# I need a band name. Seriously. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184 "2003-10-13T14:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/61 "2003-10-14T12:14:56Z")
I REALLY like the name Thunderpunk, but it might not be original. It just stuck in my head one day and I cant stop saying it… Satisfying Amy Licious? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/62 "2003-10-14T14:27:46Z")
I’m going to run an experiment. I am going to select a random thread from a random SDBM forum and pick a random phrase from a random post there. [here it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=217071): Not a Compliment. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/63 "2003-10-14T15:00:19Z")
\*\*Fish Slippers Tenterhook The Slug Pellets Clown Imperial Slitty Sicker Twelve Times Table Mugs Game Aeriola Bluster The Stupid Pedants Bad Dog Gas The Jinxies\*\* ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/64 "2003-10-14T15:02:10Z")
Now I could find the link but on another thread, about who was the first Pope I think, the phrase \*\*The Warrior Popes came up and someone suggested it would make a good band name… ---
**Author:** ![plasticbryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@plasticbryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plasticbryan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/65 "2003-10-14T15:48:03Z")
\*\* Divison of Water\*\* I saw it on a city truck one day, about 20 years ago, and thought it would make an awesome band name ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/66 "2003-10-14T15:59:49Z")
\*\*Rheingold Blues Threnody Cattle Cult\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/67 "2003-10-14T16:15:56Z")
\*\*Strangers In The Playground The Ex Husbands The Jock Strap Jonnies \*\* ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/68 "2003-10-14T16:40:34Z")
Please keep in mind that your band name should be an oblique reference to your genitals and/or sexual virility. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/69 "2003-10-14T17:11:02Z")
My band’s name is Jesus on a Pancake. ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/70 "2003-10-14T17:46:04Z")
In another thread recently I mentioned that **Breakfast for Dinner** would be a cool band name. ---
**Author:** ![LucysLogic101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LucysLogic101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucysLogic101)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/71 "2003-10-14T21:12:36Z")
**hey you** or **who me** or **yeah you** follow in the footsteps of the greats: The Who, Guess Who, The Band, and Yes that and it just really confuses the helloutta people…and that’s always fun… ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/72 "2003-10-14T21:46:55Z")
How 'bout **12-inch Johnson**? Yes? No? Maybe not… ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/73 "2003-10-14T22:18:42Z")
Nothing can top Sketchy at Best. Here are some that kids in my class use as their team names when we review: The medicated outpatients, Orange and Black extension cords, Hot Pink Heifers, Tree Weasel Brigade, The Ear Wax Losers, The Dead Socks, The Constipated Cupcakes, and the Obstreperous Orange Octagons. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/74 "2003-10-14T22:48:58Z")
Any of the ones in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138079&highlight=blowjobs), provided they’re not already taken. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/75 "2003-10-15T06:43:00Z")
I think Eve started a thread lamenting the monkeys that can control robots with their minds, and someone came up with: Telekinetic Monkeys, and Telekinetic Monkey Overlords. I thought those were pretty cool ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/76 "2003-10-15T06:56:39Z")
[http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/bandnames.adp](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/bandnames.adp) ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/77 "2003-10-15T17:35:37Z")
Man I spent about an hour this morning thinking up some great band names. I swear I posted them but it seems they got hamstered (or I posted them in the wrong thread…) The only ones I can remember: Stinky Pinky Funk Monkey (or Funky Monkey) Beelzebub Smile Trancendental Medication Crash Bang Thang ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/78 "2003-10-15T17:45:53Z")
The Gardeners Of Eden …or anything with the word funk in it. ---
**Author:** ![One\_Bad\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/51bf81/32.png) [@One\_Bad\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_Bad_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/79 "2003-10-16T01:42:27Z")
I say WHISKER BISQUIT or WARD would both be excellent names for a band, no matter what kind of music you play. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184/80 "2003-10-16T01:54:44Z")
I still like the label on my texture spray can: **Heavy Splatter Knockdown** It just rocks, don’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-band-name-seriously/207184.md?page=5)