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06 April 2007

Absolute Bottom 50 Punk Band Names What was the most cringeworthy band name you witnessed live?→[More:]Mine is either The Salivation Army or The Her-pees.

post by: ufez at: 20:49 | 19 comments

Well, there was the Jesus Rape Trial many years back... my mind's blanking on bad ones though. There was a band in Vancouver that had the very cool name of The Four Food Groups of the Apocalypse. Bad ones... I'll have to think. So tired.

posted by Zack_Replica 06 April | 20:56

Winnipeg's "Joey Puke and the Chunky Bits"
Victoria's "Day-Glo Abortions"

....are bad in a good way.... saw them both in the early 80s

posted by rumple 06 April | 21:15

Day-Glo Abortions, The Four Skins, Circle Jerks, Stiff Stetson and the Lonely Cowboys, Astral Projector, Butchy Dykes.

posted by arse_hat 06 April | 21:52

how could I forget Rumpleforeskin?

posted by rumple 06 April | 21:59

Aaah, the Dayglo's. I've lost count of how many times I've seen them. And The Spores, Death Sentence, AKOB and NG³ at John Barley's and the Arts Club (on Seymour). (all of which, bands and venues, are now defunct. *sniff*)

But back on topic, how's about the Bludgeoned Pigs? Or even The Fetal Pigs?
oh, and that should've been Jesus Rape Trials
Vancouver was great for fuck bands in the 80's.

posted by Zack_Replica 06 April | 22:24

Yeastie Girls (a take-off on the Beastie Boys).

posted by Zack_Replica 06 April | 22:29

Bratwurst.

Lots of use of circular saws and steel drums in conjunction with one another

They had dreams of being a Savage Aural Hotbed knockofff. I don't think they played a whole show without either/or blowing the fuses or massive bleeding wounds... sometimes both.

posted by edgeways 06 April | 22:36

Forgot, Baby in a Blender, and Giant Slits.

posted by arse_hat 06 April | 22:43

Bathtub Shitter

posted by mac774 06 April | 22:43

The Kustom Kar Kommandos at the Riviera 15 years ago, opening for Naked Raygun. Everyone booed continuously through their first song, and then went apeshit cheering the second it ended. Pissed, the lead singer screamed into the mike: "THE LOUDER YOU YELL, THE LONGER WE'LL PLAY!" Within seconds, three huge straightedge guys jumped on to the stage and started beating the crap out of him. Memorable performance, to be sure.

posted by eamondaly 06 April | 23:43

Some friends of mine were in a band called god Awful (yes, lowercase 'g').

posted by me3dia 07 April | 00:05

While I get the feeling that list isn't real, I did know some of the people in a short-lived band called FUCK YOU, DAD. I don't think the name's that bad.

I cringe every time I see "Statch & The Rapes" on a flyer around town because a) FEAR did their schtick better and b) their name is terrible.

posted by cmonkey 07 April | 00:41

I used to see a band on the marquee of the Whiskey called "Penus Flytrap."

posted by drjimmy11 07 April | 00:44

Well, there's always these guys...

posted by TheDonF 07 April | 05:22

I've had real trouble forgetting I ever heard of the "Flamin' Gobs of Vomit Death."

posted by PaxDigita 07 April | 11:25

Oh, and although they were more post-punk..."Ravish Chancre" was pretty awful, too.

posted by PaxDigita 07 April | 11:26

Not punk, but a friend of mine was in a group in SF called Shitty Shitty Band Band.

posted by scody 07 April | 14:31

I caught Jock Cheese somewhere on Sunset in the '80s. They were about what you'd expect.

posted by ikkyu2 07 April | 16:39

Bag of Fred played for a couple years in Ohio. I only saw them at a party where some drunken bystander was repeatedly swerving scant millimeters from the bassist's axe.

It was years before I knew what the name meant.

posted by ardgedee 07 April | 20:15

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