Help with band name

Celtic983 · Post by **Celtic983** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:53 am

Hey folks,
Recently some friends and I have started playing together. We are really excited about the sound that we have and are considering starting a group. We have started throwing ideas around for a name, but havne't decided on one yet. (we have our set..just no name) We play a combination of smallpipes, Ullieann, whistles, guitar, Bodhran mainly and play fairly trad. Anybody want to throw in suggestions I would appreciate it.

Montana · Post by **Montana** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:02 am

The group I play with is also trying to come up with a name. We've been tossing ideas about but none have come up to which everyone says, "Yah!". But one I liked was "Half step away". We were talking about improvisation and trying to come up with little counter melodies on the fly. We bemoaned that sometimes you hit the wrong note. But sage advise given to one of our members is to just slide up or down a half step quickly because you're always just a half step away from some harmony note. We laughed and then thought, "Hey..." But it's never gone further than that...

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:06 am

I think band names just sort of happen. Once you start playing together, a funny event may trigger something.

The first time my local group played at a dance, the leader brought us to a close before the dance had finished, and the dancers obediently stopped part way through. We immediately became " Eight Bars Short".

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:27 pm

Combine one word from this list:

Gaelic
Celtic
Scottes
Arran
Pikey
Kiltie
Manx
Cambrian
Derry
Hogmanay

with one word from this list:

Inversion
Excursion
Reversion
Foundation
Dispersion
Emersion
Succession
Pronation
Suppuration
Reflux

and it will at least sound like a band name, even if it does not mean anything.

Example: Pikey Excursion, Celtic Emersion, Kiltie Pronation, Hogmanay Foundation.

This will yield 100 choices. No, make that 99, because I'm getting partial to Arran Reflux, and I want to save that one for myself.

amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:41 pm

celtic nerds?

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:00 pm

I've always said that my first band would be named Chicken Martini.

So... you can't use that.

fyffer · Post by **fyffer** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:22 pm

http://www.bandnamemaker.com/d/
http://www.elsewhere.org/bandname
http://www.blogthings.com/bandnamegenerator/

From the above we get lovelies like:

Northumbrian Mongoose
Elian Nugent and the Tokyo lichen Stars
The Ketchup Soaked Puppets

Enjoy.

Post by **Dale** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:22 pm

gonzo914 wrote:Combine one word from this list:
Gaelic
Celtic
Scottes
Arran
Pikey
Kiltie
Manx
Cambrian
Derry
Hogmanay
with one word from this list:
Inversion
Excursion
Reversion
Foundation
Dispersion
Emersion
Succession
Pronation
Suppuration
Reflux
and it will at least sound like a band name, even if it does not mean anything.

Example: Pikey Excursion, Celtic Emersion, Kiltie Pronation, Hogmanay Foundation.

This will yield 100 choices. No, make that 99, because I'm getting partial to Arran Reflux, and I want to save that one for myself.

Cambrian Reflux. That's it.

amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:25 pm

fyffer wrote:http://www.bandnamemaker.com/d/
http://www.elsewhere.org/bandname
http://www.blogthings.com/bandnamegenerator/

From the above we get lovelies like:

Northumbrian Mongoose
Elian Nugent and the Tokyo lichen Stars
The Ketchup Soaked Puppets

Enjoy.

reminds me of these fellas...
http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?image ... 1998-01-11

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:26 pm

Celtic983 wrote:Anybody want to throw in suggestions

I was always fond of the name An Spituín

Montana wrote:just slide up or down a half step

There you go: SlipStep

djm

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:05 pm

Piper Down

(from Mike Myers movie "So I Married an Axe Murderer")

Cheers!

/MarcusR

amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:15 pm

MarcusR wrote:Piper Down

(from Mike Myers movie "So I Married an Axe Murderer")

Cheers!

/MarcusR

hmm, too similar to these edinburgh fellas:
http://www.geocities.com/pipedown_music/

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:01 am

Maybe something like, "Rarely In Tune" in Gaelic.

Of course I was thinking of using that name for a group of hammered dulcimer players.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:32 am

I was gonna suggest Gan Ainm ("without name") but apparently there's a band in Japan with that name:

http://www.geocities.jp/ganainmjapan/flute_English.htm

Actually, they don't call themselves a band: they're a "session unit". Come to think of it, Session Unit wouldn't be a bad name!

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:29 am

brewerpaul wrote:I was gonna suggest Gan Ainm ("without name") but apparently there's a band in Japan with that name:

http://www.geocities.jp/ganainmjapan/flute_English.htm

Actually, they don't call themselves a band: they're a "session unit". Come to think of it, Session Unit wouldn't be a bad name!

There was an Afghan comedian called “na shinas” (sp?) which meant “no name” when he died he had a huge vault door placed in front of his grave with only two of the three vault walls in place leaving the back open.