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12-12-2012, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Cork, Ireland | |  Horrible band name...
So I recently joined a new band. We're not too bad, but there's a problem: The name sucks! We're called "The Hideous New Kids".  
I can't just come out and say it to them, I'm a new member. So what should I do? Everytime I think of the name I cringe  |
12-12-2012, 04:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | Just come out and tell them, but tactfully. Ask them if theyve ever considered a "more marketable" band name or something.
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12-12-2012, 04:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA | | | If there's one thing that bands love, it's when they hire new people that want to change things. Did you know the name of the band when you joined? Do they have any reputation with that name? How recent is recent? How long have they been a band?
If you knew the name before you joined, then you shouldn't say anything at all. You knew what you were getting into. If they already have a following, then changing names could potentially be a problem. If not, there's no reason why it couldn't be changed. I'd wait until your fresh scent has worn off before you make any kind of serious attack towards the name.
Just be prepared to have a list of less horrible suggestions ready when you say you want to change it. |
12-12-2012, 04:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Redmond, WA. USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MatticusMania  Ask them if theyve ever considered a "more marketable" band name or something. | Yep. When you don't get gigs because your band name sucks then it's time to change things up.
Maybe you can be diplomatic about it and suggest that they drop the last two words and just go with "The Hideous"...? |
12-12-2012, 04:28 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Fender Basses, Ampeg, Curt Mangan Strings | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shore, Massachusetts | | | The name is pretty bad but you should have asked about it before you joined. In all honesty, it sounds like the name of a New Kids On The Block tribute or parody act.
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12-12-2012, 04:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WI | | | If your new, best to put your efforts into other things.
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12-12-2012, 04:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Missouri | | | Just tell them you've mentioned it to 3 people who all replied with negative facial expressions and thought it had something to do with the boy band "New Kids on the Block" |
12-12-2012, 05:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Cork, Ireland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Nev375 Just tell them you've mentioned it to 3 people who all replied with negative facial expressions and thought it had something to do with the boy band "New Kids on the Block" | Funnily enough, that actually happened.
This band is almost totally unknown, no following, just beginning to get gigs.
I'm going to wait and see whether someone else (outside the band) mentions it, and then I'll have some ground to stand on. |
12-12-2012, 05:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Portland, OR | | | Ha - that is bad |
12-12-2012, 05:30 PM
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12-12-2012, 05:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: S.W. Ohio | | | Wink Dinkerson |
12-12-2012, 05:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: San Diego, California | | | The band has essentially no following? If that's the case, there really shouldn't be an issue with just telling the others that you don't like the band name, but be prepared to justify your dislike of it. Either they'll change it or they'll tell you why they aren't going to. Not really a losing situation I can see here. |
12-12-2012, 05:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Hollywood, CA | | | Heinous New Kids - now THAT's a band name! |
12-12-2012, 06:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Like old Hampshire, but New | | | They should definitely change that name.
To "New Kid Heinies."
WAAYYYY more appeal....
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12-12-2012, 06:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Missouri | | | How about "Hideous Caesar"? |
12-12-2012, 06:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenzy The band has essentially no following? If that's the case, there really shouldn't be an issue with just telling the others that you don't like the band name, but be prepared to justify your dislike of it. Either they'll change it or they'll tell you why they aren't going to. Not really a losing situation I can see here. | Tell them you don't like it. Either they'll take it into consideration and you get to choose another name, or they keep it. In which case you have some options, stay with a bad name, or leave a not too bad band. |
12-12-2012, 10:35 PM
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12-12-2012, 11:14 PM
|  | I want to be HER bicycle | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Drop * new* from the name: Hideous Kids, for me, rolls off the tongue far better. It's got to be easy to say, write and/or remember.
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12-12-2012, 11:31 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | new kideous the hids
Or
Kideous Hids
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12-12-2012, 11:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vancouver CANADA & Blaine USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassteban Drop * new* from the name: Hideous Kids, for me, rolls off the tongue far better. It's got to be easy to say, write and/or remember. | +1 - that has got to be a simple compromise... And the "the hideous kids" is no that bad at all. There are plenty of worse band names out there! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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