The Batlord

As a fan of metal, where band names are often unsubtle to the point of brainlessness (Possessed, Slayer, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Burn the Priest, Mayhem, Death, etc), a lot of the more esoteric band names strike me as silly to the point of absurdity. I realize that there is likely some artistic reason for these names, but my numbskull mind sill rebels, even if such names are still fun.

I invite people to give examples of such weird names that confuse them, amuse them, impress them, etc. You can just list them, you can explain them (either your examples or those of others), you can mock them, you can condemn entire genres for their naming pretensions, or whatever.

Here a few that I can't help but feel are just arbitrary for the sake of being arbitrary (most of them are probably indie bands):

Andrew Jackson Jihad
Animal Collective
Cage the Elephant
Portugal. The Man
Neutral Milk Hotel
Death Cab for Cutie
Yo La Tengo
Gay for Johnny Depp

And it may not be a band name, but Stereolab's Emperor Tomato Ketchup is too stupid not to be stupid.

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