Some of my friends and I are considering starting a band, but we need a name. We have considered:
The Rolling Oranges
Get Off My Monkey
Dead Smiley Face
Penguins on TV
Penguins with Smallpox
Cross-Eyed Mimes
We kind of have an insanity thing going on. We plan it to be a rock band and can't decide. Better suggestions? Votes for one listed? Help would be appreciated.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I love Get Off My Monkey. *looks innocent*
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Insane Penguins?
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Hmm. What age range are you attempting to appeal to? Don't go with the monkey one. If you want something funny - find a name that's clever and original. The whole "monkey" joke is as old as Grandma Moses.
space opera
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Insane Penguin Mimes!!!!! IPM
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Entropia. Or, in Greek - Εντροπια (Please excuse spelling mistakes).
[ January 27, 2005, 05:10 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Sebborea One State Two State Red State Blue State (might be a lil long) The Tapeworms Cacophany Love Cactus (I dunno, sounds sexy, yet painful.) To Be Announced Steve Rodgers and the 24th Centuries 5 Car Pile-up
Band names are fun and easy...
hmm..
how about "Fun and Easy"?
Pix
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Shouldn't that be "Seborrhea"?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Also, I do like Love Cactus. It works on so many levels.
Then there's Circus Bondage.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Thanks KQ =) I KNEW I mis-spelled that but I was having too much fun coming up with names to run it through the checker
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
My suggestion, don't pick any of the names currently suggested.
Also, To Be Announced has been done before, so you can't.
But good luck on the band thing. It's tough work. What kind of music? Rock is sorta general.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
The Pavement is Calling...on second thought you can't have that one. i have it slated as the name of my band when i form it. even if its just me with a mouth harp.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
We were planning on Hard Rock that would appeal to all ages. Sort of a Green Day sort of thing but a little less punk(we don't want to look Gothic). Band names...fun and easy? You want to bet.....we've been thinking about it for months......how about Solar-Powered Calculator? That was another on of our ideas...........and actually Love Cactus had been suggested by turned down immediately(everyone thought it made us sound soft)........we've also considered Human Invaders..........but we all thought that was kind of weird...
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
also considering:
Jack in the Box
At Gun Point
Don't Touch That Dial
Blow Up
Why Won't You Die?
Bird House
Dead Fish
Stab You With A Spoon
Bad Marketing
[ January 27, 2005, 05:48 PM: Message edited by: SteveRogers ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I like the allusion in "Why Won't You Die".
The Princess Bride rocks.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: Hard Rock
Entropia is perfect for you! Sophisticated, with a destructive meaning, hard, tough, rough - and yet it can appeal to all.
I'd like to get a serious morphological, etymological or semantical discussion on why not to use Entropia.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I'm partial to Fun & Easy. I would go to a show by a group named Fun & Easy without knowing anything about their music, just so I could make naughty jokes.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
And just imagine the T-shirt possibilities...
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Phospholipid Bilayer
Bobo and the Bourgeoisie
The Rats of NIMH
The Krebs Cycle
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
Puncture Bag
Just the Juice
Wash Your Face
Perfect Taste
Pills on Wheels
Back Pocket
Two Left Shoe
Wide Eyed Hobbit
Paddled Illusion
Kronkers
Casserole Junkie
Tape Delay
Chick Digger
Cash Box
Nose Bleed
Slammed
Damn Neighbor
Discount Puppet
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
Duuuuuuude Sublime Pie The Generic Rock Band Uncle Ben's Wild Oats ... As A Bag of Hammers My Baloney's Middle Name
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
The Rotten Mould
The Necrominded Steelers
Iuvenes Aurorarum
Microwitted Twitteroos
The Lazy Slobs of Dumpvill
The Spleen-Stomached Repulsion
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
Bagged Cat
Potato Knee
Ship My Pants
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Hey! I at least post things with PROFOUND MEANING. Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Drinking in a Bar
Skratch and Sniff
We can get gross...
Week Old Jock Strap
Wierd... High as a Snail
Whatever
I've recently thought of starting a band called "Boris and the Bearitones"
[ January 27, 2005, 07:47 PM: Message edited by: Boris ]
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
Raging Child
The Gnome Spinners
Patch Maker
The Human Aggressors
The HazmatZ
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
It appears your choices are:
Back Pocket
Why Won't You Die?
Human Aggresors
Discount Puppets
Profound Meaning
The Rolling Oranges
Entropia
Posted by Liaison (Member # 6873) on :
Hate Cactus? Lol...you said Love Cactus was too soft.
Eutectic
Nuts and Volts
You Thought Wrong
Wow...those were lame. The creative juices are not flowing. The rest of you are coming up with awesome ones, but I'd also recommend ditching the original ideas.
Edit for thirding Entropia, or is it fourthing?
[ January 27, 2005, 08:28 PM: Message edited by: Liaison ]
Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
Nobody liked Bad Marketing? That was one of my favorites.
