LET'S ARGUE: The Worst Band Names of All Time

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  • @poiewhfopiewhf
    @poiewhfopiewhf Před 3 lety +5847

    I like to think that "Imagine Dragons" is meant to be read as a command

    • @randomavenger3048
      @randomavenger3048 Před 3 lety +312

      If they were good as they name are, I would enjoy their music.

    • @shady8045
      @shady8045 Před 3 lety +543

      honestly Imagine dragons name is like literally the best thing about the band.

    • @TheRisingIcarus
      @TheRisingIcarus Před 3 lety +194

      Imagine alll the dragooons

    • @Tirtougay
      @Tirtougay Před 3 lety +380

      Imagine dragon deez nuts across your face

    • @Dana21283
      @Dana21283 Před 3 lety +47

      God i fucking hate imagine dragons

  • @supportclass5742
    @supportclass5742 Před 3 lety +11719

    One time Hoobastank was playing some MTV award show or something. It was a really bad performance, really did not sound good. My mother walks in and asks me "what is this?" I said "Hoobastank". She paused for a moment and replied "Who be stankin'?!"
    I cringed, she laughed, I've thought about it forever.

    • @axeavier
      @axeavier Před 3 lety +542

      Hoobastank and the Smashing Limp Pumpkin Biscuits

    • @ThaAmjab
      @ThaAmjab Před 3 lety +363

      lmao your mom is great

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 Před 3 lety +467

      The rare mom joke, always a classic

    • @tylerhackner9731
      @tylerhackner9731 Před 3 lety +35

      Hilarious 😂

    • @kinhodg8064
      @kinhodg8064 Před 3 lety +26

      Thought u had the same pfp as me omfg

  • @mnvr-pd6wz
    @mnvr-pd6wz Před rokem +512

    The worst name has to be this obscure rap duo from L.A. called “The Nonce”.
    The reason it’s bad is because in the UK, the word “nonce” is slang for “peadophile”. Every 6 months, UK Twitter find out this fact and roast them.

    • @jeremyc9593
      @jeremyc9593 Před rokem +28

      Reminds me of the name that the band Creed originally started with... Naked Toddler. I also imagine that the song "Bent" by Matchbox Twenty has a whole different meaning over there.

    • @EagleNebula808
      @EagleNebula808 Před rokem +4

      Unfortunate. “Mix tapes” was a hard beat.

    • @kozy15x
      @kozy15x Před 10 měsíci

      To be fair, that's a stupid name for a pedophile

    • @wyattcole5452
      @wyattcole5452 Před 6 měsíci +9

      Mr Bungle isn’t the best or most commercial band name, I know that

    • @mequana
      @mequana Před měsícem +4

      I Love the very last sentence of your comment

  • @mikxly8147
    @mikxly8147 Před 2 lety +53

    "Hoobastank and The Cherry Poppin' Daddies" now thats the perfect name for a band

    • @nightxnight
      @nightxnight Před 29 dny +1

      Hoobastank and The Blowfish Poppin' Daddies

  • @nofanealbni
    @nofanealbni Před 3 lety +10923

    When I have a band I want to call it "Family Guy Funny Moments"

    • @gavintheseeker
      @gavintheseeker Před 3 lety +290

      This deserves top comment

    • @farleyhaskard5270
      @farleyhaskard5270 Před 3 lety +746

      Most streamed:
      Family Guy Funny Moments
      Ed Sheeran
      Drake
      Dua lipa

    • @rhubarbdude3347
      @rhubarbdude3347 Před 3 lety +166

      I would listen to your band

    • @francesca1687
      @francesca1687 Před 3 lety +85

      I feel like there may be some copyright issues here

    • @valx5
      @valx5 Před 3 lety +166

      more like 🅱️amily 🅱️uy 🅱️unny 🅱️oments

  • @SammyBlanny
    @SammyBlanny Před 3 lety +4044

    Fun fact: the "H" in Jesus H Christ stands for Hoobastank

  • @ShadowsAndScience
    @ShadowsAndScience Před 2 lety +319

    Calling your band "Psychedelic Porn Crumpets" is just *such* a power move, though

  • @DanielCh9393
    @DanielCh9393 Před 2 lety +435

    One time, my father was at the beach. He was in a restaurant drinking something, chilling and watching the sunset. Then a band started playing, but according to my dad, they were absolutely horrible. My dad decided to name them
    "The Sunset Destroyer Band" because of how they ruined a nice, relaxing afternoon. I actually think that is a badass name for a musical group, somebody should take it.

    • @fortniteballs57
      @fortniteballs57 Před rokem +62

      take "band" and "the" off, Sunset Destroyer is a nice name

    • @Kedai610
      @Kedai610 Před rokem +16

      Definitely sounds like a band making spacy shoegaze

  • @kingcrimson4133
    @kingcrimson4133 Před 3 lety +3984

    Let's Argue: This was more of a "Let's Agree"

    • @blindingmule7355
      @blindingmule7355 Před 3 lety +79

      Let's agree: yes

    • @jack_the_breathtaker2410
      @jack_the_breathtaker2410 Před 3 lety +30

      @@blindingmule7355 Let’s yes:

    • @demekneme1706
      @demekneme1706 Před 3 lety +68

      Let’s agree: This comment is a Let’s Agree

    • @jvnxiie2441
      @jvnxiie2441 Před 3 lety +27

      @@demekneme1706 let’s agree: this let’s agree comment was a let’s agree.
      I ..... _agree_

    • @jvnxiie2441
      @jvnxiie2441 Před 3 lety +2

      Agree doesn’t feel like a word anymore after reading these and typing that.... mha hart... mha sole...

  • @danielclark-hughes692
    @danielclark-hughes692 Před 3 lety +3339

    "Mommy I played a song!"
    "That's smashing, pumpkin"
    🤔

  • @luckystriker842
    @luckystriker842 Před rokem +139

    "The Southern Hemisphere" would actually be a kickass name for an EDM group. I know this because I tried to look them up, only to find out that Fantano made them up.

  • @CL-vx9dr
    @CL-vx9dr Před rokem +113

    I think the note about 'taking yourself too seriously' is key here. Hoobastank is a band that truly thinks they're cool, so the name is dumb. The Butthole Surfers and King Gizzard are having fun, so the names are fine.

