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Most ridiculous band names


Mike

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Well there were the 60's psychadelic bands:

Thirteenth Floor Elevators

Chocolate Watchband

Electric Prunes

... and the 90's psychadelic revival bands:

Elf Power

Neutral Milk Hotel

Olivia Tremor Control

Some popular band names I like:

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Blue Oyster Cult

The Jesus Lizard

Cheap Trick

Dead Kennedys

Guided By Voices

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Supertramp

Talking Heads

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Not ridiculous, but I like the sound of Scritti Politti. Or Milli Vanilli ::

I don't think RHCP is ridiculous either, you get red hot chili peppers IRL.

Some odd names from back home:

Sons of trout

Not my Dog

WickHead

Battery 9

Koos Kombuis

The Finkelsteins

Kombat Fudge

Springbok nude girls

Bongo Muffin

F*kofpolisiekar

Pestroy

Toxic Shame

Just Jinger

Prime circle

Cutting Jade

DDisselblom

Sugar drive

Manchuri resin

BOO!

Government car

.... the list could go on forever!

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OK, here's a few from the New Jersey music scene from the 60's to present:

Manitoba Specimen, Fig Newton & The Wizards, Cottage Cheese Funeral, Dr. Zoom & The Sonic Boom (featuring Bruce Springsteen...really!), The Swingin' Johnsons, Disgruntled Postal Workers, The Barking Spiders, Gay Bikers On Acid, Blue Sparks From Hell, Yawn, The Nerds, Screaming Broccoli, We're Not Brothers, and (drum roll please) my band, The Fossil Brothers (www.fossilbrothers.com)

A few others that actually gained some national prominence and, in some cases, served as as a springboard for artists that went on to greater fame:

Lothar & The Hand People, Bo Grumpus (Felix Pappalardi), Kangaroo (John Hall), The Vagrants (Leslie West), Circus Maximus (Jerry Jeff Walker), The Hassles (Billy Joel), Y Kant Tori Read (Tori Amos), Blue Angel (Cyndi Lauper), International Submarine Band (Jackson Brown), The Three O'Clock, The 4 Skins, It's A Beautiful Day and many more I can't think of right now.

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