Ironic band names

blade1

One Direction all went their own way.

dirkmeister

The Thrills


Laws were surely broken with that name.

McGinniesta

Butthole Surfers.

I doubt that anyone has actually surfed on someone else's arsehole.

fryup

Simple Minds - they were all intelligent

O'Neill

Joy Division

blade1

endacl wrote: »

Cannibal Corpse.

Neither cannibals, nor dead.

You sure?
Were they not Eaten back to Life?

MAULBROOK

30 Odd Foot of Grunts

bodhrandude

Pontious Pilate & The Nail Drivers (Played at EP one year)

Marcusm

sligojoek wrote: »

The Thompson Twins.

Which is even more ironic as the Tintin characters (in English) were Thomson and Thompson rather that the Thompson Twins (copying Dupont and Dupond in the original).

Ash.J.Williams

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

UB40 them lads haven't gone near an Unemployment Benefit form in yonks

But there was a rat in their kitchen

(Or Stuart lees kitchen if you’re a fan)

McGinniesta

Hank Halfhead and the baldy turkeys

whisky_galore

Big Tom and The Mainliners.

Clean living. Didn't inject drugs intravenously.

mehico

dirkmeister wrote: »

The Thrills


Laws were surely broken with that name.

Whatever happened...

Ash.J.Williams

I’m no doctor but The strokes look ok to me

twowheelsonly

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I’d nail Karen

Wouldn't be a lot left to nail at this stage I'd imagine..
Maybe give her a rattle instead ? :cool:

Jimbob1977

Black (It's a Wonderful Wonderful Life).

Problematic cultural appropriation

He was White English.

PsychoPete

endacl wrote: »

Cannibal Corpse.

Neither cannibals, nor dead.

In fairness when their former guitarist was arrest, police found over 80 guns and three skulls in his house

Ash.J.Williams

Frank zappa is off the hook with the mothers of invention because he did although unsuccessfully apply for patents including the digitisation and storing of music

McGinniesta

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Frank zappa is off the hook with the mothers of invention because he did although unsuccessfully apply for patents including the digitisation and storing of music

Frank Zappa and the mothers of failed patent applications of sh1t that other people invented.

Salmon Leap

The Housemartins, not a little feathered friend in sight.

The Cocteau Twins, three members none of whom were twins

its_steve116

Girl Band, all male. Same with Sea Girls.

Foggy Jew

Neil Young. He must be knocking on for mid seventies now.

Rodney Bathgate

Garbage. They weren’t rubbish, they were pretty good e.g. Version 2.0

Capt'n Midnight

O'Neill wrote: »

Joy Division

New Order was a more correct name since they had a different line up.

Ash.J.Williams

Bell x1 irish middle of the road pop rock band pale in comparison the mighty sonic boom of the Bell x1 rocket powered air craft

L1011

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

And are religious which makes it even more ludicrous

Named themselves after a fake band in a New Order video, one of the weirder band name origins.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

UB40 them lads haven't gone near an Unemployment Benefit form in yonks

They nearly all declared bankrupt at various stages so I wouldn't be so sure!

ShatterAlan

lc180 wrote: »

The Walker Brothers - not actually brothers

The Scissors Sisters. None are sisters. In fact none are even females.

ShatterAlan

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I’d nail Karen

You'd have to get the nails out of the coffin first.

Quantum Erasure

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

knucklehead6

U 2

There's four of them, not 2

Ash.J.Williams

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

And he’s a bloke , and not a collective of ambitious females

fryup

ShatterAlan wrote: »

The Scissors Sisters. None are sisters. In fact none are even females.

yes they are

Rothko

ShatterAlan wrote: »

The Scissors Sisters. None are sisters. In fact none are even females.

One of the members is a woman.

fryup

The Indians

they all came from Bally'er, only in Ireland would you have a band with that name:pac:

talk about paddy'ish

jiltloop

lc180 wrote: »

The Walker Brothers - not actually brothers

And they were paraplegics.*



*May not be true.

Dyr

King Tubby - Not a monarch and was actually quite a slim man

Scientist - while being quite handy with electronics and such, had no qualification in any of the sciences. Nor did he rid the world of the curse of the evil vampires or win the world cup, for that matter. Bit of a spoofer if you ask me.

Ninjaman - while undoubtedly a man, his claims to be a ninja should viewed with sceptisim given his conviction for murder, which would suggest a complete lack of ninja ability

Quantum Erasure

Fatboy Slim

Bobblehats

Anyone heard of this crowd?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGsVUk_qUIY

It BeeMee

The Stranglers

Nothing was ever proven

Capt'n Midnight

The Dead Kennedys. Not a single one called Kennedy

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^

great band name though

Ash.J.Williams

fryup wrote: »

The Indians

they all came from Bally'er, only in Ireland would you have a band with that name:pac:

talk about paddy'ish

they had the most inappropriate xmas song EVER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T4SyC_1wec

keano_afc

The Wanted.

Nobody wants them.

bazz26

The Coronas - very apt band name in these times. Up there with Corona beer.

blackvalley

"Goats Dont Shave ". Donegal rock band . Cant say its ironic but no four legged creatures involved.

fryup

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

they had the most inappropriate xmas song EVER

my jaw dropped to the floor listening to that :eek:

"its christmas on the reservation and everyone's having fun"

oh ya? having fun? try telling that to the poor displaced indians in the U.S. half them are destitute

Ash.J.Williams

fryup wrote: »

my jaw dropped to the floor listening to that :eek:

"its christmas on the reservation and everyone's having fun"

oh ya? having fun? try telling that to the poor displaced indians in the U.S. half them are destitute

Yeah I saw a video of it from 80s rte kids tv at Xmas on that pat shortt music show and my jaw dropped, like kids in their teepee excited for Santa etc