Vote for Philly's Worst (and Best, and Bestworst) Band Name
Please note: This article is published as an archive copy from Philadelphia City Paper. My City Paper is not affiliated with Philadelphia City Paper. Philadelphia City Paper was an alternative weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last edition was published on October 8, 2015.
Boyz II Men. Time Hitler and the Assholes from Space. Caalypsö. Bandname. Only you can decide.
Based on a conversation we were having last week, we have assembled a list of bands and artists from Philly, past and present, that are candidates for the Worst Band Name in Philadelphia. However, the line between a great name and a terrible name is thin and hard to pin down, and there are many on this list that could easily also be the Best Band Name in Philadelphia. (Shitty Wizard, for example.)
So we've decided to put the list up to a public vote, and let you, the readers, decide whether each band name is the best, the worst, or the bestworst.
We've listed about 50 band and artist names to get things started; check off the names you feel strongly about, then hit submit at the bottom when you're done. There's space for write-in candidates at the bottom, too, as we have surely forgotten tons of bands. We will be calculating these and perhaps doing a bracket at some point in the near future.
(The inclusion of a band or artist on this list implies nothing about the quality of their music, and the list is in no particular order. That's not true, we put Boyz II Men first on purpose. But the rest are in no particular order.)
