What's in a name?
After doing this article, i found out: ALOT!

Some musically related things are so common in the alternative world, that we don't bother to stop and think of them as good or bad. For instance, you don't see alot of people stopping to say, "Hey! The Cherry Poppin' Daddies??? That's sick!" (thanks to whoever brought me to that realization) or notice the brilliance of (my man) Trent Reznor, for naming the 5th Nine Inch Nails release "Broken" and the 6th "Fixed", or think that Pearl Jam is a really dumb name for a band, and that Hit Me Baby One More Time might actually be kinda cool.

Of course, no bands will ever actually become successful based on the names they pick for their cds and songs (that's reserved for how good looking the lead singer is, of course), but i want to pay homage to those who have taken the time to come up with brilliant names and cool, clever lyrics (and denounce the ones that didn't).

- - < 50 Band Names that Rock > - -
- - < * Porno for Pyros * > - - - - < * Echo and the Bunnymen * > - - - - < No Use For A Name > - - - - < Atari Teenage Riot > - - - - < Me First and the Gimme Gimme's > - - - - < Rage Against the Machine > - - - - < Social Distortion > - - - - - - - - < Everything but the Girl > - - - - - - - - < Mazzy Star > - - - - < Fugazi > - - - - < Fuzzy Bunny Slippers > - - - - < Widespread Panic > - - - - < Shudder To Think > - - - - < Daft Punk > - - - - < Foo Fighters > - - - - < Frankie Goes to Hollywood > - - - - < They Might be Giants > - - - - < Babes In Toyland > - - - - < Lo Fidelity All Stars > - - - - < Gravity Kills > - - - - < The Pyschedelic Furs > - - - - < 7 Year Bitch > - - - - < Super Furry Animals > - - - - < Nirvana > - - - - < Veruca Salt > - - - - < Jimmy Eat World > - - - - < A Tribe Called Quest > - - - - < Guided By Voices > - - - - < Chixdiggit > - - - - - - - - < Throbbing Gristle > - - - - < Southern Culture on the Skidz > - - - - < Velocity Girl > - - - - < Stabbing Westward > - - - - < Manic Street Preachers > - - - - < The Cerealbox Killers > - - - - < Built To Spill > - - - - < Naughty by Nature > - - - - < Nerf Herder > - - - - < Jimmies Chicken Shack > - - - - < INXS > - - - - < Massive Attack > - - - - < Rancid > - - - - < Kula Shaker > - - - - < Flip Like Wilson > - - - - < System of a Down > - - - - < Reel Big Fish > - -

- - < 35 Band Names that Suck > - -
- - < Insane Clown Possee > - - - - < Neil Young and Crazy Horse > - - - - < Hootie and the Blowfish > - - - - < 7 Mary 3 > - - - - < Cat Rapes Dog > - - - - < 2 Skinnee J's > - - - - < Space Monkeys > - - - - < Megadeth > - - - - < Meat Puppets > - - - - < Jesus Lizard > - - - - < Temple of the Dog > - - - - < That Dog > - - - - < Butthole Surfers > - - - - < B*Witched > - - - - < Blink 182 > - - - - < Zebrahead > - - - - < Eve 6 > - - - - < Matchbox 20 > - - - - < Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers > - - - - < Blues Traveller > - - - - < Dishwalla > - - - - < Godsmack > - - - - < Monster Magnet > - - - - < The The > - - - - < All 4 One > - - - - < Marvelous 3 > - - - - < the Toadies > - - - - < Starship > - - - - < Hanson > - - - - < Len > - - - - < The Moffatts > - - - - < Grant Lee Buffalo > - - - - < Anti-Flag > - - - - < 3T > - - - - < Huffamoose > - - - - < the Cardigans > - -

{40 Song Names That Rock}
* {Paranoid Android- Radiohead} *
* {Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana} *
{Battle of Who Could Care Less- Ben Folds Five}
{Losing my Religion- REM}
{Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead}
{Sassafrass Roots- Green Day}
{The Rockefeller Skank- Fatboy Slim}
{If You Kling To Me, I'll Klong You- Chemical Brothers}
{Screamin' Demon Martians Ridin' Go-Karts in my Head- Boris the Sprinkler}
{Territorial Pissings- Nirvana}
{Exit Music For A Film- Radiohead}
{Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen}
{Enimius Sleepus- Green Day}
{Body Movin- Beastie Boys}
{Touch My Fuzz- Chopper One}
{Zoot Suit Riot- Cherry Poppin Daddies}
{Offbeat Bare Ass- 311}
{My Girlfriend's Shower Sucks- Goldfinger}
{Flute Loop- Beastie Boys}
{Use Once and Destroy- Hole}
{The Negotiation Limerick File- Beastie Boys}
{Rock the Casbah- the Clash}
{Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle- Nirvana}
{Hey You, Get of my Moon- Velocity Girl}
{Elegantly Wasted- INXS}
{Words i Might Have Ate- Green Day}
{Crush With Eyeliner- REM}
{Everything Zen- Bush}
{Trendy Winds- Millencolin}
{"Cha!" Said the Kitty - Local H}
{Fuck the Bullshit- 311}
{Pop Song for Us Rejects- Silverchair}
{The Rush is Loud- God Lives Underwater}
{Sex and Candy- Marcy Playground}
{Grow More Pot- Jello Biafra}
{(Can’t You) Trip Like I do- Filter}
{Super Bon Bon- Soul Coughing}
{Superstar Punani- Sublime}
{Sunday Bloody Sunday- U2}
{Selling the Drama- Live}

