Guitar Tricks - Name your band

PonyOne

10-01-2001, 12:35 PM

Mine is called Lucid. For those who aren't fimiliar with this word, a Lucid dream is one of those dreams that's so realistic that you think it is reality.

Think of those dreams where you had a huge financial windfall, woke up smiling because you now had millions of dollars, and then realized that it really was just a dream and you have to go to work in 15 minutes.

Don't take that name. Let's see, other names that my band went through... Monkeyblastor, Toiletboy 6 (there were only 3 members, though) and The Forgotten (i think there's a legitimate band with a deal called that but don't quote me).

hendrix_jimi

10-01-2001, 02:45 PM

Alright, here are some, but I hope you don't steal them. Just think of it, you're on MTV and the host asks you how you got your band name, and you'll have to say "Someone on the internet suggested it, so we took it".

Some of these are mine, and some are my bandmate's:

Sound & Fury, Xepox Corp., The Ultimate Pants, The Bingo Boys (that seems to already have been taken).

Here are some that I don't really like, and you can have if you want:

Sonic Reactor, Eclectic Electric, Eclectic Guitar, The Beatles.

Sorry if I came across a little protective in the first paragraph, it's just that the first set of band names are like my babies.

Raskolnikov

10-01-2001, 07:29 PM

My band is The Bocce Wagon (http://redrival.com/macboy/boccewagon/bocce.html).

I have some pretty decent band name ideas, but I'm not sharing, good luck though. I suggest carrying a pen and paper around, 'cause these sort of things will just pop into your heard without warning and are easily forgotten.

educatedfilm

10-02-2001, 04:07 AM

Some names i've thought of, but since i dont have a band why not let someone else put them to good use:

"Racing hearts, bleeding ears", "soap on a rope", "hamaar" that's tricky cos you have to pronouce it right it's supposed to mean red in arabic (but i'm not really certain), "a man in beige", "Mouselini ate my canary", and they kind of get sillier from here

My favourite, it's imposible to write down, but basically you stick your tongue out of your mouth, and make a farting noise... heheheh... i'd love too see people try to spell it

there are also a lot of bands who get their names from film (eg black sabath, they might be giants etc...) or from song names (eg radio head), so you dont really have to make one up

stratman42

10-02-2001, 01:30 PM

Our band is called Lydian, after the mode.

We weree called Blackwell for a bit, but now we aren't.

Try names from Nordic Mythology such as Fenris or Midgard. They're usually pretty cool

Dave How

10-02-2001, 05:18 PM

I'm not in a band currently but previous band names were Crystal Vase (we were only 12 years old at the time!) and Cyan. The naughtiest name I ever came across (and the moderator might block it) was Betty Swallocks and The Cunning Stunts. Am I allowed to say that on the Internet?
:eek:

AntiPrep01

10-02-2001, 06:51 PM

My band is Anti-Prep, but it depends on what kind of music you want to play.

AntiPrep01

10-02-2001, 06:53 PM

I like bleeding ears if your not going to use it i want it cause we havent really decided on a name

Joseph

10-02-2001, 08:03 PM

When choosing a band title, I've always found that it's important to come up with something that represents your personality, or your high hopes for the future. The last band I was in, the guys I was involved with weren't very much into the project as I was, but at the time I was willing to take what ever I could get. They came up with some really weord titles like Earwax Central, and Mimic Rodneyface. Crap like that, crap that I wouldn't put my name on with a ten foot pole. So basically, trying to stay very opytimistic, being stuck in a bum deal, I chose the name "Bliss." It was kind of a way for me to look on the bright side of things, and to show the guys that I had a lot of faith in them.

Toward the end, I recruited this great female singer, she was amazing and helped the other guys gain confidence in their abilities. However, once she left for college, everyone else in the band just started goofing off again, and at that point I had enough.

Perhaps I should have went with Earwax Central, or Mimic Rodneyface, I mean it can't be any worse than some of the bands in the mainstream today. :rolleyes:

-Joseph

educatedfilm

10-04-2001, 10:00 AM

AntiPrep01: yep, you may have the name... but really the name is "racing hearts, bleeding ears", and it's a famous quote (i dont know who said it... pathetic eh?)...

Isn't a Lucid dream where you dream, but are totally concience through out(that's the best i can describe it)? isn't it one of these things where few poeple can do?

[Edited by educatedfilm on 10-04-2001 at 11:03 AM]

Christoph

10-04-2001, 11:45 AM

Has anyone heard of the band "String Cheese Incident"?

I've never heard any of their songs and I have no idea what style they play, but that's a hilarious name.

Snacktruck

10-04-2001, 09:54 PM

thanks guys that really helped me out a lot!!!
But still tell me some more things if you can.

Christoph

10-04-2001, 11:23 PM

More possible band names -

Orge Foot

Sonic Dorks

Peanut Butter Flow

Redline

Unholy Sacrifice (sounds too 80's maybe)

Mourn the Passing

Line-up

Object Fantasm

These are just coming off the top of my head, so that's why they might sound ridiculous.

Another thing you can do is just open up a dictionary to a random page, close your eyes, and land your finger somewhere on the page. Whatever happens to be under your finger is your band name.

Obviously this may take a few tries to find one that you like . . .

