musicbassman Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, discreet said: is this you..? Blimey, they look like the boys down the local Quickfit tyres. Wheel balancing is extra, Sir. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 12 hours ago, MoonBassAlpha said: Charms Against the Evil Eye Heavy alt rock, goth burlesque frontwoman with tats and panda eye shadow. Makes me think of Evanescence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I know it isn’t a band name but I still think Ten Benson’s album Satan Kidney Pie is possibly the best album name ever. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 My (drummer) son's first band were "The Trolls of Fortune" (20+ years ago, long before "troll" meant what it does now), which I still love, but wouldn't work now. (Btw they evolved - without him - into The Cadillac Three.) My ex-band took most of the 6 months i was with them to agree a name, which was a good indication of the lack of community. They settled on "The Late Bus", which prompted me to write a song called "When the Wheels Come Off the Late Bus" (I actually think it's a good song, a blues/gospel take-off from "This Train".) Prophetic, as they collapsed completely soon after I left, without ever playing a gig. I'm now playing in the Plastic Mojo Band, a name which I suggested just as an in-joke to poke fun at ourselves as a blues band, but the others share my slightly warped sense of humour and insisted on going public with it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) - Edited March 1, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Jus Lukin said: ...I'm sure we'll find something eventually. Why wait..? Here's a method as good as any (and free..!)... Band Name Generator ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 17 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Why wait..? Here's a method as good as any (and free..!)... Band Name Generator ... Limp Towel?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 There were two pieces of graffiti in my old home town one on a car park sign that just said Slag Bonce and another piece of random writing on a wall that just said President You Slags. Slag Bonce Car Park President You Slags ...I will be in band with one of those names one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 21 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Why wait..? Here's a method as good as any (and free..!)... Band Name Generator ... Why Pigeons, Why? Was the best name it generated for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I usually work for band leaders so the name issue is always a non-issue for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 It works best if the fields are fed with appropriate terms for one's own band, which will 'guide' the random process towards something linked to the band. Simply letting it do any 'random' generation is fun, too, of course, but if a 'blues' influence is important, put some 'bluesy' terms in there. Here's what it came up wit when I fed in Jus Lukin's details... Five Times Blues And Other Band Name Ideas Five Times Blues Justin's Midnight Bluesmen The Quality Bluesmen's Club Justin Talent Blues Deep Blue Day Between the Players and Me Lord of the Blues Lions Blues Dream and a Pinch of Experience Justin's Quality Experience The Quality Players Players Five Flight of the Deep Blue Lions Undercover Experience and the Blues Players Sussex Panic School of the Five Lions Purely Deep Blue Five Lions Rubbish Sussex Lions The Playing Blues Bluesmen Bathtub Playing Playing Players Five Playing Iced Lions Puddle of Experience Blues Blues Blues Super Blues Lions Experience, Players and Lions Les Players Experience Army Experience Failure Allo Players Why Lions, Why? The Kind of Songs Flight of the Players might record Sussex State of Mind try it with Rap Generator Our Blues Experience Love try it with Love Song Generator Our Friday Lions try it with Freestyle Song Generator This Love is Blues But It's Quality try it with Taylor Swift Song Generator If I was your Blues Experience try it with Justin Bieber Song Generator Master Of Sussex try it with Metal Song Generator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 43 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Here's what it came up wit when I fed in Jus Lukin's details... 'Blue Day' works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Dad3353 said: Master Of Sussex try it with Metal Song Generator Back when Hawkwind had smaller ambitions... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) - Edited March 1, 2022 by Jus Lukin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Usually, anything humorous name-wise, puts me off immediately. I've turned down joining bands due to them having a jokey name. Yes, I am a grumpy old b*****d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, leschirons said: Usually, anything humorous name-wise, puts me off immediately. I've turned down joining bands due to them having a jokey name. Quite right, too. How can you expect people to take you seriously if you're clearly not serious yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, discreet said: Quite right, too. How can you expect people to take you seriously if you're clearly not serious yourself? It's a useful get-out clause, though (or get-out claws if the lions are involved) Edited May 21, 2018 by FinnDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just now, FinnDave said: It's a useful get-out clause, though (or get-out claws of the lions are involved) Sounds like a sanity clause... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, discreet said: Sounds like a sanity clause... But it's summer time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just now, FinnDave said: But it's summer time! Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 And anyway, there ain't no such thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, discreet said: Quite right, too. How can you expect people to take you seriously if you're clearly not serious yourself? We're serious about playing - together - as well as we can, but we're not po-faced about it and we don't pretend to be better than we are. We're a cheerful good-time blues band, peeps can see that we're having fun and not above poking fun at ourselves, and they like it. Depends what you mean by "serious" I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 13 minutes ago, discreet said: Quite right, too. How can you expect people to take you seriously if you're clearly not serious yourself? It's not about taking anything seriously. I wouldn't be in a band if it wasn't fun. It's probably just that every jokey band name I've come across seems to have been conceived by the one member who "thinks" he's funny, but in reality, is just an annoying knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) 38 minutes ago, josie said: We're serious about playing - together - as well as we can, but we're not po-faced about it and we don't pretend to be better than we are. We're a cheerful good-time blues band, peeps can see that we're having fun and not above poking fun at ourselves, and they like it. Depends what you mean by "serious" I guess... Sounds very much like a couple of the bands I'm in, one even has 'good time blues-rock band' prints in the business cards. Taking it seriously (for me) means turning up on time, with the necessary gear and knowing what we're going to play. It definitely doesn't exclude having fun while playing! Edited for an addition : Taking it seriously not only means turning up on time, it should also include being in a fit state to play the gig, not incapacitated by drink and/or drugs (like some guitarists and drummers I could name, I'm afraid!) Edited May 21, 2018 by FinnDave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) One of the best gigs I've been to in the last couple of years was these guys at the Godiva festival in Coventry. A couple of weeks later a mate asked me about the festival and I found myself saying ' Slaves were amazing' The pub didn't go quiet, nobody else heard. But that's the kind of band name that, when referenced in conversation and overheard in passing, could lead to some serious misunderstandings. Edited May 21, 2018 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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