* {25 Song Names That Suck}
{*E-mail My Heart- Britney Spears* )
{*High Cool- Blur*}
{*Giddy Up- N SYNC*}
{*No Scrubs - TLC*}
{*World Go Round- No Doubt*}
{*Ray of Light- Madonna*}
{*The Mountains Win Again --Blues Traveler*}
{Ass Itch- Korn}
{Black-Dove (January)-Tori Amos}
{Helmet in the Bush- Korn}
{Backstreet's Back- Backstreet Boys}
{Hmmm Mmmm Mmm Mmm- Crash Test Dummies}
{Clover Over Dover- Blur}
{Dumpweed- Blink182}
{Cold Brains- Beck}
{The Dreaming Tree- Dave Matthew's Band}
{Curdoroy- Pearl Jam}
{Excorcisto- Boys Against Girls}
{Ants Marching- Dave Matthews Band}
{Freak on a Leash- Korn}
{Porcelina of the Vast Oceans- Smashing Pumpkins}
{Die, Die, Die- Metallica}
{My Name is Jonas- Weezer}
{Another Horsedreamer's Blues- Counting Crows}

::::: 45 Album Names that Rock :::::
::::: *Pack Up the Cats- Local H* :::::::::: *Mama Said Knock You Out- LL Cool J* :::::::::: *Music For the Jilted Generation- the Prodigy* :::::::::: *The Burdens of Being Upright- Tracy Bonham* :::::::::: The Low End Theory- A Tribe Called Quest :::::::::: Dig Your Own Hole- Chemical Brothers :::::::::: Modern Life Is Rubish- Blur :::::::::: Pretty Hate Machine- Nine Inch Nails :::::::::: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?- the Cranberries :::::::::: Night Shift at the Thrill Factory- Mr.T.Experience :::::::::: Why Do They Rock So Hard?- Reel Big Fish :::::::::: Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape- Bauhaus :::::::::: The Mind is a Terrible Thing To Taste- Ministry :::::::::: Hello Nasty- Beastie Boys :::::::::: Kerplunk- Green Day :::::::::: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables- The Dead Kennedys :::::::::: Exile in Guyville- Liz Phair :::::::::: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge- Mudhoney :::::::::: Whatever and Ever Amen- Ben Folds Five :::::::::: Hitler Bad, Vandals Good- The Vandals :::::::::: Bread and Jam for Frances- Switchblade Symphony :::::::::: Nevermind the Bullocks...Here's the Sex Pistols- Sex Pistols :::::::::: Geek the Girl- Lisa Germano :::::::::: Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space- Spiritualized :::::::::: Little Earthquakes- Tori Amos :::::::::: I Like To Score- Moby :::::::::: Bloodsugarsexmagic- RHCP :::::::::: Band Geek Mafia- Voodoo Glow Skulls :::::::::: The Sky is Falling and I Want My Mommy- Dead Kennedys :::::::::: One Fierce Beer Coaster- Bloodhound Gang :::::::::: Regretfully Yours- Superdrag :::::::::: Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too- New Radicals :::::::::: Achtung Baby- U2 :::::::::: Incesticide- Nirvana :::::::::: The Day the Sun Went Out- Boy Sets Fire :::::::::: Slanted and Enchanted- Pavement :::::::::: Libido Speedway- Orbit :::::::::: Moon Safari- Air :::::::::: Wicked Gravity- Jim Carroll Band :::::::::: Do the Collapse- Guided By Voices :::::::::: Fush Yu Mang- Smash Mouth :::::::::: Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy- the Refreshments :::::::::: Get Skintight- the Donnas :::::::::: The Dirty Boogie- Brian Setzer Orchestra :::::::::: Ok Computer- Radiohead :::::::::: So Much for the Afterglow- Everclear :::::

