FabSwingers.com forum: Best/Weirdest band name

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Following on from the local bands thread- do you know of any unsigned or little known bands with an excellent/weird name?

My favourite for some time has been Shithorse

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By *livia_KWoman
over a year ago

South London

I came across a band on Facebook recently that was called The Rapists. I mean, REALLY? What on earth would make them name their band that??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

DIP D*unk In Public.

Rev Hammer and a few of the Levellers.

Used to play acoustic sets in pubs. Had an old crisp box as a bass drum with the pedal tapped to it with duct tape!

Bloody brilliant.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We all remember Flux of Pink Indians and Albertoelostroiusparanoyus (spl?) don't we?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I remember Neds Atomic Dustbin (a fine name itself for a fine band) playing warm up gigs under the name Dog Doofer- and anagram of the album they had just released

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A metal band I heard of: Dying fetus... Sounds so cliché!!

Otherwise, I alwys thought that The The was the most terrible name ever worn by a pop band

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By *uud 4-funMan
over a year ago

Dartford

In the late ninetees there were a few Welsh bands, some still going with odd names:

Super Furry Animals

Manic Street Preachers

Weirdest of all Gorki Xygotic Mynki (think that's how you spell it)

'never found out what it meant

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Saw that a band called savage kebab are doing a gig round here the other day

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

Weirdest of all Gorki Xygotic Mynki (think that's how you spell it)

'never found out what it meant

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Gorky - just a name and not Welsh I think. Always thought it was taken from Gorky Park which is in......Warsaw? Somewhere in Eastern Europe

Zygotic - it's a biology term. Not Welsh

Mynci - Welsh spelling of monkey.

Not really very Welsh at all if the above is correct!

I always like the eighties indie band of little repute called

Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's Dead.

Oh, and Gaye Bikers on Acid and Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds

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By *uud 4-funMan
over a year ago

Dartford

Weirdest of all Gorki Xygotic Mynki (think that's how you spell it)

'never found out what it meant

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Gorky - just a name and not Welsh I think. Always thought it was taken from Gorky Park which is in......Warsaw? Somewhere in Eastern Europe

Zygotic - it's a biology term. Not Welsh

Mynci - Welsh spelling of monkey.

Not really very Welsh at all if the above is correct!

I always like the eighties indie band of little repute called

Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's Dead.

Oh, and Gaye Bikers on Acid and Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds"

Thanks for the explanation. I've learned a couple of new facts today.

Who says swinging isn't an education

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Band Formerly Known As Sausage

Arthur Loves Plastic

Damn You Peter Pan

Don't Hit Your Sister

Eight Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus

Full Metal Chicken

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By *ickloverMan
over a year ago

Devizes

Lol! My thread has spawned an offspring !!

Apart from Dead mans bastard we've got a female group called mothers jam !

A group called jupiter carnival

A drum group called noisy little fuckers

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

the shyteds

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Gaza Strippers

Grandpa's Become a Fungus

Half Man, Half Biscuit

JFKFC

Rage Against the Coffee Machine

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Weirdest of all Gorki Xygotic Mynki (think that's how you spell it)

'never found out what it meant

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Gorky - just a name and not Welsh I think. Always thought it was taken from Gorky Park which is in......Warsaw? Somewhere in Eastern Europe

Zygotic - it's a biology term. Not Welsh

Mynci - Welsh spelling of monkey.

Not really very Welsh at all if the above is correct!"

IIRC, the Welsh bit was that they mainly sung in Welsh

I always like the eighties indie band of little repute called

Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's Dead.

Oh, and Gaye Bikers on Acid and Lesbian Dopeheads on Mopeds"

I remember GBOA- Mary Biker now plays in Pop Will Eat Itself

vaguely remember the ken dods too- think Peel used to play them- the name just reminded me of another great band name- Camper Van Beetoven

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By *urvyKattWoman
over a year ago

Dumfriesshire

One of my favourites was Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - think I managed to see them live 7 or 8 times

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts played several gigs in Derby during the 80's

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Toad the wet sprocket

Limp bisket

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Never heard their music but still remember the name ):

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

Some good bands being brought to the fold.

Neds were really good, also liked Carter USM, Gorkys Zygotic mynci were an intereting set up. At the time I remember listening to Banco De gaia and the Ozric Tentacles. Interesting stuff.

Not so much on the name but check out a girl I think Belgian by the name of Kania Tieffer, absolutely crazy arped ass shit, imagine punk accompanied with the music from a ZX Spectrum. Barmy !

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By *taffsfella1Man
over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Piston Broke - always made me chuckle.

Balls Deep - a local rock band

Police Bastard - Birmingham rock band

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Never heard their music but still remember the name ):"

they played Goth music

used to go and see a band called Creaming Jesus in the 80's/90's

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

def (deaf) leppard (leopard) what were they taking when they come up with that one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Raging Speedhorn or Carniverous Erection slways made me chuckle

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

A local band I used to watch were called the angry pirates. Just thought it was a quirky name till I asked how they thought of it and was directed to the urban dictionary. Made me laugh x

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By *taffs_hotwifeCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Alice in chains

Biffy clyro

The last shadow puppets

The pigeon detectives

Tame impala

Wu-tang clan

Smashing pumpkins

Papa roach

My bloody valentine

Jesus Jones

Harvey danger

Guillemots

Just went through my iPod for inspiration.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There was a band in the 90's called beef injection,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I came across a band on Facebook recently that was called The Rapists. I mean, REALLY? What on earth would make them name their band that??"

Maybe the are called the rap ists but are slightly intelligent and didn't realise?

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By *hropscouple27Couple
over a year ago

Sth Staffs

The Young Knives

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"At the time I remember listening to Banco De gaia and the Ozric Tentacles. Interesting stuff.

