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Stinks: anything that has

Keighla Schmidt — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:35:17 -0500

Stinks: anything that has one person's name accompanied with "band/group/and the," etc. Get creative.

Sweet: Village People, Green Day, Flogging Molly

Thanks for remembering the

writers bloc — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:35:26 -0500

Thanks for remembering the power of DEVO! I'd forgotten about one of the greatest band names (and bands) of the '80s, if not all time.

See, now I put Oingo Boingo

Lori Carlson — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:22:00 -0500

See, now I put Oingo Boingo on my "stinks" list!

Ooh, and good choice on the Violent Femmes.

Gotta love Oingo Boingo and

Ruth Anne Maddox — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:29:29 -0500

Gotta love Oingo Boingo and Devo

Stryper, Cindarella, Ratt,

writers bloc — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:15:49 -0500

Stryper, Cindarella, Ratt, Def Leppard, Winger and Bang Tango are just some of the bad band names given to the world by the hair-metal movement.

On the flip side, it could have been a lot worse than, say, KISS, Quiet Riot or Hanoi Rocks.

Sweet: Soul Coughing, The

jennyjean4 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:02:24 -0500

Sweet: Soul Coughing, The Doors, Pretenders, The Clash, The Violent Femmes

Stink: Babyshambles, G Love and Special Sauce, and you will know us by the trail of dead, Dogs Die In Hot Cars

Sound Off: What’s in a name?

BakerBlog — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:16:23 -0500

Band names are like the oft-quoted line from Shakespeare: Some are as sweet as a rose, but some just plain stink. Whether a group’s name aptly represents its image and sound or simply serves as a way to alphabetize their discs in a record store, all bands must come up with one – for better or worse. What are some of your favorite band names? Which ones should have been left on drawing board? To get the ball rolling, here are just a few for each column from this blogger’s perspective: