The Horrible Original Names of Some of Your Favorite Bands

Not all bands have just one name over the length of their existence. Some of them started off with pretty horrible names before settling on something better and getting famous. Here are the top 10:

10. The Goo Goo Dolls: The Sex Maggots

9. Finger Eleven: Rainbow Butt Monkeys

8. Nickelback: Village Idiot

7. Green Day: Sweet Children

6. The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem

5. The Beastie Boys: The Young Aborigines

4. Black Sabbath: Polka Tulk Blues Band

3. Pink Floyd: The Tea SeT

2. Nirvana: Pen Cap Chew

1. Van Halen: Rat Salad - the title of a Black Sabbath song, of course.
But hey, Eddie was so good we would have all had Rat Salad posters!

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