Really bad cover band names?

Big Dick and the Extenders. The singers name was Richard and he was kind of a big guy. I guess it fit. :)
 
Local band "Touching cloth" always raises a smile with me. Probably not good for getting gigs though.

"Half man, half biscuit" always intrigued me too, until I met the lead singer, & all became crystal clear :)
 
I was in a band called "the English Biddys" I effing hated that name. It would have been a great name for an all girl folk or roots band, but we played mostly covers from the 60's and 70's, and there was only one girl in the band, the singer and no way would she entertain changing the name. I still cringe and hesitate to answer when people ask "hey, I heard you used to play in a band, what was the name"?. When I answer their response is always the same, a sort of bewildered "What"?

Did I mention I hated that name?
 
I always got a kick out of the name Chuck E. Weiss & The Goddamn Liars, the somewhat legendary, long time LA club band. They played every Monday night for something like 12 years at The Central in Hollywood, which later became Viper Room (and unfortunately became known as the place River Phoenix died). I saw the Goddamn Liars a few times and they were so much fun and funny while kicking ass musically in a variety of styles.
 
I always got a kick out of the name Chuck E. Weiss & The Goddamn Liars, the somewhat legendary, long time LA club band. They played every Monday night for something like 12 years at The Central in Hollywood, which later became Viper Room (and unfortunately became known as the place River Phoenix died). I saw the Goddamn Liars a few times and they were so much fun and funny while kicking ass musically in a variety of styles.

I miss those days, when going out to see a cover band was like a mini concert event because there were so many good ones. For a good time it's hard to beat an eighties cover band but i guess that's me being stuck in
the past. Now it only happens when we go to Vegas and happen to catch "rock of Vegas" or "arena" on Fremont street, always a great time.
 
Technical Shirt

Green Rye Telephone Bread
 
Hally Toesis and The Mints
 
A friend of mine and I are in the process of putting together a band whose primary conceit is that we are all playing instruments that are not our primary instrument. He suggested the band name "Second String", and when I told him that was fairly catchy, he said, "Yeah, well the other name I thought of was 'Sloppy Seconds'". We mutually agreed we wouldn't be using that name!
 
One of the bands we used to have was called FLESH KEEPER. The first "record" was called Keeper Of Your Flesh. I always thought that was pretty amusing.

I must have "played" in over two dozen bands growing up, making up band names and designin / drawing the covers for cassettes was some of the most fun you could have.

Some of my other favourites included "The Pepe Flowers", "The Ultimate Pato Boys", and "The Porn Career Of M. Nykänen".

Mind you, all of those cassettes actually had some sort of musical extravaganza recorded on them. Good ole times!
 
My buddy told me of a band in Cleveland, OH called "Jehovah's Waitresses."

He'd like to name his band "Eddy Current and the Ohm Boys" - you'd never guess that he worked in electronics for the last 30 years.
 
I always wanted to use "The Grin 'n Dig It, Gittin' With It, Hoochy, Coochy, Rhythm Band" but I couldn't get it to fit on the drum head.
 
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