Weird Band Names
The Lonely Planet guide to Japan
- Ogre You Asshole - a pop/rock outfit from Nagoya
- Bump of Chicken - rock band from….somewhere
- Analog Fish - an indie group based in Tokyo
- ashphalt frustration - more indie musicians, this time from Chiba
- Chatmonchy - all girl indie group
- Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - now defunct rock band from Chiba
- Yum! Yum! Orange - “Girl pop meets ska”
- Missile Innovation - rock band with former Do As Infinity’s frontman
- Intestine Baalism - thrash and death metal band
There’s oh-so-many more bands I could list here, but I thought I would let you, dear readers, comment with more. Seriously, they must just go through an English dictionary and find some words they like the sound of to get their band names! Anyway, what strange Japanese band names have you heard?
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October 27th, 2006 at 12:57 am
Puppet Mammy was definitely one of my favorite obscure names…
October 27th, 2006 at 4:10 pm
I’m a prety big fan of J-band John Holmez (heh), who not only put on a great show, they’re a great bunch of guys. They’ve been inactive for a while now, though.
November 14th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
The funniest band name I ever saw when I was in Japan was “Seagull screaming ‘Kiss Her, Kiss her’”. No joke. xx
November 18th, 2006 at 10:23 am
Hey Chatmonchy, isn’t a funny name, its cool, check em out on youtube, they rock man, you’ll love them.
November 25th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Well, there was the English indie band “Gaye Bikers on Acid” in the 80s, so calling your band Ogre You Asshole doesn’t sound particularly outrageous to me.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:29 am
Looking through a karaoke book in a hostess bar I came across
“Hide with Spread Beaver”
which struck as a rather good idea considering my location.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
I have a couple for you:
- 54 Nude Honeys [an all girl punk outfit of about five girls]
- Doping Pandas
- Super Egg Machine
- Lolita No.18
- Sex Machineguns
- 9mm Parabellum Bullet [GREAT band]
- Asian Kung-fu Generation
- The Back Horn
- Guniw Tools
- Quruli
- SONS OF ALL PUSSY [omg love them, they’re a side project of guitarist Ken from L’Arc~en~Ciel and their former drummer]
- Snail Ramp
I have a lot more, but those are just the ones off the top of my head xD
January 27th, 2007 at 11:43 am
My Canadian colleague did a double-take when we came across “Hide the Spread Beaver” in the karaoke songbook. We were assured that this band was indeed for real.