I'd also like to cast my vote for Rolling Oranges and Back Pocket. Or why not combine them: Rolling Oranges in My Back Pocket (or Rolling Oranges in Your Back Pocket -- I guess you could pick our pronoun).
Pick Your Pronoun.
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
Vigorous Cactus
Discount Aggresors
Entropeadia
[ January 27, 2005, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: Steev ]
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
I like "Discount Puppets." I would also nominate, as a last minute entry, "Synaptic Plasticity."
I just like to say "Synaptic Plasticity."
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
A Contradiction in Terms Tautology Cognitive Dissonance
(as long as we're playing that game... )
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
While we're coming up with biochemistry/cell/biology names, how about... Golgi apparatus Endoplasmic reticulum Gastrulatin' Baby The Electron Transport Chain Gang C8H10N4O2 (Caffeine) C6H12O6 (Sucrose) Extracellular Matrix Peptide and Chyme Wait for No Man
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
How about "No Cover?"
Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :
"The Homicidal Lemmings?"
One of my friends wanted to start a band like that.
Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :
@$$monkey
hee
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
From the forum thread titles:
Meat in Heaven Heydag and Other Legal Types Metaphorical Bad Help I Need a Name Sleep Apnea and the Zombies Dog~baBarKing Mbarrassing eMales PassionSnub NoNiPoD Shroud of da Vinci DayXchange Hyde the Hatred First Cut Metastatic Hope Humans without Borders Clean Your Screen Kids And Number Theory NewToys Talkabout Weird Lost Spoils AdamSasSteroid Meme in Progress
Spellings, capitalizations, lack of spacing, and lack of punctuation are all deliberate, placed for puns/references. Except the ~ , which should be replaced by the linked-to logic gate symbol.
[ January 27, 2005, 11:40 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
How about "This band name is so long it will probably take you longer to say it that it is really worth so just give us a nickname!"
Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
Accidental Virgins Shaved Chipmunks Monochrome Fantasy Gastropod (you would have to play all of your music prone) Kentucky Fried Cats Why Not Parapet The Forsaken Flesh Wound Airsick Chaingang Last Meal
I actually did like Bad Marketing.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Discount Puppets
Profound Meaning
The Rolling Oranges
Entropia
Oranges in Your Back Pocket
Bad Marketing
This is what the guys have narrowed down to. NO more suggestions...just vote on one of these.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Of those choices,
I vote for Profound Meaning
FG
( are you sure all of these aren't just Google-whack choices?)
[ January 28, 2005, 09:36 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
If you're going to be fun and pop-y, Oranges in Your Back Pocket. It's saucy. If you were planning on taking yourselves too seriously, Entropia.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Ok, narrowed down again:
Bad Marketing
Entropia
Profound Meaning
Oranges in Your Back Pocket
DON'T suggest a new name just vote on ONE of these.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
How bout I vote against both Bad Marketing and Profound Meaning. Either of the other two are ok.
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
I just have to say that if I had a band, I would name it Eyeless Silas...
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Now, you don't have to take my advice (but I really hope you do) but I really think you should consider naming your band something that has meaning to you and your bandmates, not just some cute catch phrase. For instance: name your band after a place that all of you love (a hangout). Having this type of name makes for a good story for your fans to read about when someone publishes your biography (or does a special for "when you were famous"!) Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
All of your finalists are unap-peal- ing at myself. Tres Drole, MT.
Annie had the best set overall.
I vote for the Orange thing. It's the least pretentious of the name choices.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I'd re-arrange the last one also to Back Pocket Oranges
More succint and catchy. More than three words, are bad for a band title. How many big pop groups do you know that have more than three words? The Smashing Pumpkins is 3 max.
Pickpocket Oranges might be a possiblity too.
[ January 28, 2005, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Ok again narrowed down:
Pickpocket Oranges
Entropia
Profound Meaning
Bad Marketing
Pick ONE and vote on it ONCE these are the finalists so lets try and make a GOOD decision. The guys like all of these and can't decide so please be HELPFUL.
[ January 28, 2005, 07:48 PM: Message edited by: SteveRogers ]
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
dang.. I was gonna vote for Profound Meaning...
Guess I gotta vote for Bad Marketing then
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote: dang.. I was gonna vote for Profound Meaning...
Why didn't you? It is on the list....or at least I thought it was. Yeah it is......so whatever Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I still need people to vote....please help me....before they flog me....please hurry Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Bad Marketing, all the way.
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
One consideration you need to look into is search engine optimization (yes, I'm totally serious). As a new band, you will need a good web campaign to help build your fan base. Can people google your band's name and find it within the first two pages?
My vote: Pickpokcet oranges There is no search results on google for the search term "pickpocket oranges" band.
Entropia - Great name, but there is already an album called Entropia. If someone googled "entropia" "band", they will get that other group instead of you.
Profound Meaning - Your fans will wade through pages of Grateful Dead and Dylan sites before they find you.
Bad Marketing - The name says it all.
quote:( are you sure all of these aren't just Google-whack choices?)
Farmgirl you read my mind.
[ January 31, 2005, 10:13 AM: Message edited by: vwiggin ]
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