Most misleading band names

[May Kasahara]

The Kooks. Heyyyy, they're so wacky and crazy and kooky...oh no, hang on a minute, they're so boring they make cardboard blush.

 

[Final]

Mr Morrissey and Mr Marr as 'The Smiths'

 

[the button]

Happy Flowers. Sample song titles:

• Mom, I Gave the Cat Some Acid
• Get Me off the Broiler Pan
• They Cleaned My Cut Out With a Wire Brush
• I Saw My Picture on a Milk Carton
• Get Paul's Head

Apparently they had somewhat traumatic childhoods.

And let's not forget their classic "All I got for Christmas was clothes."

The Magic Numbers -- what's magic about them? The Shite Numbers, more like.

 

[Final]

Presidents of the United States of America...

maybe I was being optimistic expecting to see Clinton on lead guiatar.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

The Verve

 

[the button]

Big Black. I thought they were going to be an escort agency.

 

[Final]

 

[billy_bob]

The Small Faces. Their faces are more or less exactly the same size as the Faces' faces.

Or perhaps it's the Faces who are misleadingly named and both bands should actually be called the Small Faces.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

the New Radicals

neither of the above.

 

[Rammpants]

The Grateful Dead. Promises cool/gothy ironic rock. Delivers hippie drivel. bah.

 

[Reno]

"I'm From Barcelona" are so not from there.

 

[damnhippie]

The Melvins sound like they should be a barbershop quartet

 

[Hi-ASL]

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead:

Have yet to look at anyone crossly, much less fulfil their promise of committing mass murder.

 

[Wintermute]

"Anal Cunt". I looked this up and it's medically impossible. Mind, the Royal Philharmonic has got a bit of explaining to do, too. Love of music my arse. I asked them to come round mine for a jam and they told me to fuck off. Call that stately? I fuckin' don't