Fantastic band names! (also: racy, gross and boring ones)

Our first impression of a new musical group often comes from their name, which can be creative or shocking or forgettable.

We've all learned that a band's name typically doesn't reflect the kind of music they play - sometimes it's even the opposite of how you would expect them to sound. And over time, you'll come to love a great band with an unfortunate name or reject a blah group with a clever name.

But that initial reaction can go a long way to helping (or preventing) a band to reach a potential audience. Does it make you laugh, turn you on, embarrass you or leave you underwhelmed?

This week, "How We Heard It" explores the names of bands old and new (and all points in between) and how they caught your hosts' attention, for better and worse.

They also look at bands that eventually changed their names ... because a name you and your friends think up as teenagers in a garage may have been a terrible idea.