HELP - I need to pick a band name

I’ve always thought Ahura Mazda and the Five Amesha Spentas
would be a great name. However, it might offend Parsis, as it refers to their head god and his emanations. The Five Amesha Spentas are Vohu Mano or Truth, Ameretat and Horvetat one of whom is Immortality. There are different versions of the Amesha Spentas and there may be four or seven instead of five. Parsis live in India, having been driven there a long time ago by another religion, but they started out in Persia. They worship in the ancient Persian religion. You could also call yourselves The Ahrimans or the Ahrimen after the evil god of Persian or Parsi religion. His other name is Angra Mainyu, so you could be the Angry Mainyus. Just don’t ever go on tour where there are any Parsis.
Other possible names: The Wrong Way Corridors, The Lucky Cindies, The Typhoid Marys, Buffie and the Jodies, Jody and the Buffies, The Meniscus, The Frenulums, and if you have a girl singer, Clytemnestra and the Dead Agamemnons and you could occasionally feature Cassandra. Then there are The Unalive, The Recent Dead, The Absolute Zeros, Butler and the Help, Mr. French and the Butlers, The Dead Dianas,
The Uneducable, The Pretensions, The duncecaps, The Ectromas (which means abortions in Greek, or did to the ancient Gnostics), The Bivalves, The Balbo Drive, The Retroactive Abortions, The Fourth Trimesters, The Stamens, The Pistils (but only for a girl group), The Anthers, The Chick Magnetometers, The Sphygmomanometers (blood pressure sleeve thing in Drs. offices), The Weezies, The Always Already
(from a phrase in deconstructionism), The Assistant Professors, The Assistant Librarians, The Stock Boys,
The PlayThings, The Narcissides, Narcissus and His Echoes,
which would be for a male lead singer and several girl players, The Ricky Ricardos (but you’d need a Latin beat),
The Absoloms (Absolom revolted against his own father David), The Decorum (opposite of Punk), The Devoids,
The Chitinous Exoskeletons (insects have a hard shell instead of a skeleton), The Traces, The Leftovers, The Of,
The To, The From, etc., The Bicoastal Dormancies, The Dormant, The Unaroused, The Aroused, The Dormant, The Perpetuals, The Stimulated, The No Longers, The Communist Remains, The Moots, The Yesterdays, The Empty Promises, The Empty Future, The Absentees, The Obsoletes, The Simulated, The Simulacrum, The Ignorant, The Films,The Cinders, The Clinkers, The Ashes, The Rest, The Barbed Wires, The Wired Barbies, The Positrons, The Neutrinos, Magnitude, The Magellanic Clouds, Nubecula (alternative term for the Magellanic Cloud Galazies), Ubetchaba (meaningless word), The Meaningless Words, The Ebb, Outgoing.

I asked the same question (well, sorta) a few weeks ago in this here thread.

Take your pick… but I got dibs on the Texas Chainsaw Catheter.

T-minus 10 seconds till Manny moves this thing… 9… 8… 7…

Since the Manhattan Transfer is taken, how about the Moderator Shuffle?

Off to IMHO.

I have a suggestion for your band name

TpiHsEsShNoOleW

(uh…do you want me to explain this?)

“Piss Hole in the Snow”?

No. I get it. Maybe a song title. Hell, by the time you read it and say it most of my songs are finished.

punk snot dead,
broccoli

you are the man Jack!!!
I dont think broc liked it though…
I wonder just how many punkers would get it ?

three, and two of them would try to break it.

(an old response to how many punks does it take… etc)

How about “The Flaming Nut Sacks”

“Flaming Nut Sacks” makes me think of “Squirrel Nut Zippers”.

My favorite suggestion thus far (other than my own, of course) is “Anal Leakage”. That’s just so wonderfully graphic – classic punk. Just think of the album covers. :eek:

“The Wired Barbies” is good too, at least until Mattel sues you. :wink:

Actually, I liked “Hoosier Daddies”, but it’s more suited towards a band with a horn section, or maybe something more folk-y.

jr8

or MopCrotch… it just kind of flows off the lips… MopCrotch… Oh yeah: 56 Chairs, in Latin, is cinque-sex cells (kinky sex sells) Right now it’s a toss up between the Destructos! and 56 Chairs. Who wants to add to the votes i’m getting?

punksnotdead

How about Hot Karl’s Lunchbox?

Maybe you could dress like women and call yourselves The Angry Beavers.

What about Mouthful of Yellow Husky Snow?

Jesuslynch, that should read “stir well”. See, what you need is an adverb to modify the verb “stir”. “Good” is an adjective, used to modify nouns.

That said, I used to play for a band called “Roadside Petz”. Cute, but sad. Any-hoo, I don’t think we copyrighted it, but we did encourage taping at our shows. Perhaps you can find a bootleg of “Motor Mouth”. God did we suck!

I had to read that three times before I figure out you weren’t trying to modify a nun. Thanks, but I’ll keep my sig as is. You can go here if you want to know the reason why.

Upside Out.

Punk you say?

Bloody stool.

::runs away::

Band names are like handles. They’re generally stupid but take on significance (or insignificance) according to the quality of output - so IMO it doesn’t really matter what the band name is. The important thing is to pick one that nobody hates and stick with it.

I’d stay away from long band names - When I was in a band with one (Yellow Sloth Chicken Broth - we broke up, you can use it if you want) clubs hated having to put it on the marquee. As for yet more possible band names:
The Neutrinos
Okie Stompin’ Butch & the Tractor Band (I know, contradicts my rule)
Hush Yo Mouf
The Bundys

I’ll try to think of more. But here are some cool album titles you could use:
Sheep Bleatin’ at the Town Meetin’
The Adventures of Fuckleberry Hinn
Dag, Willis, Stubbed My Toe!

I hope this has helped.

Aren’t there laws against that sort of thing? :wink:

jr8

I always thought ‘2% Homo’ would make a good band name.