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Post by whitefang on Oct 21, 2019 10:09:22 GMT -5
Sure, we tossed around the ideas of how certain band names are or should be spoken. But aside from that quagmire, there's the idea that..... Some band names aren't deceptive of what kind of music the band plays; Whether or not the band is "hip" to what current musical and cultural tides flow; Or.... Just plain stupid or overwrought. example---- In the Beatles anthology tapes, Ringo goes on a bit about them coming up with the Album title"Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". One reason he gave that was because at the time, there were several bands taking on weird long names like that: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; The New Vaudeville Band; Doctor Hook's Medicine Show Band; And a few others that never made it half as big as their names. And Sergeant Pepper etc. was a small way of making fun of the trend. But all in all; There's been a few bans that some of us got into in the first place because we thought there was something "cool" or otherwise quirky about their names (plus, an equally weird LP cover didn't hurt) Like, for me and some friends in the "day", THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION was a band name that spurred our curiosity. So was the ABSOLUTELY FREE album cover! What a freaky lookin' dude! SPIRIT, although not weird or "freaky", was somehow "zen" enough for us(along too, with the cover) to venture a listen. And the late '60's gave us a wide variety of odd band names. To whit: And one that kinda started us on this road..... So, what thoughts can y'all add? Whitefang
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Post by whitefang on Oct 23, 2019 10:15:10 GMT -5
No takers, eh? Well, ya gotta remember.... As much fun as I make( and, it IS just fun) of DBM calling them "The Cream", ya have to wonder, WHY did THEY choose to call themselves just "Cream" and not "The Cream"? Like, what was behind the choice of name? For instance.... THE DOORS got their band name's inspiration from Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors Of Perception". STEELY DAN took their name from the name of a metal phallus from the William Burroughs novel "The Naked Lunch" and since nobody in the band had that name, you gotta wonder why the band JETHO TULL chose that name. I never thought ANY of their music conjured up images of 18th century agriculturists, or had any relevance to them. And too, some are obvious----- IRON BUTTERFLY( yeah. Heavy metal that's also light and "spacy") VANILLA FUDGE( white soul, what else?) Plus, some seemed obvious to some but not others. For example, I still think the name THE BEATLES( with an "a") had more to do with the word BEAT instead of misspelling the name of an insect. But I remember some thinking they were trying to play off the name of BUDDY HOLLY's band THE CRICKETS(damn, do I ever miss the "rolleyes" emoticon). Now, this sort of thing has been gone over before in another forum where I also mentioned the bands( all TWO of them )that I was in changed names on a routine monthly basis and I listed some of them. And mostly chosen because at the time we thought they sounded "cool". Or just weird or funny. Whitefang
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Post by jbone on Oct 23, 2019 13:44:07 GMT -5
Some band names I've been involved with: Bare Bones Bone Dance Yard Dawgs Delta Mud Whoseyerdaddy Juke Joint Zombies King Tut Blues Band Family Dog
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 16:08:30 GMT -5
I used to belong to a 3 piece band which I named "See Weed" that band was named by me because I smoked a lot of weed back in the day, and it gave me perceptions I never had in my normal daily life. I also lived on an Island out in the ocean at the time so I thought See Weed would be a good spoof on sea weed (I guess that was pot head humor back then)
I also belonged to a band called "The" Brant Beach Blues and Boogie Band (And yes Fangster that band had "The" as part of the band name). That 5 piece band morphed into "The" New Children Of Jazz a three piece band (And yes Fangster that band also had "The" as part of the band name)
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Post by earleg on Oct 23, 2019 20:25:03 GMT -5
My last band was The Escalators in '95. I actually started the band with guys I know that had been around a good bit. We played mainly around the Nashville area and mainly Chicago and Memphis type blues. We did some soul and R&B also. Some prior ones in the '80s were Neon Bushmen and Mojo Doctor. In high school played in the Majestics, The Living End, The Katz n' Jammer Kids, The Regular Grind and a few other short lived ones.
