The writing bug hit again, and this time, it demands a band - so my problem is that I need a good name for a fictitious band. Nothing real, but cool-sounding name. I hereby open the floor to suggestions. Winner gets - (drum roll please) - credit in the story. Sorry, but my bank account won't go for cash prizes.
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Music?
What kind of music do they play?
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - Turkish Proverb
Bearded CLAmS... Sorry it
Bearded CLAmS... Sorry it was a name of a band that played at WVU years ago...LOL
Fizz Pop Explosion...
What's in a name?
Discarded Meconium
Portia
Call it "Fictitious" or maybe
Call it "Fictitious"
or maybe "Phantasy in Fiction"
Big hugs
Lizzie :)
Bailey's Angel
The Godmother :p
I had a thought along these lines
Really Bad Fiction.
But I don't think that really zings. I'm going to see what comes from the blog.
Imagination is more important than knowledge
A. Einstein
Depends on the music they
play. If they are like the Beach Boys or other such bands, try Kahuna [as in Big Kahuna] or if from some region, name band after some geographical feature such as a mountain or perhaps a city, maybe even a constellation, fictional race, or concept like I.D.I.C. or the Batleth.
May Your Light Forever Shine
Well Blue Oyster Cut
did Soft White Underbelly. But I Like SeeMe ValLee
Goddess Bless you
Love Desiree
Name
Don't know the genre of the band so I tried to think of something that did not lean to close to any one genre.
"Twilight's Inferno"
What kind of band?
Punk? Filthy Urban Raccoons
Hard Rock? Obsidian Knights
Soft Rock? Middle Child
Heavy Metal? Thorium Lifter
Country? West Tulsa
Hip-Hop? See the Man...
R&B? Jump Rope
Folk? The Wailers
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
not so fast
I think I've heard of 'Middle Child', 'See the Man',and clearly remember 'The Wailers' (Bob Marley's band).
Keep it Simple
The Nameless.
Melanie E.
No matter what you pick...
Google it to make the attempt (at least) to ensure that it isn't being used by someone else. They tend to be trademarked, and some are represented by vicious lawyers. Try calling one's fictitious band The Beatles, for example, and imagine what might happen, for example, for example.
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
How about
Mushy Concoction (aka Pulp Fiction) :)
Igor and the Hula Muffins
is my fictitious "worst band name ever". A quirky comedic rock group with accordion.
Once I saw an ad for a (punk?) band called Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Some chutzpah that.
Most problematic band name but somebody will do it eventually would be The.
~~hugs veronica
Well shit, I guess it really CAN happen here..,
.
The
Already taken, by a band called "the The". I kid you not.
Penny
ridiculous
Al Packer's Alpacas
"healing nicely"
for heart-break music
Kangaroo Emu
Its got rhythm
ed
How about
"The Euphonious Harmonics", sounds like it sounds good.
How about
Forty Nights ?
How about...
the Knight Watch?
Samirah M. Johnstone
Instant popularity
How about "Free Beer". They would definitely pack the place every night just by putting their name on the marquee in front of any bar.
Stepwise Pagoda...
Just kidding. But Ellen Hayes's fictional band of that name supposedly got its name by opening a dictionary randomly. That may not be as bad an idea as it seems.
Colors are good: I was going to suggest the Village Green, but Wikipedia says that one exists, though the band had to put it in themselves. Marsh Violet? Adirondack Blue? Blood Orange? Indigo Montoya? (Probably not.)
How about the Flaming Sunbirds? Seems to have a nice positive vibe. (Nothing to do with the Phoeniz, BTW. Wikipedia and Google Search say that it's a species of birds native to the Philippines. Can't find anything there as to what it sounds like...)
Eric
How about Faux?
Has anyone used that before? It goes with fictitious and rhymes with "foe", which could give it a slightly adversarial quality if the band is made up of those not in the mainstream, should we say. You could use the word in a phrase, such as Faux Fantasy, or some such. Just don't name them Faux Fighters, as it sounds too derivative of the Foo.
SuZie
If the lead singer had leg
If the lead singer had leg surgery you could call the band "Faux Knee" (phoney).
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Best Indie name: Cabbage Hat
Ellen, 22nd level Necromancer of Threads
band name
how a bout . girlwannabees or radically chick , the morningafters lol
Band name#?
How about the "Makin' Whoppees". I know there once was a hockey team with that nickname based on Macon, GA.
Cuckoo Casino
Cuckoo Casino
Snapshot Pioneers
Hokey Curators
Twisto Tech
HiBall Nova Scotia
Bouncy Glimmer
Homespin Rerun
End On Tick Tock
Lobby Bears
Harpers Romo
Cotton To The Bell
Sleeping Spray
All High Llamas tracks. Mix and match.
The Supercolliders
...for a noisy monster guitar band.
Well shit, I guess it really CAN happen here..,
.
Band Name
Three Chords
from Woody Guthrie's famous saying "if you play more than two chords, you're showing off"
A couple of ideas
Lucifer's Mimes
Sun Dogs
Tinkers Damn
Smooth bore 120
Panzer
Vulgar Folly
Living With Attitudes
No Quarter
Hear and Now.
Lucifer's Fingers
Gateway
Huggles
Michele
With those with open eyes the world reads like a book
Others
Styx and Swords
Men of War
Tailgaters of Reign
Pushing Posies
Black Doors of Light
Cardinal Rules
Styx of War
War of Words