band names

stompie · 2013-04-11T20:58:59+00:00

I guess there's alot you can ask on this topic, like what are some tips to choose a good band name. And what inspired some of your band names, or maybe a cool story behind your band name. It's quite an important thing for a band to have a good name, people hear that before they hear your music lots times

Chabenda

deefstes wrote
NileshHansjee wrote
Chabenda wrote Finding a good name is a pain in the butt!
Says the guy with (in my opinion) the best band name here ?
+1

Chabenda wrote The first band that I played in was called The Dose...
Good thing you prefixed it with the English definite article "The" and not the Afrikaans "Die"...

:roflmao: (I had to use a translator)

The Tetesticles got their name from a cheeky comment passed by an alcoholically inspired member of the audience when we first got together for a jam session in a local pub. My fellow member, sorry,other Tetesticle, Steve, and I were at school together over thirty years ago and met up again in Tete - a small world indeed. We have quite a flexible line up but are quite happy operating as a duo. It would be nice to find a good drummer and bass guitarist at some stage. Not so easy here.

coynegfsa

deefstes wrote
NileshHansjee wrote
Chabenda wrote Finding a good name is a pain in the butt!
Says the guy with (in my opinion) the best band name here ?
+1

Chabenda wrote The first band that I played in was called The Dose...
Good thing you prefixed it with the English definite article "The" and not the Afrikaans "Die"...

Thanks deefstes, that made my night, haha! :roflmao:

FruitarGeek

I think choosing a good band name is really important. So don't rush the decision. It's the first thing the audience/fans will know of you, so you really gotta make it something good. And please, NO cheese, unless that is exactly what you going for haha.

Some of the bands I've been in:

Brother & Brother (we where formerly called Orean, but we decided Brother & Brother had a better message to send)
The Curious Incident (not based on book, but rather to keep people guessing what exactly is curious)
Cat String Theory (if you dangle a piece of string in front of a cat, it will play. That was the meaning behind that one)
Francis Baines (Completely random)
Active Ingredient (My first band, and, an aweful name if you ask me, haha. but I was 15 at the time, and didn't know better)

*I personally only had a say in the first and last band names

Arno-West

stompie wrote I dunno if this is what you meant Arno?
http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/35741

It is quite funny.

Yeah that's the one.

Chabenda

Arno West wrote
stompie wrote I dunno if this is what you meant Arno?
http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/35741

It is quite funny.
Yeah that's the one.

Ha ha! That's really good! I just have to kill someone in Memphis then. It's quite a long way from here. Still, there's no compromising!

Squonk

I have always wanted to use "DIRK THRUST and the Y-Fronts" or "The Psycho Gentiles"

Arno-West

Chabenda wrote
Arno West wrote
stompie wrote I dunno if this is what you meant Arno?
http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/35741

It is quite funny.
Yeah that's the one.
Ha ha! That's really good! I just have to kill someone in Memphis then. It's quite a long way from here. Still, there's no compromising!

Tete? Memphis?I'm sure no-one will object to Tete...

Welcome back Squonk!

I've played in some bands with ridiculous names, particularly when we were all just staring out. "THE INSANE RADIATORS" should have been the first warning sign, but that morphed into "THE EPILEPTIC FORESKINS" a few months later. When we got our first regular paying gigs, at a place called The Screaming Chameleon (another bad name), the owner insisted we change our name, so we changed it to a more palatable "POWER FAILURE".

The first week we rocked up at the place and on the chalkboard outside in big bold letters were written "TONIGHT: Power Failure". Needless to say, nobody even bothered to come inside. The next week we changed our name to "FREE BEER" and the place was quite full - although most of them were pretty upset because of the false advertising on the chalkboard outside......

Another band I played in was called "Mr. Krinkle" - named after a Primus song. No club ever got the spelling right. We saw ourselves being punted as "MR. KRANKLE", "MR. SPRINKLE" and my all-time favourite at Sweeney Todd's in Braamfontein in '94 - "MR. SHRINKLE".

The Electric Petals were once punted as "The Electric Kettles" on a poster at the old Bayrischer Hoff in Lanseria. Had a good laugh at that one as well....Danny de Wet wasn't too impressed and went into a 5-minute rant explaining their name during their set.

Psean

Arno West wrote
Chabenda wrote
Arno West wrote
stompie wrote I dunno if this is what you meant Arno?
http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/35741

It is quite funny.
Yeah that's the one.
Ha ha! That's really good! I just have to kill someone in Memphis then. It's quite a long way from here. Still, there's no compromising!
Tete? Memphis?I'm sure no-one will object to Tete...

Welcome back Squonk!

Yes! Welcome back ?

Malkav

My current band name (Zero Stroke) is a mental disorder that manifests in times of great social and economic crisis, but we can get into that another time...

I've also just recently joined a swing/tango/polka/electronica band called Pravda23 - Pravda is the russian word for truth and was also the title of one their very pro communism newspapers, the 23 is an inside joke ?

Also I want to start a Fusion jam band and call it "The Riaan Cruywagen Experience" because lols ?

stompie

Would be awesome if you could then get riaan to become a member

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