# I just wrote a "Band Name Generator" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985 "2006-07-02T23:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/21 "2006-07-03T04:56:14Z")
**Argent Towers** I appreciate your comments but I feel this topic has _not_ been sufficiently done to death. (see posting #1). You mentioned humor of this type was _au courant_ for the 1990’s and has since fallen out of favor. Heck, Steve Allen was doing this in the _1960’s_ !!! (inventing names such as Communist Tugboat and so on). When I latch on to a trend, it’s ancient !! 🙂 Yes, hard as it is for these “kids today” to accept, weird band names were _not_ the exclusive domain of 1990’s bands. Some bands dating back as far as the 1960’s had names such as the Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad, Shocking Blue, Frijid Pink, Fever Tree, Spooky Tooth, etc. No, I think there will _never_ be an end to whacky band names. (God willing). Sure, some bands will _try_ to adopt traditional appelations, but the public will realize such bands are only swimming in their own cesspool of smug, supercillious hypocrisy and will then be exposed for the pretentious posers they truly are. (Wow - there’s _gotta_ be a good band name in there someplace. 😃 ) (… and I hope no one takes that last paragraph seriously). ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/22 "2006-07-03T05:02:32Z")
Blue Pleasant Rebellion is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/23 "2006-07-03T05:03:34Z")
Erm… make that Blue _Peasant_ Rebellion. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/24 "2006-07-03T05:04:43Z")
No offense, but I like some of the generated band named better if you drop a name. I just got " **Vicious Coalition."** ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/25 "2006-07-03T05:24:29Z")
I got **Subtle Sex Death**. That makes me feel wierd. Try coming up with a name for a metal band that hasn’t been used already, doesn’t sound ridiculous, makes sense, and people might actually like. We settled on Fatalist, which I thought fit the bill. Too bad that project never went anywhere. The bass player for the cover band I was in came up with the name Replica, which, for a cover band, is just awesome. That one never played out either. ☹ IMO, the best band names come from strange descriptions of the band itself. It would take me quite a while to come up with dozens of examples, but I still hold that belief. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/26 "2006-07-03T06:02:06Z")
**Saturday’s Sex Rebellion** …I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/27 "2006-07-03T08:29:29Z")
My best two were “Alien Sex Glee Club” and “Dead Sex Dance.” ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/28 "2006-07-03T09:02:41Z")
**Insane Sad Dance** Cool. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/29 "2006-07-03T11:09:54Z")
Einstein’s Rubber Pressure Must. Scrub. image. from. brain. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/30 "2006-07-03T12:42:32Z")
A few favorites: **Rampant Rubber Gravy Surreal Monkey Brigade Strange Artificial Symphony** I can tell I’m going to have a lot of fun with this. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/31 "2006-07-03T13:41:52Z")
Cool! Found a few awesome names here: Crispy Notorius Band (Yeah, baby. _Notoriously_ crispy!) Discarded Leather Devils (Great emo twist) Streaming Shower Glee Club ('nuff said right there) Green Street Police (Hey, that’s almost normal!) Angry Gravel Sinners (Sinning … _with gravel!_) Strawberry Fold Hammer (That’s almost a double entendre) Raw Love Demons (Hair band!) Three Monkey Titans (and we likes us some titanic monkey love) Left-Handed Summer Ensemble (Lefties unite!) Bad Clown Service (Kinda like the Insane Clown Posse, except we’ll just get your order wrong and be kinda rude about it) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/32 "2006-07-03T15:11:59Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Even Dave Barry himself, I believe, thinks that the whole “band name” joke thing is pretty stale. [/quote] Dave and myself: > **[Band Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=81853)** > > 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:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/33 "2006-07-03T16:09:12Z")
I used to love reading the nightlife ads from the NewTimesLA and the LA Weekly just for the band names. There was one around a dozen years ago frequently performing under the banner “Eek A Mouse!” ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/34 "2006-07-03T16:36:17Z")
**UncleBeer** Your point is well-taken. You started that thread almost _five years ago_. I still contend that the entire “band name” comedy routine is older than the 1990’s and originated with Steve Allen in the 1960’s. Although this routine has _almost_ been done to death, I do not think we will see it die out anytime soon. Heck, people are still doing parodies of the “Who’s On First ?” routine - including one that has to do with _band names_. **Promoter:** I’ve got a great idea for a rock show - all big name bands. **Producer:** All right, who’s on first? **Promoter:** That’s right. **Producer:** The name of the first band is “That’s Right” ? **Promoter:** No, it’s who? **Producer:** That’s what I’m asking _you_ !!! etc. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/35 "2006-07-03T17:20:59Z")
How did you do it? Is it based on a vocabulary of selected words and a random number generator? ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/36 "2006-07-03T18:14:59Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] “Pearl Jam” / and the whole phenomenon of random words for band names is very 90s. [/QUOTE] Okay, but you know that ‘Pearl Jam’ is not an instance of ‘random words’, right? Think ‘10 cc’ and ‘The Lovin’ Spoonful’. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/37 "2006-07-03T18:17:19Z")
I’m starting: Dead Postal Revival Who’s in? ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/38 "2006-07-03T18:21:25Z")
Best I got so far… **Reborn Skunk Nails** **Coffin Cheerleaders** (Like **Askia** , I sometimes delete one word) **Puppet Thieves** **Nocturnal Lipstick Pirates** ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/39 "2006-07-03T19:17:11Z")
I’m going with **Third Moose Prophecy** ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-a-band-name-generator/362985/40 "2006-07-03T20:00:02Z")
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