these names get stuck in your head but
only cuz they’re so freakin strange
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
weirdest band names
for this list we’ve looked at all bad
names irrespective of genre and have
chosen what we felt were the most out
there
number ten Hoobastank
versa
some bad names have a really surprising
backstory that when you hear it makes
you go oh
Hoobastank is not one of those band
names
to californian for peace claims that
their strange three syllables are
entirely fabricated they have no hidden
meaning the word is a high school in
joke that just kind of stuck
in another life Hoobastank could have
been a kids TV character or perhaps a
professional wrestler but band name it
is and band name it will stay
number nine alt-j
now this name does have a satisfyingly
convoluted story built around the Greek
letter Delta alt J is the keyboard
command needed on an Apple computer in
order to produce the symbol
if you’re on a Mac then try it it should
make a small triangle if your computer
somehow breaks then we accept no
responsibility anyway Delta is used as
the scientific symbol for change meaning
that alt-j are changing the music scene
with their experimental indie folk and
art rock
it’s progressive perfection we needed to
change our name and we wanted to find
something that was a bit different so we
found this Greek letter Delta and the
shortcut on a Mac to make Delta is all
Jaso seemed kind of cool
number eight Chumbawamba
another nonsense word next but something
that flows from the tongue like treacle
this particular bad name origin is the
stuff of myth and legend among their
followers lyrics about the dream mr.
locket in exciteder you labor sold out
the Dockers
some say Chumbawamba was the result of a
monkey mashing at a typewriter
but others swear it came from a dream in
which the gents and ladies bathrooms
were labeled chumba and Wamba
the name has also been explained as a
Star Wars reference although that’s
especially difficult to believe whatever
the meaning it’s weird and wonderful
number seven the Tony Danza tap dance
extravaganza
if Chumbawamba flows like well-rounded
poetry our next name is a little more of
a mouthful make sure to check out tony
danza tattoo extravaganza new album hit
stores in july see him on tour in all
their rhymey weirdness the Tony Danza
tap dance extravaganza has come from
Tennessee and had us all questioning
what we heard
named after the much-loved American film
and TV actor this particular moniker has
led to many a misunderstanding
on more than one occasion a Tony Danza
fan has turned up to an extravaganza
show expecting to see the man himself
and has instead been met with something
completely different
glorious grindcore
number six Bowling For Soup
to finally talk to a girl
this entry might well have been randomly
selected out of a hat or something there
doesn’t seem to be any relation between
one word and the other two
however the most popular consensus as to
the Bowling For Soup origin is that it’s
a Steve Martin reference looking for the
manager of bowling for dollars are you
that could hurt Bowling For Soup belly
for Sue hi my name is Boeing proceed my
name is Jeff I’m Ralph the legendary
comedian was actually bowling for shit
but the bend toned it down just a little
it might not be the bad name all bad
guys want but it’s brilliant all the
same
number five Death Cab for Cutie love of
mine someday you will die but as we
delve further into the strange world of
silly bad names
the curious connections begin to become
apparent but none more so than with our
next group
Death Cab for Cutie is named after a
song by Bonzo Dog do depend and if you
think that last sentence made absolutely
no sense then don’t worry you’re not
alone
Judah is an avant-garde act of the 60s
def cab is an American author of the
late 90s and noughties and that’s all
you really need to know and all follow
you into the dark all follow you into
the dark shouts out to a boy number 4
Odd Future Wolfgang killed them all the
big eared bandit is tossing all the
banners in the bag and laughing so
some bad names are so weird they have to
be acronyms the bags he’s my bitch right
new backers Odd Future Wolfgang killed
them all is otherwise affectionately
known as OFW gkt a an abbreviation that
really needs an extra vowel to work
effectively odd future wolfgang film all
that’s your name right oh god it’s so
long what am i reading a novel no why
don’t we shorten it and just make it fun
time game right the hip hop collective
is known for its nonchalance to quote
the lyrics of swag Meowth they don’t
give up but they might have made their
name a little more like normal speech
there are a lot of words here but one is
perhaps more appropriate than the others
and that’s odd I was 15 when I first met
donut five years later for our label
year we only I started an empire
young teacher this is soda pop
number three Toad the Wet Sprocket
the British comedy troupe Monty Python
can be a goldmine of oddity and it’s
because of them that Toad the Wet
Sprocket is titled as it is
formed in 1986 the band entered into
their first shows without a permanent
name in place they adopted this Eric
Idle reference as a temporary solution
and the joke stuck
I don’t created the name because he
thought it would be so silly nobody
would ever use it that guy was right
about a lot of things but he was wrong
about that
number two denna netten Ackroyd this
Scottish outfit has had fans tongue-tied
ever since they first formed
denon an anachronism dan aykroyd the
Canadian comedian with a Batman ask
nanana middle bit the name may be a
deejays nightmare but it’s a clear
podium placer today you can count the
A’s and you can count the ends all you
like there’s still no guarantee that
you’re pronouncing it correctly and
that’s exactly the kind of confusion
that picks up points on this countdown
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
she
a party
it’s just noise I swear if he did
number one butthole surfers
jeez
the winner today is toilet humor this
band is well known and well reviewed
within psychedelic rock circles and
their name is actually the last in a
long line of crudeness
before the butthole surfers moniker
stuck they had performed under a new
name for every live show
one night they were ashtray baby heads
then next they were Ed Asner is gay the
next Fred Astaire’s asshole butthole
surfers is probably their simplest tag
to date and the weirdest name in all of
music
do you agree with our list which weird
band name is your favorite they were all
in love with dyin they were doing it in
Texas
Holly caught a bullet but it all more
strange top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com they
were drinking from a fountain that was
born like an avalanche coming down the
mountain
only cuz they’re so freakin strange
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
weirdest band names
for this list we’ve looked at all bad
names irrespective of genre and have
chosen what we felt were the most out
there
number ten Hoobastank
versa
some bad names have a really surprising
backstory that when you hear it makes
you go oh
Hoobastank is not one of those band
names
to californian for peace claims that
their strange three syllables are
entirely fabricated they have no hidden
meaning the word is a high school in
joke that just kind of stuck
in another life Hoobastank could have
been a kids TV character or perhaps a
professional wrestler but band name it
is and band name it will stay
number nine alt-j
now this name does have a satisfyingly
convoluted story built around the Greek
letter Delta alt J is the keyboard
command needed on an Apple computer in
order to produce the symbol
if you’re on a Mac then try it it should
make a small triangle if your computer
somehow breaks then we accept no
responsibility anyway Delta is used as
the scientific symbol for change meaning
that alt-j are changing the music scene
with their experimental indie folk and
art rock
it’s progressive perfection we needed to
change our name and we wanted to find
something that was a bit different so we
found this Greek letter Delta and the
shortcut on a Mac to make Delta is all
Jaso seemed kind of cool
number eight Chumbawamba
another nonsense word next but something
that flows from the tongue like treacle
this particular bad name origin is the
stuff of myth and legend among their
followers lyrics about the dream mr.
