Saturday, March 15, 2008

The return of the original Canonical List of Weird Band Names

Back in 1995, a few of us at Bright Lights Film Journal launched a side project called "The Canonical List of Weird Band Names," a dizzying list of strange-but-true band names from around the world (Above Average Weight Band, The Do I Look Like I Give a Fucks, JFKFC... you get the idea). Eventually, we turned over the list to a fan, who maintained it for a while before disappearing. Anyway, while Googling down memory lane, we discovered that over the years, our beloved list has been reproduced on hundreds of other websites. Strangely inspired by this, we've relaunched the site and are actively updating it. It's at brightlightsfilm.com/weirdbandnames. Check it out, and feel free to send us some names to add to the list.

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