All The Good Band Names Are Taken

pbradley · 04.07.2010, 06:50 AM

I love those guys!

All the bad band names are taken, too.

artsygrrl · 04.07.2010, 07:06 PM

Iknow, but every once in a while somebody starts a thread about "cool names for a band" ....and many of those names are awesome, funny, or gross.

batreleaser · 04.07.2010, 07:43 PM

Post Traumatic Sex I thought would make a good band name, but no band mates I've brought it up to have ever liked it.

noisereductions · 04.07.2010, 08:25 PM

Dick Shivers

demonrail666 · 04.07.2010, 09:53 PM

i dunno. a lot of the bands i hear on myspace seem to have put more time into finding a catchy name than they have writing a catchy song.

EVOLghost · 04.07.2010, 10:00 PM

I like Teeth Orgasm.

dale_gribble · 04.07.2010, 11:33 PM

yeah, like circle jerks

atsonicpark · 04.08.2010, 12:47 AM

I come up with great band names all the time. It's quite simple actually.

_slavo_ · 04.08.2010, 12:48 AM

you're so cool, Adam. you do everything better.

atsonicpark · 04.08.2010, 01:05 AM

Um, okay. If you say so. I'm actually not very good at a lot of things, but I'll take your word for it. And while I appreciate your sarcasm, I really am not condescending, egotistical, or delusional in the least, I'm just honest...

..and anyway, this isn't something that takes any talent or skill -- a monkey can (and has) put words together. There's, what, 50 BILLION words, at least? So, what is that -- literally, an infinite number of combinations for those 50,000,000,000+ words?...

The trick is to come up with band names that can be searched on google to ONLY bring up your band's name. When I came up with "Scissor Shock" and "RUINHORSE"... well, look... nothing comes up except things related to those bands. As for Robe., a bunch of bullshit (usually related to WoW) comes up in google, but I made sure and added the period at the end to make it more distinct and important-sounding.

Glice · 04.08.2010, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

The trick is to come up with band names that can be searched on google to ONLY bring up your band's name.

The only problem with that is you can have some alright tunes and come up with a band name bygrayvpartynmyrytarm, which is a terrible, terrible name of a good friend's very new band.

atsonicpark · 04.08.2010, 12:03 PM

that name is so brilliant!

hevusa · 04.08.2010, 12:20 PM

band names are hard... they have to stand for nothing and everything at the same time.

flophousefloozie · 04.08.2010, 01:47 PM

My sentiments exactly.

I can't even bring up the names I've been debating, for fear that they will be snatched and gobbled up by you name-hungry babarians!!

Count Mecha · 04.08.2010, 02:03 PM

I think the best band names are the ones that really accent the tone of the band itself. I also like when it's embarrassingly simple that you kick yourself for not thinking of it first.

Lightning Bolt comes to mind, that name captures the band's tone perfectly and has just a good sound to it.

I have/had/will have again a band called Meat Maggot. Sometimes people will call it Maggot Meat, which is an equally acceptable name. We have only one song, it's never been recorded, never will be recorded, will never have a name. And we'll probably play once every three years. I think that's a pretty good band name.

atsonicpark · 04.08.2010, 02:19 PM

My best band name was Prick Jagger.

gualbert · 04.08.2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Mecha

Lightning Bolt comes to mind, that name captures the band's tone perfectly and has just a good sound to it.

To me their name suggest a scandinave death metal band, with epic solo, lots of make up, satanic imagery etc.

DeadDiscoDildo · 04.08.2010, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by hevusa

band names are hard... they have to stand for nothing and everything at the same time.

I agree, I feel I lucked out with our band name for that reason.

The Harlequins.

So many definitions but the main and most associated one refers to the comic relief, the nihilistic clowns in old italian theatre that really served no purpose except to entertain.

But then you have harlequin baby syndrom, some fucked up disease and that style works more for offesive art and then also harlequin romance novels and etc.

So all in one name you have something upbeat, something downbeat and something in between and really they all have nothing to do with what we sound lke or are about...

side note: Scissor Shock & Ruinhorse are both excellent band names adam! They flow

hevusa · 04.08.2010, 03:18 PM

The Harlequins is pretty cool dude.

my band's name is Parallel Mirrors.

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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Dick Shivers __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Um, okay. If you say so. I'm actually not very good at a lot of things, but I'll take your word for it. And while I appreciate your sarcasm, I really am not condescending, egotistical, or delusional in the least, I'm just honest... ..and anyway, this isn't something that takes any talent or skill -- a monkey can (and has) put words together. There's, what, 50 BILLION words, at least? So, what is that -- literally, an infinite number of combinations for those 50,000,000,000+ words?... The trick is to come up with band names that can be searched on google to ONLY bring up your band's name. When I came up with "Scissor Shock" and "RUINHORSE"... well, look... nothing comes up except things related to those bands. As for Robe., a bunch of bullshit (usually related to WoW) comes up in google, but I made sure and added the period at the end to make it more distinct and important-sounding. __________________
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	band names are hard... they have to stand for nothing and everything at the same time.
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flophousefloozie expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cowtown, Canada Posts: 1,694	My sentiments exactly. I can't even bring up the names I've been debating, for fear that they will be snatched and gobbled up by you name-hungry babarians!!
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Count Mecha 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ky Posts: 749	I think the best band names are the ones that really accent the tone of the band itself. I also like when it's embarrassingly simple that you kick yourself for not thinking of it first. Lightning Bolt comes to mind, that name captures the band's tone perfectly and has just a good sound to it. I have/had/will have again a band called Meat Maggot. Sometimes people will call it Maggot Meat, which is an equally acceptable name. We have only one song, it's never been recorded, never will be recorded, will never have a name. And we'll probably play once every three years. I think that's a pretty good band name. __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	My best band name was Prick Jagger. __________________
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hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	The Harlequins is pretty cool dude. my band's name is Parallel Mirrors.
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