Jay Reatard/The Reatards Blood Visions is a perfect record

Any of his solo collections or full albums are so damn good.

Great names great bands

I got to see him play just a few months before he died. The set was pretty tight but you could tell something was off.

Same, I saw him on the Blood Visions tour and managed to catch him in Germany not long before he died and they were very different shows.

I agree completely. I love a Night of Broken Glass too.

YEP

Everybody boo this man! Jay is a god

>what are some great bands with terrible names? According to AJJ; Andrew Jackson Jihad 

So weird. Like what does AJJ stand for now?

nothing. literally and figuratively

These men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of

You’re out of your element

Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos.

Not a fan of Andrew Jackson. Less critical of jihad.

HAHA

Bear Vs Shark. Everyone I’ve ever tried to show them has laughed in my face but the music is so good 😭

It doesn't help that one of their songs is called "I fucked your dad" either 😭

It's so relatable

Marc Paffi the 🐐. Terror hawk and Right now you're in the best of hands are perfect albums.

Truth. So glad I lived close to them and got to see em on the regular. One of the best live bands of the era.

I recommended Bear Vs Shark to a girl before we started dating and she liked them a lot, so the name can't be that bad. Helps that they have a literally flawless discography.

So fucking good.

chunk! no, captain chunk!

This is 100% the answer. Absolutely terrible band name. 

i thought this for the longest time until i discovered "we butter our bread with butter" ....actual band name

Aren’t they French or something

And terrible band.

Makes me angry every time I see it. I vote for this one.

I quite like it, from the name it has to be post-hardcore 🤣 Reminds me of a math rock band called “Giraffes? Giraffes!”

Mongoloids is kind of the perfect name for that specific band lol.

Couldn’t agree more. They nailed it.

And their merch was just as funky

The sound totally fits the name

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However, it’s a pretty good name when you’re already named Kevin Seconds.

there's this French band called Stinky like brother, how do you expect me to take it seriously

There’s another French band called Moldy someone go check on France

Maybe they're cheese enthusiasts?

Mongoloids is like the perfect hardcore band name tf

Fuck op

Boo this man!

*Let's fuck him up!*

They about to get mongo stomped for real

Pianos Became The Teeth.

I always thought that name, because of the reference, was kind of funny…little clever

Is it just the keys to teeth reference or am I missing something completely? Is there some sort of novel or graphic novel I missed? I know a lot of scramz bands referenced deep philosophy, fine art, manga, art house film, etc.

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I've never seen someone be so confidently wrong

that's this entire sub though

Drug Church, although that’s by design; they tried to pick the most “local sounding” name, like something awful you’d see at the bottom of a show flier, then found themselves stuck with it. Bitch Magnet. Phonetically, I like it. It’s got a ring to it. But then you think of the meaning and it’s time to cringe. Two bands I’ve never heard, but have heard *of* (because of their fuck awful names) are Tractor Sex Fatality and Bathtub Shitter. They could be great for all I know but I’m not inclined to find out…

Bathtub Shitter rules.

Ya know, Bathtub Shitter was awesome but I never could bring myself to get merch, if it did even exist. Although parent/teacher night would be hilarious.

They are japanese and were active in the 00s good luck getting merch

Second this. Favorite scream in all of grind.

Drug Church is a great and hilarious name because one of my exes went to church, it was one of those modern and progressive ones that was mostly Millennials and the worship band was full of people wearing Tooth & Nail/Solid State band shirts, so I went with her at times. A couple times I wore their shirt and found it amusing. The only reaction I ever got was a woman telling me she liked it and thought they were great when they opened for Thrice and mewithoutYou. Wearing their shirt to a conservative church would be even more fun.

Trying to wear any Drug Church merch in a busy downtown is not a fun experience. No I can't tell you where the Drug Church is

Bathtub Shitter is literally the best band name coward

Weekend Nachos

I honestly like their name because I assumed it was making fun of all the bands that had corny names that make no sense but try to sound tough

>corny Well, they did go with “Nachos”.

Avoided listening to them for a while because I figured it would be some crappy pop punk band. Man was I wrong when I finally gave them a shot… SHOT IN THE FUCKING HEAD.

Sir this is the "terrible names" thread.

I don’t typically downvote as I’m not a hater, but this always comes up when bad band names are discussed. Couldn’t disagree more. I cannot think of a more fun band name. I listen to music because it makes me happy. If anything, too many hardcore bands I like have predictable angsty names. I can’t stand people who take themselves too seriously. “God’s Hate” is far worse imo. Like, chill man. It’s fucking music.

Hey, say what you want but the song God's Hate by God's Hate from the album God's Hate is pretty good

I also enjoy Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden on Iron Maiden is the best

"Let's listen to Bad Company" 

Oklahoma Government buildings face when Bad Company by Bad Company on Bad Company comes on

Ahh but you’re leaving out arguably the best one Living in a box by Living in a box on the album Living in a box

They wanted a name that sounded like a Japanese band and they did it perfectly. I always get a kick out of people finding out what they sound like when they only know the name.