::::: 35 Album Names That Suck :::::
::::: *3 Car Garage- Hanson* :::::::::: *Lemon Parade- Tonic* :::::::::: *Sunburn- Fuel* :::::::::: *Sixteen Stone- Bush* :::::::::: *Car Wheel on a Gravel Road- Lucinda Williams* :::::::::: Philadelphonic- G. Love and Special Sauce :::::::::: Parklife- Blur :::::::::: Anti-Christ Superstar- Marilyn Manson :::::::::: Hellbilly Deluxe- Rob Zombie :::::::::: Mechanical Animals- Marilyn Manson :::::::::: Fanmail- TLC :::::::::: Three Dollar Bill, Y'all- Limp Bizkit :::::::::: Electriclarryland- Butthole Surfers :::::::::: Americana- Offspring :::::::::: Frogstomp- Silverchair :::::::::: Whitechocolatespaceegg- Liz Phair :::::::::: Before These Crowded Streets- Dave Matthews Band :::::::::: Bringing Down the Horse- Wallflowers :::::::::: Ophelia- Natalie Merchant :::::::::: Siamese Dream- Smashing Pumpkins :::::::::: Gish- Smashing Pumpkins :::::::::: The Good, the Bad and the Argyle- Bouncing Souls :::::::::: Enema of the State- Blink 182 :::::::::: SupossedFormerInfatuationJunkie- Alanis Morissette :::::::::: Slowly Goin the Way of the Buffalo- MxPx :::::::::: Hang Ups- Goldfinger :::::::::: All For Nothing, Nothing for All- the Replacements :::::::::: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner- Ben Folds Five :::::::::: Razorblade Suitcase- Bush :::::::::: Pisces Ischariot- Smashing Pumpkins :::::::::: Ten- Pearl Jam :::::::::: Hoss- Lagwagon :::::::::: Californication- RHCP :::::::::: 14:59- Sugar Ray :::::::::: (What's The Story) Morning Glory- Oasis :::::::::: Paul's Boutique- Beastie Boys :::::

Cool Lyrics

life's a bowl of punch, go ahead and spike it- 311

i don't mean to brag, i don't mean to boast, but im intercontinental when i eat french toast- Beastie Boys, The Move

my mother says you're so kinky- Cibo Matto

get in the pit and try to love someone- Kid Rock, Bawitaba

everybody, rock your body right- Backstreet Boys, Backstreet's Back

as soon as we're born we start dying- Cake, Sheep Go To Heaven

I'm not black like barry white, i am white like frank black is- Bloodhound Gang, Firewaterburn

ambition makes you look very ugly- Radiohead, Paranoid Android

looking for boys who are girls who like boys to be girls who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys- Blur, Boys and Girls

in the time of chimpanzees i was a monkey- Beck, Loser

i wanna publish zines and rage against machines- Harvey Danger, Flagpole Sitta

we'll float around hang out on clouds, then we'll come down and have a hangover- Nirvana, Dumb

I'm the king of boggle, there is non higher, i gets 11 points off the word quagmire- Putting Shame in Your Game, Beastie Boys

i feel like a quote out of context- Ben Folds Five, Best Imitation of Myself

they thought blueprints were too sad, so they made them yellow- Jewel, Painters

I'm a loser and a user so i don't need no accuser to slag me down because I know I'm right- Green Day, When I Come Around

i am 32 flavors and then some- Ani DiFranco, 32 Flavors

rabbit, where'd you put the keys girl?- Tori Amos, Cornflake Girl

don't deny that you're synthetic- Green Day, Prostetic Head

i want to be the girl with the most cake- Hole, Doll Parts

so you can make me come, that doesn't make you Jesus- Tori Amos

you stupid dumbshit goddam motherfucker!!- the Offspring, Bad Habit

its always funny until someone gets hurt and then it's just hilarious- Faith No More, Richochet

i never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passe- The Dandy Warhols, Not If You Were the Last Junkie On Earth

i want to be your blowjob queen- Liz Phair

You say it's OK when you play with yourself, but I know that its wrong and its bad for your health-so get your rocks off baby with someone else- Holy Hand Grenade, Mohair Fuzz

rapunzel rapunzel let down your hair so i can climb up and get in your underwear- Beastie Boys

you make me hard when I'm all soft inside- NiN, The Perfect Drug

everybody needs a bosom for a pillow- Cornershop, Brim Fulla Asha

sometimes i give myself the creeps- Green Day, Basket Case

every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end- Semisonic, Closing Time

I'm like toucan sam when i follow my nose- Beastie Boys, Flowin Prose

I'm so ugly, that's ok cause so are you- Nirvana, Lithium

I'd love to stay here and be normal, but its just so overrated- Blur, Tracy Jacks

fuck you, i wont do what you tell me- Rage Against The Machine

my cat is handsome, he can play the guitar, he can sometimes even fix the blender, he can eat a whole watermelon. my cat! my cat!- Jack Off Jill

gimme my money back you bitch- Ben Folds Five, Song For the Dumped

i wanna do the freak till the break of dawn, tell me party people is that so wrong?- Beastie Boys, Body Movin

i got a flair for pulling your hair, for making you crazy, its something i do well- Fountains of Wayne, I've Got A Flair

I'd rather be dead than cool- Nirvana, Stay Away

yo ho ho and a bottle of brass monkey- Beastie Boys, Rhymin & Stealin

i like sushi cause it never touched a frying pan- Barenaked Ladies, One Week


phew! for a minute there i lost myself