So you're the other person that listened to Banco de Gaia! Still have Maya, last train to Lhasa, big men etc on the iPod on a regular basis- excellent for late night long drives home

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Piston Broke - always made me chuckle.

Balls Deep - a local rock band

Police Bastard - Birmingham rock band

Police Bastard are still playing on occasion, I'd say they were more punkish though?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pop will eat itself

The genitorturers

The boo yah tribe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pop will eat itself

The genitorturers

The boo yah tribe

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Bollock Brothers..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fields of the nephilim always made me wonder

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I think I either own music by or have seen 70% of the bands mentioned here- not sure what that says about my taste In music?

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

Even more good stuff popping up, keep 'em coming.

Personally rate your taste in music meat2pleaseu.

If you like BDG then stuff like Hybrid & Infected Mushroom you must be familiar with. Rob Da Bank was banging out some eclectic stuff this morning at daft o clock.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Even more good stuff popping up, keep 'em coming.

Personally rate your taste in music meat2pleaseu.

If you like BDG then stuff like Hybrid & Infected Mushroom you must be familiar with. Rob Da Bank was banging out some eclectic stuff this morning at daft o clock. "

I'm a huge Orb fan, got in to banco purely by reading a review saying how good Maya was- so took a punt and bought it

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By *urvywelshCouple
over a year ago

Everywhere and nowhere baby

There's a band that plays pubs around the Bridgend area called Two Hats.

Cos I'm posh (!?) I didn't get it until my friend said not to pronounce the 'H'

Duh!!! How I laughed when I did get it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Paisley Wheelchair Experience

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We've got a fuzzbox and were gonna use it

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

"Even more good stuff popping up, keep 'em coming.

Personally rate your taste in music meat2pleaseu.

If you like BDG then stuff like Hybrid & Infected Mushroom you must be familiar with. Rob Da Bank was banging out some eclectic stuff this morning at daft o clock.

I'm a huge Orb fan, got in to banco purely by reading a review saying how good Maya was- so took a punt and bought it

Ditto, been into orb for 20 odd years. Spotify is your friend for finding likeminded artists

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By *oasterCockbumMan
over a year ago

Highway 61

Anyone remember Peter and the test tube babies ? .......

or Chad Valley and the Bumfuckers fi Hell ....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cookie Mongoloid. A thrash metal band whose singer wears a Cookie Monster head mask and sings like Cookie Monster. All the songs are about cookies

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By *ikkiBWoman
over a year ago

Falkirk

Not unsigned and possibly fairly famous by now but I think there name is hilarious and very random

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

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By *hris148Man
over a year ago

When it came to naming bands I have been in, no one has ever supported my suggestion of 'syphillis injection'

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

"I came across a band on Facebook recently that was called The Rapists. I mean, REALLY? What on earth would make them name their band that??

Maybe the are called the rap ists but are slightly intelligent and didn't realise?"

Or Therapists?

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

"We all remember Flux of Pink Indians and Albertoelostroiusparanoyus (spl?) don't we? "

They were Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias....Italians From Outer Space

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prefab Sprout !!

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By *kywatcherMan
over a year ago

Southwick

Tygers of Pan Tang

Fabulous Poodles

Blue Oyster Cult

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wayne country and the electric chairs 70's punk band

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The multi talented - ozric tentacles

And the terrifying - acidic piss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Following on from the local bands thread- do you know of any unsigned or little known bands with an excellent/weird name?

My favourite for some time has been Shithorse

There was a female punk band a long time ago called the slits. Great name !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wayne country and the electric chairs 70's punk band"

Later became Jane county after the lead singer had a sex change.

Album was titled "are you man enough to be a woman"

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By *hyllyphyllyMan
over a year ago

Bradford

not local, but my favorite band name ever is, Cedric Winkleburger and the Yellow Blueberries.

I think they made top 10 in 1991

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By *SwitchMan
over a year ago

Derby

My current favourite is Kunt and the Gang!

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

prog rock band yes, were formed as mabel greer's toyshop,wonder if there was such a shop.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

There used to be a Glasgow band called the Govan Spoonful.

Thankfully they weren't a tribute band.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"One of my favourites was Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - think I managed to see them live 7 or 8 times

And named after Les "fruitbat" carter's hard earned reputation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Piston Broke - always made me chuckle.

Balls Deep - a local rock band

Police Bastard - Birmingham rock band

Police Bastard are still playing on occasion, I'd say they were more punkish though?"

If ever a band proved that spikey hair and studded jackets does not make you a punk it is that bunch of Arseholes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ludicrous lollipops

Sick on the bus

mcmingo juice

Keith top of the pops and his all star minor indie celebrity backing band

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A mate of mine had a band called Free Beer... pubs were always packed where they played

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We all remember Flux of Pink Indians and Albertoelostroiusparanoyus (spl?) don't we? "

Manchester band ( head down no nonsense mindless boggie . thank you double ep fuck you & interview with princess Margaret

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band.

It was Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thee Michelle Elephant Gun

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Howling Willie Cunt

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

The Atomic Bitchwax

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By *plankyMan
over a year ago

Beeston

Sunn 0)))

Alabama Thunderpussy

Bat for Lashes

Test Icicles

Pogues Mahone (for the gaelic speakers!)

The Sea and Cake

Soil & "Pimp" Sessions

Was (not Was)

the XX

Wayne / Jayne County did a song, if memory serves called "If you don't want to fuck me, fuck off"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the always shocking " ANAL CUNT " an american grincore band who released albume with catchy names like "everyone should be killed!" and "I like it when you die". Not into them my self but thier lyrics are funny if a touch on the sick side

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