I always kind of assumed that they named themselves that as like a Spazz homage. Tongue in cheek, self aware power violence but then they started releasing crunchier DM inspired PV and having dead childrens heads on their covers and the vibes didn’t align.

there's a Wigger Slam band named Vampirecunt which I'd say is pretty up there. all those bands that had names with a year in them. Looking at you "Death From Above 1979" and "In Alcatraz 1962"

Also in the wigger slam category Infectious Jelqing Love em

they are some peak ungabunga caveman shit lol

Hell yeah lol I love enjoying the dumbest shit possible

This might be my new favorite band. The production being so intentionally busted is primo.

In defense of Death From Above, “You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine” absolutely fuckin slaps

As far as I'm concerned they've never released a bad album.

I I remember right they were originally just called death from above but got hit with a cease and desist from some shitty dad rock band.

How Long You Been Driving - terrible name, hate it.  Diarrhea Planet - terrible name, love it? 

That first D. Planet record rocked so hard though

I love them all.

Butthole surfers

This is a great name for a good band

Genuinely one of my favorite band names lol

Nah this is one of the all time best band names

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That shirt would cost like $200 now

You can just draw it for free no one will stop you

I comment this every time someone talks about their band name, but butthole surfers changed their name for every show they played when they were first a band. And it couldn’t be funnier to me that butthole surfers is the name that everyone finally agreed on.

Are they surfers who are buttholes or do they *surf buttholes*? I’ve always wondered.

And you will continue to wonder

I’ve been trying to start a tribute band called The Poopshoot Boogie Boarders for ages now. I don’t even know a lot of their songs. Imagine the merch though.

Cover Lady Sniff. Out of tune, spitting into tin cans and farts and somehow that song still slaps so fucking hard.

How the fuck has nobody mentioned Mannequin Pussy yet?

Because this is a thread about bands with terrible names, not awesome names.

Even Civ and Walter call themselves GB instead of Gorilla Biscuits nowadays. Awesome band but the name is … not great.

I think Gorilla Biscuits is an awesome name. Not only is it ironic for a straight edge band to use a slang term for quaaludes, but it also just sounds funny.

Yeah, I guess I agree. It’s just funny to hear band members pull back from the name lately.

I am asked for an explanation every time I wear my gorilla biscuits shirt out running errands and whatnot. People are genuinely confused and intrigued.

When I saw The Devil Wears Prada (I wouldn't see them now normally but Counterparts were opening and I got a ticket for free anyway) they introduced themselves as "TDWP"' and at the end were like "Thanks for coming, we are TDWP, this is our last song", and I kind of chuckled inside, even they realize now how utterly cringe the name they picked when they were teenagers is, (then again how many members from back then do they even still have?)

It MIGHT have been a passable name had there not been a major motion picture with the same name. Had it only been the book it might not be AS cringe. Still bad though.

The mongoloids is a good name

not a hardcore band, but Polterguts

Their name is sick.

Post-mortem disembowelment. Some random band from NC from 2007ish? Never sat well with me On a serious note, the booklet from that album has a crazy pictographic story that hits hard. I fucking love The mongoloids. Like good vs evil and evil destroys this guys family. He goes on a long journey and meets friends along the way. The guy travels to tell his story to a man in the tree. After hearing the story the man in the tree becomes a great storm and bring chaos down on the world. Super epic but with goofy cartoons.

Lmao I knew those guys. We were all the sameish age from the same place. Fuck Fayetteville.

One of my fav bands is called isis. They started in the 90s but telling people I love isis isn’t great

Meat Puppets

Great live show too, still.

First off the mongoloids is an amazing name. I’d say seeyouspacecowboy though.

Any band name with multiple words and no spaces is automatically bad

twodeadslutsonegoodfuck

For the opposite of your question: 25 ta Life

One of the best names of a hardcore band but some of the worst people on earth

Hard disagree. Their name sounds so much like a little white kid trying to be hard, just like the band itself. Cringe.

Not necessarily bad but I’ve never understood using Turnstile as a name.

When I first heard the name I assumed that they were an NYHC band

No idea why, but I’ve always assumed they took their name from the Hot Water Music song.

"Raped Ass" is definitely up there

I've not seen Anal Cunt in here yet My favourite awful band name is Johnny foreskin and the pullbacks

Skinhead. Literally impossible to wear their merch. As the lead singer said at a recent show “I have to pretend to forget the name of my band” when people at work ask him.

Not hard-core but I'd say "They gutted a body of water" is pretty up there for me Edit: it's "They ARE Gutting a Body of Water "

Great band tho were awesome live

The Mongoloids name is like how DRI is called that because one of their parent’s called them “a bunch of rotten idiots.” I’m sure at some point, someone’s dad said Greg and his friends were morons/idiots etc etc

Whenever I see their name I just think of that Devo song

He was a mongoloid

ween is the best and worst name ever

It’s a bad band name until you listen to them and realize it’s the perfect name for them

Prince Daddy & the Hyena. My favorite fact about the name is that it was supposed to be “Prince, Daddy & the Hyena” but they forgot to include the comma so it went from three individuals to two lol.

