leftybassman392 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) Past band names include (in no particular order): [i]Nude Kids on the Block The Blooze Brothers Tango With Dignity Rich Clifford[/i] In Tango we occasionally used to do spoof 'tours', of which the most memorable would have to be the time we gigged as Malt Loaf on the 'Boat out of Hull' tour. We had a brilliant caricaturist who did all our posters for us - completely free but done to a very high standard: I still have a couple of them up on the wall in my man-cave. Happy days! I had cause to remember this recently at the funeral of my former bandmate and close friend Malcolm, who came up with most of our best publicity and who died of bowel cancer in March. Edited May 1, 2017 by leftybassman392 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 [quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1493635113' post='3289533'] Thank you (and your friend!). Where did they see us? [/quote] I think it was The Dirty Donkey. He took some pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 That was just a couple of days ago, we had a great time playing there, but it was our second gig of the day and we didn't finish until half one! Just heard from our drummer, he and the guitarist (in one car) took a wrong turn around Oxford and didn't get back to Swindon until after 4 AM! They still think it was a good gig. If your mate would like to share the pics, that'd make the band very happy If they have Facebook, sharing them or linking them to our page [color=#000000][font=Helvetica][size=3]https://www.facebook.com/TheWirebirds.UK/ would be the easiest way. Cheers![/size][/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I'm in a band called Dandelion Pussy. The singer emailed me after the breakup of a previous band saying "I'm starting a disco-punk band called Dandelion Pussy, will you be my drummer?" I begged her to let me play bass but that role was already taken, and I just had to be a part of it based solely on the name. She can't quite explain it, it just "came to her" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I'm in several bands at the moment (and always seems to be the case!) With a recently formed band, in which I play double bass, and we play a bit of Bluegrass, Cajun, 30's / 40's Jazz and some blues.... We had named ourselves "The Soggy Mountain Boys" - as we all like "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" and were trying to sound a bit like the music of that film. Another reason for the name, was the fact that 2 of us live one side of Caerphilly mountain, and the other 2 live the other side... and it's often raining in South Wales.... Unfortunately, there was already a band with that name, albeit in the US - we decided to find a new name. It took a while and there were several suggestions from each of us, but driving over said mountain, we were discussing how, in our advancing years, 3 of us had fairly recently discovered the merits of Whisky, I had an idea - and now we are called "The Old Grey Whisky Testers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I dabble in three bands currently :- Declined Transaction - this is made up of colleagues from work, Barclaycard, and we play pop punk . NightOwl - hard rock covers pub band (girl singers) and just named yesterday Hoaxx (much more contemporary covers) -the double XX to make searches easier! Declined Transaction came very quickly, the others took some time and lots of FBing and Googling. We take the view that if it fits and there isn't another band operating in our patch /or who are really well known with the same name then crack on - it's pub rock after all. Getting something unique is less important than getting something that fits and sounds good. Having gigged as Dumper, Red Raw & Sore and playing for a one and only time as Turbo Condom and the Fish Fingers I am much happier with the current names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish jack Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hi I've just joined. Does anyone know how I can contact Low End Bee. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 We're still trying to decide on a band name, nearly a year and a half in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushscored4 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 14 hours ago, Skybone said: We're still trying to decide on a band name, nearly a year and a half in. The Procrastinators?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 A pub I was having a meal in had a board uo with who was playing there next Friday, Saturday, etc. One of the bands were called 'The Wives Aren't Happy', I had a little chuckle at that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 54 minutes ago, rushscored4 said: The Procrastinators?! We'll have to think about that, we'll get back to you in time... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Ooh, good subject. The Dags: This is what Australian shepherds call the poop that sticks to the wool round a sheeps a-hole. The Irvines Are Back: This was a bit of graffiti written high up on the wall in the queuing area at Universal Studios 'Kongfrontation' ride. Nancy Johnson: From a photograph at the Gregory Crewdson 'Beneath The Roses' exhibition (I can't post it here as it's NSFW). 96 Decibels: Mott The Hoople, innit? Pink Eye: Because it's funny. There was a local band who had a band called Brother Toboggan which was 100% genius. Edited April 22, 2018 by NancyJohnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 In Nottingham in the 60s, "The Mason-Dixon Line", we figured everyone would recognise the name, but hopefully wouldn’t immediately come up with the original. As has been said in a previous post, very 6th form.... Current (as yet) jamming band, Cabin Crew, because we rehearse in a log cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 My friend Rowland Jones - an excellent blues man - plays with so many different local musicians from time to time that they're called "Rowland and the Moveable Feast". I'm now playing in the Plastic Mojo Blues Band - my idea, it was meant to be just a private joke taking the mickey out of ourselves, but the others all seem to share the same strange sense of humour and decided to go public with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 On 4/21/2018 at 17:45, irish jack said: Hi I've just joined. Does anyone know how I can contact Low End Bee. Many thanks. You could try sending him a personal message. Find a posting (there's one in this thread), mouse over the user name and you should get an option to send a message to him. And we could try this: @Low End Bee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I think it's quite useful to do the due diligence of google searches to see who is already using the name, and what you might run into. Hopefully not loads of porn sites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordep Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 My band is called Paradox Twins, which came from twin paradox (a theory related to relativity..I think), which we only learned about while in a rehearsal break and CSI is on the telly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 My main band CaseHardin took their name from a serial killer in Boston Terrain's book God is a Bullet. The Jimmy Sixes is an engine part & we just thought it sounded cool. Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival we just thought was funny & to be honest we just formed the band around the name from a jokey pub conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Newest band I'm in is called 16 Choke Start - our first band "discussion" came after jamming a new song and trying to decide whether to start it with 16 or 8 cymbal chokes. My other band is called Dredd and the Badass Weeds - on our first jam together (in 1983!) someone said we sounded dreadful, mainly because we'd all been smoking too much weed... And I was also in a band called Barf Roco. We were originally called Barf; one of the band members decided it was wise to spray some graffiti to get our name known (I know, Jack Daniels etc). He thought "Barf Rocks" would convey the message but due to drunken misspelling he wrote "Barf Roco". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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