Horrible band name... - Page 3

Kenzy · #41 12-16-2012, 11:35 AM

The addition of a single letter makes "The Beatles" into "The Beatless". I just always that that was kind of cute, I wonder if they'd thought about that when they chose the name?

gumbynotpokey · #42 12-16-2012, 11:53 AM

I've been playing bass since about 1980. In spite of that, I have enough young guy in me that I would never join a band for any reason if they had a name that I thought was too painfully stupid to bear. The name of that band is one of those for me. If for some reason I was an unknown and late to the party I might bring it up in the interview process, or later ask if they thought of name changes, but other than that forget it, regardless of the pain. Afterall, I joined, right?

AltGrendel · #43 12-16-2012, 01:23 PM

Oh, I know. Get them to change it from "Kids" to "Kidz". That would help.

Coolhandjjl · #44 12-16-2012, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenzy

The addition of a single letter makes "The Beatles" into "The Beatless". I just always that that was kind of cute, I wonder if they'd thought about that when they chose the name?

Prior to that they were the Silver Beatles. The insect-like name was important to them as they really like Buddy Holly, so I'd say no.

Kenzy · #45 12-16-2012, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Coolhandjjl

Prior to that they were the Silver Beatles. The insect-like name was important to them as they really like Buddy Holly, so I'd say no.

They were The Silver Beetles prior to becoming The Beatles, actually. I thought that maybe the change in spelling meant that they noticed the "Beat-less" thing and took "The Beatles" as a little in-joke.

Coolhandjjl · #46 12-16-2012, 03:04 PM

Not sure I follow. It had to sound like the insect, IE, Buddy Holly and the Crickets. The switch from Beet to Beat was their play on words. Beatless would have lost the insect reference. Yeah, my typo on Silver Beetles

Kenzy · #47 12-16-2012, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Coolhandjjl

Not sure I follow. It had to sound like the insect, IE, Buddy Holly and the Crickets. The switch from Beet to Beat was their play on words. Beatless would have lost the insect reference. Yeah, my typo on Silver Beetles

Yeah I gotcha, man. Either way, it stands that with the addition of a single letter their name becomes "The Beatless" which may or may not have been intentional, and we'll never know either way, right? And this is pretty removed from the OP's post, now...

vishuddha · #48 12-17-2012, 12:07 AM

Band name is such a game changer for me... If you don't like the name, and they don't seem willing to change it (change it completely, for God's sake), don't invest any more time into this band. Your band name is the first thing people are going to see, and if they think it's stupid, the group will go nowhere.

blipndub · #49 12-17-2012, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisB2

Kideous

This /\ but you all have to wear striped spandex

MarkMgibson · #50 12-17-2012, 09:10 AM

It's a bloody awful name, whether or not they wear spandex (what the f**k?). You're part of the band, so do whatever it takes to change the name. Otherwise, I'd suggest wearing a mask while you're playing.

Depth_Charge · #51 12-17-2012, 11:29 PM

Wear masks you say?
"Kid Rott and the Slip Knots"

Coolhandjjl · #52 12-18-2012, 07:44 AM

Transposing letters or parts of words can be fun. I believe that is known as a 'Spoonerism'.

Local act "Yogi and the Boo-Booze garnered the attention of the Hollywood studio that owns Yogi Bear, so to avoid lawyers fees, they changed their name to Boogie and the Yo-Yo's. (And got lots of free publicity during the process as well.)