    • @notribadsvault
      @notribadsvault Před 15 dny +4

      Similarly Crywank is almost a filter to get rid of people who aren’t going to enjoy the music anyway and makes them more memorable, where as Limp Bizkit is begging to be forgotten without most people even understanding the joke behind the name.

  • @WarMonkeyPlays
    @WarMonkeyPlays Před 3 lety +7254

    A lot of people don't know that Hoobastank actually has a deeply personal and touching origin. If you rearrange the letters, you get "Thank a soob", with "soob" being a word I entirely made up just now.

  • @colinrussell2017
    @colinrussell2017 Před 3 lety +3207

    Crywank sounds like an homage to Homer's grunge band Sadgasm

  • @GINTegg
    @GINTegg Před 2 lety +472

    King gizzard and the wizard lizard is literally the best band name I've ever heard. Just hearing the name makes me wanna check them out cause I instantly get the feeling that it's the type of purposely playing the goofy shit so seriously that it becomes epic shit I'm into.

  • @lukastaylor9544
    @lukastaylor9544 Před 3 lety +2978

    Overhead some 40 year old that was walking around shakey knees festival and saw a digital sign showing set times. He saw “Car Seat Headrest” and said “God damn we’re running out of band names”

    • @LukasPrimeEdition
      @LukasPrimeEdition Před 3 lety +379

      As much as I love that name yeah I can agree that’s really how it feels

    • @StudioScarecrow
      @StudioScarecrow Před 3 lety +310

      That name just feels completely right, to the point where I don't even register it as being a weird name anymore

    • @leviathan3630
      @leviathan3630 Před 3 lety +187

      Lmao I misread and thought the "God damn we're running out of band names" was another band name

    • @louduva9849
      @louduva9849 Před 3 lety

      lol

    • @ttarkus
      @ttarkus Před 3 lety +88

      Actually a good name because their music is just as interesting as that

  • @evilemperordude
    @evilemperordude Před 3 lety +3620

    King Gizzard sounds like a Nintendo villain.

    • @renaigh
      @renaigh Před 3 lety +149

      King Gizzard sends his regards

    • @tafua_a
      @tafua_a Před 3 lety +135

      King Gizzard -> Bowser
      The Lizard Wizard -> Kamek

    • @kioro4221
      @kioro4221 Před 2 lety +39

      King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard sounds like a Nintendo game.

    • @gamj7509
      @gamj7509 Před 2 lety +10

      Like a nintendo/rare villain from the 64 era.

    • @caseys2698
      @caseys2698 Před 2 lety +9

      I mean… King K. Rool is right there lol
      But true it does

  • @alzo7891
    @alzo7891 Před 2 lety +98

    In my band(s), we aggressively pursued the dumbest names possible. We started out as Toothpaste. After a lineup change we became Star Shark and finally Devil Luggage. Have you guessed we're from the Midwest?

    • @disappointedoptimist255
      @disappointedoptimist255 Před rokem +26

      Devil Luggage goes hard asf keep that

    • @roronoalaw7772
      @roronoalaw7772 Před rokem +2

      Star Shark is alright

    • @alzo7891
      @alzo7891 Před rokem +10

      @@roronoalaw7772 I gotta give props to our bass player: When we were changing from Toothpaste, he said we should be Toothpaste Mellencamp.

    • @LieseFury
      @LieseFury Před rokem +2

      i really like Star Shark

    • @OklahomaMan
      @OklahomaMan Před 11 měsíci +3

      I really like Toothpaste

  • @conors8117
    @conors8117 Před 2 lety +23

    Every time I hear the name Death Cab for Cutie I get pissed off, don't know why.

  • @deathhzrd
    @deathhzrd Před 3 lety +3012

    My favorite factoid about crywank is that his mom calls them “tear jerk” to her friends

    • @NoProSkills
      @NoProSkills Před 3 lety +170

      From what I've heard that's where Jay got the name from. Also I love how they just embrace how terrible their name is lmao.

    • @NotPotNewman
      @NotPotNewman Před 3 lety +154

      I never put it together that the name is a variant of "tear jerk." I've always imagined a very tearful masturbation.

    • @greatbad5618
      @greatbad5618 Před 3 lety +13

      ooooooooooooooh i get it now

    • @kg7219
      @kg7219 Před 3 lety +58

      Tearjerk is a way better name lmao

    • @theartistformerlyknownasperson
      @theartistformerlyknownasperson Před 3 lety +44

      Sad jack

  • @samaustin8690
    @samaustin8690 Před 3 lety +2948

    Let’s agree: Fantano needs to make the tweets bigger

  • @potNuts
    @potNuts Před 2 lety +23

    I actually quite like the name "The Smashing Pumpkins". Might just be me, but I'm a fan of prepending the definite article to allow the word "smashing" to be read as a verb or an adjective.

    • @stuffwithsoph8264
      @stuffwithsoph8264 Před rokem +4

      I always loved the name but I am a huge Pumpkins fan lol

  • @tvg4429
    @tvg4429 Před 3 lety +875

    The Cherry Poppin Daddies went to my high school and when they were inducted into the high school's hall of fame the first thing they said was "we're sorry about our name"

    • @tdfowler79
      @tdfowler79 Před 3 lety +125

      Hopefully they also apologized for their music.

    • @IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow
      @IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow Před 3 lety +111

      It's true my cherry was popped at this show

    • @HackionSTx
      @HackionSTx Před 3 lety +5

      @@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow I'm just curious and afraid, but how did it happen though?

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 3 lety +7

      "I'm just curious and afraid, but how did it happen though?"
      "nice."
      The duality of man.

    • @TRJ2241987
      @TRJ2241987 Před 3 lety +4

      I remember when Cherry Poppin Daddies played at the WWF Wrestlemania pre show party in 1999

  • @Moldeyawsome12
    @Moldeyawsome12 Před 3 lety +1904

    “What does it mean to surf a butthole?” Is the best quote of 2021

  • @victorycupcake3061
    @victorycupcake3061 Před rokem +9

    Now recruiting musicians for my band Hoobastank Too.

