Band Name Bureau | Kyle Ryan | Substack

#92: I make harmful content. That needs to change.

Human Missile Crisis; Femcel; the Dandy Lions; the Casual Sexists; Queef Jerky; Sex Mex

Sep 13 •

#91: Joseph Grillo of Her Head's on Fire, I Hate Our Freedom, & Gay for Johnny Depp

"It's like we're a fucking endless Taco Bell commercial."

Aug 12 •

#90: Proper triggering

Neverland Ranch Davidians; Goodbye Blue Monday; Jaws the Shark; Goth Jafar; Bikini Trill; Manic Pixie Dream Boat; Lord Friday the 13th

Jul 9 •

Most Popular

#73: The story of Skinny Puppy

May 18, 2023 • Kyle Ryan

#5: Tell me why you don’t like Twix

Jun 4, 2020 • Kyle Ryan

#1: Candy-coated chaos

Apr 6, 2020 • Kyle Ryan

#54: Follow him, for he is the one

Jul 15, 2022 • Kyle Ryan

#3: Our hearts are filled with lube & glitter

May 2, 2020 • Kyle Ryan

#83: They came from 2004

Jan 17 • Kyle Ryan

#89: The story of Toad the Wet Sprocket

Broken down in Blythe, CA

Jun 16 •

#88: A deep sustained or monotonous sound

Barry Can’t Swim; X Will Mark the Place; We are All Human; Her Head’s on Fire; Aim for the Bushes; Brigitte Calls Me Baby; Survive Said the Prophet

May 20 •

#87: Where the weak are killed and eaten

Shitney Beers; Gene Wilder’s Vacation; Belushi Speed Ball; Meryl Streek; Darlin’ Brando; Jane Fonda Fan Club; Transy Warhol; Winona Fighter

Apr 22 •

#86: Dispatch from 2024 music festival season

Smoking Gives You Big Tits; DJ Fart in the Club; Dana Nada & DanDan; Newfound Interest in Connecticut; Caution Elderly People; Moms With Bangs; Egon’s…

Mar 21 •

#85: @TheJacobGivens: 'What is this, Emily Dickinson’s band?'

Talking band names and peculiar internet fame with TikTok's foremost '90s rocker

Mar 1 •

#84: Shameless Valentine's Day Money Grab

Platonic Sex; Spite FuXXX; Sister Wife Sex Strike; Sex Prisoner; Sex Messiah; Sex Week; Sex Mask; Crywank; Jerkoff Diary

Feb 13 •

#83: They came from 2004

Panic! at the Disco; Portugal. The Man; Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly; Test Icicles; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; A Place to Bury Strangers; Gay for Johnny Depp

Jan 17 •

Band Name Bureau

Band Name Bureau

Celebrating, cataloguing, and joking about band names.

Recommendations

Anti-Matter

Norman Brannon

Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas

Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas

Nathan Rabin

I <3 Mess

Emily Kirkpatrick

Episodic Medium

Episodic Medium

Myles McNutt

The Reveal

Scott Tobias

Band Name Bureau

About Archive Recommendations Sitemap

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts