Alexis Petridis of The Guardian makes quite a good point about how even the most notorious word in the English language no longer qualifies for a shocking band name. Noting that three of nominees for the Mercury Prize use the word "fuck" in their names (Holy Fuck, Fuck Buttons, and Fucked Up, for those keeping score at home), Petridis points out how times have changed since the 60s garage rockers The Fugs—a title derived from Norman Mailers alternate pronunciation of the word in The Naked and the Dead:

The same year that the Fugs' debut album came out, the Times described the word "fuck" as one that "chills the blood and raises gooseflesh". But no one thinks that now: it might just have still retained some of its capacity to shock in the punk era, but its omnipresence in hip-hop, the most popular music in the world, did for that.

Say what you will about Petridis' argument, but he certainly has a slew of evidence at his disposal. For instance, he cited a case three years ago  where "Fuck You Right Back" replaced "Fuck It" on the British charts. There's also a hilarious, A.V. Club-worthy list of awful band names using the word:

Fuck, Fuckbomb, Fuckpony, Fuckhead, Fuckface, Fuckmouth, FuckEmos, Fuck Vegas, Fuck on the Beach, Fuck the Facts, Mister Fuck, Swamp Fuck, the Fucking Champs, the Fucking Wrath, the Fuckmasters, the Fuckerettes, the Fuck You Ups, the Exploding Fuck Dolls, the Fuckin' Shit Biscuits and - a personal favourite - the Guadeloupe-based rapper who clearly couldn't decide whether he wanted to sound shocking or sweetly endearing and attempted to split the difference by calling himself Fuckly.

This also probably marks the most obscene post Prefix has ever published. [The Guardian]