  • @manny9323
    @manny9323 Před 2 lety +13

    Billy Corgan at 1:22 looks like Melon from the future, who came to warn him about what he’d become but is powerless to stop it from happening

  • @crungus.5427
    @crungus.5427 Před 3 lety +940

    'Portugal. The Man' definitely deserves a mention. Is the name two seperate sentences? Is this man the human embodiment of the country Portugal? If not, why is he being mentioned here? I have so many questions

    • @omgsus
      @omgsus Před 3 lety +59

      them and "rainbow kitten surprise" immediately came to mind when i read the title of this video

    • @shayposting
      @shayposting Před 3 lety +111

      Any band that uses punctuation in their name tbh. Chunk! No Captain, Chunk! is absolutely horrific.

    • @Candela115
      @Candela115 Před 3 lety +20

      Portugal is the name of a man.

    • @AnonyMous-gj7qq
      @AnonyMous-gj7qq Před 3 lety +60

      Exception: Godspeed! You Black Emperor was good until they changed it to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which makes much less sense

    • @jessharkness5534
      @jessharkness5534 Před 3 lety +8

      @@omgsus first thing i thought of. i like their music, but it's just a terrible band name. it's probably supposed to be ironically funny or something but imo it's very cringe

  • @choobs8511
    @choobs8511 Před 3 lety +1099

    Imagine if The Beatles were called Liverpool

    • @metalnut92
      @metalnut92 Před 2 lety +53

      To be fair, one of their contemporary bands in the Liverpool beat scene was 'The Merseybeats', with the Mersey being the main river in Liverpool - so it's not that much of a stretch...

    • @cancercentral9997
      @cancercentral9997 Před 2 lety +41

      Honestly, Liverpool is a cool name lol. But The Beatles is a better name, and even works as a pun.

    • @swarler
      @swarler Před 2 lety +23

      Liverpoop

    • @cancercentral9997
      @cancercentral9997 Před 2 lety +11

      @@swarler * hysterical uncontrollable laughter *

    • @coilcreature
      @coilcreature Před 2 lety +2

      liverpool already sounds gross

  • @jacobboudreau2344
    @jacobboudreau2344 Před rokem +13

    The autotune version of "The Reason" absolutely killed me 😆

  • @aaronhenderson84
    @aaronhenderson84 Před rokem +11

    this just proves that people shouldn't take band names too serious, and unique names are easier to remember.
    that gore grind band though, that name is way too long, they are known as that one band with a paragraph for a name lol

  • @sasukesarutobi3862
    @sasukesarutobi3862 Před 3 lety +2299

    Hoobastank II: Electric Hoobaloo

  • @quickplanet7
    @quickplanet7 Před 3 lety +2044

    “The Southern Hemisphere” is unironically a really cool name for a band.

  • @KariThomasMiller
    @KariThomasMiller Před rokem +37

    Umphreys McGee has to take it for me. Absolutely amazing jam/prog band, with a terrible name they’re stuck with.

  • @Iamthetable767
    @Iamthetable767 Před 2 lety +7

    “We Butter the Bread with Butter” and “Chunk? No captain chunk!” I would be completely embarrassed to say that I was a fan of theirs to someone else

  • @metalnut92
    @metalnut92 Před 3 lety +2757

    I once told my Dad that I'd bought tickets to see Black Breath, Discharge and Wormrot (not all on the same bill, sadly) and his reply was that they all sounded like medical symptoms I should get checked out.

    • @YukonHexsun
      @YukonHexsun Před 3 lety +140

      Sound like fantasy diseases honestly. Be worse if that one band was named like, "Green Discharge" or something awful.

    • @Loudest_Cricket_
      @Loudest_Cricket_ Před 3 lety +131

      He's got a fair point.
      If we lived in the 1500s or so, we'd all be terrified of black breath and wormrot.

    • @jaimelannister1797
      @jaimelannister1797 Před 2 lety +21

      @@YukonHexsun now I wanna name some diseases in my fantasy world wormrot and black breath lol

    • @legendkillersshittyduffleb932
      @legendkillersshittyduffleb932 Před 2 lety +1

      Lmfao 🤣

    • @witchflowers6942
      @witchflowers6942 Před 2 lety +1

      discharge is fine. they’re punk! there was once a Band(?) called Premature Ejaculation.

  • @l.salisbury1253
    @l.salisbury1253 Před 11 měsíci +23

    7:00 - "The Kansas and Boston concert in Chicago has been changed to the Chicago and Boston concert in Kansas..." Stevens & Grrdnick '79

    • @yommish
      @yommish Před 2 měsíci +1

      tickets will be honored

  • @movieracket1726
    @movieracket1726 Před 3 lety +634

    I could see Anthony's soul leaving his body when he realized he was gonna have to explain what a limp biscuit was

    • @NoCokeOnlyIce
      @NoCokeOnlyIce Před 3 lety +28

      It was the best thing I've seen this week.

    • @wellingtonzani1280
      @wellingtonzani1280 Před 3 lety +8

      in Brazil we call it `The Bread Game`

    • @padawansound6423
      @padawansound6423 Před 3 lety +16

      @@wellingtonzani1280 The fact that different countries have their own version of this game makes me sad for humanity. I honestly always thought it was just a weird posh English private school thing.

    • @xamp_exclammark
      @xamp_exclammark Před 3 lety +2

      @@wellingtonzani1280 its also literally bread

    • @mgthestrange9098
      @mgthestrange9098 Před 11 měsíci +4

      In Britain, it’s common to dip biscuits (cookies) in tea & coffee which makes it go soggy and fall in the cup. The name always made me think of that.

  • @codysnowden231
    @codysnowden231 Před rokem +3

    Key and Peele have a pretty funny sketch about the Hootie and the Blowfish thing.
    "IM HOOTIEEEEEE 😭😭"

  • @Mike28625
    @Mike28625 Před rokem +3

    No mention of "Toad the wet sprocket" which is actually a Monty Python reference.

  • @toucanstudio
    @toucanstudio Před 3 lety +1137

    In defense of Chicago, they were originally called "The Chicago Transit Authority", which is a baller ass name, but after the actual transit authority threatened to sue they had to change the band name.