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Post by whitefang on Oct 24, 2019 9:55:43 GMT -5
I used to belong to a 3 piece band which I named "See Weed" that band was named by me because I smoked a lot of weed back in the day, and it gave me perceptions I never had in my normal daily life. I also lived on an Island out in the ocean at the time so I thought See Weed would be a good spoof on sea weed (I guess that was pot head humor back then) I also belonged to a band called "The" Brant Beach Blues and Boogie Band (And yes Fangster that band had "The" as part of the band name). That 5 piece band morphed into "The" New Children Of Jazz a three piece band (And yes Fangster that band also had "The" as part of the band name) OK, OK. But I'm just asking for you to examine why you put "The" in front of the name when referring to CREAM, which never had the word as part of their name. And too, did you call that other band, MOLLY HATCHET, or "THE" MOLLY HATCHET? and if not, WHY not? And to remind, when that keys player's cousin kept calling our band THE MAGIC LAMP( S), she suggested other names, like, "Why don't you guys call yourselves something like "The Mellow Tones", or "The Cool Notes" or something like that?" And me, not able to resist, said, "Sure. Just as soon as you put us in a time machine and zap us back to 1956!" It was then that I was told to exit the car and walk home. Some of the names my bands had( and changed to once a month) were: MAGIC LAMP TEMPUS FUGIT(seen on one of the guitarists grandfather clock) ELECTRIC HEAT( discovered printed on the side of a truck trailer used to advertise electric heating units for homes). SKIDMARK POST NATAL DRIP( which is what our bass player's brother called that six week flow of menstrual bleeding after childbirth) VERBOTEN VIBE And too notice--- NO "The" in front of any! The Whitefang
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Post by earleg on Oct 24, 2019 12:52:30 GMT -5
I worked with an African American guy that referred to Cream as "The Creams". I always got a grin when he mentioned them. Speaking of them, then the band Them....It would have been humoring to hear "The Them" or ""The Thems".
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Post by whitefang on Oct 25, 2019 9:47:00 GMT -5
We used to joke about THEM being the answer to The Who( and yep, "The" is a part of their name) 'cause whenever anyone mentioned the group, some smart-azz would invariably ask, "Who?" Y'know, after the first 2,000 times it started getting a bit stale. And then The Guess Who had to enter the fray. I was waiting for some day a band to come along named "Guess Why?" or, "Guess Not." Whitefang
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Post by whitefang on Oct 29, 2019 9:43:16 GMT -5
So, how 'bout dumb band names? Which to you, sound or sounded like just dumb names for a band? Even if the band is(was) good or not, their name was just plain dumb.
My first vote goes to GOO GOO DOLLS, who, despite the name weren't such a bad band. SMASHING PUMPKINS too, are close on their heels. A name almost as dumb as BILLY CORGAN'S Zippy The Pihnead look during many stage appearances(or on TV).
Not a band, but rather a duo, the one I'm referring to consisted of STEVE TANNEN and DEB TALIN and instead of going by the moniker "Steve and Deb", or "Tannen and Talin", this pop-folk duo goes by the name THE WEEPIES. (oy) I do like a few of their tunes, but the name just don't make it for me. I'll have more later maybe.... Whitefang
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 14:54:20 GMT -5
Ok Fangster here are a few ridiculous band names.
Porno for Pyros Smashing Pumpkins W.A.S.P. Puddle of Mudd The The (that one is for you Fangster) Limp Bizkit Hoobastank Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts Hootie and the Blowfish Archers of Loaf
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Post by whitefang on Oct 30, 2019 9:41:43 GMT -5
Ok Fangster here are a few ridiculous band names. Porno for Pyros Smashing Pumpkins W.A.S.P. Puddle of Mudd The The (that one is for you Fangster)Limp Bizkit Hoobastank Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts Hootie and the Blowfish Archers of Loaf On the same track... Smashmouth Three Doors Down Nine Inch Nails Weezer( Good band IMHO, but I keep picturing Shirley MacLaine's character in "Steel Magnolias".) Flaming Lips Opeth Porcupine Tree Now, a couple of bands that really aren't that bad, but I do like their names too --- Veruca Salt, and Zuzu's Petals Whitefang
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Post by jbone on Oct 30, 2019 13:34:34 GMT -5
Was (not was)
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Post by whitefang on Oct 31, 2019 9:21:43 GMT -5
As the two founders of that band had the stage names Was(one's name is David Weiss and the other Don Fagenson) I don't know if it should be on the "clever" list or the "dumb" list. And take a bit of time to figure out how many rock bands named themselves after literary characters( like URIAH HEEP) or even solo acts for that matter(TINY TIM). At this moment, I can't come up with any, but others here are pretty slick, and might know of more. Whitefang
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Post by whitefang on Nov 1, 2019 9:37:09 GMT -5
And did I NOT mention BUBBLE PUPPY? Kind of a silly name for what really was a hard rockin' band. And then there was the band NOEL REDDING formed as a side project from Hendrix called ..... FAT MATTRESS. And too, RANDY CALIFORNIA's short lived KAPT. KOPTER And THE FABULOUS TWIRLY BIRDS. after Spirit splintered. Sepiatone
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