Misc. sucky band names

Everybody these days is in a band it seems or is in the process of forming a band. Coming up with a novel band name can be tough going. Back in 1998, I formulated a list of band names for the identity-challenged and have decided to repost an edited and expanded list to this blog. I'm sure some of these have been used already. Should you opt to take one of these names, give me some credit in your CD liner notes or send money. In fact, whether you take a name or not, send money anyway.

Here goes: The Heathen, The Infidels, The True Believers, The Mannikans, The Boogie Monsters, The Electric Squids, The Restless Androids, The Second Coming, The Pookas, Shmuckazoid, Schmoe Pack, The Body Slammers, The Horse Thieves, The Throats, A Quinn Martin Production, Uncertainty Principle, The Negative Square Roots, The Lacksadaisicals, The New Neons, Fast Food Junkies, Counting Money, The Pencil Pushers, The Clunks, The Stiffs,
Mumble, Flavor 58, The Sneakers, The Mellotrons, The Second Place Finishers, The Honorable Mentions, The Almost Famous, The Really Likeable Guys, The Chattering Rhesus Monkeys, The Tree Stumps, The Popes, Active Noise Control, The Ripening Glands, The Awful Suckmonsters, Herbal Remedy, The Newts, Tribulation Fist, The Troop Supporters, The Pump Handles, The Fat Morons, The Moby Dicks, The Hominids.

What makes for a good band name? I don't think using one's own name generally makes a lot of sense. The country is littered with mediocre acts like "The Don Washington Band". And most people could never get away using their real names in such contexts: "The Maury Lefkovitz Singers" or "The Alexander Gzzetfeldtgunsterich Group". So if you can't use the real name, what identity do you mask yourself with? Something humorous, punny, clever, ironic, catchy, allusive, cryptic? I'd like to hear your best and worst band names, preferably of actual groups....