# What do you think would be a cool band name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899 "2002-10-04T21:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mama\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mama\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_K)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/101 "2003-01-19T21:05:55Z")
I was wathing this thing on tv the other day about martial arts in the movies, and it showed a clip from The Manchurian Candidate of Frank Sinatra fighting this Korean guy with a few kung-fu moves. He looked ridiculous, and I mentioned it to my friend. She yelled out “Kung-Fu Sinatra with a vengeance!” I decided then and there if I was to ever have band it will be called Kung Fu Sinatra. ---
**Author:** ![Stentor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Stentor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/102 "2003-01-19T21:19:09Z")
I ran a marathon in L.A. about a year ago. At the finish line there were a lot of people milling about, inlcuding one guy who had apparently neglected to lubricate his nipples. For those you who don’t run for extended periods, sensitive parts of the body, including the nipples, require lubrication to prevent chafing, particularly if you wear a cotton T-shirts. To be short, this guy had a large blood stain over his left nipple. Then it struck me. . . The Bleeding Nipples would be a great name for a rock band. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/103 "2003-01-19T21:34:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ratatoskK \* > \*\*The band name generator: > [http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/bandname](http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/bandname) \*\* Weird - it generated the Bay City Rollers. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/104 "2003-01-19T21:42:21Z")
The Chainsaw Nuns Effigies in Jism The Suicide Bombers (just for the “Tonight Only…” posters) The Gramophone CD Conversion Kit ---
**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:** [January 20, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/105 "2003-01-20T03:32:43Z")
Here’s another one from **Spoz** : Smells Like Braindamage And here’s one which I thought of this morning: Gwei Lo Laap Saap (my brother thinks it would sound best if said in a really crappy Chinese accent… I agree) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![MMercurius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MMercurius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMercurius)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/106 "2003-01-20T05:47:20Z")
…kinda works, I think. ---
**Author:** ![MMercurius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MMercurius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMercurius)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/107 "2003-01-20T05:48:25Z")
Madam Insane and the Strap-Ons of Mass Destruction? ---
**Author:** ![MMercurius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MMercurius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMercurius)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/108 "2003-01-20T06:02:11Z")
The CIA The Killer Tomatoes The Threesome (for a four-piece band) The Valley Girls (for a death metal band, preferably) The Smelling Salts The Cabbage Patch Kids and my personal favourite, **The Faggots** (“Do you like _The Faggots_?” “No, they’re faggots”. “Well, duh!”) ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/109 "2003-01-22T07:05:07Z")
Dave Barry often says something like “The Federal Duck” in his columns, and then comments, “Hey! That would be a good name for a rock band!” [The List:](http://www.davebarry.com/rockbandlist.html) The Cotton-Eating Moths of Australia The Turkey Spiders The Flaming Salmonella Units Excessive Deer Doots Rival Bat Dung Gatherers The Fecal Pellets The Wood Tick Snorkels Heave Squatting Turnips The Bones of Contention Pinot Noir and his Nuances of Toast The Fabulous Snake Doots Shy Fruiter and the Saplings Weasel Nostrils Three Fatty Acid Radicals The Flaming Booty Moths Earl Piedmont and the Diphthongs Slippery Spleens Sheep Eyeballs The Flaming Croutons Rodent Passion Flaming Squirrels Balky Charcoal St. Vincent and The Grenadines The Biscuit Whackers Gaseous Worms Raymond Burr’s Legs Shark Puke Jimmy Music and the Stomach Contents Little Heed Short Shrift Gastric Contents The Urban Professionals The Phlegmtones The Federal Duck Crotch Effluent, Sliced Meat The Postal Patrons The Vestigial Organs Decomposing Tubers Diminished Penile Sensation Bill and the Bracts The Foliage Eaters Crab Shrapnel DeWayne Hurlmont and the Compunctions of Soul Contaminated Tumbleweeds Varlet and the Squeaking Codpieces Violently Fracturing Water Closets The Flying Shards