Picking a band name is the most important step in your music career. 

Well, maybe not the most important step”�but you should at least pick something that looks cool on a t-shirt, ha, ha.

However, lately I’ve been seeing lots of really ugly shirts with dopey band names on them. Bad names are nothing new, but it seems that they’ve been getting worse lately. So, drumroll please, check out today’s list of the 10 Worst Band Names.

Did we forget your (least) favorite band? Drop us a line in the comments section and tell us who’s on your list!

Top 10 Worst Band Names

10. Foo Fighters

Sure, bandleader Dave Grohl was in Nirvana. But this is still a terrible band name.

9. The Number 12 Looks Like You

Um, what?

8. Au Revoir Simone

It’s a line from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. And nothing says “let’s rock”� like a quote from a Paul Reubens flick.

7. Cute is What We Aim For

Walk by a mall and you’re sure to see kids with bad haircuts sporting these nonsensical t-shirts. If you’ve never heard them, you’re lucky.

6. Hoobastank

Scored a huge hit with “The Reason”� and “Did You?”�, but that doesn’t excuse this lousy name. Slang for drugs? Probably. Totally lame? Definitely.

5. Death Cab For Cutie

First of all, this super-sensitive, uber-wussy indie rock band is slowly ruining rock’n'roll. Secondly, they stole their awful name from an awesome song by the Bonzo Dog Band. Why do bad bands always try to ruin good music?

4. Puddle of Mudd

Friends of equally dopey has-beens Limp Bizkit, this band apparently failed the same spelling class.

3. Panic! At the Disco

Unnecessary punctuation is even less cool than purposefully misspelled or pun-inspired names. Of course, they also write songs with titles like, “Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off.”� These guys need an editor.

2. Goo Goo Dolls

Known for writing ballads tailor-made for weepy Meg Ryan movies, this band’s Bon Jovi wannabe singer, Johnny Rzeznik is now a judge on Fox’s Next Great American Band. Does this guy’s opinion really count for anything?

1. Fall Out Boy

This goes for Fall Out Boy and every other band who thought they were being clever by naming themselves after something from the Simpsons.

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