You don't have to like/hate the band, just their name.

Best:

The Beatles (alternative spellings are cool)
The Barenaked Ladies (They are neither naked nor ladies, just regular guys, which is why this works)
Black Sabbath
Cansei der Ser Sexy (It means, 'Tired of Being Sexy')
Led Zeppelin
23 Skidoo (just awesome! I love that saying...)
The Velvet Underground
Harry and the Potters
The Pretty Things
Evergreen Terrace (gotta love a Simpsons reference)
Joy Division
The Tragically Hip
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Faster Pussycat (my friend loves them! And i get the reference now...)
Veruca Salt (Roald Dahl RULES!)

Worst:

Blue
Peter, Paul and Mary (Wonder how long it took them to come up with that one? )
Canned Hamm
Sum 41
The Misfits (naming yourself after a Marilyn Monroe movie... how punk)
Bloodhound Gang
t.A.t.U.
The Hollies (prissy sounding)
Hanson
The La's
3LW
Boyz II Men (I don't think I need to explain why this sucks)
Lipps Inc
Lillix
The Like
The Guess Who (c'mon, guys, there's already a band called the Who)
Yes
Chicago
O-Town
5ive (very creative )
Arctic Monkeys

Decide for yourself:

Satan's Penguins
The Terror of Tiny Town
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell (yes, they are a real band)
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
Holy f*** (Canadian band... I don't know how they got away with this name)
Jimmy and the Squids
The Groovie Ghoulies

I've always thought the name Rage Against the Machine was really cool. Not too crazy about the band though. Those last bunch of names suck. But I guess they're running out of ideas at this point.

Millions of Dead Cops
The Fat Chick From Wilson Phillips
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Gay For Johnny Depp
Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode
Free Beer
Duran Duran Duran


And yes, these bands all really excist.

Even Worse
The Mr. T Experience
Rich Kids on LSD
The Winona Ryders
Boo! Hiss! Pfftlb!

[quote=197]half man half biscuit
sheep on drugs
concrete trampoline (brilliant)
wings(crap)
INXS (good)
icehouse(dreadful)
chicks on speed(crap)
!!! (chk chk chk)

There Aren't Any Fucking Sheep In Mongolia
Support Act
Dead Kennedys
Extreme Noise Terror
The Queers
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

Charles Bronson
Epileptic Terror Attack

I like:

Boris the Sprinkler
The Little Blue Crunchy Things
  

I really like all the ones that you posted, BP. I guess that's just my weird sense of humour.

There used to be a punkband over here called De Zweetkutten. Translated: The Sweating Cunts.

Quoted from Mairi

I really like all the ones that you posted, BP. I guess that's just my weird sense of humour.

I like all of them as well.

I'm not sure though if I would want to play in a band with any of those names.

Quoted from Joost

I like all of them as well.

I'm not sure though if I would want to play in a band with any of those names.

Ah! I thought you played in all of them!

Quoted from Bobber

There used to be a punkband over here called De Zweetkutten. Translated: The Sweating Cunts.

Ah, yes. Dutch punk and metal bands are usually very subtile with band names.

Buffelkut
Balthasar Gerards Kommando
Tedje & De Flikkers
Kutschurft
Neuk!
Malle Pietje & De Bimbo's
Kringspiertyfus
Stijf Lijk
Schijten Met Een Stijve
Slokdarmpoep

I'm not even going to translate those cause most of them don't even sound half as cool in English. But most of them have something to do with private parts and/or nasty diseases.  

Quoted from Mairi

You don't have to like/hate the band, just their name.
The Misfits (naming yourself after a Marilyn Monroe movie... how punk)

I think that name actually does make sense, since one of their early songs was called "Who Killed Marilyn?" and "The Misfits" was MM's last movie.

Quoted from Joost

Ah, yes. Dutch punk and metal bands are usually very subtile with band names.

Buffelkut
Balthasar Gerards Kommando
Tedje & De Flikkers
Kutschurft
Neuk!
Malle Pietje & De Bimbo's
Kringspiertyfus
Stijf Lijk
Schijten Met Een Stijve
Slokdarmpoep

I'm not even going to translate those cause most of them don't even sound half as cool in English. But most of them have something to do with private parts and/or nasty diseases.  

LOL! Man, it's so cool to know Dutch!  

i don't like the bandname "dirty pretty things" adam green wanted to name them "the croissants. i'd like that name.

i don't like the names radiohead and bright eyes too... even though the bands are great.

joy division is a beautiful name, travis is pretty cool too. and i like the name muse.

alphaville is a horrible name.

Quoted from komakino

i don't like the names radiohead

I think Radiohead is a good name. If you have a 'radiohead' it means you're too ugly to be on TV.

haha... somehow the video to "no surprises" fits into this theory.

as far as i know radiohead was just a song they liked.

Some more that I like:

The Yeah-Yeah-Yeah's
The New York Dolls
Plastic Ono Band
Nuclear Teacup (local band, named after a band in a Gordon Korman book)
PIDIDDLE (another local band)
Disco Tex and his Sex-o-lettes (I hate disco, but that name is so cool. )
Modest Mouse
Kajagoogoo
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies
Broken Social Scene
Hanoi Rocks
Enter the Haggis (oh yes! haggis rocks!)
Third Eye Blind
The Sex Pistols (because it was SHOCKING! the word "sex"... zOMGz!)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Quoted from Mairi

Some more that I like:
Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies

I have to interview them next week.

Ooooh, cool! So do you work for a music magazine or something?

Quoted from Mairi

Ooooh, cool! So do you work for a music magazine or something?

Yeah, I do interviews and write reviews for a Dutch/Belgian rock magazine called Up Magazine, on a voluntary base. I cover the melodic punk rock genre (mostly the Fat Wreck Chords type of stuff). It's a lot of work for no money, but I get to interview all my favorite bands, get lots of free CDs and concert tickets, and of course it's pretty cool to have your opinions read by thousands of people.

The Dave Matthews Band(I don't know if its named that for concided reasons but it sure sounds like it to me)
Danity Cane
U2(seems simpl. Its kinda catchy, but I don't like it)

some names that i like:

the beatles
the rolling stones
led zeppelin
black sabbath
van halen
iron maiden
the stooges
guns n' roses
blind faith
creedence clearwater revival

I've always liked those "groovy" 60s band names like:

Iron Butterfly
The Strawberry Alarm Clock
Deep Purple
Moody Blues
Procol Harum
Small Faces
Blue Cheer
Lovin' Spoonful
Moby Grape
Three Dog Night
Jefferson Airplane
The Velvet Underground
Vanilla Fudge
The Amboy Dukes
The Electric Prunes
Blues Magoos
The Grateful Dead
Buffalo Springfield
Jethro Tull

Oh, yeah, I forgot about Strawberry Alarm Clock! Freaking awesome name!

Quoted from Mairi

Oh, yeah, I forgot about Strawberry Alarm Clock! Freaking awesome name!

Yeah, the 60s were far out!

Quoted from Hello Goodbye

Yeah, the 60s were far out!

That's Ed King on the far left.  He later joined Lynyrd Skynyrd and co-wrote Sweet Home Alabama (that's him on the intro) and others.  I'd say Skynyrd is a good band name.  

Lynyrd Skynyrd was named after a school teacher named Leonard Skinner.

Best name I've seen recently is Danish band: '...and you will know us by the trail of dead'.