Original band name?

[two fingers]

Originally Posted by Bassquest

My band in the 60's was 'Stained Glass Illusion' but everybody knew what we were up to and called us 'Strange Grass Confusion'.

Did a short stint in a hard rock band as a teenager. It was called "Xylyx" (Zi- lix) Turns out it's a beetle in Africa (IIRC). Anyway, all of my friends called the band Ex-lax. Dang.

[Einherjar]

I'm still gunning for the name "8% Breakfast" (beer reference) but the guitard is, well... A guitard. And keeps denying it for really ****ing stupid names that make no sense at all because he smokes too much pot. YMMV.

[Tactician]

In a pub conversation I was telling the band about a student I had. His name sunded like it had been created for a band. Seth Kreager. I was saying maybe we could take that name to do a blues only version of the band - called The Seth Kreager Band - although not including the 11 year old student - just steal his name.

What then surprised us was the next table said they thought we couldn't do that because they thought they already had an album from The Seth Kreager Band and thought they might have even been to a gig by them. No such band existed - I'd just made it up - shows you how some names just sound so natural for a band name!

[bostonasphalt2]

My friends call their metal band "Friday night sissy fight", because try always argue after drinking on Friday nights but no one will step up to be a man an challenge one another lol

[ChrisB2]

Originally Posted by tekdiver500ft

I was in a metal band called "Anal Seepage..."

Nine words I would never want to say...

[Feral Feline]

I searched google for the name of one of my bands, and the only thing that came up was us. There was another band with half our name and something else, so I'm happy with our name. It reflects the music we play (rootsy Delta blues) and it is unique to us.

Searched for another name of another band I'm in and it, too, is unique.

A Celtic band I used to be in had but one other rival to the name and the other band spelt the name incorrectly.

The bluegrass band I was in was also unique in name.


Some suggestions for naming a band – mix some or all of the following:
- Location
- member names
- steer clear of clichés (ex. if you're in a blues band leave "blues" out of the name)
- throw in a superlative
- anagrams (as suggested by someone else in this thread)
- use a dictionary & thesaurus
- solicit suggestions from friends & family and take what you need/like
- use an online band-name generator as inspiration, but not for the actual name (the best names come from thought, not from online band-name generators, IMHO)
- consider the type of music you're playing and intended audience and home in on an aspect of that genre
- mix up some song titles from a short list of songs that epitomize what you do

Not many bands can transcend a schitty name (there's always exceptions); IMO a name is very important, just wish I could convince my fiddler friend of that as he just doesn't give a rat's patootie.

[fivestringgecko]

Originally Posted by Feral Feline

Not many bands can transcend a schitty name (there's always exceptions); IMO a name is very important, just wish I could convince my fiddler friend of that as he just doesn't give a rat's patootie.

I agree, for sure. Some good suggestions in your post Feral. Mine was more tongue in cheek.

Just tried googling the band names of the gigs I've got and I'm happy as well... my bands are the ones that come up for both (and a 3rd I just auditioned for). Even better, I dig all their names!

5sg.

[ShonenCello]

Dumpster Baby

You can have it if you want. My bandmates rejected it totally (and they never agree on anything).

[SnowCal]

I like band names with good SEO. In other words, you can easily get into the top 10 Google results. People are lazy. Make things easy for them. I'm also against mis-spelled and hard to spell words for that reason. If you have a website you want people to be able to find it, and people are lazy.

PS: For actual names, start reading history books. There are lots of decent band names in weird places that are unused and that have good SEO. And plenty of them don't sound like you stole them from a non-fiction book at all. Name your band after a nuke test. Nobody will even guess.

[BuffaloBassman]

Someone said it, but I like the idea of incorporating something that relates to your band. You've got modern rock and classic rock, go with something modern and something classic.
Dust & Chrome
Junior and the Geriatrics
Digital Dinoband
Dirt Funk
Krusty Mudhens
Voodoo Jive

Like the guys said, just start throwing stuff together and see what comes up.

[SnowCal]

On the subject of nuclear band names, I'm wondering what sorta band 'Frigate Bird' would be. Folk rock?

I'm guessing 'Castle Bravo' would be electronic. And 'Ivy Mike' a little punk. 'Tellar-Ulam' for the metal kids. Maybe a Christian worship group could snag 'Trinity Test'.

[tbplayer59]

Schrodinger's Dog

[SnowCal]

Originally Posted by tbplayer59

Schrodinger's Dog

It ate and didn't eat the cat at the same time?

[REME7178]

Blood Sharts or Sharts of Blood.

Did you really come on TB and ask that, you kind of leave yourself wide open don't you think? Serious anwser now, how about:

Crimson Sky or Long Time Comming

[Mike N]

Whiskey Richard
Telepathy
Black Ice
Times Are Tough
Relaxed Atmosphere
Aqueduct Pocket
Third World lover

[Kmonk]

Originally Posted by Bassquest

My band in the 60's was 'Stained Glass Illusion' but everybody knew what we were up to and called us 'Strange Grass Confusion'.

Well, it was the 60's!

[Kmonk]

Monica's Dress
One Big A$$ Spider

[pushbuttonfour]

Whatever you do, don't do "The [your name] Band." Ugh. So uncreative.

[JSK5String]

Torpedo Pie


(Beef torpedo + Muff pie). ;-)

[jugglingfreak]

Originally Posted by FatherG

Gorbachev's Birthmark

I like it.


here's a few:

Spazmodius
Pope Regis
Porkchop Express
Pazuzu's Patrons