It’s The “Terrific 32:”

The TNOCS “Greatest Imaginary Band Name” Bracket Challenge! Vote Now!

Welcome Back, to… wait…

…if I counted right…

… OK, then! It is indeed: The 32nd Finals!

My wife, the lovely Ms. Virgindog, participated in last week’s first round bracket of 64 potential band names. She asked how I came up with them.

“These are awful,” she said.

That’s the point, of course. Rock bands generally have terrible names.

That goes double for punk bands. There’s a certain joy in a badly named band. Whether it’s heartwarmingly wholesome or so repulsively vile that it shouldn’t be printed here, I get a kick out of them.

Still, you should see the names that were so bad I left them out. Ooh, boy.

However, one name that I didn’t include in the Challenge is perfectly reasonable and was sent to me by my friend, Patrick Devine.

He suggested:

Patrick Devine And Patrick Devine’s Handsome Band Of Blues Musicians. It sort of rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?

Bonus points for getting his own name in there twice.

Fun Facts:

• The lowest ranking names as of this writing are Insect-Riddled Stump,

• and Killer Dumplings.

The former deserves its low score. The latter really isn’t that bad.

But it was up against Toucan Cher.

That’s a hard one to beat. We love a good pun.

They were paired with, naturally, the highest ranking names, Bodega Sushi and the aforementioned Toucan Cher. Both are good. But my personal favorite, Clang Twack, is better. I hope it’s not the “American Idiot” of this bracket challenge.

If you’re reading this: voting is open NOW!

As always, pick your favorite in each pair and may the best, or worst, name win.

(Occasionally the server tally code misbehaves, and you might at first see “zeros” in the voting. Just refresh the page, and the vote counts will render.)

This voting round ends: This coming THURSDAY at 11:59PM – US EST (3:59AM Friday GMT.)

A handy little clock is provided below.

Who will be the winner?

Vote and help decide!

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