, I remember them being asked that question in an interview for Q.

Some of my favourite real band names are The Dandy Warhols, Daft Punk (taken from an early review which dismissed their music as just that), The Raveonettes and Godspeed You Black Emperor! The outright daftest though, has to be Crispy Ambulance.
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Are they an emo band? ;)
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Some nineties grunge bands...though I loved the music had shitty names:

Temple of the Dog
Green Apple Quickstep
Stone Temple Pilots

The Wort name I can think of is that Boy Band:

5ive.

You're supposed to pronounce it : Five
But I can't help calling them Five-ive
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A Gunslinger wrote:
Cail wrote:Much as I love 'em, Def Leppard is a silly, silly name for a band.

10CC? WTF does that mean?
As I recall, 10CC was named for the average amount of a man's ejac*late. No kidding.
I think that's also where "the Loving Spoonful" came from..(no pun intended).
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drew wrote:
The Wort name I can think of is that Boy Band:

5ive.

You're supposed to pronounce it : Five
But I can't help calling them Five-ive
:haha: That's particularly hilarious to me for reasons I'm not allowed to explain. :haha:
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How about siv?
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