    • @lawrencescales9864
      @lawrencescales9864 Před 3 lety +68

      Imma name my band SEPTA to rep southern Pennsylvania 👀👀

    • @TheShahofIrann
      @TheShahofIrann Před 3 lety +99

      Also I think more people know about Kansas the band then Kansas the state, so they should really get a pass.

    • @BababooeyGooey
      @BababooeyGooey Před 3 lety +25

      @@TheShahofIrann Yeah, literally all I know about Kansas state is the following: Flat. Grass.

    • @penepleto1210
      @penepleto1210 Před 3 lety +77

      I guess The Presidents Of The United States Of America really got lucky with their name then

    • @syzyphyz
      @syzyphyz Před 3 lety +11

      @@BababooeyGooey You don't know The Wizard of Oz? "We're not in Kansas anymore"

  • @bestmusicquest5868
    @bestmusicquest5868 Před 3 lety +738

    "Why would the drummer be Hootie?"
    *Mick Fleetwood has entered the chat*

  • @c.d.macaulay66
    @c.d.macaulay66 Před rokem +21

    My vote goes to the Strawberry Alarm Clock. Saw them on an obscure talk show (The Woody Woodbury Show is indeed obscure.) where the gave the reason behind the name. The strawberry was to get back to nature and the alarm clock was to "wake people up to their music." Yeesh! How about Blow Me and the Hootfish? Conversely, great band names are Boink! (an all girl band) The Tragically Hip and, my favorite, The Vatican Sex Kittens. Now that's a band name.

    • @raeganj6744
      @raeganj6744 Před rokem +1

      I had just been assuming that Strawberry Alarm Clock came from like a strawberry shaped alarm clock. I’m kinda disappointed now

    • @c.d.macaulay66
      @c.d.macaulay66 Před rokem

      @@raeganj6744 Sorry about that. Not looking to discussion anyone. Just relaying what I saw on TV.

    • @raeganj6744
      @raeganj6744 Před rokem +1

      @@c.d.macaulay66 sorry to bother you I was just joking lol

    • @birdgod5584
      @birdgod5584 Před 11 měsíci

      @@raeganj6744 or a strawberry shaped like an alarm clock. Honestly, I think the name is cool.

    • @TheMerseySound1
      @TheMerseySound1 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Similarly there were two American and UK band active at the same time called The Chocolate Watch Band

  • @Liveeruptsuj
    @Liveeruptsuj Před 2 lety +15

    If you think it's tough to justify Hoobastank, think how it is to be a lifelong, passionate fan of Queensryche. I love that band beyond most emotions I feel, but for fuck's sake, even when I was a kid it put me off. I know the backstory of why they chose it, (pressure to drop their previous name that was owned by a European band, and literally only a couple of days, {or hours according to some retellings} to come up with a name), and that they named it after a song Queen of Reich, where she's the bad guy at least. But holy shit, why would you want anything associated with yourself to come along with the word 'Reich', even if misspelled? There lyrics and interviews certainly don't point to any sympathies that way, but they really shoulda reconsidered in my opinion.

    • @GameyRaccoon
      @GameyRaccoon Před rokem +3

      Reich just means country in German, and Reich spelled differently is country in nearly all other Germanic languages (except English)
      It's also a last name.

    • @bankrolDiggy
      @bankrolDiggy Před 6 měsíci +1

      What an odd 80s group to be so devoted to, respecc

  • @santo610
    @santo610 Před 3 lety +829

    I’m naming my band “People Who Are Sort Of Existing Outside of the Context of Hoobastank”

  • @mattjazzfan2288
    @mattjazzfan2288 Před 3 lety +495

    Homer and Billy meeting each other on The Simpsons:
    “Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins”
    “Homer Simpson, smiling politely.”

    • @laurisaarinen1126
      @laurisaarinen1126 Před 3 lety +27

      Their name didn't use to have "the" in front of it, that's why for me it means pumpkins being smashed.

    • @creativecredence850
      @creativecredence850 Před 3 lety +13

      @@laurisaarinen1126 Yeah, pretty sure that the "the" was added after being introduced that way so many times. Eventually you just give in.

    • @laurisaarinen1126
      @laurisaarinen1126 Před 3 lety +8

      @@creativecredence850 Yeah although Deftones never changed it tho and i have seen that happen to them so many times it's not even funny.

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 3 lety

      @@creativecredence850 I'm surprised Gorillaz haven't changed their names by now then.

  • @Georgeirfx
    @Georgeirfx Před 2 lety +2

    This is one of your best (if not the single best) videos, I rewatch it regularly. Please, make part 2!

  • @krowsy
    @krowsy Před rokem +35

    how arctic monkeys managed to escape this video is insane to me

  • @philly_sports1558
    @philly_sports1558 Před 3 lety +589

    “Godsmack” sounds like a 14 year old atheist trying to be edgy. The name was stolen too.

    • @scottcaves1258
      @scottcaves1258 Před 3 lety +118

      "Godsmack" was an Alice in Chains song, which explains why they sound like a crappy AIC ripoff

    • @ext93
      @ext93 Před 3 lety +97

      If you think about it in the context of Alice in chains it's a badass name. Smack that's so good you meet God. In the context of the band Godsmacks music, it's def edgy teen atheist mode

    • @scottcaves1258
      @scottcaves1258 Před 3 lety +16

      @@ext93 Yeah and also the sun used by Godsmack in their logo was stolen from Alice in Chains.

    • @Krstorm402
      @Krstorm402 Před 3 lety +6

      @@scottcaves1258 I mean they're huge fans and at that point the logo is just some kind of tribute

    • @pussypussypussypussypussy
      @pussypussypussypussypussy Před 3 lety +6

      godsmack sounds like the name of a shitty new streaming platform. like watch the newest episode of Riverdale, exclusively on Godsmack!

  • @metalbudsgaming8371
    @metalbudsgaming8371 Před 3 lety +522

    i respect the name Hoobastank because they went to a random band name generator, it gave them "Hoobastank", and they went "yeah ok." and stuck with it for like TWENTY YEARS.

