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25 Worst Original Names of Famous Bands…

Things are rather depressing of late (what can I say about what happened/is happening in Belgium that hasn’t already been said?  So damn sad) so I figured I’d present this amusing list taken from Rolling Stone magazine:

25 Worst Original Names of Famous Bands

There are some very amusing “might have been” names here, some just plain stupid (“Rainbow Butt Monkeys”, “The Band Aid Boys”, and “The Salty Peppers”), too obscure (“The Screaming Abdabs”), and just plain weird (“Naked Toddler”).

Incredibly, I actually knew the previous names (yes, names) of at least one of the bands listed, Blue Oyster Cult.  How did I come to know they were once known as, among others, Soft White Underbelly (the name that finds them on this list), Oaxana, and Stalk-Forrest Group?  Because, my friends, I happen to have a copy of their Stalk-Forrest Group’s St. Cecilia CD which was given a limited release by Rhino Records a little while back…

The founding members of Blue Oyster Cult created this album for Elektra back in the day and, if memory serves, it was barely (if at all) released.  The album was essentially forgotten and the band shortly afterwards changed their name to Blue Oyster Cult and (cowbell) history was made.

There was a while there I was completely nuts about getting every Blue Oyster Cult album and, coincidentally, Rhino records obtained the rights for this forgotten album and released it.  I enjoyed the album, especially this song…

This particular song would only appear (as far as I know) on the Stalk-Forrest Group’s sole album although Blue Oyster Cult would play it in concert…

Anyway, you can buy a “new” version of the St. Cecilia album via Amazon, if you’re interested…

Stalk-Forrest Group, St. Cecilia

This version, however, isn’t quite as good as the Rhino release I mention above in that it doesn’t include various versions of several of the songs, opting instead to give you the album as it was originally envisioned/released.

Anyway, before I go and for those who are fans of Blue Oyster Cult, you may want to have a listen to this…