The indecision of the formative band to be started by myself, Mr. Shiny, AWED and some others leads me to beg for your help. Which of the following names would be good and/or are not already being used by another band:
- Undermountain
- Cryohydra
- Charlie Foxtrot
- The Skinflints
- The Unseelie
- Porphyry Horror
- Red Mountain
- Degausser
- Evil Corporation
- Khazàd Dûm
- Mirrormaze
- Prime Object
- The Villains
- Devils Or Demons
- Lord of War / Warlord
Thank you.
What kind of music do you play?
I'm in a band. The name of our band is Honest Bob & the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives. Some people find this amusing. Clubs just find it long, and we end up being advertised as just Honest Bob, which is fine, because if I tell the audience our whole name twice during a set, our set ends up at 39 minutes instead of 40, and we can use the extra time.
So I was thinking, we've had such success with a name that's unintentionally annoying; imagine how far you could get with a name that's annoying on purpose! And in no time at all I enumerated the
TOP TEN BAND NAMES THAT REALLY PISS OFF CLUB OWNERS
10. Help Wanted, Ask at Bar9. Fresh Out Of Beer
8. 150 dB Guaranteed
7. Ask About Our Group Rates
6. Welcome Class of '46
5. Take Home All Rats You Catch
4. Tiny Tim Unplugged
3. No Shirt, No Shoes, No Cover
2. Soon To Be Asbestos-Free!
1. Sorry, Closed Every Shabbos
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For what it's worth, I like Degausser a lot.
I'd be very surprised if Warlord or Khazad Dum hasn't been used already (probably by Manowar fanboys - which is a look you guys will be hard pressed to pull off ;)), and Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer has a side project called "Demons and wizards". Of course, any confusion here might net you a few concert-goers, but they'll be expecting a Dream Theater/Iced Earth hybrid...
Unseelie and Mirrormaze sound a lot like Ziggy-era Bowie stuff or British art-school rock, while Skinflints, Villains or Evil Corporation has more of a punk ambience. Genre matters!
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I will stick with the list you gave instead of trying to talk you into a name....
Cryohydra has a cool ring to it.
I am making the assumption, based on perceived personalities from the forum posts, that this is a hard rock/metal band. Correct me if I am wrong.
It would've been cool if you listed a musical style and possibly some influences to help us reference the choice.
Good luck and wish I was closer to you guys. I would try out as lead screamer or drummer(need to buy a new set though). I always was better at the lyrical stylings though.
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Degausser is pretty cool.
Quickly looking there are at least four bands with name Warlord already :) Rest of them, haven't heard.
Or how about name Barnacle-Claimed? And debut single could be named Marzipan in the Tureen (you could also start using nice pseudonyms like Tsuto and Ameiko).
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well, that is all that comes to mind; none on your list really does much for me, course we dont know your style of music; have heard of several on your list as local band, but is really not my scene.
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Ages Dreamt!
Trolling Messageboard Bottom Feeders
or TMBF for short.
Acronyms are cool now.
Guttersnipes!
Soul Sucking Succubi or
SSS (cause acronyms are the in things dude)
the first album could be Chaotic Evil Hotties from the Abyss by SSS
How about Saving Throw ? (ST)
"Dr. Coleslaw"
Degausser is cool.
Seen on a receipt from Swiss Chalet, when we ordered a side order of corn - it was coded "Dr Side Corn" which sounded like an awesome name for a super villain.
Hmm...I could give you ideas, but on the other hand I'm starting a band too and I've only got so many to bring to the table.
I agree, though, what type of music do you guys play? That can affect a good name choice.
Case in point, you wouldn't find a death metal band called the Beatles.
I'm in a band. The name of our band is Honest Bob & the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives. Some people find this amusing. Clubs just find it long, and we end up being advertised as just Honest Bob, which is fine, because if I tell the audience our whole name twice during a set, our set ends up at 39 minutes instead of 40, and we can use the extra time.
So I was thinking, we've had such success with a name that's unintentionally annoying; imagine how far you could get with a name that's annoying on purpose! And in no time at all I enumerated the
TOP TEN BAND NAMES THAT REALLY PISS OFF CLUB OWNERS
10. Help Wanted, Ask at Bar9. Fresh Out Of Beer
8. 150 dB Guaranteed
7. Ask About Our Group Rates
6. Welcome Class of '46
5. Take Home All Rats You Catch
4. Tiny Tim Unplugged
3. No Shirt, No Shoes, No Cover
2. Soon To Be Asbestos-Free!
1. Sorry, Closed Every Shabbos
I've heard of those guys before. Were they on Guitar Hero, per chance?
