What do you think would be a cool band name?

Cafe Society
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You’re right on the “gwei lo,” samarm. :slight_smile: “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.

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!

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Just saw this in a banner ad:

Spam Insanity

(specifically, it was: “Stop the spam insanity!” … but hey, I can truncate at will :wink: )

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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

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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

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I want to have a band called NINE ELEVEN NEVER FORGET! (with the exclamation mark)

It might not be politically correct though.

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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

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Live Music Tonight

This is another way to grab some people off the street who have never heard of you.

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Radical Landscapes

Humans with Instruments

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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

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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)

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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!

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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.

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HIV and the Positives

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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.

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That would be America.

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“Interstate Speedbumps”

Odd… I know. But I get a kick out of it.

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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)

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The Abracadavers.

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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

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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 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