I heard that was how the Presidents of the United States of America came with their name. They experimented with a bunch of different names in concert, and went with the one that garnered the most positive crowd reaction.
Here are some more band names courtesy of Spoz… I got them from his blog, and he said I could use them.
IDIOTIC BAND NAMES (all fake)
Dog’s Breakfast Collective
Undulating Bitch
Squirrel Bits
9-Inch Cheddar
The Blockhead Hamsterettes (possibly at least partially inspired by one of my alter egos / one of his names for me… he’d better not be calling me a blockhead, after all! )
Nibbling Horse Rectum
Twat Called Zebu
Fuck, Am I Losing Count?
Candy-Flavoured Moose Poo (this one inspired by a conversation we were having a couple months ago about the pooping moose I got for Christmas 2001)
Teflon Gonad
Weird Font Issues (I was on MSN at my friend Nathan’s house a few weeks ago, happened to buzz him, and he thought I had “weird font issues”… nah, I just wasn’t at home, that’s all! )
Chicken Piss Trap
More to come later, as he makes them up!
Bruce and the Crewcuts.
The Lines.
Frank Burns.
The Unknowns.
(Bands I’ve played with in some capacity or another.
The Chicken Rondalays - (My cousin’s old band)
General Asshole
Jalapeno Flea Dip
The Snorts
Waterbong Hong Kong
Fondle My Airdale
It’s Mom’s Girdle
Doctor Hernia
Guess My Weight
The Stuffed Maraschinos
The Underwater Gub-Nuggets
What’s It To You?
Shit I Just Made Up
I still think the greatest SDMB band name was Coldfire’s contribution of Shiny Gay Republican. Surely someone’s gotta start a band with that moniker some day.
Here are some we considered a while back: Serious:
The Satellite Hum (which I used)
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Lucky Stars
Audio Delivery Service
The Magnificent Bastards
Not Serious:
The Lickers
Phil Manutts and the Urologists
Prostate of the Union
Rob McCrotch and the Molesters
Penis the Menace
The Art School Dropouts
The Crappy Veterans (my roommate was watching Major League and one of the lines was, “They’re bringing in the crafty veteran!”)
But the best one is The Shitty Beatles.
“How are they?”
“They suck!”
“So it’s not just a clever name.”
I don’t think so. When Coca-Cola was introduced in China, storekeepers made signs which translated to “Bite the wax tadpole.” (Some people believe Coke themselves made this error. They didn’t.)
Gorki’s Zygotic Mynci
The Flaming Lips
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Apples in Stereo
Super Furry Animals
Arab on Radar
Elf Power
Godspeed you Black Emperor
Sad Like Crazy
He says he was talking about tweaking his music, and how he wanted to turn the insanity up a notch. This other dude said, “Yeah, just turn the insanity knob up to 11.” (Spinal Tap references rule!)
i’m surprised that “sucking chest wound” is not a band name yet. it’s perfect, really, especially with all these supposedly hard-core rock bands that keep cropping up.
and tba is already a band name, some hiphop group from chicago, i believe.
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…
well, okay, can´t blame other people for having the same idea
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