Coolest Band Names

My old coworkers band tours with them.

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza.

I usually hate bands with names like that. Why go the cheap way for attention?

That said, my all time favorite band name is "Joy Division." I like how it can be taken to mean a group or unit, such as in the military -- some unit whose purpose is "enforcing" joy. Or something being split, divided -- joy separated or being broken down into little pieces.

I tried to convince my bandmates to name our band "Killing Secrets" for a similar effect, but they are all retarded.

that's my favorite but i got 'iv' and it didnt do it for me.
greatest name ever though.


'i love you but i've chosen darkness'

a little pretentious...but it makes me smile
and the one song i heard off pitchfork was pretty good.

bloodbath and beyond

Blackalicious

The Dead Kennedys
Fear
The Fall
Minor Threat
White Collar Crime
The Glass Asylum
Switchblade Symphony
The Jesus and Mary Chain
My Bloody Valentine
Born Against
Public Enemy
The Jesus Lizard

Yeah My Bloody Valentine is very cool!

My favourite ones though are:

Primal Scream

The Messiah Trip

Alice in Chains.

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And for the record:
The Joy Division was the groups of young women kept in concentration camps for the pleasure of Nazi officers on leave.

They had major problems when they first started out with being dubbed nazis due to their name.

I got a couple...

"The"

"The The's"

"I Hate Bands That (Have Brackets In The Name)" - A project I got goin' on...

"Ultimate-Power-Band!" - Local dudes I party with

"Secondrate Rejects" - My homies!

Thanks for the information! I mean, that is a tragic thing, but I am now better informed -- and it actually fits in with my little deconstructionist take on the band name, what with the whole dichotomy of enforced "joy" and all.

A Wilhelm Scream