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The 25 Most Ridiculous Band Names In Rock History

Fun subject for a little shit list debate, and it comes to you via Cracked.com. We've gleaned that there are a couple of stipulations in place, namely 1) your high school band is not eligible (unless you're Brandon Urie) and 2) apparently you're meant to dig deeper than just emo and hair metal bands (too easy), though a few do justly pop up on this list. Of course we have our issues, but first their Cracked out findings...

25. Porno For Pyros
24. Nickelback
23. The Alan Parsons Project
22. Stone Temple Pilots
21. Matchbox 20
20. The Smashing Pumpkins
19. Def Leppard
18. W.A.S.P.
17. Puddle Of Mudd
16. Of Montreal
15. Goo Goo Dolls
14. The The
13. Mr. Mister
12. The Mr. T Experience
11. Panic! At The Disco

10. Limp Bizkit
09. Chumbawamba
08. Enuff Z'nuff
07. Mott The Hoople
06. Hoobastank
05. Toad The Wet Sprocket
04. Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts
03. Hootie And The Blowfish
02. Archers Of Loaf
01. !!!

First off, the Smashing Pumpkins: really that bad? Same with Of Montreal -- both sound good to us. And Limp Bizkit should be a lot higher. !!! is hell to Google, but seeing the Chkers and Archers go 1-2 on this list is painful. (Though that may just be the music fan in us talking.) Just put Hootie #1 on the name shame list and make everybody happy.

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