A few more band names before I call it a night... Soul Asylum Nickleback (according to Chad Kroeger, they got the name when he was still working at Starbucks; the most common thing ordered by people was something like $4.95 and he spent most of his day giving people a nickle back)... P.O.D. (apparently stands for Payable On Death; as a somewhat religious band - not my thing - it's a pretty cool name... Their music is pretty cool, too)... Apex Theory Jimmy Eats World Smut Peddlers Corporate Avenger
Hoobastank (yes Noah, I know what you think about them..) was originally Hoobustank, which came from "Who's Butt Stank?" While we're on clever names, there's a bar out here called "The other place".. pretty confusing if you hadn't been there before!
Staind Seether Sponge Death Cab For Cutie Fountains of Wayne : - -- A fountain store in Wayne, New Jersey OAR --- Of a Revolution The Rasmus
The Academy Is..... Brand New Death Cab For Cutie Letter Kills Scary Kids Scaring Kids Small Towns Burn a Little Slower Taking Back Sunday And my favorite..... PANIC! At the Disco (great band BTW, check em' out)
Im not going to classify it as a "clever" band name, but an AWESOME band name for a genre they helped to change forever: METALLICA (did my avatar give it away?) Great name. Lars did a pretty messed up thing to get the name, but all is fair in love and war (and business).
Barenaked Ladies. I heard they used this name to get people to come to their shows early on in their career. Similarly, I have heard of bands with names like "Free Beer" that play at bars.
Medical parody band in the 70s: The 4 Skins Some of their tunes included: 'Red Cells in your Urine', 'Gono the Coccus' and other med school favorites. The name was later taken by a punk rock band, but not near as clever....
Manic Street Preachers Meat Puppets Slayer (= Satan Laughs As You Eternally Rot) Iron Maiden Megadeth Dream Theater Nine Inch Nails Rage Against the Machine
A new band - Morningwood - would be better as a Wine Co. Name A band I heard of, but never heard - Charity F**K - Had it changed to Charity Intercourse to be able to sell at retail Smashing Pumpkins Yeah Yeah Yeahs! The Cure Social Distortion Stiff Little Fingers Siouxsie & the Banshees The Sex Pistols Jane's Addiction The Offspring Orgy Sneaker Pimps Saliva Deftones Garbage
How about the "Butt Trumpets"? Don't forget "Hole" and "Pink". (Is "Pink" a band, technically?) They're not my style of tunes but the names sure stick out from the usual band names.
