Unless you’re willing to name your band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, it is difficult to avoid the dilemma of being hard to Google. Imagine pouring all of your sweat and energy into a band name, only to see your MySpace and Wikipedia pages stranded in some soulless Google Siberia below a corporation website or porn. Final Fantasy apparently ran into this problem many times; Owen Pallet recently lost the stage name in order to avoid confusion with the popular video game series.
A few bits of advice: No animal names, especially birds. Geography is not cool. Sports equipment, household tools, food items, body parts, and abstract emotional concepts are also dangerous Google territory. Finally, steer clear of any name with a hint of sexual innuendo. You never know what might pop up when you search for Girls, XX, or Junior Boys.
Read our list of the most annoying and difficult bands to Google after the jump.
1. !!! 2. Air 3. Air France 4. Alabama 5. America 6. Battles 7. Beach House 8. Beirut 9. Booker T. 10. Boris 11. Brainiac 12. Broadcast 13. Burial 14. Can 15. Caribou 16. Chic 17. Cinderella 18. Clinic 19. Cream 20. Cursive 21. Delorean 22. Doves 23. The Drums 24. Earth 25. Elbow 26. Europe 27. Final Fantasy 28. Flipper 29. Genesis 30. Girls 31. Grizzly Bear 32. HEALTH 33. High Places 34. Hole 35. Illinois 36. Interpol 37. Javelin 38. jj 39. Joker 40. Justice 41. Kansas 42. Liars 43. Lightning Bolt 44. Lush 45. Meat Loaf 46. My Bloody Valentine 47. The National 48. Panda Bear 49. Parliament 50. Pavement 51. Love 52. Phoenix 53. Poison 54. The Postal Service 55. Real Estate 56. Rush 57. Scientists 58. Sleep 59. Smog 60. Spoon 61. Suede 62. Suicide 63. Swans 64. T. Rex 65. Television 66. Tool 67. Underworld 68. The Very Best 69. Why? 70. Wire 71. Wives 72. Woods 73. Women 74. X 75. XX 76. YACHT 77. Yes
Did we miss any?