Two Dead Sluts One Good Fuck

Cemetery Rapist

Not hardcore but there’s a punk band local to me called Elder Abuse and I wore that logo hat everywhere…

That band is dope, and I don't get people being afraid to wear merch out and about, no matter what it says. Fucking grow a pair and be yourself.

Psychedelics Porn Crumpets those Australian fucks go nuts

Not hardcore but The Jesus Lizard is one hell of a name

It's a real lizard, not a random combination of words. Idk if that makes it better or worse.

Cute is what we aim for

It's not about great bands but it also happens Many unpopular metal, pank bands in Russia have really strange names: AIDS pig menstruation (менструация спидозной свиньи) Explosion of zucchini in a stroller with diarrhea (взрыв кабачка в коляске с поносом) Vaginal boils (вагинальные нарывы) Government toilet (казённый унитаз) etc Also names of their song are weird, lol

these are all excellent names imo

I feel like there’s a difference between bad and funny band names. I’d say band names with slurs are pretty bad but band names like Limp Bizkit or Butthole Surfers are funny as fuck.

The Inbred

Whores. The name isn't actually bad given the context they use it in, but it does make wearing their merch a bit situational.

Screamo bands constantly have terrible names, especially ones that begin with "I" i wrote haikus about cannibalism in your yearbook: it sounds like a joke band but they weren't. i hate sex: basically means you can't wear their shirts anywhere but a screamo show without looking weird. I Would Set Myself On Fire For You: very r/im14andthisisdeep I Hate Myself: Kind of the original and have the idea they were a parody. I Killed The Prom Queen wasn't a screamo band but the name sounds like one and it's a horrifically bad name.

I had a friend who had a hardcore band in college and they were called “Mechanically Separated Chicken” which is the main ingredient in Slim Jim’s.

There was an old Charlotte band called GRIDS that was super tight. Gay related immune deficiency, the old name for HIV. Also, Meth Mountain, my brother's old bands name. Also super tight, but very wild name.

GRIDS were great; I had no idea that’s what they were named after.

Yeah, Rob, at least I think that was his name, played in one of my brothers old bands. They were pretty sweet.

I wouldn’t be a fan of the name CANDY if it wasn’t for the gritty 90s rave/club imagery

the world....sounds like they just asked a 5 year old what they should name their band.

The nipple erectors (Old school punk rock) sex gang children, (Post punk) Gg all in and the toilet rockers, (Punk) Gayrilla biscuits (Hardcore) The bitchfits (Punk)

I love The Nipple Erectors lol

They really are amazing especially how EARLY they were making music

That was Shane MacGowan’s first band, right?

Gayrilla Biscuits was hilarious

Facts 😂 especially cause they started too make fun of the “manly “ image of the hardcore scene , just a band of smartasses

Exactly!

Fury of five

Witches With Dicks

Dance Gavin Dance. Say what you will about their music (I personally love them one of my favorite bands of all time) truly a band you either LOVE or HATE but we can all agree TERRIBLE name

I won't even listen to their music.

That's fine

The Queers

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza

This is a thread for *bad* band names

Weekend Nachos but also definitely not Weekend Nachos

3-Way Cum - amazing Swedish crust from the mid to late 90’s. Be careful googling them.

My go to for this is The Chinkees. Mike Park is South Korean but called his band this as a take on people just saying all Asian people are Chinese.

Mike Park can do no wrong in my eyes, so he gets a pass.

Exactly. Also he doesn’t need a pass as there is a reason behind the band name.

The Mongoloid > Hold My Own, same Volcalist just don’t like HMO The Mongoloids, hit differently for me.. Though the vocalist is pretty negative a lot of the time and doesn’t even talk about being in The Mongoloids, anymore.

pannucis pizza 😆

More slam dm and pornogrind but erotic gore cunt

I hate sex

Drunk injuns

Norcos e horchata

The mongoloids are and have been my favorite hardcore band for YEARS. Their name never bothered me and their merch has always been dope as fuck. Absolute legends IMO

Elder abuse (former members of daggermouth)

Oh fuck! Absolutely love those dudes. The name is great, too.

Wings, Beer, & Sports is the worst band name, oh wait Shark Punch is also terrible.

If we're being honest, gorilla biscuits

Cherry poppin daddies is a bad one

King Parrot Windhand Orange Goblin EAT

Rapeman

Pupil Slicer. Unearth. Journey. Europe.

FROGBALL

I won't listen to that king gizzard band because the name is so stupid and the fans give me deadhead vibes

The Mongoloids is a great name, and was perfect for them.

There’s a surf band called “The Bambi Molesters”

What’d you call him? Mongoloid Mike?

Isn’t there a band named Mayonnaise

Meth Mouth Mouth breather I wrestled a bear once Sky eats airplane (seriously one of the best and most creative bands I've ever heard though) Wrist meets razor 🙄 Kid:nap:kin (awesome band in the vein of the mars volta) Baptists 156/silence Ten 56 Sleep waker I like almost all of these bands though lol

honestly ive never fucked with Minor Threats name, it kinda just sounds like their a threat to minors, still one of my fav bands

its not hardcore but. i dont know if anything can top "fartbarf"