Another band-naming thread!

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

My band can't come up with a decent name for ourselves. We are a free improv group. We had agreed on the name Parking Lot, but then realized it was a bland name. We are looking for something that is nondescript, though; a name that will not allow assumptions previous to the actual hearing of the music. Our general attitude is to take the music itself seriously, but not ourselves.
Our lineup:
Aaron: Drums, Percussion, Glockenspiel.
C***: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Guitar Loops.
N***: Electric Guitar, Trumpet, Sheng (sp?).
N**: Laptop, Trumpet.
T****: Acoustic, Electric, and Pedal Steel Guitars, Tenor Sax.

What do we sound like? Hard to say... The artists we draw upon include John Fahey, DNA, Sonny Sharrock, Can, Miles Davis, and Sunny Murray (not claiming we are as good as any of those listed!). Usually there are two decisions regarding form for any piece we play: Any strictures decided on beforehand, such as "let's all play an arpeggio of any length that has the note C in it", and also, whether, during the piece itself, I choose to impose any even pulse or even time signature on the music. Sometimes I don't.

That's about it.

Thanks in advance for your help!

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

ACNNT?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

WORCESTER

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Great Dane

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Pain Whistle. Plastic Punishment.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Heal Thy Self

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Parkway Diner

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Funkthruster. The Weekend Gravy Explosion. Bellyup.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

a friend is interesting in putting out my stuff on his label, but I don't really have a band name. the one I had in mind but am not married to and he's not wild about is: The Situation Comedy. yay or nay? any suggestions?

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

it's just a name. avoid cleverness if it's anything you think maybe with you for more than, say 6 hours. because that's the life-span of a clever joke.

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

5 knuckle shuffle
duckbutter

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

The Cardboard Bachs

― pete from the street, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Ass Fault
Pavement .. oh wait..
Dirt Rhoades
Median
Parkway
Valet Porking

― pete from the street, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

G Unit

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

you will be shot

― you will be shot, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

sheepdip

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Red Asfalt. Sex Cement. Zurich is Stained. The Difference. Ape Escape.
The Hogz. Sporkpower.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Glue Factory.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Fat-Free Cigarettes

― Famous Athlete, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Eegy Snoogy Bloosh?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Quartic

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Silent Movies in Stereo. Hobnobbits.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 20:31 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks i will keep everyone posted :-)

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

There's really someone in your band called 'Cunt'? I can't make out what any of the other swears might be.

Again, I recommend:

Severed Head and the Neck Fuckers

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Wank.

― may pang (maypang), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

no not swears! i just didnt put their names up because a) they are not on the board, and b) i did this on my own, so i didnt know in advance whether they had any problems with names being posted (i heavily doubt they do, but i felt it was better to err on the side of caution in this instance).

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

the jazz-tang clan

― Rubashov (Rubashov), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Penny Dreadful and the Screaming Morons

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the idea for a band name is to be more subtle than anything else. It doesn't have to be inventive, we'll leave that to the music. I thought Parking Lot worked, but I guess it also borders on boring. I guess I just don't want anything I hate (including names that start with "The").

― Nate Hartman, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Rung.

-- It's means two things, one directly associated with sound, the other with climbing, descending etc (scales, DO YOU SEE?)
-- Due to its shortness, you can use really big letters when advertising.

― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Yo Nate! Have I brought you over to the darkside?

Shall we name the group Ho Toy?

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Unidade Sonora
Arc-Scenic
nO sENSE

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Emergency Generator. You know, cos they generate emergencies.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

The Corpses Of Time

― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 4 December 2003 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Brainstorm

― Debito (Debito), Thursday, 4 December 2003 01:12 (twenty-one years ago)

GUNT

― chad (chad), Thursday, 4 December 2003 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I'm not on the Dark Side yet, Aaron. I just want to get us a name fast because I want to send out some demo stuff to clubs, and they tend to book your band with a higher frequency when you don't say: "Well, right now our band is between names and we are tennously calling ourselves 'Parking Lot'"

So I suggest new ones:
ratiocinative
atomism
groupthink

― Nate Hartman, Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Even With My Heavy Clay
Unique Honeycomb Structure
Here Comes The Science
Of Course I've Been Earmarked for the Board
Well I look after the pennies
Too Good to Share

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

using the fourth letter in the names i get...

o** *

aka:

o-stars star,
o to the space power times space
o to the blank power times blank
out a
ole i
oaf i
o star-star star
oh star-star space star

you could also be:

Aaron: Drums, Percussion, Glockenspiel.
C***: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Guitar Loops.
N***: Electric Guitar, Trumpet, Sheng (sp?).
N**: Laptop, Trumpet.
T****:

acnnt the first gig
a**** the second gig
r**** the third gig
o**nbsp;* the fourth gig
nnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;* the fifth
acnnt the sixth...
etc...

(i hope this posts right... hard to get those spaces correct sometimes.)
m.

― msp, Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

and of course, when i coded "nbsp;" which usually force a non-breaking space ...i forgot the ampersand that's supposed to be in front of it...bah.
m.

― msp, Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.