    • @EVO6-
      @EVO6- Před 3 lety +2

      I thought it was named after a road called hooba street

    • @TrippedGian1
      @TrippedGian1 Před 3 lety +14

      Don't forget they first went by HoobUstank

    • @elliotthenricy5172
      @elliotthenricy5172 Před 3 lety +21

      thats how Post Malone got his name too. Rap Name Generator

    • @Babyteef
      @Babyteef Před 3 lety +3

      Elliott Henricy are you legit

    • @elliotthenricy5172
      @elliotthenricy5172 Před 3 lety +7

      @@Babyteef thats the story I heard. he put in his name and it came up

  • @Catman_321
    @Catman_321 Před rokem +6

    7:44 For some reason whenever I hear the name of a band named after a city or geographic location I just immediately think of Jazz or blues, or just some genre generally involving saxophones and other brass instruments. I don't know why but it feels like a lot of city-named bands are jazz or blues or just generally old music

  • @BrendanPappas
    @BrendanPappas Před 2 lety +17

    I’m surprised “Toad The Wet Sprocket” wasn’t mentioned. Although the interesting thing is that when you find out where their name comes from it actually makes it seem less dumb.

  • @kayfimt7769
    @kayfimt7769 Před 3 lety +1440

    Someone needs to form a band called Smashing Melons.

  • @papajohn6839
    @papajohn6839 Před 3 lety +633

    I’m pretty sure most people listened to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard BECAUSE of their name. I certainly did

    • @lobstertown1826
      @lobstertown1826 Před 3 lety +65

      I heard their name once and never forgot it, which is more than can be said for most bands.

    • @kangarapps368
      @kangarapps368 Před 3 lety +61

      Same with Psychedelic porn crumpets. Australia has some of the best band names of all time.

    • @carissanami5824
      @carissanami5824 Před 3 lety +4

      I found them from an article recommendation and they sounds interesting but when I searched their music I'M STRUGGLING, OH GOD TOO MANY "Z"

    • @zmudilago
      @zmudilago Před 3 lety +25

      And... Tropical Fuck Storm

    • @andothersuchnonsense2685
      @andothersuchnonsense2685 Před 3 lety +7

      I pictured an Argonian mage named Gizzard who wore a crown. I clicked play immediately.

  • @melvinfz0301
    @melvinfz0301 Před rokem +4

    The worst name is by far Chumbawamba and their only known song is named "Tubthumping" so what the hell they don"t name the song "I get knocked down" lol

  • @maverickREAL
    @maverickREAL Před 2 lety +17

    Me and my mom were listening to a bunch of Now That's What I Call Musics for a personal ranking project and we discussed the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and in the end we decided that it's mainly based on the time period they were trying to emulate musically. It's a product of its time, or rather, a product of the time it WANTS to be. People were way more blasé about stuff like that in the swing era.

  • @luccacamillo
    @luccacamillo Před 3 lety +585

    For me, it gotta be the bunch of uninspired interchangeable garage rock band names: The Kinks, The Kicks, The Kooks, The Knack, The Kills, The Killers, The Hives, The Vines and so on...

  • @thesecretrectangle
    @thesecretrectangle Před 3 lety +1191

    King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is the perfect name for that band. Its tongue in cheek, its fantasy, it establishes the Gizzverse, its everything that that band is.

    • @timeland8343
      @timeland8343 Před 3 lety +54

      Exactly. I was ready to throw hands when I heard it was suggested. Glad Fantano came to the rescue there

    • @peepsiee
      @peepsiee Před 3 lety +82

      "gizzverse" tell me more

    • @peepsiee
      @peepsiee Před 3 lety +6

      @@timeland8343 …oh my god. i’m gonna check that out

    • @lauchalz1
      @lauchalz1 Před 3 lety +4

      geez fanboy much?

    • @thesecretrectangle
      @thesecretrectangle Před 3 lety +16

      Yeah lol. My point still stands tho, the name is good.

  • @tylerbeaumont
    @tylerbeaumont Před 2 lety +12

    The Butthole Surfers chose their name intentionally, apparently to ward off certain kinds of people. If you’re one of those people who judge a band solely on their name before ever hearing the music, they don’t want you listening, hence the incredibly off putting name. I think it’s also to scare away money-focused labels, since no money man would be willing to sign a band called Butthole Surfers, meaning any labels that approached them would be interested because of the music rather than for profit

  • @blazekaizer9000
    @blazekaizer9000 Před 2 lety +8

    I love the name King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard is hilarious, kind of fitting considering how colorful and everchanging they are

  • @muffycat
    @muffycat Před 3 lety +407

    "It really does roll off the tongue like... vomit" is definitely a phrase I will be using regularly from now on. Thank you, Mr. Fanta

    • @peterstangl8295
      @peterstangl8295 Před 3 lety +12

      your comment just made me think of melon flavoured fanta

    • @humanman9950
      @humanman9950 Před 3 lety

      @@peterstangl8295 Mmmm

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 3 lety

      @@humanman9950 Eww no. Melon-flavored anything is terrible.

    • @humanman9950
      @humanman9950 Před 3 lety

      @@k-leb4671 Melon Lollipop

  • @thepagzic5950
    @thepagzic5950 Před 3 lety +974

    The Southern Hemisphere sounds like a great name for a band TBH

    • @LukasPrimeEdition
      @LukasPrimeEdition Před 3 lety +49

      Believe it or not there actually is a band named “The Southern Hemispheres”

    • @iamgubbler95
      @iamgubbler95 Před 3 lety +29

      Great band name, bad place to live.

    • @NumbGeek
      @NumbGeek Před 3 lety +46

      @@iamgubbler95 allow me to introduce to you "New Zealand" and "Australia"

    • @matthewsecundino3657
      @matthewsecundino3657 Před 3 lety +39

      @@NumbGeek you proved his point

    • @NumbGeek
      @NumbGeek Před 3 lety +1

      @@matthewsecundino3657 how?

  • @SuperJNG18
    @SuperJNG18 Před 11 měsíci +2

    The Hootie & The Blowfish thing was literally the subject of a very funny Key & Peele subject.

  • @cocohall16
    @cocohall16 Před 2 lety +6

    Billy said “Smashing” meant in the English sense. So, yes. Also the double meaning of literally smashing pumpkins, a la teenage rebellion.

