Which bands do you think had the coolest names?

[Lara]

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Santana
.

 

[QuietByNature]

Blue Peter

 

[moviequeen1]

Level 42
Simply Red

 

[Been There]

.38 Special
ZZ Top
Kiss
Talking Heads
Bon Jovi

 

[bobcat]

Salt n' Peppa
Kool and the Gang
T. Ford & the Boneshakers
Manhattan Transfer
Doobie Brothers

 

[Michael Z]

And the winner is . . .

 

[Flarbalard]

Important Gravy

 

[Flarbalard]

Tied with

Jamaican Me Breakfast Club

 

[Beezer]

In the 80's there was a band called The Psychedelic Furs.
My Mom thought they were called The Psychotic Furballs!

 

[DebraMae]

Blood, Sweat and Tears

 

[oldman]

The Paragons
Jefferson Starship (Airplane) (I had the hots for Grace Slick)
Heart (I had the hots for the Wilson Sisters)
The Shirelles (I had the hots for Shirley Reeves)

 

[IrisSenior]

The Monkees

 

[Sunkist]

The Monkees

The Monkees.. the Byrds.. the Turtles..

 

[Sunkist]

or these guys:

 

[JustDave]

Led Zeppelin, but my choice for the name is strongly influenced by their music.

 

[Rakaia]

Moron Tabernacle Choir.
Don't misread it.

 

[Rae]

Paul Revere and the Raiders

 

[Paco Dennis]

Stray Cats

 

[Pink Biz]

Insane Clown Posse

 

[Rakaia]

From 1980's Australia.
The Entire Population of China.

 

[RadishRose]

Nine Inch Nails

 

[Bella]

Mott The Hoople

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Level 42
Simply Red

Love Simply Red's music and have one album by them. Also, I was in a record store (remember them?) and heard an album playing. I asked what is that? It was Level 42's World Machine album with Physical Presence on it. That's the song that really grabbed me and I bought the album.

@oldman Shirley's last name was Owens. Perhaps you're confusing her with Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas. Shirley is a New Jersey girl.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Earth, Wind & Fire

Jamiroquai

 

[Rakaia]

The Kinks