Fair to Midland.

I don't know that it's clever but it always gives me a good chuckle, Steely Dan is named after a steam powered strap on.

Cease

Was an excellent local drone band.

I always thought the name was curious and succinct.

They Might Be Giants - a reference to the George C. Scott movie of the same name, where this is his character's answer to why Don Quixote jousted with windmills

The Beatles. It's a plural of people who can keep a beat.

• Glass Hammer - I like oxymorons [prog rock]
• Blind Guardian - also kind of an oxymoron [power metal]
• Animals as Leaders - political messaging at its finest? [prog rock/metal]
• Carbon-based Lifeforms - that's us (and our surrounding) [ambient]
• Envy of None - yeah... [not sure about genre]
• Ayreon - sounds cool, is basically a play on words of the creator's name (Arjen Lucassen) [prog rock/metal]
• NoFX - quite fitting for [punk rock]

The Who

The Hu

Propagandhi

Minor Threat

Ruskaja

Circle Jerks

The Slits

Eagles of Death Metal

Gorillaz - A subtle nod to the fact that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were both born in 1968, the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese Zodiac.

Save Ferris

Flogging Molly

TV on the Radio

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats

LCD Soundsystem

The 13th Floor Elevators, based on the fact that many buildings don't have a "13th floor" because of superstition, so they named themselves after something that doesn't exist.

Leftöver Crack, same deal! There ain't no such thing as leftover crack!

Theres sooooo many. I'm really into bands.

Can't think of a lot at the moment but Some I think are clever or interesting:

• deftones ("tone deaf")
• muse (short and to the point)
• limp bizkit (yeah, I never knew the origin of this till a few years ago). Not a fan of the band myself.

Jack Off Jill

Some bands I like with names I think are clever:

The Callous Daoboys

Drop Dead, Gorgeous

unpeople

Bloodywood

Sex Pistols

Whilst not clever, but the band name is interesting.

Metalachi - It's a mariachi band that plays metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_5y5KrBoO8

Barenaked Ladies - they wanted something that caught peoples attention when looking at random small town band posters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg

Bilmuri - he just was a big fan of Bill Murray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTsevoF23Y

Fair to Midland - a play on fair to middling, they were also from Texas who has a town called Midland.. A band created and revolved around little quips and folksy sayings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpTHbOkrSu0

Beatallica, a mash-up band that combines the songs of the Beatles and Metallica.

City and Colour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whx6dkmxIDA

corto.alto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UMvlDHvq_k

Dora Jar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQznl0-rbR8

perhaps this is what you mean