  • @DRAGNFLY
    @DRAGNFLY Před 3 lety +626

    Brb, off to start a band called "Hoobastank 2" just for Anthony.

  • @robmausser
    @robmausser Před 3 lety +1087

    "The Music", "The Band" and "The The" are all impossible to search online. Also, "The The" must really fuck with some algorithms that try to ignore the word "The" at the front of artist names when organizing your collection by name.

    • @MartinInBC
      @MartinInBC Před 3 lety +136

      In my database of my record collection, they are listed as 'The, The'.

    • @firstnamelastname7244
      @firstnamelastname7244 Před 3 lety +46

      You could just add '(band)' at the end of the search.

    • @sgeddegs9517
      @sgeddegs9517 Před 3 lety +161

      @@firstnamelastname7244 the band band

    • @notfelix4258
      @notfelix4258 Před 3 lety +117

      @@sgeddegs9517 the music band

    • @ryandrums2112
      @ryandrums2112 Před 3 lety +80

      @@notfelix4258 the the band

  • @melvinfz0301
    @melvinfz0301 Před rokem +5

    Smashing Pumpkins is a great name! Specially if english is not your first language, in spanish it sound super cool and the translation is something like "Calabazas aplastadas" or the more floklore way "majando ayotes" which sounds pretty hilarious

    • @guitaristssuck8979
      @guitaristssuck8979 Před 6 měsíci

      In Spanish they say Esmashin Pumping and the "a" in Esmashin is pronounced like the second a in Fantano

  • @1gnore_me.
    @1gnore_me. Před rokem +31

    black midi is actually an awesome name because it references an old, outdated internet trend that also somehow fits the type of music they are making

  • @tdof7217
    @tdof7217 Před 3 lety +491

    My friends wanted to listen to the band simply because they thought the name "king gizzard and the lizard wizard" was cool.. I'd also put it in a best band names video

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku Před 3 lety +1

      Don't let this distract you from the fact that I get bullied because my classmates think my videos are the worst. Please don't agree, dear tf

    • @thedogfromraditude5449
      @thedogfromraditude5449 Před 3 lety +20

      Radiohead should also be in a best band names video

    • @goob8945
      @goob8945 Před 3 lety

      Yeah same lol

    • @heavymachete6235
      @heavymachete6235 Před 3 lety

      same, along with the tony danza tapdance extravaganza

    • @syzyphyz
      @syzyphyz Před 3 lety

      ​@@thedogfromraditude5449 idk very silimar to the name Motorhead, although the music is quite different the name is very reminiscent.

  • @Mr_DPZ
    @Mr_DPZ Před 3 lety +675

    If I remember correctly, Billy Corgan did say that "smashing" is indeed supposed to be what you described as "the British way."

    • @storageheater
      @storageheater Před 3 lety +38

      as a british person that has made me upset about their name in a way i've never been before. is this how people who get angry over bad accents in movies feel?

    • @michaels8620
      @michaels8620 Před 3 lety +13

      Correct. It’s a pun. Idk if that makes it better or worse, but….

    • @carlmarks8170
      @carlmarks8170 Před 3 lety +10

      So it's like The Fabulous Thunderbirds, but even worse... Smashing Pumpkins is actually an okay name because it's ambiguous, but The Smashing Pumpkins flat out sucks.

    • @pulykamell
      @pulykamell Před 3 lety +26

      Yeah, that's what I've heard and also how I've taken it. That said, while it is officially "The Smashing Pumpkins," it's just "Smashing Pumpkins" on the cover of their first two albums, so you can argue it's both or either.

    • @eoghan.5003
      @eoghan.5003 Před 3 lety +16

      I'd always assumed it was just "smashing pumpkins" (as in the verb) but then the The is just there cause it's a band name.

  • @gilgosseyn6602
    @gilgosseyn6602 Před rokem +2

    Hootie as well as "The Blowfish" are both random dudes, can you imagine......... that's like if "Simon & Garfunkel" had neither Simon, nor Garfunkel

  • @sird2333
    @sird2333 Před rokem +8

    I remember getting the Cherry Poppin Daddies CD solely for Zoot Suit Riot (ah the days before downloading….)
    My mom saw the cover and flipped out. “WHAT KIND OF FILTH ARE YOU LISTENING TO?!?!?!”
    I then had to explain (bullshit) that I didn’t know what the name meant, but it was just harmless swing like the grandparents would listen to.
    Played her the aforementioned song snd she calmed down, but I’ll never forget that initial reaction 😄😄😄

  • @borzydar1196
    @borzydar1196 Před 3 lety +1003

    "King Gizzard and the Lizard wizard" is godlike band name

    • @cstaylor95
      @cstaylor95 Před 3 lety +34

      I literally gasped when it came up

    • @crotchman
      @crotchman Před 3 lety +49

      @@MehulMuraliAstronomy no eff off they should've added "with Eddie Izzard"

    • @beastieboysfaneditsarchive3306
      @beastieboysfaneditsarchive3306 Před 3 lety +8

      It's cringe 👀

    • @allenbell1427
      @allenbell1427 Před 3 lety +47

      @@beastieboysfaneditsarchive3306 if you cringe over that and not your CZcams name you’ve got your priorities all fucked up

    • @beastieboysfaneditsarchive3306
      @beastieboysfaneditsarchive3306 Před 3 lety +2

      @@allenbell1427 too bad you can't respect other peoples opinion and get butthurt so easily because i don't like the lizard guy's name 😌

  • @epheyeTK
    @epheyeTK Před 3 lety +92

    "Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins"
    "Homer Simpson, Smiling Politely"

  • @aidanm5578
    @aidanm5578 Před 2 lety +3

    "Slapthony Face" had to check this wasn't released after Willy Smith at the Oscars

  • @neonwired4978
    @neonwired4978 Před 2 lety +5

    1:55 depends on the album if it has a 'the', early on they didn't, look at the album covers for Gish and Siamese Dream, then later on Zeitgeist doesn't.

  • @jamiewakeford7123
    @jamiewakeford7123 Před 3 lety +379

    I mean, Japan has some terribly hilarious band names: Bump of Chicken. Greeeen. Glay. Happy End. Maximum the Hormone. And my personal favourite because I can't say it without laughing, Mr.Children. I am not making any of these up, these are all real.

