10 Bands Who Had Terrible Names Before They Were Successful
1. Limp Bizkit
You may wonder how one possibly tops names like Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, and Naked Toddler. Well, ladies and gentlemen, please get on your feet and give a round of applause for...
Blood Fart.
Yep, as if Limp Bizkit wasn't one of the most bizarre names to ever grace the music industry, the band were almost named Blood Fart. Although it doesn't stop there, as more whacky suggestions were discarded in favour of Limp Bizkit.
Fred Durst and Co. had a list of not one, but four names that could easily have topped this list: Gimp Disco, Split D**kslit, B*tch Piglet, and Blood Fart. While the band pitched those names to record labels with the full intention of carrying on, each one that showed interest put pressure on the group to change their name.
According to Durst, "The name is there to turn people's heads away. A lot of people pick up the disc and go, 'Limp Bizkit. Oh, they must suck.' Those are the people that we don't even want listening to our music."
Despite Durst's seemingly best intentions to keep the band as niche as possible, they went on to be one of a select few that define the nu-metal genre and inspired a new generation of rap metal. Even then, who knows if they reached their full potential? You can only imagine the mainstream success a band called Split D**kslit might have.