In 2005, during my first year at The A.V. Club, I tacked a list of terrible band names onto my top albums of the year. That throwaway joke turned into Year in Band Names, one of the site’s most beloved annual features. In 2020, I launched Band Name Bureau, a newsletter that catalogs, celebrates, and occasionally roasts band names from around the world. It’s a blast to write—and apparently a blast to read, too.