# Band Names **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 14, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259 "2001-08-14T20:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/1 "2001-08-14T20:21:23Z")
Can we find a new schtick? That, and the “Hi Opal,” are beginning to grate. And no, suggesting “Hi Opal,” as a band name would not be funny right now. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/2 "2001-08-14T20:24:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by UncleBeer_ > **Hi Opal** BAND NAME!!! _running like hell_ ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/3 "2001-08-14T20:29:06Z")
We could always go back to sing-a-long threads. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/4 "2001-08-14T20:31:47Z")
::: pulls up a couple of comfy chairs, pushes UncleBeer into one of them :::: ::: hands unclebeer a beer and some pretzels ::: … What… Why are you looking at me like that… I just feel like being nice… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/5 "2001-08-14T20:35:42Z")
Hey, I’m approaching 500 – we could have a post count party!! \ ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/6 "2001-08-14T20:36:44Z")
Y’know, I just thought of a great name for a frat-playing jam band: Uncle Beer. ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/7 "2001-08-14T20:38:32Z")
Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if this thread and the next thread made some kind of sequential thread title joke. Or maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/8 "2001-08-14T20:41:27Z")
Well, I was glad when jarbaby created a separate thread for it. I mean, who wouldn’t go see a band called “Jiff and the Choosy Moms”? I’m so stealing that if I ever form a band, and y’all can eat me, on WonderBread with jelly. But constantly hijacking other threads to point out band names is pretty annoying. Anyway, isn’t this a high school activity, you know, where you sit around and decide if it’s a band name, a euphemism for the penis, or both? Example: Power Sausage. _:d&r:_ ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/9 "2001-08-14T20:46:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magdalene \* > Anyway, isn’t this a high school activity, you know, where you sit around and decide if it’s a band name, a euphemism for the penis, or both? Example: Power Sausage. Hey! My friends band in New York was called “Extra Sausage”! The t-shirts were pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/10 "2001-08-14T20:49:59Z")
Uncle Beer is correct, of course. Way too much time has been spent on the names of the bands, and almost no time has been spent on album names. Pick up \* Prehensile Anus\*, the new album from **Cuntfunnel** , featuring the hit single _Hi Opal._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/11 "2001-08-14T20:55:06Z")
I want to say that “That would be a good name for a band,” like “I am not making this up,” originated with Dave Barry. -Myron apropos of nothing ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/12 "2001-08-14T21:20:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Y’know, I just thought of a great name for a frat-playing jam band: _Uncle Beer_. Heh. There’s a local Toledo band that calls themselves, Uncle Sandwich. I 'spect _Uncle Chips ann-a Pickle_ has gotta be next. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/13 "2001-08-14T21:39:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Man Who \* > \*\* > I want to say that “That would be a good name for a band,” like “I am not making this up,” originated with Dave Barry. > > -Myron > apropos of nothing \*\* I’ve a difficult time believing that nobody said those things before him. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/14 "2001-08-15T00:24:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*_Pick up \* Prehensile Anus_, the new album from **Cuntfunnel** , featuring the hit single _Hi Opal._ \*\* Now you have to pay for a n - Uh, I mean, I just laughed a great deal at this. Then I had to explain it all to my roommate, which took ten minutes. (And it’s Rectum, dear, not Anus.) ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/15 "2001-08-15T00:34:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*Uncle Beer is correct, of course. Way too much time has been spent on the names of the bands, and almost no time has been spent on album names. > > Pick up \* Prehensile Anus\*, the new album from **Cuntfunnel** , featuring the hit single _Hi Opal._ \*\* Anal Cunt has the song titles covered for us. The following are the real titles of real songs off of their albums, _Top 40 Hits_, _40 More Reasons to Hate Us_, and _I Like it When You Die_: [ul] [li]Pepe, the Gay Waiter[/li][li]Living Colour is My Favorite Black Metal Band[/li][li]Stayin’ Alive (Oi! Version)[/li][li]Don’t Call Japanese Hardore Jap Core[/li][li]Breastfeeding JM J.Bullock’s Toenail Collection[/li][li]Fore Play with a Tree Shredder[/li][li]I Liked Earache Better when Dig Answered the Phone[/li][li]Old Lady Across the Hall with no Life[/li][li]Face It, Your A Metal Band[/li][li]Everyone In Allston Should Be Killed[/li][li]You Look Divorced[/li][li]I Hope You Get Deported[/li][li]Al Stankus Is Always On The Phone With His Bookie[/li][li]Johnny Violent Getting His Ass Kicked By Morrisey[/li][li]You’re A Trendy Fucking Pussy[/li][li]Tom Arnold[/li][li]Big Pants, Big Loser[/li][li]Everyone In The Music Underground Scene Is Stupid[/li][li]Jack Kevorkian Is Cool[/li][li]You Are An Interior Decorator[/li][li]You Live In Allston[/li][li]You Are A Food Critic[/li][li]Your Band’s In The Cut-Out Bin[/li][li]You Look Adopted[/li][li]You Drive An IROC[/li][li]You Sell Cologne[/li][li]You Live In A Houseboat[/li][li]311 Sucks[/li][li]You Go To Art School[/li][li]Your Best Friend Is You[/li][li]No, We Don’t Want To Do A Split Seven Inch With Your Stupid Fucking Band[/li][li]Ha Ha, Your Wife Left You[/li][li]You Went To See Dishwalla And Everclear (You’re Gay)[/li][li]Kyle From Incantation Has A Moustache[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/16 "2001-08-15T01:07:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magdalene \* > \*\*Well, I was glad when jarbaby created a separate thread for it. \*\* Thank you. And this is precisely WHY i started the Master Band List thread. So other threads wouldn’t be hijacked. You could simply cut and paste the band name into the Master list and we can all giggle about it there! It never really caught on though. I mean, as compared to the Welcome Wagon or the Recipe Thread or Ask The Gay Guy or whatever. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/17 "2001-08-15T01:26:18Z")
I’ll be auditioning for lead guitar and bass on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/18 "2001-08-15T03:04:40Z")
Shit, Unc, you gots the power. Why not start banning people who commit these offenses? Solve the problem right quick, and you wouldn’t have to start a thread begging people to get original. _wonder if she should also duck and run_ ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/19 "2001-08-15T20:07:49Z")
My friend’s band, \*The Incontinentals[\i] while trying to find just the right moniker for their band actually did name one of their songs “Cool Band Names” [Bill Clinton] “I never had sex with that Moniker.” [/Bill Clinton] ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names/76259/20 "2001-08-15T20:09:15Z")
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