Case in point, you wouldn't find a death metal band called the Beatles.
there goes my idea for a name of my Ukulele death metal band. I was gonna get these huge bare foot Hawaiians in Aloha shirts playing death metal on ukuleles. and we WERE going to be call ourselves the beatles.
Oh and I have tickets for the Hawaii- LA train tunnel, for sale, cheap.
Case in point, you wouldn't find a death metal band called the Beatles.
Unless it was Abelard's Beetles...mwah-hah. :P
Unless it was Abelard's Beetles...mwah-hah. :P
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The Unseelies
Yeah, we're doing metal.
Seems Degausser is getting a lot of support, so at least we're getting some consistency instead of one vote per item. Personally, I like "The Unseelie" becuase of the vibe, but I am only one vote here.
I like Cryohydra. Think of what your logo would look like - a multiheaded beast spewing frost. What would a Degausser look like? A button on a control panel? If you were goth, I'd go with Unseelie.
Of the ones you've listed, I like Unseelie and Degausser best.
Yeah, we're doing metal.
Seems Degausser is getting a lot of support, so at least we're getting some consistency instead of one vote per item. Personally, I like "The Unseelie" becuase of the vibe, but I am only one vote here.
You need to be 'The Unseelies' then someone else will create 'The Seelies' and you will do feymetal stand offs and bardic battles for the soul of music itself beyond the prime material!
Rather like Jem and The Holograms vs The Mystics only for the naughties! ;)
The Unseelie does sound cool for a gothic/metal band.
Abelard's Beatles...hmm...
Degausser is still my fave.
It sounds like Debaser, and I loves me some Pixies.
...I loves me some Pixies.
I salute you.
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What would a Degausser look like? A button on a control panel?
A little copper coil attached to a box (if you're talking about the piece on the inside of a TV monitor) or a little beast of a machine (more commonly known as a digital bulk eraser) that looks like the insane love child of a steam iron and a Modron.
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Wow, Google is getting fast. If you google for "degausser band" this thread is on the first page of results.
Wow, Google is getting fast. If you google for "degausser band" this thread is on the first page of results.
wOW THAT IS FAST
The Unseelie does sound cool for a gothic/metal band.
Yeah, well, for me The Unseelie sounds like hero metal like Rhapsody with twee goth tendencies, just the type of band I would love to mock.
Yeah, well, for me The Unseelie sounds like hero metal like Rhapsody with twee goth tendencies, just the type of band I would love to mock.The Unseelie does sound cool for a gothic/metal band.
But it's evil fey, how could you not think that is cool? It's all dark and... and... wow, I'm starting to see your point. I still like it though.
Hey. Just out of sheer curiosity, what instruments do each of you play?
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Hey. Just out of sheer curiosity, what instruments do each of you play?
(four of five members have Paizo accounts, so I'm going by account names)
Dirk Gently - mediocre guitar, vocalsMr. Shiny - horrible bass, vocals
AWED - horrible keyboard
The Legend of the Sword - guitar, mediocre vocals
Eain Tierney - percussion, didgeridoo, harmonica
...metal with didgeridoo and harmonica?
Got me interested.
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you know a degausser is just a spool of wire wrapped into a coil with electricity running through it; is the opposite of a capacitor. A Degausser generates a fairly large magenetic wave which is what takes those wierd colors out of your tv it you have your speakers to close to it which is the gauss your trying to get rid of; put two degaussers together and you get....A TRANSFORMER hehe.
so you could be Degausser when you play metal; and when you go acustic you could be Dead Coils hehe. If you want other elecronic names:
the Resistor Packs
Epi Layers or just Epitaxial
NPN
Threshold Voltage
Resonance or Resonators
Standing Wave
Unclassified Anomoly
Converted Resisitivity
Particulates
Puckcheck
Mercury Flow
Reactor In Standby
Turning Numbers Into Music,I have a book Turning Numbers Into Statisics
Un Calibrated
Broken Standards lol you could have a song; I Wanna Be Recertified.
Pits and Spikes hmm P&S
Surface Clarity
Raw PPM
Scratch Defect
hehe I would probably go see any of these as bands; stuff I deal with all day long at work. Hehe lot better than
Flippin Burgers; which might be a great band name.