Which band name?

[JonathanD]

Please give reasonings, your approx age group, and music style preferences if you would. It would help me greatly. Also, what type of music would you assume this is?

Thank you greatly.


And just to ad, this is a 3 piece. Female singer, Me on bass and some vocals, and Drums.
Playing things int he style of
Portishead, Queens of the stone age, jazzy, funky, more riff oriented less chordal movement.
Some effects, mainly just my SR5 coming through.
Playing finger style mainly, 1 song is picked, no slap OK... maybe some.

[Jared Lash]

I don't mean to be rude, but I think all of those names are terrible.

As for what type of music I assume it is based solely on the names, here goes:

Glory Whore
Sounds like an emo band. Perhaps one that is trying to be "harder" or "darker" than most.

Strangely Invulentary
Is that supposed to be "Involuntary"? Either way it strikes me as a high school hard rock band or a poor attempt at some Zappa-like weirdness. Either way it doesn't roll off the tongue at all and is the worst of the three IMO.

Dynamite Pond
This strikes me as whimsical or absurd. It makes me think the band is either (again) Zappa like or is a goofy pop-punk band like Blink 182 or Bowling for Soup. By default this is my choice of the three.

[JonathanD]

Yes it should be Involuntary. Thanks.
Please say what you want, I will not take any comments as rude unless you are trying to be hurtful.
Everything the BigO said was well within my limits

[kevinmoore73]

Carrots?

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by JonathanD

Yes it should be Involuntary. Thanks.
Please say what you want, I will not take any comments as rude unless you are trying to be hurtful.
Everything the BigO said was well within my limits

Well, I'm glad as I was trying to help and be honest about it. Band names are funny in that so often a ton of time is spent on something that has little or nothing to do with the band's success or lack thereof. A good or clever band name doesn't open any doors, but a bad one can hamstring you a bit.

Personally, I'd go back to the drawing board rather than use one of those names, but of course it also depends on what kind of music you play.

[complexprocess]

I would avoid using the word "whore" in the title since you have a female singer.

I'd go with Dynamite Pond, of the three. That seems like it would be a band name.

[Kristopher]

Considering the style you're going for, I picked Dynamite Pond, although it reminds me of Bardo Pond, which is another female-fronted band. Strangely Involuntary is a mouthful and sounds contrived. Glory Whore sounds like a blood-covered female-fronted hardcore punk band.

I'm 30 and I'd give you guys a listen by the description you give.

[Howlin' Hanson]

You might want to think how the names would look in print (newspaper ads, marquees, posters, etc.) The trouble with Glory Whore is that there is only one meaning for whore for most folks, unlike (for example) Pussycat Dolls which is more of a double entendre. You might find yourself unbookable in some venues and in some parts of the country.

I vote for Dynamite Pond.

[war_n_peace]

How bout' GLORY POND ?

[Bass Pleasures]

I agree that "Glory Whore" mightn't be appropriate with a female singer but how about "The Glory Whores"?

"Strangely Involuntary" is too much of a mouthful.
Too many syllables in each word.
If it was "Strangely ***", (*** being a one-syllable word) it would sound better.
I still wouldn't bother though.

"Dynamite Pond" sounds to me like.....nothing really.
It sounds as if you have just thrown random words together.
Avoid, IMHO.

[bongomania]

I clicked "Strangely Involuntary" only because I remember somebody saying that in a movie recently. What movie was it? But that potential movie-reference memory connection is its only redeeming value. WNP had a good idea there, "Glory Pond" has an interesting ring, and I could see it on a stoner-groove-mood-rock band. If you want to get fancy, "Glorious Pond" is whimsical and a little more euphonious.

[WeeMann]

It's probably been said on this site in the past, but if you want guaranteed crowds at your gigs, call the band Free Beer All Night. People will flock to the place every time they see the posters reading "Free Beer All Night This Friday From 9PM"

Being serious, I agree with the above comments in that none of the names really works for me, but really really don't go anywhere near the second - it's too much of a mouthful, so much so that in the time it's taken me to read the thread and post, I haven't remembered it - this will happen with your audience too.

[BassXgirl]

I'm not trying to take this into the gutter...em...bathroom...but do you know what a Glory HOLE is? When I see the name Glory Whore, all I can think of is glory hole. What can I say...I live in LA.
I dunno, maybe that is your bands intention ?

Of the three, I would pick Dynamite Pond.

[JonathanD]

Yep, many of these where the same things I was thinking.
Even Glory whore=Glory Hole.

A dynamite pond is a pond that is fished with dynamite "and the windows lept up like frogs in a dynamite pond" Fear and Loathing in LasVegas."

Strangely involuntary is from Ratatoue.

Thanks for your time.
Jonathan

[infect]

'The Glory Holes' sounds best to me

[Mike Shevlin]

'Ravioli In The Morning' would work.

[lomo]

Glory Whore is the only one that grabbed me and created a mental image. I'm 45 and play rock covers, blues and some simple jazz

[QORC]

Ditto. I wouldn't want "whore" in a band name.

What is "invulentary"? You must have misspelled "involuntary"?? Yes, I see someone else already pointed this out. Never mind.

actually, none of the names do anything for me. Try again. We searched the web and came up with a gazillion the last time I was in this situation. Some silly. Some bad. Some good.

Cosmic Cha-Cha
Goodbye Brazil
Blacktop Prozac
Sucker Punch
Scared Zero
Extreme Zero
Composite Lollipop
What If
Grey Matter
Matter Muffin
Psycho System
Porcelain Stanley
Headless Mutants
Legnog
The Habits
Feel the Jelly
The Spastic Farmers
Yellow Brick Virgins
The Alpha Band
Voodoo Soldiers
Voodoo Underground
The Common Underground
Fear the Storm
Feral Puppets
Chew the Potato
Deep-Dish Enemy
Snap Murphy
Snap Violet
Snap Chick
Chemical Tear
Comrade Tear
Cry Savannah
Silent Whistle
Silent Whack
The Last Seal
Silent Beaver
Farewell Beaver
Bobby Joe Ebola
The Hell Camino's
Poultry in Motion
Amish Rake Fight
The Swingin’ Johnsons
Band About Nothing
The Low Talkers
Addicted to Tragedy
Zulu Leprechauns
Rock Steady
Banana Buzzkill
Bent Wookie
The Blownaparts
The Bone Daddys
The Cat’s Pajamas
The Cleveland Quickies
Silent Rebellion
The Crying Shames
Desperate Measures
Eating is Cheating
Pie
Excess
Fear of the Flesh
Flak and Attitude
Bubble Boy
The Drake
The It Girl
Schmoopy
Schicksappeal
No Soup For You
The Spongeworthies
Freak Show
Full Body Tic (my personal favorite!)
Good Question
Christie Reason
Heart of Darkness
The Super Elastic Waste Band
Jody Got Married
The Kidiots
Don’t Call me Lawrence
Southside Sinners
The Mugwumps
Next of Kin
Outcast Angel
Pandora’s Box
Rebecca Riots
Gold Digger
Roundhouse Emily

[punkbassistfc]

where is the option for all of them sucking. Seriously, unless you want to be playing in small bars for the rest of your life, could you see any of those names on a big bill? I think not, but thats just my opinion.

[AREA]

To be honest, i would choose none of the three you´ve listed. IMO a Bands Name should be short and for the Audience easily to keep in Mind.

I think it doesen´t has to have a big Meaning, but it has to sound good and has to stay good in Mind.