    • @lorenzolyleabadia1669
      @lorenzolyleabadia1669 Před 3 lety +60

      There is also a group in Japan called Porno Graffitti.
      Yeah, Japan do have a lot of weird band/group names

    • @jamiewakeford7123
      @jamiewakeford7123 Před 3 lety +18

      @@lorenzolyleabadia1669 Oh God, I forgot about Porno Graffiti.
      And according to this blog I found there are a whole load of other band names that I didn't cover when I was browsing the Wikipedia article about it. Jabba Da Hutt Football Club; EARNIE FROGs; Phatmans After School (though they've since changed their name); Knock Out Monkey; and Mrs.WiENER.

    • @JebusMatoi
      @JebusMatoi Před 3 lety +13

      FLOW, on the other hand, actually sounds cool.

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 3 lety +29

      Japanese people trying to name things in English always results in weird and hilarious sentence fragments.

    • @steverye8872
      @steverye8872 Před 3 lety +39

      My personal favorite Japanese band is "Ogre You Asshole"

  • @Zack-xv2yc
    @Zack-xv2yc Před 3 lety +1101

    Let's Argue: Löded Diaper is either the best, or worst band name ever.
    Edit: There you go.

    • @herculesbrofister265
      @herculesbrofister265 Před 3 lety +12

      Well of they're doing it like that it should be the o with a line over it, not umlaut.

    • @tinkerthetinyrobot
      @tinkerthetinyrobot Před 3 lety +30

      it’s shittier than a loaded diaper

    • @evan.6397
      @evan.6397 Před 3 lety +75

      Löded Diper* cmon man didnt you read the diary of a wimpy kid lore

    • @Babyteef
      @Babyteef Před 3 lety +1

      No no it checks out

    • @MikeyTheCartoon
      @MikeyTheCartoon Před 3 lety +1

      Cmon man what kind of argument is this? Of course that’s the best band name in history! Like who’s gonna deny it.

  • @blacckat74
    @blacckat74 Před rokem +2

    Amazed to see no love for Toad the Wet Sprocket, a name literally from a Monty Python skit.

  • @nu-metalfan2654
    @nu-metalfan2654 Před 2 lety +7

    Fred chose the Limp Bizkit name because he wanted to shock people, also Jonathan Davis chose KoRn as a piss take because the name also has a gross meaning.

  • @joehuiras4955
    @joehuiras4955 Před 3 lety +574

    Hootiestank and the Limp BizDaddies. The supergroup we need and deserve.

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 3 lety +9

      I'll have to remember that when I form my own band.

    • @beemerboomer6313
      @beemerboomer6313 Před 3 lety +13

      Can’t wait to hear a swing version of Nookie

    • @SomeIdiota
      @SomeIdiota Před 3 lety +13

      @@beemerboomer6313 Not swing, but Richard Cheese - Nookie / Break Stuff. Close as you'll get.

  • @eighteen-naked-cowboys
    @eighteen-naked-cowboys Před 3 lety +527

    counterpoint: king gizzard and the lizard wizard is the greatest band name of all time

    • @denomava5470
      @denomava5470 Před 3 lety +24

      I second this statement

    • @silverrain8284
      @silverrain8284 Před 3 lety +5

      Fax

    • @Tyler-ki3we
      @Tyler-ki3we Před 3 lety +32

      I agree. It just flows off the tongue. My second favorite is definitely Wu Tang Clan. Name matches their vibe perfectly.

    • @larryisntmynamebutyoucanca9625
      @larryisntmynamebutyoucanca9625 Před 3 lety +1

      Chuuuuuhhhh I totally agree but when is the hater in the comments gonna show up and make fun of us?

    • @LBP15
      @LBP15 Před 3 lety +4

      man no way its yucky

  • @Neurospicy_potato
    @Neurospicy_potato Před rokem +4

    I would name a industrial metal band "Deep Stahl" which just means "theft" in German (normally written "Diebstahl"). But you know it's very deep steel.

  • @bc5653
    @bc5653 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Yeah I think crywank is very fitting, and I adore his music. "Notches" is really beautiful, and "Song for a Guilty Sadist" is a surprisingly good song to have slow, emotional sex to

  • @redactedname247
    @redactedname247 Před 3 lety +189

    Car Seat Headrest is the only artist whose name I have ever mentioned to my dad which got him to say, "That's dumber than anything I would have been capable of coming up with." which you should know is withering criticism.

    • @4meowsic781
      @4meowsic781 Před 3 lety

      thats brutal

    • @erthquake9038
      @erthquake9038 Před 3 lety +5

      On the plus side, it can be typed with just one hand on the keyboard.

    • @xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx
      @xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx Před 3 lety +4

      @@erthquake9038 all names can

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 Před 3 lety +1

      Lmao My dad cringed with the band name "The National" and he be like "that's a boring name".

    • @StudioScarecrow
      @StudioScarecrow Před 2 lety

      Car Seat Headrest is a fantastic name. It's weird and evocative and captures the feeling of his music

  • @gimo80
    @gimo80 Před 3 lety +482

    The Smashing Pumpkins were actually called Smashing Pumpkins during Gish and Siamese Dream era however changed it during Mellon Collie...not sure if it made them sound more important? Hmmm.

    • @PatoGuzmanAd
      @PatoGuzmanAd Před 3 lety +73

      they should have stayed like that, just like Talking Heads did, even releasing an entire live album saying "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads"

    • @countdooku7152
      @countdooku7152 Před 3 lety +28

      So it went from the Smashing Pumpkins to The Smashing Pumpkins?

    • @jakechinatown
      @jakechinatown Před 3 lety +27

      They didn't want to be confused with the millions of Smashing Pumpkins cover bands.

    • @jabba820
      @jabba820 Před 3 lety +19

      I'm pissed my apple music divided up random songs from the albums into two groups on my phone, one with a "the" and one without

    • @aazreaal
      @aazreaal Před 3 lety

      @@countdooku7152 yes

  • @philipingvar3652
    @philipingvar3652 Před 2 lety +61

    I quite love the name the smashing pumpkins, I think it is fun and shows a bit of the band's personality. It's unique and although I hated it at first I would kill to be able to name my band that

    • @ippotsk
      @ippotsk Před 2 lety +2

      I think it very much suited their sound on the first 2 or 3 albums, but afterwards not so much.

