We'd like to extend our gratitude to the A.V. Club, who provided the ultimate in laugh-out-loud study breaks this week, with their list of the worst band names of 2007.

Compiled from stacks of press materials and promo CDs, the Club offers a look at band names gone wrong. The collection is broken up into several categories because, let's face it, there are the disastrously bad ones (see "Sex Rat" at left), and then there are the clever, maybe ironic, but still-making-this-list names like Dance Me Pregnant, Harmonica Lewinsky and Chevy Metal. But our favorite had to have been Butt Stomach, which fell into the "Anatomy" category.

You have to see this list for yourself. So do it. Then check out our list of the most cringe-inducing photos of bands on MySpace. You'll thank us later.

Worst Band Photos

Though guitar-like instruments can be traced back as far as 2000 B.C., it was the advent of George Beauchamp's electric guitar in 1936 that changed the face of rock 'n' roll. Nowadays, it's the individual models and the people who play them that are making news.

Blender recently compiled a list of the 28 Most Recognizable Guitars, which includes Dave Grohl's lucite model, Michael Anthony's homage to Jack Daniels, Ace Frehley's laser-shooting six-string and B.B. King's "Lucille" among others.

The list runs the gamut of rock musicians and their trusty instruments, and will appeal to everyone from the classically trained to those who are simply attached to their virtual 'Guitar Hero' Flying V.

John Mayer and Jessica Simpson might be getting married. What's scarier is that they may also be planning to breed. [Popbytes]

Pete Doherty: Once a crackhead, always a crackhead. [dlisted]

Björk's new album cover is almost as odd as her swan dress. Almost. [Idolator]

Gene Simmons makes a miraculous recovery from plastic surgery just in time to hang with a gaggle of bare-assed chicks. [TMZ]

Christina, step away from the self-tanner. [Hollywood Tuna]

Contrary to popular belief, Posh Spice can read. [Gawker]

Music writer says Bloc Party is "tuneless." Discuss. [Stereogum]

Michael Jackson fits into the "creepy uncle" role quite nicely. [A Socialite's Life]

If you ever wondered how Winona Ryder landed all those rock star boyfriends, this may have had something to do with it. [IDLYITW]

'Sales of Music, Long in Decline, Plunge Sharply.' Good thing we're not in the music business. [WSJ]

You down with O.P.P.? We totally are. Welcome to our favorite bits of what other blogs are posting.

Smashing Pumpkins' first release since 2000 comes out in July and will be titled Zeitgeist. Not exactly. [CMJ]

The kind folks at Idolator guide you through the fun that is the new internet royalty ruling. The CliffsNotes version? Internet radio just got real pricey. [Idolator]

The Walkmen's Leithauser on his arrest before one of his SXSW shows: "Marice, this bastard who works the night desk at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on North IH-35 organizes room numbers like a very, very smart dog." [Pitchfork]

David Hasselhoff points at Dave Navarro. We don't really care why. [Best Week Ever]

Let the Britney Spears Relapse Countdown commence! [Defamer]

This deodorant ad just reeks of Lily Allen. [Stereogum]

If talking on your cell phone wasn't rude enough, now you can chain smoke with it as well. [Gizmodo]

Calling Doctor Love: A post-op photo of KISS' Gene Simmons apres face lift. He's only gonna cover the whole thing up with greasepaint anyway. [TMZ]