Weird or Goofy Band Names

[RustyAxe]

I was in an Americana band called “Delusions of Adequacy”. When that imploded two of us formed a duo named “Fewer Moving Parts”. In the 80s a New Haven band went by “Scaly Peters”. Not at all sure they were popular with the female audience.

[Daniel Grenier]

“Death Cab for Cutie” and “My Morning Jacket” are right up there in the weird name game.

[rokdog49]

From the 60's

Moby Grape
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Electric Prunes
Every Mother's Son

[Fogducker]

Phil Dirt and the Mound Builders

Fog

[frankmcr]

Be a lot more challenging to come up with band names that aren't weird or goofy.

Hmmmm.

The Steve Miller Band
The Dave Clark Five
The Average White Band? but that's verging on goofy, really.

[Willie_D]

My fake acoustic band, of which I am the only member, is Rusty Patina and the Antique Pickers.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Willie Voltaire

Pink Floyd

+1. Rolls off the tongue now though.

rokdog49 (OP): when this thread has run it's course you should create a "Cool band names" thread. Probably see a couple of names from this list in that one, lol.

[Silly Moustache]

After my drumming career direction changed from R&B to soul (Stax material mainly), I joined a band called "Miston Tuac"

Later, much later, a British made Amplifier brand called Tuac appeared on the market, which I thought was a strange coincidence. Even later I discovered that the amps were built by two former band members.

The first band I joined playing guitar was called "A Boy And His Dog" We played songs by Love (Arthurlee) and such. Got reasonably popular around west London for a while.

I had a duo with a bass player called "Professor Schnurrbart's Hokum Orchestra"

I lined up with a great Dobro player and we became "Panhandle Conspiracy"

Bass player disappeared but met up with the Dobro player only a week ago.

My last bluegrass band had a long conversation one night and the banjo player used the phrase "if I had my druthers" bingo : We became "The Druthers Brothers" which had a little irony as one of us was female, and black.

[Heroditus]

Rory Block's son was in a band called Red Rectum and His Piles of Rhythm.

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by Willie_D

My fake acoustic band, of which I am the only member, is Rusty Patina and the Antique Pickers.

Actually did a gig many years ago where we billed ourselves as Red Cooley and his Tennessee Tailkickers (Seymour McCann, Big Harry Butz, Thor Heinie, and Sister Ophelia Kiester)...

[tbeltrans]

Butthole Surfers
Dumpster Juice (local band some years ago)

Tony

One of my favorite bands ever: Mott the Hoople

[Brucebubs]

Big fan of 'Porcupine Tree'.

'Spock's Beard' are great too.

[Don Lampson]

The Milk Carton Kids

String Cheese Incident

Hootie and the Blowfish

Vigilante String Alliance

The last is my own band's name, when I call the various members into service....

Don

[Bikewer]

For years, the ‘Colon Sphincter Band” played local St. Louis venues....