are all the good band names taken?

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:31 am

rockstardave wrote:

(although if you book your band as Metallica, you'll have a lot of pissed off people at your show when they see it's not the "real" metallica).

...

.. at least thats the way i remember learning it.

There's your answer, Dave did it for you. Whatever it is you wanted to call yourselves and someone has taken now, start it with The Real ......

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:24 am

Iive built a couple of websites for friends bands and had exactly the same problem finding a domain name. Its amazing how just about every name / word / or phrase has already been taken by someone...even really really dumb things!

Anyway, how about anagrams?

Chilean Sock Jam >> Michael Jackson

Mooned Army >> Mandy Moore

Or my favourite:

Chimaera Ray >> Mariah Carey

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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:17 pm

alot of band names come from song names. my band is called The Waiting after a tom petty song...

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:38 pm

Yea, sometimes just a line or two from a song. I'm thinking of going with "He just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarettes."

A singer named Bob and the bass player called Zimmerman, the drummer chick referred to in the small hours of the morning as Dylan and the reluctant guitar player turned groupie answering to Blind Boy Grunt.

If that all was just to much to get on a business card, maybe just Blind Boy Grunt?

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:48 pm

Wow, I totally forgot about this thread.

MediaMurder wrote:

well what was this name you came up with that was so awesome??

The Fortress of Sound.

I ended up going with Building Castles. It reminds me of this quote by Henry David Thoreau:

"Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:50 pm

Thomas W. Bethel wrote:

This is probably a really stupid question but if you are a local band why does it matter so much if you find a name that you like and just use it?

If the name is taken just add something to it...

Pearl Jammin

The Jackson 5 wannabees

The Beatles Exterminator

Queen's tiara

I think you get the point.

or

The A's

The B's

or

The Number ONE band

The First Band

The Numero Iona Band

Fatal Attraction

Mega Band

Tune a Fish

Guitar Pickers Amalgamated

Thunder Percussion

The Fools Game

Music Business Heroes

or

spell the name backwards:

neeuq (Queen), seltaeb (Beatles) ecilop (Police) anavirn (Nirvana) etc and etc.

Best of luck! Exclamation

Thanks for the suggestions, but there is no such thing as a local band anymore. Well, I mean, if you're just a couple of friends that get together to jam and are never going to be anything serious, then it doesn't really matter. But if you're serious about it, you should be on the internet, which makes you worldwide.

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:51 pm

Has anyone taken Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat?

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:47 am

As of 5 seconds ago, probably.

How about:
"The Drummer Bassist And Lead Vocalist Who're Going To Rock Your Socks But The Backing Singers Ain't That Hot"

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:14 pm

Sill having trouble coming up with that awsome, original name? Well, the answer is easier than you thought. Just visit: http://www.bandnamemaker.com/ and let them come up with a totally radical name for you, or type in a keyword if you want a certain word in your band name, like death; some of the awesome generated names are: Death Cracker, Death of the Radiation, and Resin of the Death Math; all of them are definitely death metal-worthy names -- which one to choose?

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:08 pm

Resin of the Death Radiation Cracker Math ?

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:56 am

AKR wrote:

Thomas W. Bethel wrote:

This is probably a really stupid question but if you are a local band why does it matter so much if you find a name that you like and just use it?

If the name is taken just add something to it...

Pearl Jammin

The Jackson 5 wannabees

The Beatles Exterminator

Queen's tiara

I think you get the point.

or

The A's

The B's

or

The Number ONE band

The First Band

The Numero Iona Band

Fatal Attraction

Mega Band

Tune a Fish

Guitar Pickers Amalgamated

Thunder Percussion

The Fools Game

Music Business Heroes

or

spell the name backwards:

neeuq (Queen), seltaeb (Beatles) ecilop (Police) anavirn (Nirvana) etc and etc.

Best of luck! :!:

Thanks for the suggestions, but there is no such thing as a local band anymore. Well, I mean, if you're just a couple of friends that get together to jam and are never going to be anything serious, then it doesn't really matter. But if you're serious about it, you should be on the internet, which makes you worldwide.

No it makes your NAME worldwide but your band is still local unless you are touring worldwide. Why do people think that because their name is on the Internet they are a world wide band? NOTHING could be further from the truth. Your posting here is read all over the world and people can see what you have written but until they meet you in person then they really do not know you. The same thing goes for a band. You can posts songs, interviews, bios and everything else but until you actually PLAY in some foreign land you are still a LOCAL band.

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:23 am

I've done an open mic here in Australia, and I sat in for few mins on a guys kit at a gig in Ireland. I'm soooo an international touring musician!

The world wide web is a global environment.

Define _BAND_. Define _LOCAL_.

Once I get my record actually made. I'll be a Musician, Producer, Recording Engineer, Record Label C.E.O, Publicist, Agent and Distributor. Global...

These are just descriptions, names and other words. You are what you DO.

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