NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music held the first annual Bad Band Name Awards on Saturday. The winner of the Hoobastank Award for Worst Band Name was awarded to Detroit indie-pop group Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

“What makes this band name special is the second Jr.,” said Clive Davis, the host of the ceremony. “Without it, it’s just a bad band name, but with it, it is among the worst band names ever.”

Frontman Joshua Epstein’s acceptance speech was met with thunderous applause and raucous laughter.

“You know, I’m not a perfect person, but I always knew our band name was a special kind of bad,” Epstein said. “Thanks, NYU.”

“The reason is you,”  one audience member yelled. At least 43 Hoobastank jokes were told, as Hoobastank is undoubtedly the worst band name in the history of music.

In addition to the Hoobastank Award, many other prizes were handed out.

Chuck Cleaver, member of the bands Wussy and Ass Ponys, won the Lifetime Achievement award for a career of terrible band names. Cleaver did not thank the audience, but instead flipped them off and threw his award on the ground.

The pop-punk genre had its own set of awards, since pop-punk is to bad band names what Duke University is to obnoxious basketball players. In a tight race, Cute Is What We Aim For earned the top prize, beating out the likes of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Bowling For Soup.

Panic! At The Disco won the award for Worst Name Flip-Flop due to their constant removing and readding of the obnoxious exclamation point in their name.

The emo group was also nominated for the Most Irritating Use of Punctuation Award, but they lost out to …And You Will Know Us by the Trail Of Dead. Also in the running was post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

“Who’s going to panic now?” said frontman Conrad Keely to even more laughter.

Puns were big at the Bad Band Name Awards.

“Oh, and godspeed to you other bands,” Keely continued.

Overall, the Bad Band Name Awards was a huge success. Pundits are already looking ahead to next year’s ceremony.

“I see big things for the future of these awards,” Davis said. “And NYU is the perfect place to have it. Hooray irony.”

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