Christoph

10-04-2001, 11:27 PM

I was once jamming with a guy who suggested we call our band "Sweat-sack". I don't think I'd feel like putting my name on something like that, so I know where you're coming from.

PonyOne

10-05-2001, 10:15 AM

Educatedfilm:

Yeah, that's one element of Lucid dreaming. Like I said, it's basically a dream that's so realistic that you think that it is reality. For many, being able to control your dream's outcomes and such is part of it.

I didn't know about the concept until I started reading my mom's psych books when I was like 9; amost of my dreams could be considered to be lucid dreams and it's been that way since I was a baby, so that, like dreaming in color, never struck me as odd. When I was a kid I'd have dreams where a werewolf was trying to kill me, I'd be running, and then I'd take control of the dream and make him vanish. Happiness and chimunks ensued. Stuff like that.
Continual lucid dreaming is actually more like a plague or punishment, because your dreams are usually better, worse, or a helluva lot wierder than your real life (so you get let down, depressed, or creeped out, respectively). When I get really depressed (like now, since I lost my job) I have lots of dreams where I get hit by cars, fall out of buildings, or die in other less than great ways... and wake up thinking I've been horribly wounded or are dead.
My bassist has the same problem, so we thought the name would be fitting.

Snacktruck

10-05-2001, 10:39 AM

well how about Snacktruck?(my user name) that was named after one of my retarded friends (he was really retarded, and the story is that eachtime a ice cream truck would come by he would scream SNACKTRUCK!!!!! really loud because he was fat, and it would make us all lauph. it still makes me lauph when i think about it. but it is still hard to make up a name.

educatedfilm

10-05-2001, 01:34 PM

hmmm... we had a biologoy teacher (who was also a psychology teacher, but i never did psychology as a proper subject)... he said something about dreaming in colour, which is something i experience but had never payed any attention to before... i though everyone was the same as me, but the other thing that i noticed was my dreams are really pesimistic, eg i'd be flying really high, having the time of my life, when i think "oh... i'm pretty high up, lets just hope i dont lose my powers", i just drop, and it's extremely realistic... i really hate it when that happens... to be honest i dont believe too much in freudian psychology... why the hell am i talking about this in a guitar forum?!!

Hootayah

10-05-2001, 04:03 PM

You could name yourselves 'Osama and the Bin Ladens' but I don't think your band would last too long. ;)

Joseph

10-05-2001, 07:47 PM

Originally posted by Christoph

I was once jamming with a guy who suggested we call our band "Sweat-sack". I don't think I'd feel like putting my name on something like that, so I know where you're coming from.

I've always felt that a name you choose for your band is very important, and it's something that should represent how everyone involved feels, or at least something thAt represents their attitude. Then again, judging by the embarrassing names that continiously climb the charts, I guess most people feel differently. :rolleyes:

-Joseph

Alan Moorhouse

10-06-2001, 03:43 AM

The first band I was in ( we still called 'em "groups" then) was 1965 - I was still in school and we were called "Sixth Sense" but people said "Why do you call it that when there's only 5 of you?".

So we changed it to "Concrete Landladies" because we all came from Blackpool, a holiday town by the sea renowned for it's unlovely hotel owners.

The last band I was in was 3 yrs ago, was called "Sniffa the Fish" which is a rude joke inspired by my Geordie boss.

Christoph

10-06-2001, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by Joseph
Then again, judging by the embarrassing names that continiously climb the charts, I guess most people feel differently.

Yeah, like "Puddle of Mud".

stratman42

10-09-2001, 01:32 PM

Ok. Scrap the last post i did. I got kicked out my band on friday. Which is weird, considering i was the founder member....

blackrose

10-09-2001, 06:26 PM

Originally posted by PonyOne
Think of those dreams where you had a huge financial windfall, woke up smiling because you now had millions of dollars, and then realized that it really was just a dream and you have to go to work in 15 minutes.

When I dream I physically feel things. Like when I get stung by a bee in a dream it hurts.

My band name is DOC. (short for disciples of christ). I am starting my own band soon but I havent thought of a name for it yet.

Joseph

10-09-2001, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by Christoph

Yeah, like "Puddle of Mud". [/B]

Yeah, and the lyrics are even worse. "I love the way you look at me, I love the way ou smack my ass." :rolleyes:

-Joseph

Incidents Happen

12-30-2001, 05:19 PM

Originally posted by Christoph

Has anyone heard of the band "String Cheese Incident"?

I've never heard any of their songs and I have no idea what style they play, but that's a hilarious name.

the string cheese incident are the best bluegrass band around

Psycho Amram

12-31-2001, 01:58 AM

my band's name is... err... Psycho Amram

we had that name even before we started (well our story is quite weird) but for a time we thought about "Yellow Flame Patterns"

i suggest that you will find something that express your emotion about the band - just say words that form in your mind when you think about it and you'll have it

blankdrawn

01-01-2002, 12:49 PM

i just might name my band "poo chuckers"

it symbolizes our evolution from monkeys

blackrose

01-03-2002, 03:15 PM

evolutionists are only as smart as thier ancestors :D

Lordathestrings

01-03-2002, 03:24 PM

The last (paid, professional) band I was in was called Railroad. We picked it up when Grand Funk Railroad (our heroes!), dropped it from their name. They had some really good material before they 'went mainsteam' with that sucky 'Locomotion/We're An American Band' stuff!