# Band Name! needs qualifier **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-needs-qualifier/669737 "2013-09-26T16:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shadowfyre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfyre/32/9972_2.png) [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-needs-qualifier/669737/1 "2013-09-26T16:58:30Z")
Maybe this belongs in ATMB, but it is truly pointless. There are a lot of sub-genres of music. And band names are different from genre to genre. For instance, you wouldn’t name a group of young British guys singing to pre-teen girls, Anthrax. Mostly because the name is already taken, but you get the point. I propose that from now on, we here at the SDMB must qualify the type or sub-genre of music that the particular band would play whenever we post “Band Name!” For instance, this morning I uttered the phrase “dick shrivel” - never mind the context - and instantly I thought “Band Name!” Applying this rule to myself, I thought it sounded most like a ska-punk band. I thought it would be especially cool if the band’s from man was actually named Dick Shrivel. Which led me to revise my thought. It would be a group of hipsters ironically playing classic rock standards called Richard Shrivel and the Cold Water Band. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-needs-qualifier/669737/2 "2013-09-26T17:26:25Z")
I think ‘Dick Shrivel’ should be smooth jazz…