The Fierce Prune-Eating Hamsters from Space Duane Ketter and his Wildlife Technicians Paint-Peeling Puffs of Flatulence Mosquito Hunter and the Unreliable Pollinators The Mighty Shaking Wattles (for the Rolling Stones) Bleeding Nipples Rapid Sucking Action Nuclear Underpants Marcel and the Turpitudes The Groin Whappers Thrusting Balloon Puppies Drastic Toilet Air The Eerie Groin Legumes Drawers Full of Slugs Groping for Elmo The Pig-Stinging Jellyfish Fugitive Squirrel and the Clearly Disturbed Beavers The Moos of Derision An idea of my own: Rock Band (or Punk Band…nevermind) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/110 "2003-01-22T11:57:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Righteous \* > **I always thought a great name for a metal band would be Nazgul.** In fact, George R. R. Martin’s novel _The Armageddon Rag_ was all about a band named **The Nazgûl.** ---
**Author:** ![Beatlez674](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@Beatlez674](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beatlez674)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/111 "2003-01-22T13:48:08Z")
I haven’t read all of these yet…but… this came to me this morning for no apparent reason: How about the Derrangned Violinists? It just sounds like something Dave Barry would come up with… hee hee… ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/112 "2003-01-22T16:45:56Z")
I just saw “Clever Persistent Apes” over in a GD thread about math. I like that one. I’ve probably posted this one before, but a conversation while shopping at Safewat about my wife’s laser eye surgery produced this wonderful collision: **Smokin’ Eyeball and the Cocktail Midgets**. I’m keeping that one for if I ever start a band. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/113 "2003-01-22T17:28:42Z")
As I said elsethread, **Nerdsluts** is a great name for a band. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/114 "2003-01-22T17:30:10Z")
Wait a minute… The best name for a band: **This is a Good Band Name**. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/115 "2003-01-22T18:54:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by universe.zip \* > \*\*I always thought **Special Guest** would be neat. At least you´d have a lot of posters to put up in your room and impress people… > A Google search shows other people had this idea, too… a “dance party band for private engagements”, some highschool band playing "a mix of Ska Punk Emo and Hardcore, aptly titled-“Skemo Core”, “A German wild, crazy, and fast, ska and old school punk band, playing their own material and cover songs” and [something I can´t quite put my finger on](http://www.biemer.com/specialguest/)… > > well, okay, can´t blame other people for having the same idea ☹ \*\* There’s also a Vicotia, BC band caled The Special Guests. 🙂 I first heard of them a few yeara ago… they seem to be doing quite well for themselves. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian (in reference to the name “The Tangerine Fuckheads”) \* > **Perhaps in reference to Tangerine Dream?** I don’t know… I’ll have to ask **Spoz** if he’s ever done with his educational CD-ROM chemistry textbook formatting project. And in case any of you were wondering, you can find the meaning of “Gwei Lo Laap Saap” [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104590&highlight=gwei+laap+saap). F\_X ---
**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:** [January 22, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/116 "2003-01-22T19:42:31Z")
Proving once again that I don’t know how to type with much accuracy when I’ve not eaten yet… That URL hyperlink was _supposed_ to read a **Victoria** , BC band and the words right after that were supposed to read “a few **years** ago…” Oh, and **Avalonian**? I just asked **Spoz** about the “Tangerine Dream” question; the answer would be that “The Tangerine Fuckheads” has absolutely nothing to do with “Tangerine Dream” since he has NO idea what “Tangerine Dream” is. (neither do I) So what is “Tangerine Dream?” F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/117 "2003-01-22T20:00:16Z")
Didn’t Tangerine Dream do “Horse With No Name?” ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/118 "2003-01-22T21:47:22Z")
Hmm… Gwei Lo is Cantonese term meaning spook, basically a white person. Tangerine Dream were an obscure 1970s band. Ask your dad about them (I did). My band name submission: “Lesbian Bed Death”. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/119 "2003-01-22T22:04:30Z")
Here are a couple: - The Flaccids -The Taoist Cowboys ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/120 "2003-01-22T22:20:07Z")
two awful puns… superficial fly spilt infinity geddit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899.md?page=7)