In addition to my tribute band I am in a 3 piece cover band project and we have settled on The Wallomatics for our name. The name comes from the table top jukeboxes we used to see in diners.
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Classic! Yeah, I think almost every district in North America has at least one band called Old Farts, so Vintage Winds is perfect!
I think the other connotation would be great promo for the band! Keep 'em guessing!
Also a pretty cool name, even if accidental!Once I accidentally named an original band I was in. We were auditioning bassists and drummers. (I played guitar at the time) While tuning up, the keyboard player was producing this insect-like sound, I commented "Ahh the insect effect". He and the singer look at me all wide-eyed and said "THAT'S IT!!!! THAT'S OUR NAME!" And thus Insect Affect trudged the L.A. club circuit for over 2 years straight.
I'm sure Merle would have approved!Hi,
For a long time I was in a band called "The Runnin' Kind". We would always tell our patrons, "That's right! Merle Haggard named a song after us."
Silly.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Given that she was drunk, she won't even be able to remember and take credit for it!
My username comes from an old band name. We were sitting around the guitarist's house trying to figure out a name. We were drinking (you guessed it) Two Fingers tequila.
I once played in a band called "Three Bags Full". It came about from the drummer. Instead of answering "yes" to a question, he would say "Yes sir. Yes sir." Remember the old poem?
Black sheep, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
Most of our fans thought it was a reference to three bags of weed.
I once had a pistol drawn on me because of a band name snafu. The band name was "Borderline" because the band members lived near the NC/VA border. We played new (at the time.... mid 80s) and classic rock. We were booked in a club by mistake. They usually had country bands. Turns out there was a country band named Borderline with all of the members living near the NC/TN border. They thought we wuz them. We wuzn't them. It didn't end well. Toward the end of the third set, a huge cowboy (the bouncer) literally whipped out a huge revolver and placed it on the stage exclaiming "You boweez iz cutn it awf raht nayah!!!" The rest of the band members were in their thirties. They started yelling at the guy about pulling out a gun. I was 15 or 16 years old. I wuz skeert!!! I packed up and rolled out.
I once played in a band called "Three Bags Full". It came about from the drummer. Instead of answering "yes" to a question, he would say "Yes sir. Yes sir." Remember the old poem?
Black sheep, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
Most of our fans thought it was a reference to three bags of weed.
I once had a pistol drawn on me because of a band name snafu. The band name was "Borderline" because the band members lived near the NC/VA border. We played new (at the time.... mid 80s) and classic rock. We were booked in a club by mistake. They usually had country bands. Turns out there was a country band named Borderline with all of the members living near the NC/TN border. They thought we wuz them. We wuzn't them. It didn't end well. Toward the end of the third set, a huge cowboy (the bouncer) literally whipped out a huge revolver and placed it on the stage exclaiming "You boweez iz cutn it awf raht nayah!!!" The rest of the band members were in their thirties. They started yelling at the guy about pulling out a gun. I was 15 or 16 years old. I wuz skeert!!! I packed up and rolled out.
I made a suggestion to look in the at the names of race horses, some of those names are very cool names.
We settled on "Thundergun". Nothing to do with race horses though.
We settled on "Thundergun". Nothing to do with race horses though.
I briefly joined a new incarnation of Machine Jam*, which had been a reasonably successful pub band in Christchurch.
In one of the discussions about the new name, the subject of DNA came up, and somebody was talking about the structure of the molecule.
"You mean the double-helix?" I ask.
"That's it! That's what we're calling ourselves!"
I was replaced soon afterwards by a guitarist who could actually play lead, and I kinda lost track of what happened from there. Looks like they went back to the original name. Never mind...
*No, I never did find out where the previous name came from.
...then I search for the band to find out what happened, and discover that the drummer also played for Babies On Fire, which I still think is the best party-band name I've ever heard.
In one of the discussions about the new name, the subject of DNA came up, and somebody was talking about the structure of the molecule.
"You mean the double-helix?" I ask.
"That's it! That's what we're calling ourselves!"
I was replaced soon afterwards by a guitarist who could actually play lead, and I kinda lost track of what happened from there. Looks like they went back to the original name. Never mind...
*No, I never did find out where the previous name came from.
...then I search for the band to find out what happened, and discover that the drummer also played for Babies On Fire, which I still think is the best party-band name I've ever heard.
I have this terribly annoying habit of switching the first letter of the first word in any phrase or name with the first letter of the second word, for example "Lef Deppard" etc.
So, my first band in 1986, we were sitting around trying like hell to come up with a name for our band, and someone asked if we had looked thru any books (right!
) and another guy said..."Dude we have looked in every nook and cranny"...so my compulsive name flip thing kicked in...and thus "Crooked Nanny" was born.
I know, its cheesy and silly but it was original and perfect for a band of teenage yahoos who were playing KISS, Ratt, and Motley Crue covers
So, my first band in 1986, we were sitting around trying like hell to come up with a name for our band, and someone asked if we had looked thru any books (right!
) and another guy said..."Dude we have looked in every nook and cranny"...so my compulsive name flip thing kicked in...and thus "Crooked Nanny" was born. I know, its cheesy and silly but it was original and perfect for a band of teenage yahoos who were playing KISS, Ratt, and Motley Crue covers
Holy crap! What a crazy story! Kinda like that scene in the Blues Brothers when they play at the country bar. I like the 3 Bags Full name. Again, works on different levels depending how people interpret it.
Excellent idea! Here are some at a glance that would be cool: Whirlaway, Smarty Jones, Affirmed, Unbridled, Phar Lap, War Admiral, Spectacular Bid, Big Brown, Frankel, Sunday Silence, Genuine Risk, Winx...there are so many of them. That is a killer suggestion!I made a suggestion to look in the at the names of race horses, some of those names are very cool names.
We settled on "Thundergun". Nothing to do with race horses though.
I actually like that!I have this terribly annoying habit of switching the first letter of the first word in any phrase or name with the first letter of the second word, for example "Lef Deppard" etc.
So, my first band in 1986, we were sitting around trying like hell to come up with a name for our band, and someone asked if we had looked thru any books (right!
I know, its cheesy and silly but it was original and perfect for a band of teenage yahoos who were playing KISS, Ratt, and Motley Crue covers
