Kalle Rantaaho
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 07:04:36
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Our first name was Azalea, just because it sounded nice. Then we thought a band covering Spooky Tooth, Family, Rolling Stones, Who etc. must have a tighter name, so
we became "Aivoaine" (Cerebral Substance). That was around 1967-68.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 08:26:46
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My first band's name was Naked For Jesus. I think it came from a Kids In The Hall sketch. We were a great band, old-school punk rock with acoustic guitars, a drum machine, and a smooth female soprano vocalist. The band's downfall came not from the name, but from the singer (also my girlfriend) dumping me for a homeless guy at my birthday party, and then getting insecure when my choice for a cover song was Iggy Pop's 'Loose'...
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 09:05:24
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I think it was "Look Right"... and I can't remember where we got it from. I think from the streets in the UK, but I'm not 100% sure. Can anyone verify that for me?  We were garage rock / grunge... wow... this is kind of fun. 
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 09:57:28
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Mine was Jet Black. Me, a 16 year old drummer, with a 23 year old guitar player and a 30+ year old bass player. I still remember a few of our tunes and still like a couple of them.
I had always wanted to use the name Emanon, which is 'no name' spelled backwards. I'm sure somebody's used it by now though.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 10:07:53
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Sacrilege. However, for our first "gig" - we stopped for a beer on the way home from a rehearsal, and the bar was having a "talent contest" - we decided to use a pseudonym, as we didn't feel we were quite ready for prime time. So when the MC asked us what the band name was, we huddled for a minute, and came back with "Mainline O.D." He actually introduced us as "The Mainlines".
We didn't win...
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 10:20:56
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1st band name: J.R. Freshwater LOL we were in high school, just barely, playing jr high proms and sr. dances and whatever... we'd break into the high school after dark on friday night, and steal the school jazz band's amplifiers and PA system, play our gig, then break back in late that same night, and put it all back. heheh we thought we were 'entrepreneurs'
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 11:36:43
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I started out very young! From when I was 13, piano n vocal (soloist) as part of a 'youth concert group' (can't remember the name) that performed weekends at various places around Sydney (Australia), consisted of musicians and dancers. Mainly to help raise money (charity) and other causes such as disabled children (example: paraplegics, quadriplegics)
Soon after that... first paying group was 'Trans Haven' formed in 1978, performed at various venues, clubs and outdoor concerts.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 11:38:45
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A State of Mind ....we were 14 years old....complete with flourescent painted drum sticks, guitars and drums to be illuminated by black lights for our last song.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 12:02:00
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Walter Ego. We had T-shirts and everything.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 12:22:06
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Sigh. 'The Model'. Yep. Followed by 'Satisfactor E' (briefly, thankfully), then 'The Stance'  Last gigging band was 'Jumpwagon', which I quite liked.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 12:49:31
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My First Band. (is that a Playskool toy?) The year was 1987, we were a '70s-'80s rock cover band, and sitting around trying to come up with a band name. I don't remember the other submissions, but as a joke I said "How about The Schmaltz?". Everyone loved it--except me! but since it was actually my idea, I couldn't veto. Such were the loose and unwritten bylaws of the group.
And thus was born The Schmaltz. I think we had maybe 2 paying gigs (one of which included a by-necessity (another long story) extended-to-20-minutes version of Pink Floyd's "One of These Days") before our bass/guitar player left to go peddle his religion. Good times, good times.
After The Schmaltz came a couple more bands, but since this is the thread about first band names, you don't get to know them. And I'm absolutely not going to tell you the name of my current band. It's just too horrific to put into print.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 14:12:34
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My First Band. (is that a Playskool toy?) The year was 1987, we were a '70s-'80s rock cover band, and sitting around trying to come up with a band name. I don't remember the other submissions, but as a joke I said "How about The Schmaltz?". Everyone loved it--except me! but since it was actually my idea, I couldn't veto. Such were the loose and unwritten bylaws of the group.
