Nevermind how you feel about a certain band - love, hate, lust, fear, disgust etc... which bands do you think just have/had awesome names??

Some names I like:
Motorhead
Cowboy Junkies
Bikini Kill
Shirley Temple of Doom
Love and Rockets
The Go-Go's
X-Ray Spex

more as I think of them...

Here’s a few of my faves –

Peter and the Test Tube Babies
The Four Skins
The Fat Chick From Wilson Phillips (not very PC that one…..)
The Vibrators

And I’ve just seen a new one advertised on the front of a magazine –

3 Inches Of Blood

Spoonbender...
Resonator...

Now where have I heard those names before?

Some new bands making the scene:

Dogs Die in Hot Cars
Franz Ferdinand
Modest Mouse
Velvet Revolver
Bowling for Soup (I know they've been around for years but they finally have airplay)
My Chemical Romance
Lamb of God

Some stupid gang of Aussies, I'd expect.

A fave of mine: Fountains of Wayne...

Soundgarden has got to be one of the best ever.

Strawberry Alarm Clock was a good one.

When I cater (the obligatory teacher's SECOND job), an in-house joke is that we always looking for good band names: The Ramekins, 7 Day Bag (a plastic bag with the days on them so you know how old the food is), Indian Box...Big fun, when you run 3 weddings and receptions in one night.

The Police's one-off alter egos, Klark Kent. (Just seemed appropriate today... )

Another sideband, with members from my favorite group (and another great nom) drivin' n' cryin'--

Kathleen Turner Overdrive.

To my knowledge, neither band ever officially recorded, though KTO performed around Atlanta, and Klark Kent performed on the Beeb's Top of the Pops with bags on their heads...

30 Odd Foot of Grunts (Russel Crowe's band)

Cretin Vandalias (taken from a highway exit sign)

Englebert Humperdink (he CHOSE that to be his name?!?!?!)

Damn Pov, I was gonna mention both of these!

Both acts did record, btw. Klark Kent was pretty much Stewart Copeland's thing and I believe there's a CD comp of his stuff out there somewhere. The KTO put out a self-titled LP on an indie label in '94.

Other names I dig:

King Crimson
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Six Organs of Admittance
The Legendary Pink Dots
Nurse With Wound
Throbbing Gristle

One I haven't heard in awhile until on the way home from work tonight.

MC 900 Foot Jesus

Searching thru obscure online record stores, I find so many great bands purely on the basis of their names, so "cool names" are an important facor for me. Among my faves of the last 8 years...

STEREOPHONIC SPACE SOUND UNLIMITED
THE MEN FROM S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
DESINTATION: EARTH!
BIG RAY & THE FUTURAS
THE METALUNAS
DALEK BEACH PARTY
DEL NOAH & THE MT. ARARAT FINKS
THE HYPNOMEN
JACKIE & THE CEDRICS
THE CADILLAC HITMENTHE BARBARELLAS
CATFIGHT!
THE DIABOLIKS
THE BOOTY OLYMPICS

Outdoor Miner introduced me to this band:

Nuetral Milk Hotel (what a cool name!)

Ape Has Killed Ape
Johnny Puke and the Sleazy Weasels
Eagles of Death Metal
Bongzilla
Anal C*nt (not sure about the swearing rule on these boards, but there you are)

and BTW, 3 Inches of Blood tear it up, old school thrash style! I thought I'd died and went back to 1986.

i always thought that Def Leppard was a cool name. also the Butthole Surfers
the Power Station
Johnny Hates Jazz (not a fan of the band but liked their 1 hit "Shattered Dreams") their name sounded cool
Modest Mouse
Rage against the Machine
Duran Duran
Shadowy men from a Shadowy planet(the group that did the theme song from the Kids in the Hall show)
They Might be Giants
Cracker
Nine inch Nails
Black Sabbath
Vanilla Fudge

Our local alternative radio station, yes Salt Lake City has a couple of these stations (miracles do happen) anyway they are featuring music by a band called 'Dogs Die in Hot Cars.' I have heard that they call themselves that to raise awareness of the hellacious practice of leaving pets and small chilren alone in cars. Anyway, that is the most outrageous band name I have heard lately.

One of the only names for my old garage band that I can still remember was Los Bozos which we thought was funny at the time.

Hoobastank. They've got some good music, but what's the name all about?

The name of my old band was called "Induced Vomit", although we started out as the "Flying F*ks". We were a pretty crappy band