A Name Game

I just wanna see if this works...

Post your bands name/potential bands name and see what people think.

Our Band have been wrecking and bashing heads about a band name for the last 3 months. We finally decided on...

..."The Burma Shade"

Wotcha think?

Doctor J

The way I look as band names is to visualise it on a poster. If you passed by and saw the name would it interest you in going to see the band unheard on the strength of the name alone.

Sorry man, the Burma Shade wouldn't interrupt my strut

Having said that, I saw a band in Whelans ages ago called Screaming Geisha (I think),, thought they were pretty damn good but oh what a dreadful name. Saw them again last night and it turns out they're now called Angels Of Mons, damn good and a slightly better name

magpie

Read all about it http://www.aftermathww1.com/legend.asp

Between this lot, Franz Ferdinand and British Sea Power going around in their ww1 uniforms it seems that the new, hip thing is the enormous, galling waste of human life that was The First World War. Try calling yourselves Thiepval Wood and watch your career skyrocket.

"The Burma Shade" sucks btw

Danke Schon.
Honest opinions always welcome.

Some other names:
The Deal,
50 FT Queenie
Jemima Fluffer and the Rag Dolls
Malaquente

And unfortunately...
...Pariah (it's taken, check out www.pariah.de for the kewlest pointer in the world!)

Doctor J

Pariah were an 80's Metal band IIRC.

I'd avoid someone else's song title as a name, it can pigeonhole a band into a sound or genre and folks are getting tired of "The" bands.

Band name generating is a poxy business

Doctor J, ne'er a truer word was said

Diarmsquid

The Schizophrenic Polar Bears

Doctor J

Best and Worst band name I was ever associated with was

Morgue-Asm

You didn't make it then?

Doctor J

Sadly no. Neither did Broken Holmes Angry Watson

Sleepy

Doctor J, they are both fantastic names, the first got a genuine LOL.

I personally love the brother's band's name: "Just..."

eclectichoney

I had always thought:

the Kafka Revolutionaries
Moon Palace
The Introspective Raincoats

broken holmes angry watson is fantastic!

Karl Hungus

Well, my band shall be going under the monicker "Enraptured" which last time I checked, didn't seem to be taken, but you never know.

magpie

Passchendaele

rain on

Doctor J wrote:

The way I look as band names is to visualise it on a poster. If you passed by and saw the name would it interest you in going to see the band unheard on the strength of the name alone.

Sorry man, the Burma Shade wouldn't interrupt my strut

Having said that, I saw a band in Whelans ages ago called Screaming Geisha (I think),, thought they were pretty damn good but oh what a dreadful name. Saw them again last night and it turns out they're now called Angels Of Mons, damn good and a slightly better name

it wasn't Thrashing Geisha, was it? was chatting to this guy outside practice a year or two ago and we were doing the 'tell me about your band' thing.. his was called Thrashing Geisha. I think I managed not to cringe visibly.

I'm not telling my bands' names.. I'm in two bands and i don't like either of the names, but in one I was outvoted and in the other the name was decided on before I joined.

djpk

What about....Four 20?

i think a good name is something mermorable and easy to spell tbh.

DerekD Goldfish

..."The Burma Shade

Its a bit like Mission of Burma
the great ealrly 80's boston post punk band

Tyrrial

i'll like a band name if i can
a) pronounce it
and
b) spell it

i've always liked one word band names. like "Catastrophe" thats a nice word!
a name that trys to hard to be strange is easy to ignore and difficult to remember

Doctor J

rain on wrote:

it wasn't Thrashing Geisha, was it? was chatting to this guy outside practice a year or two ago and we were doing the 'tell me about your band' thing.. his was called Thrashing Geisha. I think I managed not to cringe visibly.

Could have been indeed. Twas either that or Screaming/Screeching Geisha, two tall lads and a wee lad with a hat playing drums. Good band, dreadful name. Good to see things are going well for them now.

Gross Halfwit

Johnny Rip and the Bastards.

Nobody steal it!!!!

Cousin it

djpk wrote:

What about....Four 20?

i think a good name is something mermorable and easy to spell tbh.

good name. pity it's taken though. also a drug reference as your name may give people the wrong (or right) impression

SprostonGreen

Geansai Loada Porn

Genghis Khan and Will

dream brother

The Driftwood Band is the name of our band. Took ages to come up with a decent name, had 'Hector Pickaxe and the Floating CrowBars' and 'The Magic Band' as names but alas they didn't stick

SprostonGreen

SprostonGreen wrote:

Genghis Khan and Will

That's bleedin' great!!!

Is it taken?

SprostonGreen

Papa Smut wrote:

That's bleedin' great!!!

Is it taken?

No, its not taken, feel free!!

magpie

Everyone knows all the most successful bands have names based on terrible puns.

Doctor J

Did I ever tell ya about my time in Jesus Shaves?

magpie

How many bands have you been in J?

magpie

magpie wrote:

How many bands have you been in J?

You DO realize Dr J is in fact 95 years old?

That boyo has been around the block

Doctor J

Several, but sometimes we only got a couple of jams out of it before it all fell asunder. Start with the name and take it from there, that's how it goes.

I've a list of literally hundreds of gruesome bandnames/songtitles at home for when I make "the big time"


I'm just busting at the sphincter to release the likes of Turtle Head Exposure, Child Scream Muffler, Cataracts Of Light, Clotted Scenario and my own personal favourite Exhumation: Eva Braun on an unsuspecting public

magpie

Care to join me in 4001: A Bass Odyssey?

Doctor J

You know I'll only be able to star in the sequel 4003 : Bassballs

magpie

Four Strings and a LIttle Lady

RE*AC*TOR

Care to join me in 4001: A Bass Odyssey?

The fish or the beer?

reminds me of


Spokesman: How many times has this happened to you? You have a bass, and you're trying to find an exciting new way to prepare it for the dinner table. You could scale the bass, remove the bass' tail, head and bones, and serve the fish as you would any other fish dinner. But why bother, now that you can use Rovco's amazing new kitchen tool, the Super Bass-o-Matic '76. Yes, fish-eaters, the days of troublesome scaling, cutting and gutting are over, because Super Bass-o-Matic '76 is the tool that lets you use the bass with no fish waste, and without scaling, cutting or gutting.

Here's how it works: Catch a bass, remove the hook, and drop the bass - that's the whole bass - into the Super Bass-o-Matic '76. [ drops the bass into the blender ] Now, adjust the control dial so that the bass is blended just the way you like it. [ turns blender on and grinds it to a pulp ] Yes, it's that simple!

Bass-Drinker: [ drinks a glassful of bass ] Wow, that's terrific bass!

Spokesman: We've got fish here, fast and easy and ready to pour, mmm-mmm! Super Bass-o-Matic '76 comes with ten interchangeable rotors, a nine-month guarantee, and a booklet: 1,001 Ways to Harness Bass. Super Bass-o-Matic '76 works great on sunfish, perch, sole, and other small aquatic creatures. [ blends one of each ]

Super Bass-o-Matic '76 - it's clean, simple, and after five or ten fish, it gets to be quite a rush! Super Bass-o-Matic '76 - you'll never have to scale, cut or gut again!

magpie

All your bass are belong to.... I'll stop now.

hardCopy

"Origin of the Faeces"

My friend and I have a pact that if we ever start a band this will be our first album, sadly neither of us can sing or play anything.