And thus was born The Schmaltz. I think we had maybe 2 paying gigs (one of which included a by-necessity (another long story) extended-to-20-minutes version of Pink Floyd's "One of These Days") before our bass/guitar player left to go peddle his religion. Good times, good times.
After The Schmaltz came a couple more bands, but since this is the thread about first band names, you don't get to know them. And I'm absolutely not going to tell you the name of my current band. It's just too horrific to put into print.
If I remember my German slang, doesn't Schmaltz mean lard or cooking fat?
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 14:49:31
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FUTURE GENERATION KIDS (FGK)
followed by:
DEATH CIRCUS
followed by:
THE INSOLENT MINORETY (wrong spelling intended)
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 15:37:18
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Deparate Din This being a play on words regarding the comic book character Desparate Dan. 
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tarsier
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 15:43:01
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doesn't Schmaltz mean lard or cooking fat Apparently literaly it does. but it really means "sentimental or florid music or art".
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 15:53:37
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sentimental or florid music or art carefully left out the words 'excessive' and 'maudlin' from that definition, I see.
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marcos69
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 19:11:54
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ORIGINAL: tarsier
doesn't Schmaltz mean lard or cooking fat
Apparently literaly it does. but it really means "sentimental or florid music or art".
My parents used to speak a slang when I was growing up, so I'm not sure which words are real or which are just some of theirs.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 19:15:55
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doesn't Schmaltz mean lard or cooking fat
Apparently literaly it does. but it really means "sentimental or florid music or art".
My parents used to speak a slang when I was growing up, so I'm not sure which words are real or which are just some of theirs.
Which slanguage is slang derived from?
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/06 20:29:46
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That's a riot Space as it was around 1977 when Dirt Cheap was playing. Were we in the same band in a parallel universe?!?!
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
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doesn't Schmaltz mean lard or cooking fat
Apparently literaly it does. but it really means "sentimental or florid music or art".
My parents used to speak a slang when I was growing up, so I'm not sure which words are real or which are just some of theirs.
Which slanguage is slang derived from?
Don't know, but my parents used to speak what was called Plattdeutsch, a kind of low German that a lot of the German immigrants that ended up in Texas spoke.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/07 11:44:55
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Let's see ..... -LOL-
First Band - Full Flight
Second Band - Outrageous
Third Band - Bad Sneakers
Fourth band - Skip LeRoix and the Musical Roots
Fifth - Joker
Who thinks up these names anyway ????
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
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ORIGINAL: Kalle Rantaaho
Our first name was Azalea, just because it sounded nice. Then we thought a band covering Spooky Tooth, Family, Rolling Stones, Who etc. must have a tighter name, so
we became "Aivoaine" (Cerebral Substance). That was around 1967-68.
Spooky Tooth What a great band. Fantasy Satisfier was a great toon. And  
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/07 14:05:34
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THIS SPACE FOR LEASE <<<<< I tried something similar before Mark - my "Mr 10%" agent was Jonbouy  Now, what is 10% of naff all 
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/07 22:18:12
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Forgone Conclusion 
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/07 22:35:38
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Forgone Conclusion
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/08 03:38:32
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I suppose I've created an atmosphere here where I'm a friend first, boss second. Probably an entertainer third.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/08 03:43:19
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I suppose I've created an atmosphere here where I'm a friend first, boss second. Probably an entertainer third.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
2009/05/08 07:10:19
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Some people are intimidated when talking to large numbers of people in an entertaining way. Not me.
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RE: What was the name of your first band?
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Some people are intimidated when talking to large numbers of people in an entertaining way. Not me.
You know what's weird? I suffer (I hate the word "suffer" here, it sounds overly dramatic) from social phobia and can hardly function in a new environment with new people, but for some strange reason, I feel pretty good and relaxed on stage. I really can't explain it. Sorry, OT I guess, just wasn't sure if anybody else could relate or not.
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