blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Report Posted November 23, 2006 This week a long-standing friend asked me, quite out of the blue , if I fancied forming a band with him. Exciting: though great friends, we haven't played music together since we were 16 before either of us had really learnt how to play our instruments. 25 years on, we've both been in quite a few bands, but not together, due to living in different cities. We have some logistical difficulties to overcome before this project comes to fruition, but we agreed in principle that we'll give it a go. It's too early to say how things will turn out, musically-speaking, but I would envisage us dabbling in the "dub-core post-rock slo-fry" genre, (that I just invented): somewhere between Public Image Limited, Slint, Godspeed You Black Emperor and The Butthole Surfers... In the meantime, we welcome suggestions for band-names, preferably ones not used before. If, like me, you're the kind of daydreamer who's always thinking of (then forgetting) great ideas for band-names, please feel free to use this thread as a repository for your ideas.
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Posted November 23, 2006 How about 'Wise'? A Leeds 'Keane' with a (very) tenuous Kaiser Chiefs link....
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Posted November 23, 2006 ...or "Richard Madeley and the Wetwang Dukes" or "The Kirkstall Flyers"
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Posted November 23, 2006 ...or "Richard Madeley and the Wetwang Dukes" or "The Kirkstall Flyers" Maybe if we hoped to be "the new Splodgenessabounds".... Wetwang is such a great place-name though, isn't it?! "Wetwang Welcomes Careful Drivers"...Hmmmmmmm... Kirkstall Flyers...you know I'm from Leeds and a great fan of punsmithery (oh yes, I spotted it), but strictly speaking, we won't be a Leeds band. (And certainly not "the Leeds Keane"!!!) Ideas mooted so far include: The Dirty French (Das Ist Ein) Spiegelei Ladies Avert Your Eyes
Steel2Velvet Posted November 23, 2006 Report Posted November 23, 2006 "The Itch" ... then your groupies can call themselves "The Scratchers."
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Posted November 23, 2006 You are clearly going for that 'art-house' bit, with the French and Cherman.... btw, shouldn't there be a comma after 'Ladies...'?
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Posted November 23, 2006 I know its Leeds again, but what about just "Headrow"? Simple, yet implies intelligence and substance abuse all in one....
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Posted November 23, 2006 btw, shouldn't there be a comma after 'Ladies...'? Absolutely: I was wondering if anyone would notice that.
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Posted November 23, 2006 It crossed my mind as I was typing it, but then I thought "******* it, who'll notice?". Honest.
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Posted November 23, 2006 My apologies BF. I bet your hand ached as you missed that comma....
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Posted November 23, 2006 "The Itch" ... then your groupies can call themselves "The Scratchers." Blimey, S2V. Even in my heyday, groupies weren't exactly queuing round the block...
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Posted November 23, 2006 "The Weird Winds of Wynona"
Ombre Vivante Posted November 24, 2006 Report Posted November 24, 2006 You will call yourselves "The Suicide Bombers," but the act won't fly if you bomb on-stage... well...
daslied Posted November 27, 2006 Report Posted November 27, 2006 The PaulEdwardWagemann Experience, or just "The Pew"
Ombre Vivante Posted November 27, 2006 Report Posted November 27, 2006 Hahaha. I love that name! This time "the" fits into the name.
MarcM Posted November 27, 2006 Report Posted November 27, 2006 The PaulEdwardWagemann Experience, or just "The Pew"
blind-fitter Posted November 27, 2006 Author Report Posted November 27, 2006 "The (insert name here) Experience" is an exhausted concept, regrettably.
johnnyguitar Posted November 27, 2006 Report Posted November 27, 2006 (edited) Without wanting (believe me) to have my arse etymologically and grammatically wiped by BF again...why should this have a comma? It doesn't appear to be a possessive (the 'your' having donated the possesive to 'eyes'. Your Lady's Eyes...would be correct...but would imply a singular Lady) and the plural of Lady is Ladies, is it not? So, if it is an exhortation for a group of ladies to avert their occular equipment...it's fine without the comma...or am I mistaken? How about 'Oops, Upside My Arse'? Edited November 27, 2006 by Guest
TheLizard Posted November 27, 2006 Report Posted November 27, 2006 Well I would go see a band called The Insert Name Here Experience.
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