blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 How about 'Wise'? A Leeds 'Keane' with a (very) tenuous Kaiser Chiefs link.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 ...or "Richard Madeley and the Wetwang Dukes" or "The Kirkstall Flyers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 "The Itch" ... then your groupies can call themselves "The Scratchers." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share 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...'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 I know its Leeds again, but what about just "Headrow"? Simple, yet implies intelligence and substance abuse all in one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 btw, shouldn't there be a comma after 'Ladies...'? Absolutely: I was wondering if anyone would notice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 No you weren't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 It crossed my mind as I was typing it, but then I thought "******* it, who'll notice?". Honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 My apologies BF. I bet your hand ached as you missed that comma.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 "The Weird Winds of Wynona" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 You will call yourselves "The Suicide Bombers," but the act won't fly if you bomb on-stage... well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 The Fabulous Muscles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 The PaulEdwardWagemann Experience, or just "The Pew" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Hahaha. I love that name! This time "the" fits into the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 What a great name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 The PaulEdwardWagemann Experience, or just "The Pew" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted November 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 "The (insert name here) Experience" is an exhausted concept, regrettably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Well I would go see a band called The Insert Name Here Experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 'Blind-Fittered By the Light' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 'The Fringe of Mo Mowlam' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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