This week's top 5 gets a little silly. I'm not sure if i'm the only one who does this, but whenever i hear and repeat a word or phrase that sounds like it would make a crazy band name i make note of it. If i am the only one then this will be a barren top 5! So basically the category sums up as Top 5 Crazy Band Names That Don't Exist But Should. Or something to that effect. :) Even if you don't have 5 i'm sure you can come up with one or two, or even the name you'd call your band if you had one, or something that just sounds like it would make a good name. Naming a band is the hardest thing to do, so maybe we are providing a public service here for the nameless bands of the world! Rock it.
Top 5 Crazy Band Names That Don't Exist But Should
- Westferris Band Cardigan
Matty said this on the phone one day, as in, "Man, i just found my...." and we laughed. A lot. My new favourite fake band name. - Gardening Monks
I was talking to my friend Mary when she was out west in Victoria and she mentioned that she lived across from monks that liked to garden. Add to band name list! - Midnight Steak Incident
Almost a band, if we ever get together enough tunes to start booking shows, but arose from Metal Chris' drunken 2 AM bbq debacle in which he couldn't keep the bbq lit, so ended up abandoning a raw steak on the grill after about an hour. - Sheep '97
The title of a stimulating event that was mentioned in the hilarious book Round Ireland With a Fridge. Read this book if you get the chance. Satisfaction guaranteed. - Stu Brodie's Party Machine
A suggested name for a basement band way back in the day. Our singer/guitarist Stu Brodie was the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet, but not exactly the epitomy of "party".
Honourable Mention: Kathleen Turner Overdrive. This was mentioned in High Fidelity, and i'm sure after that became the instant band name of countless garage jammers around the country. Very funny and clever.
Posted by scotty at October 15, 2002 12:05 AM
thanks for that link amy. some great tracks and some i'll have to familiarize myself with! and is anything really anything without london calling?
Posted by: scotty on October 17, 2002 09:51 PMthis is bit off topic and possibly you've already seen this, Scotty, but... Nick Hornby (author of High Fidelity for those who don't know) has listed his top 10 tracks he can't live without:
http://www.themixture.com/hornby.html
Posted by: amy on October 17, 2002 11:32 AMKathleen Turner Overdrive reminded me of once back in college, when some friends in a band opened up for Mojo Nixon. Their bassist had to be out of town for something, so a bassist from another band stepped in and they played one night only as The Florence Henderson Experience. Mojo loved it.
Posted by: Chris on October 16, 2002 05:21 PMlooking for a companion to "eclectic" eh? how about the Eclectic Electric Messiahs? or EEM for short.
Posted by: scotty on October 16, 2002 04:11 PMOk here goes:
5) Free Martha Stewart
4) The Male Orgasm
3) Bad Girls Make Good Company
2) Blah Blah Blah Keiths
1) Boutie's Technique
Posted by: Paula on October 16, 2002 01:53 PMWe will start with my grade 7 and 8 band that we were all a part of. We had it all from a singer to go-go dancers, ofcourse we all only knew how to play the recorder then. "Pink Pearl", that came from being Pearl Jam fans and do you remember the pink erasers everyone got at the beginning of the school year, also stamped Pink Pearl. I like this one....
Route 35, good punk band name to go with Sum 41 and Blink 182.
Gotti's Gone - Heard that line in a movie last night, I think it works.
Jackanapes - means rascal, but sounds cool....
I am gonna throw in a honorable mention to the word Eclectic. Sounds lame on it's own, it need somthing else.. Any ideas?
Here is my lame list...
A & B Scissorhands: The band me and my friend, B should have started. Hi B!
Slam Back Church: There once was a local band called Sam Black Church (I guess could still be around.. ). Anyway, after a few drinks once I called them Slam Back Church and I always thought that name was superior.
The Band that Formerly Supported Avril Lavigne: Am I the only person who thinks she sucks and these guys should kick her to the curb and go out on their own? She is better than Brittany, but sheesh!
you guys are rockin' the free world already, and it's only 8 in the morning! keep at 'er. also, until now i was unaware of dave's midget fetish.
Posted by: scotty on October 15, 2002 08:18 AM5. Gidget Midgets
4. Bag O' Midgets
3. Hard Core Midgets
2. XXX Midge
1. The Tripods
A little warnig to all the London folk: Killah D in da place to be this winter!
Posted by: killah d on October 15, 2002 07:29 AMDrunken boys and bbqs, I've witnessed that. A close second in the sad stakes would be drunken girls grilling in the rain. I've also just posted my list!
Posted by: maddy on October 15, 2002 03:48 AMYet Another Great Category:
#5) Al & Sebastian. (oooh killer if I was in the U.K.)
#4) The Noam Chomsky Keg-Stand Experience. (Just thought it up right now...)
#3) The Funnelcakes. (Dumb but it was our unofficial defacto name for a while in a painfully bad high school band)
#2) Sweet Al & The FUPA Pirates. (FUPA is another word for "Gunt"... did I go too far?) Love the ring of this, a definite EMO/Acoustic band name. Pronounced Foo - Pa.
#1) Sugar Labia and the Booty Kings. (Credit where credit is due. Travis Logan owns the copyrights here...)
Can't wait to read some more of these...
Al
Posted by: Sweet Al on October 14, 2002 11:54 PM