locket in exciteder you labor sold out
the Dockers
some say Chumbawamba was the result of a
monkey mashing at a typewriter
but others swear it came from a dream in
which the gents and ladies bathrooms
were labeled chumba and Wamba
the name has also been explained as a
Star Wars reference although that’s
especially difficult to believe whatever
the meaning it’s weird and wonderful
number seven the Tony Danza tap dance
extravaganza
if Chumbawamba flows like well-rounded
poetry our next name is a little more of
a mouthful make sure to check out tony
danza tattoo extravaganza new album hit
stores in july see him on tour in all
their rhymey weirdness the Tony Danza
tap dance extravaganza has come from
Tennessee and had us all questioning
what we heard
named after the much-loved American film
and TV actor this particular moniker has
led to many a misunderstanding
on more than one occasion a Tony Danza
fan has turned up to an extravaganza
show expecting to see the man himself
and has instead been met with something
completely different
glorious grindcore
number six Bowling For Soup
to finally talk to a girl
this entry might well have been randomly
selected out of a hat or something there
doesn’t seem to be any relation between
one word and the other two
however the most popular consensus as to
the Bowling For Soup origin is that it’s
a Steve Martin reference looking for the
manager of bowling for dollars are you
that could hurt Bowling For Soup belly
for Sue hi my name is Boeing proceed my
name is Jeff I’m Ralph the legendary
comedian was actually bowling for shit
but the bend toned it down just a little
it might not be the bad name all bad
guys want but it’s brilliant all the
same
number five Death Cab for Cutie love of
mine someday you will die but as we
delve further into the strange world of
silly bad names
the curious connections begin to become
apparent but none more so than with our
next group
Death Cab for Cutie is named after a
song by Bonzo Dog do depend and if you
think that last sentence made absolutely
no sense then don’t worry you’re not
alone
Judah is an avant-garde act of the 60s
def cab is an American author of the
late 90s and noughties and that’s all
you really need to know and all follow
you into the dark all follow you into
the dark shouts out to a boy number 4
Odd Future Wolfgang killed them all the
big eared bandit is tossing all the
banners in the bag and laughing so
some bad names are so weird they have to
be acronyms the bags he’s my bitch right
new backers Odd Future Wolfgang killed
them all is otherwise affectionately
known as OFW gkt a an abbreviation that
really needs an extra vowel to work
effectively odd future wolfgang film all
that’s your name right oh god it’s so
long what am i reading a novel no why
don’t we shorten it and just make it fun
time game right the hip hop collective
is known for its nonchalance to quote
the lyrics of swag Meowth they don’t
give up but they might have made their
name a little more like normal speech
there are a lot of words here but one is
perhaps more appropriate than the others
and that’s odd I was 15 when I first met
donut five years later for our label
year we only I started an empire
young teacher this is soda pop
number three Toad the Wet Sprocket
the British comedy troupe Monty Python
can be a goldmine of oddity and it’s
because of them that Toad the Wet
Sprocket is titled as it is
formed in 1986 the band entered into
their first shows without a permanent
name in place they adopted this Eric
Idle reference as a temporary solution
and the joke stuck
I don’t created the name because he
thought it would be so silly nobody
would ever use it that guy was right
about a lot of things but he was wrong
about that
number two denna netten Ackroyd this
Scottish outfit has had fans tongue-tied
ever since they first formed
denon an anachronism dan aykroyd the
Canadian comedian with a Batman ask
nanana middle bit the name may be a
deejays nightmare but it’s a clear
podium placer today you can count the
A’s and you can count the ends all you
like there’s still no guarantee that
you’re pronouncing it correctly and
that’s exactly the kind of confusion
that picks up points on this countdown
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
she
a party
it’s just noise I swear if he did
number one butthole surfers
jeez
the winner today is toilet humor this
band is well known and well reviewed
within psychedelic rock circles and
their name is actually the last in a
long line of crudeness
before the butthole surfers moniker
stuck they had performed under a new
name for every live show
one night they were ashtray baby heads
then next they were Ed Asner is gay the
next Fred Astaire’s asshole butthole
surfers is probably their simplest tag
to date and the weirdest name in all of
music
do you agree with our list which weird
band name is your favorite they were all
in love with dyin they were doing it in
Texas
Holly caught a bullet but it all more
strange top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com they
were drinking from a fountain that was
born like an avalanche coming down the
mountain
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