# Choosing a "unique" band name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700 "2017-10-24T12:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/21 "2017-10-26T12:58:23Z")
Just searched through my Twitter for band names I’ve stumbled upon. Accidental Eyebrow Spontaneous Sister Farting Sheep Butt Snorkels The Benedict Cumberbatch Rhythm Peculiar Car Gnome I think a band name should be appropriate for the music style they play. I’m sure I’ve misjudged a lot of bands because of some stupid name that makes me think of unpleasant music. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/22 "2017-10-26T15:30:33Z")
Oh - and in case anyone is curious, we’re probably going with The Dropped Note String Band. Google shows no conflicts. I’m sure you’ll never hear of us! 😃 Sort of a joke, as dropped notes are the notes you don’t play in a complicated piece. Wasn’t anywhere among my top choices, but when we started trying to reach consensus, there were only about 5 names that as many as 3 of the 5 kinda/really liked. And The Dropped Notes was the only one that 4/5 kinda and really liked. I didn’t absolutely hate it, so I went along. One other guy suggested adding String Band. An interesting exercise. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/23 "2017-10-26T15:37:02Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > What a practice! We decided upon a name, and then our banjo/mando picker informed us he got offered a huge promotion, and next summer will be moving from Chicago to Philadelphia. > > The “group” started with him and me playing together. Definitely changes things. Well, there’s your band name. What’s your banjo players name? Say it’s Gary. Call your band “Missing Gary”. I’ve struggled with band names on plenty of occasions. Keep searching- there’s one out there for you. ETA: Oh! You got one! Good name! ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/24 "2017-10-26T21:47:07Z")
Obligatory Spinal Tap link: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PROS7aKoZuY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PROS7aKoZuY) By the way, I see the name “The New Originals” is taken. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/25 "2017-10-27T00:07:51Z")
Well, I made up a band name that seemed appropriate and that I was pretty sure wouldn’t have already been used. And yet…the Down Homers is indeed a country band. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/26 "2017-10-27T01:17:57Z")
Just saw and fell in love with “Billy the Squid and the Sea Cow Drifters”. Awesome. Check ‘me out. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/27 "2017-10-27T01:50:10Z")
The Wishing Wells Ponds and Guppies Barb Wire and Fence Posts Tower of Hay Pebbles and Creek ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/28 "2017-10-27T02:46:20Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The Benedict Cumberbatch Rhythm A guy who went to my college a few years before me was in a band called The Young Johnny Carson Story. I guess they eventually got around to asking Carson for permission to use his name. His lawyers said no and told the band they’d sue if the band didn’t change the name immediately. Oops! > **[The Young Johnny Carson Story – Wednesday MidDay Medley](https://wednesdaymiddaymedley.org/tag/the-young-johnny-carson-story/)** > > Posts about The Young Johnny Carson Story written by Mark Manning ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/29 "2017-10-27T02:50:33Z")
If you don’t mind an unsolicited thought, consider going with The Drop Note String Band (or The Drop Notes), instead of Dropped. It rolls off the tongue more easily, and your fans can shout it. It’s not grammatical, but that will help with trademark issues once you hit it big. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/30 "2017-10-27T03:51:38Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > When I was about eight, I invented a band called “Rough Draft.” I still think that would make a great band name (though maybe it’s taken). I’m not seeing evidence of this, so I guess it’s still available. When I was a tween, a friend and I decided that if we ever started a band, we would call it Magnum Progression, complete with a logo (in rippling rainbow colors, BTW - this was, after all, the late 1970s). I just Googled that phrase and came up with this. > **[Deregulating God](https://books.google.com/books?id=2RcaQV4ExjMC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=magnum%2Bprogression&source=bl&ots=3yuV-6nLPe&sig=O7Cg20zz-FMKlGDg7KFwPwx_1sQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ7OTU8o_XAhXLKyYKHT9-C-kQ6AEISzAK#v=onepage&q=magnum%20progression&f=false)** > > Is God gone? Dr. Carlene Bawden contends that we have brazenly privatized God, abandoned his laws, reduced him to a mere commodity, then seized from his offerings only what served our ruthless greed. Without God's Laws the world stands in disarray,... p.s. Upon Googling “Slow Motion Ramblers”, the fourth link was to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/31 "2017-10-27T13:04:33Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > If you don’t mind an unsolicited thought, consider going with The Drop Note String Band (or The Drop Notes), instead of Dropped. It rolls off the tongue more easily, and your fans can shout it. It’s not grammatical, but that will help with trademark issues once you hit it big. 🙂 Hell - love the input. I think our initial agreement was on Dropped Notes - but I thought the sibilant S preceding String Band made it difficult. So we discussed all of the variants: Dropped Notes; Dropped Note; Drop Note; Dropnote - not to mention String Band vs Stringband. I think the consensus is Dropped Note String Band. For me, a dropped note means something, as opposed to just dropnote, and string band is the accepted description of our type of instrumentation. But I’m more happy to get consensus on something than I am on the specifics. I’m sure the old folks will be hollering out our name a week from Sunday. Hope no one uses their lighters to call for an encore, as I’m pretty sure a few folks are on O2! 😉 BTW - if I google now, this thread comes up. So take that as notice all you mando/banjo/fiddle/cello/tenor guitar/bass combos out there, and don’t go stealing our name! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/32 "2017-10-27T13:15:14Z")
Incredible. I was going to suggest ‘Tri State Killing Spree’ but a quick google reveals the name has already been taken. The name just popped into my head, but I guess I must have heard it before someplace. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700/33 "2017-10-28T16:24:59Z")
Ben Day and the Dots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-unique-band-name/799700.md?page=1)