# 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:** 7
**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 23, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/121 "2003-01-23T07:07:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*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”. \*\* You’re right on the “gwei lo,” **samarm**. 🙂 “Laap saap” basically means “trash / garbage / rubbish.” So put the two together and you have “Whote Man’s Rubbish” … I’m not sure it would be too politically correct. I don’t think my dad would know about Tangerine Dream… he came to Vancouver in the early 70s from Hong Kong, which is why I say that. Of course, I never know unless I ask… Just asked him. As I thought, he doesn’t know the band. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irishgirl \* > \*\*two awful puns… > > superficial fly > > spilt infinity > > geddit?\*\* Well, I _think_ the “Split Infinity” one is derivative of the English grammar term “split infinitive,” though I could be wrong. As for the “Superficial Fly” one, all I get from that is that it sounds like “super fish will fly,” which I’m sure is NOT the answer! 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:** [February 5, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/122 "2003-02-05T03:41:46Z")
Just saw this in a banner ad: **Spam Insanity** (specifically, it was: “Stop the spam insanity!” … but hey, I can truncate at will 😉 ) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![gus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gus28)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/123 "2003-02-05T08:49:47Z")
An acquaintance of mine is talking about changing his bands name to Southern Trespass. This may be TMI for some of you, so here’s the definition- It’s the act of a man having sex with a woman from behind and changing orifices without asking permission ---
**Author:** ![MemoryGongs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@MemoryGongs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MemoryGongs)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/124 "2003-02-05T11:18:39Z")
my friend was in a band called Licoriche which I always saw as a 70s nasty porno-funk kinda band name i wanted to name my old band All and Sundry but alas I was just a drummer ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/125 "2003-02-05T13:26:17Z")
I want to have a band called NINE ELEVEN NEVER FORGET! (with the exclamation mark) It might not be politically correct though. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/126 "2003-02-05T21:34:17Z")
Off the top of my head: (\<—Band name!) #1. Marine Corpse #2. The Gates of Night #3. Mountain Don’t and the Viscounts of Negation #4. They Mostly Come at Night #5. Gingrinch (10 points to those who see how I got from #4 to #5!) #6. The Last Emperor Pengiuns #7. Dominatrix are for Kids ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/127 "2003-02-05T22:24:21Z")
Live Music Tonight This is another way to grab some people off the street who have never heard of you. ---
**Author:** ![thi6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@thi6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thi6)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/128 "2003-02-05T23:10:38Z")
Radical Landscapes Humans with Instruments ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/129 "2003-02-06T00:48:30Z")
Fuck Elvis - _(would be real popular in Tennesee)_ Out of Vaseline The Drug Dealers Some Pack of Assholes - _(I imagine asking the guy at the door, “Whoe’s playing tonight?” “Some Pack of Assholes.”)_ I Gave You Crabs Bab’s Uvula Who? Nightmare Salad The Tubular Boobs - (another favorite of mine) Billy Snatchjacket and the Matching Set Do Your Homework - (deathmetal band) PC Load Letter Blister Pack Feeding the Gerbil Snot on the Stained Glass The Loose Stools ---
**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:** [February 12, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/130 "2003-02-12T20:59:22Z")
**Dastardly Gumbo Plot** (this inspired by a conversation **Spoz** and I were having about slow websites, server-specific virus plagues, and thick plotty stews :D) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/131 "2003-02-12T21:37:37Z")
Have I posted to this thread already? Well, if I didn’t: The Children The Musicians Not Singer-Songwriters Four Guys Named Leon (works best if it’s a three-man band) The Worthless Bastards Mom’s Idea (actual band name, and I named them) The Quality System The Glorious June 15th People’s Proletariat Revolution Twenty-Five Piece Salsa-Polka Orchestra And Catering Company Bob Loblaws The Potato People The Gnarly Dudes So’s Your Mother Bloodfart! ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Natural](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@Mr\_Natural](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Natural)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/132 "2003-02-13T00:57:18Z")
Government Cheese Nickey Nasal and his Nine Nasty Nose-Pickers Art Gumm and his Rubber Band featuring Erasable You Sorry if these have already been mentioned, haven’t read all of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_Casualty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@TV\_Casualty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_Casualty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/133 "2003-02-13T01:36:28Z")
HIV and the Positives ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/134 "2003-02-13T01:39:59Z")
My friend, Indy Rock Simon used to say, whenever we would think up a band name, “and waddya going to do after that?” I always wanted to be: The Manifestation Wagons In honor of **Opalcat** , I’ll recommend: The Chocolate Hedgehogs Choosing the band name is one of the toughest things. Can you tell it to your mother? My first gig was an alcoholics anonymous dance - The vision of my mother slow-dancing to “White Rabbit” will be burned on my retinas for all time. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/135 "2003-02-13T02:40:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Didn’t Tangerine Dream do “Horse With No Name?” \*\* That would be America. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/136 "2003-02-13T03:43:51Z")
“Interstate Speedbumps” Odd… I know. But I get a kick out of it. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/137 "2003-02-15T21:52:04Z")
Here’s a couple more inspired by a conversation **Spoz** and I were having this morning: **The Dim Sum Experience** (possibly **The BAD Dim Sum Experience** ) **Ingredient Zeng** (or **Zeng Ingredient** … I can’t quite remember which) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/138 "2003-02-16T05:10:02Z")
The Abracadavers. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Fescue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Hank\_Fescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Fescue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/139 "2003-02-16T05:32:05Z")
Sure to pack the house: **Free Beer** Real band: **Two Rednecks, A Hippie And A Whore** We could never stick with a name. At one point we made a point to come up with a new name for every appearance. Some of the good ones: **Two Bad Pillows** **Jimmys’ Slow Uncle** **Fish Belly** **Spare Change** ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899/140 "2003-02-16T12:54:07Z")
I was in a band for a while in the '80’s called Endless Fucking Games… our guitarist had a good idea at one point that we should have a different name every gig and that we should use the headline from the local crappy [tabloid](http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/) as our band name each night. Since that time I’ve only seen 3 great band names: 1. Fog Carnage 2. Dental Catastrophe 3. Who E-Mailed Porn To The Judge Maybe your local tabloid could do better [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-a-cool-band-name/130899.md?page=8)