20 Best band names:

Below is a list of my favourite band names. This is not to be confused with my favourite bands, because there is rarely, if every, a correlation between talent and good band names. Case in point, The Beatles. Stupidest band name, possibly ever. There are some very good bands here, but a list of my favourite bands would include some very boring names (Jellyfish among them). So here it is, 20^th to first:

20) I Mother Earth

19) The Dead Kennedys

18) The Violet Burning

17) The Tragically Hip

16) Dogs Die in Hot Cars

15) The Mars Volta

14) Belle and Sebastian

13) Sneaker Pimps

12) …And You Will Know Us by Our Trail of Dead

11) Ned’s Atomic Dustbin

10) Deathcab for Cutie

9) Fountains of Wayne

8) The Polyphonic Spree

7) The Jesus and Mary Chain

6) Toad the Wet Sprocket

5) They might be giants

4) The Velvet underground

3) Guided by Voices

2) Joy Division

1) Depeche Mode -- A French prostitute? It just doesn't get any better than that!

A few notable runners-up:

A Cat Born In An Oven Isn't a Cake
Accidental Goat Sodomy
Adventures in Shrubbery
The Band Formerly Known As Sausage

Mott the Hoople

Dillinger Escape Plan

Apples in Stereo