Best Name for a Band

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Best Name for a Band

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How many hours have bands spent making this crucial decision?

I listen to a lot of oldtime stringband music. Favorite names I've run across include:

Ben Steele and his bear, Hans (mentioned in liner notes to a Bob Carlin album called "Where'd You Get That Hat?")

Cutting Up Gumby (a perennial favorite local oldtime band in my neck of the woods)

Patty Hearst Shifter and Southern Culture on the Skids (two local rock bands)

Got any good names that never hit the mainstream?

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Don't know why, but "Road-apple" always seems to stand out on its own.

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"Cloister Folk".

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crookedtune wrote:Got any good names that never hit the mainstream?
Oi Polloi comes to mind. Also Minor Threat and Mill a h-Uile Rud.
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This topic is the bain of my life.
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Some old indie band names (warning: some in poor taste - no offence intended. I didn't invent them):

The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jegsy Dodd and the Sons of Harry Cross
Half Man, Half Biscuit
Sultans of Ping FC
Extreme Noise Terror
Scraping Fetus off the Wheel
Very Things
The The
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Spontaneous Combustion - they have their mikes in old brass fire extinguishers (great band, too).

Rumpke Mountain Boys (Rumpke is our local garbage collectors and dump).
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crookedtune wrote:...Southern Culture on the Skids...
Hey, I've got one or two of their CDs! Love the name, and the trashy photo layouts. Priceless. :thumbsup:
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For the non-Gaelic-savy, "Mill a h-Uile Rud" means "Destroy Everything."

Some other names that have given me a chuckle over the years:

The Dead Sea Squirrels
John Cougar Concentration Camp
Gang of Four
Throbbing Gristle
Akira S. E As Garotas Que Erraram
Jackie-O Motherf**ker
I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House
Los Amigos Invisibles
The Foggy Notion Boys
The Durutti Column
The Skoubhi Dubh Orchestra
The Stiff Kittens (an early name used by Joy Division)
The Happy Valley Dance Band (an early name used by New Order)
The Smiths

Honorable mention goes to Sleater-Kinney in the "best band named after a freeway exit in Olympia, Washington" category.
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I always wanted to name a band Persistence of Vision.
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I thought about Absence of Alice.
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I was going to mention The Dead Sea Squirrels. Hmph. Anyway, how about Carnival Knowledge and The String Beings.
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A couple band I actually like... always found the names amusing.

Neutral Milk Hotel
The Angry Samoans
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There is a basic design for a shuttle called The Colonel Mustard Space Ferry. I thought that might make a good band name.
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The Cosmic Drainpipe

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The Kosmic Drainpipe

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Although we have been holding out for a major label deal, we may go indie... :lol:
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