October 14, 2005
mad beats
once a week or so, cd101 has this rock band name game – where callers try to figure out which band names are real, and which are made-up. some of the fake ones are actually pretty good, so that got me thinking about what I would name a band if I had the chance. after all, it seems like the creativity is gone these days… “the killers”, “the strokes”, “the [lead singer] band”, they make great music, but their names are all generic. bring back the days of “strawberry alarm clock” and “creedence clearwater revival”.
actually, I’m kind of partial to real items and phrases. otherwise you get crap like “third eye blind” or “deep blue something”… shitty names for equally shitty bands.
so here’s my list so far:
- freezer burn
- spider hole
- old kentucky shark
- bipolar bear
- pyroclastic flow
- spirit fingers
- o-ring
- some sort of acronym that spells out SARS
wyld stallynsalready taken- paper jam
- up your craw
- boss
- spidey sense
- be excellent
- liquid hot magma
- in die augen*
- pretty much anything in barbarella
* stolen from big al and harmon k.
14th Oct 05 @ 01:37 PM
Cheese Dance
Beer Engineer
Enbalmed Grandparent
17th Oct 05 @ 11:35 PM
My favorite idea is from a sign I saw tacked to a telephone pole
“Bad Kitty Missin”
18th Oct 05 @ 09:08 AM
I would name my band Elemenopy. As in L, M, N, O, P.
Or…
Hobo Jungle
Pamplona
Bored of Education
18th Oct 05 @ 05:37 PM
“In die Augen,” originally from the gritty south side of Dresden, plays an eclectic synthesis of heavy metal and porno soundtracks.