Good names for indie bands taken from geography textbooks

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I'd like to start with Urban Sprawl, Hanging Valley, and The Striations.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:34 (twenty years ago)

Scree!

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

Caprivi Strip (the very northeastern part of Namibia)

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

The Roche-Moutonees.
Terminal Moraine.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

Ravenna

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

Longshore Drift.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

Altostratus.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

Camp David (solo artist)

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

Map Ref. 41N 93W -- oh wait.

I decided a while ago that if the Moraine Music Group company ever contests the name of my musical project, I'll convert it to Terminal Moraine and see if they'll stand for that.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Mariana Trench
Mongolia

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:40 (twenty years ago)

Ramble Brook and the Ravines

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

Heliosphere

(I think I'm coming up with hair metal bands rather than indie bands, but hell)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)

The Confluence of the Ashley and Cooper

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)

Oxbow Lake & Palmer

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

The Doldrums (this *has* to have been done, right?)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

Tundra

Oxbow Lake

xpost :)

― The Future Sound of Archel, Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

The Horse Latitudes

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Sargasso

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Dubplate Techtonics.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

Escambia

Ooh, I like that, noodle!

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

i'm sad there's already a band called spitalfield. :-(

― the underground homme (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Challenger Deep (someone said Marianas Trench, but let's take it one step further to its ultimate conclusion)

K2 (wait, isn't there a band with this name)

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

The Death Valley Girls!

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, that pisses me off, too -- I wanted to start a band called The Humour of Spitalfields after an old Scritti Politti song. xpost

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:53 (twenty years ago)

The Escarpment

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:53 (twenty years ago)

I'd suggest The Drumlins, but they sound more like some small, gnome-like creatures who live inside percussion instruments.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:53 (twenty years ago)

Fjordland

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

they sound more like some small, gnome-like creatures who live inside percussion instruments

Therefore: good name for indie band.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:55 (twenty years ago)

Celesteville -- oh wait.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:57 (twenty years ago)

Isostatic Readjustment

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 30 June 2005 11:59 (twenty years ago)

The Manson-Nixon Line (oh wait, it's Mason-Dixon, damn!)

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:04 (twenty years ago)

I wanted to name a band Fifty-four and Forty but there's already a band called 54-40. I also once made a song called "70th Parallel Mining" -- and another called "Frozen Lakes at Teslin" (a lake and river in the Yukon), which I sped up to twice the normal speed and reversed and it became "Teslin in Reverse".

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:06 (twenty years ago)

Piedmont Plateau

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)

The Eratics
Subduction
The Benioff Zone

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)

Chesapeake (if that's not taken)
Susquehanna
Choctawhatchee
Cape San Blas
Cabo San Lucas
Cozumel

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:13 (twenty years ago)

Merida

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)

Mantle As Anything

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)

Isthmus.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)

SPLUNGE

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)

Panhandle
Canal Zone

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:16 (twenty years ago)

Ardennes

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:18 (twenty years ago)

Longshore Drift

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:18 (twenty years ago)

noodle did that one.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)

Oh, Clegheaton then.

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:20 (twenty years ago)

Cahaba Valley
Black Warrior

(inspired by Alabama rivers)

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:23 (twenty years ago)

Ravenel (a town with a faultline -- in nearby Tea Farm Creek, I think) that caused the 1886 Charleston, SC earthquake).

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:23 (twenty years ago)

Can't do Delta Five!

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

Nor Monolake!

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:25 (twenty years ago)

Plunge Pool

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

Sault Sainte Marie
Alamo
The Coeur d'Alenes (a partial historical reference, 1892 and strikes and all that jazz)
Belfast Dairy (something I suggested on the "musicians" thread, although the main means nothing outside of my skewered train of thought)
Ave Maria Grotto (roadside attraction in Alabama -- not exactly in geography textbooks, but worth noting -- also mentioned in thread for musicians)
The Texas Way (Inspired by "Drive friendly, the Texas Way!" signs. Hopefully the Scottish group won't try to sue.)
Pembroke Pines Brigade

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)

Strike & Dip
Po & Yellow River
Archipelago

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

Ulan Bator

Dripping Springs

Citlaltepetl

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Dogs Die in Pyroclastic Flows

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

the Eddies
Isostasy
Surface Runoff

― Roz (Roz), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

mercator / mercator projection
azimuth has been done, though not by an indie band

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

Lac du Flambe
Greenwich Mean Time

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

Ulan Bator
Already done by a band. Apparently they're quite good, too.

Atoll and Lagoon

Grr, I was trying to think of Mercator Projection!

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 30 June 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

Disko Island is apparently still up for grabs

http://www.abc.net.au/science/greenland/img/diskomap.gif

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 02:51 (fifteen years ago)

Isthmus.
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, June 30, 2005

This is probably the name of the next Sixths album.

― nickn, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:15 (fifteen years ago)

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