UbiquitousBubba
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Rejected band names
I was musing this morning on the band names that never were. It seems that everytime a band starts figuring out who they are and how they want to be known, there is a great deal of concern about selecting just the right name. It should be easy to remember, marketable, and give you some idea of the band's sound, character, and/or persona. Band meetings where members debate the relative merits of proposed names can be very intense and passionate. In the process of finding the perfect band name, there are a number of discarded or rejected names. Over the years, I'm sure we've all accumulated a collection of rejected band names. Some of them may just be bad names, but some just might have come out at the wrong place and time. I thought it might be interesting to admit to some of the horrific names of the past. Here's a few I can remember. - Love Carcass - I wasn't really serious about this one, but it stood out in my memory
- Jellyfish of Destruction - Yes, for a metal band. No, they didn't like it at all.
- Glockenspiel - Nothing says Goth like a Glockenspiel (apparently). Fortunately, this was rejected immediately.
- Despair's Doilies - Blank looks. I had to explain what a doilie was. Blank looks.
- Ballet of Burnt Souls - The idea tanked when I described the concept of wearing ballet outfits and having our guitarist play his leads on tiptoe followed a plié and/or a pirouette. Also, none of us had any grace or dexterity of any kind.
- Reality's Soft Underbelly - Long pause. "Are there any good ideas instead?"
- Milk Maids of Doom - Statements like "Will you shut up?" and "You Idiot!" were declared with great ferver
- Vegan Vengence - None of us were vegans
- Bloat - Not serious. I just liked the idea of hearing, "Put your hands together for Bloat!" Various objects from around the room were hurled in my general direction.
- Shut Up! - It was being said so much, I was beginning to think it was my name
- Soft, Fluffy Cows - No one was even listening anymore, so I said it to amuse myself. That happens a lot.
- Masters of Obsequity - I kind of liked this one. No response.
- The Asinine Assassins - At this point, I looked around and saw that I was alone. Typical.
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Jokerman
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 12:47:17
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The Grateful Dead were going to be called Mythical Ethical Icicle Tricycle. -=mike=-
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 13:13:02
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I had heard that the Statler Brothers were once called "The Honkers" up til the day they saw the box of tissue sitting on granny's nightstand. ^_^
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 14:16:16
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Me and my old guitar player ended our band Stateside and joined another group of folks who called themselves 'Warwazia'. A made-up name, doesn't mean anything. We lobbied for a change with suggestions flying in from all sides. I really wanted to call us 'The Balls' but the only one who liked it besides me was the guy who came up with Warwazia. Almost called ourselves 'White Heat' (a few James Cagney fans in the group). Eventually decided on Black Mariah, suggested by the drummer's mother.
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 14:30:29
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We all rejected The Coffee House Band (even the suggester) but nothing else floated up from the bottom of the tank. (or did it?)
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 14:42:21
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Blue Oyster Cult had the original name Soft White Underbelly, which is the name they used when they submitted thier demo to the record company. It was rejected. A short time later they submitted the same demo under the name Blue Oyster Cult. They got signed immediately. Strange but true. Randy
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 14:45:25
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I wanted to name a band Cecilia's Thong after a girl in our office who always was showing the top of her thong underwear above her skin tight jeans. All of the guys were worried their wives / girlfriends would not like it so it was dropped.
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 15:50:21
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Way way back when my old band formed, one name that was bandied about was "The Silver Pillars". The idea was that we would come on stage individually wrapped in tin foil, and then emerge from our respective "pillars" - Spinal Tap 'pod' fashion - to play the opening tune. I didn't know at that time that the name used by the Beatles just before they were called the 'Beatles' was 'The Silver Beatles'. Actually, 'The Pillars' would not be all that bad of a name for a band. Maybe there is one. I will need to google that. "Acid Arm" was another name that I thought up. Kind of a cool name, in retrospect, but too radical for what we were doing. We had a lot of really off-color ideas for names that cannot be repeated here. Please bear in mind that we were young and usually impaired to varying degrees.
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 15:57:18
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DEADWOOD DICK AND THE ERECTION SET
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 15:59:09
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i actually might steal that one....
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 16:05:24
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"Free Beer" as a band name...on the marquee outside....... guaranteed to get lots of people through the door ONE TIME, until they find out there is no free beer...it's just the band's name..... then the band would probably have their butts kicked for such a stupid joke...especially down here in the south. In today's environment, the club owner would probably be sued for false and misleading advertising.
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/17 17:48:55
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Ah, the identity crisis of a group which hasn't found an identity. Strangely enough, Butthole Surfers was signed. Sign of the times-industry? Remember the Phsycidelic Furs? Alice In Chains? Stone Temple Pilots? What's the metaphor in the name got to do with the content in the bands work?
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/18 16:51:13
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Some recently rejected suggestions from me for names for my band circa 2009 Barmaids Apron The Terror Pins The Furtles Leyton Desire Norfolk and Good Present and Reject Wing and a Prayer The Chilbies The Alltogethers and we finally agreed on................ The Treatments (Band) The Strumberries (Duo spin off)
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Re:Rejected band names
2010/09/18 18:23:19
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We kept coming up with what we thought were original names and most of them were pretty obscure and weird but all were taken, well not exactly, I mean if you find the name is being used by a bunch of snot noses from bumf--k Alberta should you just go ahead and use it anyways? But the way the world works chances are you'll run into them someday and find out their Bass player is 300lb gorilla... I used Google and then most of all is Face book to check for names in use. My conclusion is there are more bands than there are iPods to play them on The ones that were left behind! Turgid Members Skunky and the gland band Forever Stupid The Retro Rockets -taken Local band names that died but I thought were catchy The Kokanee Kowboys
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