    • @philipingvar3652
      @philipingvar3652 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ippotsk yeah I think so too, imo after adore they lost their greatness

    • @canucks2017
      @canucks2017 Před rokem +3

      I think the name is an intentional troll, which fits their personality as you say. Its strange but I like it too.

  • @Vates104
    @Vates104 Před 11 měsíci +4

    When I was in Graduate School I lived in a house filled with many people from many different backgrounds. We had a page on the refrigerator where any of us who thought of an imaginary terrible band name was written down. Damn we had some doozies.

  • @douglassmithe9799
    @douglassmithe9799 Před 3 lety +217

    I once read in a kid's book that Limp Bizkit got their name because Fred Durst had a dog called Bizkit who limped a lot.
    *They were trying to protect us.*

    • @Guymanbot97
      @Guymanbot97 Před 3 lety +32

      Why would they mention Limp Bizkit in a kids book?

    • @douglassmithe9799
      @douglassmithe9799 Před 3 lety +12

      @@Guymanbot97 They were talking about how different bands got their names

    • @Guymanbot97
      @Guymanbot97 Před 3 lety +33

      @@douglassmithe9799 Yeah I'd imagine that, but why have Limp Bizkit in there? Pretty sure they are the last group they would want kids to listen to.

    • @douglassmithe9799
      @douglassmithe9799 Před 3 lety +21

      @@Guymanbot97 You know what? I honestly don't know

    • @FrumpyMcDumpster
      @FrumpyMcDumpster Před 3 lety +5

      What'd they say about Pearl Jam?

  • @TheTheTheTheTheThe
    @TheTheTheTheTheThe Před 3 lety +637

    There are really people out here who don’t like the name “Psychedelic Porn Crumpets”

    • @marcelosaletti1183
      @marcelosaletti1183 Před 3 lety +45

      Such a amazing name, i only listened to them bc their name got me curious(amazing band also)

    • @thepopgroup3366
      @thepopgroup3366 Před 3 lety +7

      it got porn and psychedelic, which is like 2 things that i love

    • @jackk.358
      @jackk.358 Před 3 lety +22

      They’re so fucking good and the name is just absurd enough to be funny but memorable

    • @Bassotronics
      @Bassotronics Před 3 lety +4

      I thought it was psychedelic pork crumpets.

    • @unoriginal_name7091
      @unoriginal_name7091 Před 3 lety +1

      Their music is pretty dope, idc about their name :D

  • @ElSantoLuchador
    @ElSantoLuchador Před 11 měsíci +2

    The sense I get from "The Smashing Pumpkins" is that it designates a group of people that like smashing pumpkins. Halloween hooligans. I know it uses a verbal phrase as a noun, but that could be stretched to a group that is centered around their mutual affinity for smashing pumpkins.

  • @pinec0ne
    @pinec0ne Před 2 lety +4

    I read in a weird middle school boy prankster book at a common thing to do around Halloween was to smash pumpkins and this activity is where the band got their name. I will try to find that book the next time I go to my parents house but I think it's lost to history.

  • @PatoGuzmanAd
    @PatoGuzmanAd Před 3 lety +591

    Melon looks like the lost younger brother of Billy Corgan when he talks about ThE SmAsHiNg pUmPkInS

    • @corncake4677
      @corncake4677 Před 3 lety +10

      Spaceboytano

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 Před 3 lety +20

      MELON Collie and the Infinite Sadness

    • @SH-dz1yc
      @SH-dz1yc Před 3 lety +4

      @@zackzallie8735 ohhh excellent

    • @nesfan8
      @nesfan8 Před 3 lety +1

      @Christian Beltran the plot thickens

  • @LG97187
    @LG97187 Před 3 lety +252

    "There's a lot of people in that place, especially if it's a city"
    wow, Anthony spitting facts

    • @btonyh5878
      @btonyh5878 Před 3 lety +2

      that line made no sense lol

    • @derekrequiem4359
      @derekrequiem4359 Před 3 lety +2

      @@btonyh5878 "especially" if it's a city, but not if it's a state or a continent? I don't think anthony thought that one through 😅

  • @rimtism123
    @rimtism123 Před 2 lety +4

    I remember expecting King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard to be a stoner metal band.

  • @alexlackner1945
    @alexlackner1945 Před rokem +2

    The should've called themselves The Cunning Linguists, that would be a funny double entendre!

  • @DearLillian
    @DearLillian Před 3 lety +193

    three soundcloud rappers and four lofi indie folk bands on bandcamp just renamed themselves hoobastank 2. thanks tony

  • @amphibic_boi
    @amphibic_boi Před 3 lety +189

    One of my high school teacher's metal core band was called "Breakdowns at Tiffany's" and Fantano actually commented on one of their music videos years ago making fun of their absolute garbage name so I was half-heartedly hoping he'd mention them😂

    • @xamp_exclammark
      @xamp_exclammark Před 3 lety +38

      Thats a good ass name

    • @amphibic_boi
      @amphibic_boi Před 3 lety +6

      @@xamp_exclammark I'm glad you like it, always seemed a bit silly to me. But do feel free to check them out if you're into metal core

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 Před 3 lety +5

      Aw man, now I wish he mentioned them.
      But, what's so bad about the name?

    • @ohgodthepain
      @ohgodthepain Před 3 lety +2

      Can you find the video

    • @suizilla
      @suizilla Před 2 lety +2

      i love that name though

  • @Corrupted
    @Corrupted Před rokem +3

    "Godspeed you! Black emperor"
    I LOVE the music, but cmon, what is that even supposed to mean? Shouldn't it be "Godspeed you, black emperor!" ?
    "Have a good day! King" lmao

  • @KabirHart
    @KabirHart Před 2 lety +4

    fantano explaining what a soggy biscuit is had me on the floor

  • @funeralopolis1337
    @funeralopolis1337 Před 3 lety +115

    i was waiting for We Butter the Bread With Butter to be on here but then i realized that no one cares enough to remember them