If I started a band, I would name it......

[bobbyb5]

If you were starting a new band, what would you name it? If I had a band I would name it;

Audible Gasp
A Veritable Parade
Psychiatric Nurse
Prime Number Theorem
Schroeder-Bernstein Theorem
Suicide Pact
Rat's Ass
Realpolitick
Full-Spectrum Dominance
Double Helix
The Peloponnesian Wars
Shitlist
The Cock-Toe Twins
The Gutter Snipes
Joan Crawford's Eyebrows
Epstein-Barr Syndrome
Roseanne-Barr Syndrome
Treaty of Westphalia
Isadora Duncan's Scarf
Sarah Bernhardt's Coffin
Truman Capote's Lisp





What do you think are some good band names??

[Jimmy Dread]

Bobby and the Threadstarters
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[bobbyb5]

Good names for metal bands.

Inquisition
Heavy Mental
Thor's Hammer
Pulverize
Shredder
Bludgeon'd
Flay'd n' Quarter'd
Shock Doctrine
Shock n' Awe
Road Rage
Battering Ram
Cage Match
Manacle
Torn n' Battered
Pillage
Limb From Limb
Dungeon

[edubs]

punk band:

Scrotal Meanderings

[Tha1ChiefRocka]

My buddy and I that jam when we're on break from school made a huge list one time. He has it, but I'll try and remember some.

Stranded on Second
Flute Loops
The Crystal Balls
Under New Management
New and Improved
Fisherman's Worf (what an awful pun)
Alfredo Pollo
Too Many Shots
Not Enough Shots
Bingeable
Bingeworthy
Cankle
Red Sonja

Adidas Tracksuit
Italian Stallions
Clandestine
Sea Turtle Sundae
Spumoni
Brunch?
Breathable Underwear
Agent 00000007
Makeshift Band
Soviet System

[Romanelli]

Jimmy...heh...!

The absolute worst part of being in a band (well...just below finding out that your guitar player has a heroin problem) is the day when you all decide it's time to come up with a band name. The worst band meeting. Ever. Usually involves lots of alcohol. People shouting out "The Butts". "The Assholes". "The Rectums". Until someone pleads for sanity. That helps a little, but nothing good will come from the next half hour of calling out things like Mounting Rachel or The Jesse Jackson 5. You'll write down things like Trouser Chili and Nick & The Foreskin, but you'll never use any of them.

If you want a good band name, tell everyone that you have decided to personally take on the horrible task of coming up with a name. They will mostly be okay with that, because everyone remembers how much those meetings suck. And tell them that they will need to trust your judgement. When you sit down to do it, stay away from certain things...unless you're naming a punk band, stay away from crude names. Names like The Buttnoids. The Vagina Stretchers. In fact...stay away from body parts. Particularly those used for either sex or relieving yourself. Stay away from science (Bobby...the word Theorem is not band name friendly) and stay away from words that your own drummer will probably not understand (again...Theorem).

Be clever, but not too clever. And 99% of the time, whatever you write down, spell it right. I've had Bone Swah in my back pocket for years, and it's the only one I've ever used a misspelling for. I've also never been able to sell anyone on using it. Spelling your name wrong makes you look kinda stupid. Look at lyrics...you'll find gems in song lyrics. I had a Tom Petty tribute band to name. I was listening to Elvis Costello's "Waiting For The End Of The World". When the line "The legendary hitchhiker says that he knows where it's at" came up...I knew right away that I had it. But what did it have to do with Tom Petty?

See, there was a band many, many years ago called The Legendary Hitchhikers. It was formed by a guy named Phil Seymour. Seymour had been in The Dwight Twilley Band. The Hitchhikers were not successful, and released only a cassette that had been heard by maybe 100 people. Seymour was also doing a lot of session work, and he ended up being the guy who sang some pretty great and memorable harmonies on two songs: "American Girl" and "Breakdown". So, I was able to take the name The Legendary Hitchhikers to the band with a pretty solid story...how could they say no? And they didn't.

So, while throwing names out there like Big Dick, Vaginal Therapy, and The Incredible Heat Seeking Moisture Missiles may seem like fun, just remember the hell that musicians have to live through during the naming process. It's better to think things through. Take your time, and come up with something that fits what your band is doing. Something you can explain to people and be proud of.

I'm not sure why I went on like this here...but there it is...


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[RoundTheBend]

Romanelli, that was great. and all so frustratingly true. That was the band names of all my bands - stuff people just gave up on and said fine I guess we'll do that one - I can't stand this list of 200 shitty names anymore. hahaha.

[AAL2014]

To echo what seth and Romanelli have stated, sometimes it's damn near impossible to come up with anything that you think works as a name. It's like naming a child (Which thankfully I haven't had that task yet). You are attaching a name to an entity as identification for any and all things you as a group decide to do until you retire in the keys with 60 million records sold.

In the hand full of bands I've been in, only one had the name previous to me joining, which happens to be the band I'm currently in. Luckily I think it fits our group dynamic so we didn't have to spend time or the mental energy racking our brains to come up with one.

My first band was just a bunch of shithead high school prog nerds (myself included (I type this with a look of reverence on my face)) who wanted to be the next Iron Maiden/Rush outfit except we only had 1/100th of the talent, writing ability, sense of marketing etc. Our bass player wanted the band to be called the Purple Falcons, to which I said I will not be in a band called the Purple Fucking Falcons. We settled on Apex a few days later and the rest is history. Like 7 months of history, no gigs, no original material, and a lot of Chinese food. But that's what your first band should be, fun.
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