We see a lot of band names here at The A.V. Club. Late last year, I started keeping a list of the worst ones I saw, which I eventually spun off into the best-worst ones. In our "best of 2005" issue, I listed the ones I felt really stuck out.
I've kept the list going continuously since then. Seeing as how we're nearly halfway through the year at this point, I thought I'd share some of the worst and best-worst ones I've encountered so far this year. And there are some really bad ones out there. Please, for the children's sake, don't use the word "funk" in your band name. Please.
WORST BAND NAMES, JANUARY – JUNE '06
Jew Driver
Battle Of The Saxes
Papa Grows Funk
Bandits Of The Acoustic Revolution
MC Vagina
Groovatron
Brutal Dildos
Sh-Sh-Sh-Shark Attack!!!!
The Delaware Stringasm
The Robocop Kraus
Rigor Phallus
Poontang Wrangler
Gnarls Barkley
SikFuk
Urban Funk Ordinance
Natives Of The New Dawn
Tye Dye Skye
Bonerama
Down With Naked
Figure H8
Honkytonk Homeslice
Green Milk From The Planet Orange
Cute Is What We Aim For
Genital Hercules
Silence The Foe
Set Your Goals
Daughters Of The Sun
X-Rated Porno Machine
Mood Syrup
BEST-WORST BAND NAMES:
Arsonists Get All The Girls
16 Bitch Pile-Up
God Damn Doo Wop Band
The Internet
Holy Fuck
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
The Fucking Ocean
You Say Party! We Say Die!
America's Meth Problem II
Here Comes Old Vodka Tits
Knife Knife Gun
Americans UK
Wealthy Whore Entertainment
Fecal Corpse
Maggot Twat
Corpse Vomit
Forest Of Impaled
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
You Ruined Christmas
Said The Sun To The Girl
Ambulance! Ambulance!
Hollywood Holocaust!
Sorry About Your Couch
Awesome Snakes
Total B.S.
Total Fucking Blood
Jehovah's Shit List
Instant Asshole
Mariospeedwagon
Jesus Fucking Christ
And Now You Beg
Laser In The Jungle
Bodies In The Gear Of The Apparatus
TwoDeadSluts OneGoodFuck
The final list, of course, will appear at the end of the year. I have a feeling TwoDeadSluts OneGoodFuck will make it. If you've got a nominee, let's hear it.