[Ampl1tude]

Hey everyone! I'm thinking of making another band and I would like to read some suggestions on what band names sound catchy and cool.

I came up with:

Deep Roots
Acid Reality
Light Head
CityScape

What name's would you suggest? And whats your story behind it?

 

[no1likesme]

We were too lazy to come up with a band name

 

[Deiz]

A Catastrophe of Epic Proportions.

That way, in acronym form, fanboys can argue whether it's ACOEP pronounced Ah-Cope, or Ah-Kwep.

 

[redshifter]

the colourful lights
steppendog
to eleven
forever doll
golliver
the living
*****ing darlings
eddie and the chestnuts
lazy suzan
the shoulder chips

/when i'm bored i think up band names

 

[timoteus]

The Fudgesticks.
As an homage to a Sam Rockwell "Wild Bill" line in The Green Mile.

 

[Thelonious Monk]

by default, all band names sound stupid. so pick the one that's actually relevant to you.

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Originally Posted by redshifter /img/forum/go_quote.gif the colourful lights steppendog to eleven forever doll golliver the living *****ing darlings eddie and the chestnuts lazy suzan the shoulder chips /when i'm bored i think up band names

me too, i ended up with "the hamburger crew". simple, to the point. taken by the drums + guitar + ukulele trio that will happen some day though. also, of course, "callipygous maximus" and "guffawing possum". i really like lazy suzan and eddie and the chestnuts for some reason..

 

[fraseyboy]

Fat Tard Faced Freakomatical Spazmatrons With No Nuts Or Breakfast Cereal

FTFFSWNNOBC for short.


Edit: Thelonious Monk thats so awesome! A Ukulele trio!!! Coolest idea ever.

 

[GendoIkari]

gracious in defeat

 

[smeggy]

I'd call my group 'a crappy band' as it sounds so cool whenever is announced in any context.

The new single by a crappy band
Joe left a crapy band
a crappy band has disbanded
An interview with members of a crappy band

see, the fun never stops

 

[jdimitri]

HALF PAST DEAD

EMO RULES


..not really

 

[Cake]

I think that "Sportsmanship" would make a good/ridiculous band name. Or maybe "Good Sportsmanship" simply for the pleasure of being introduced to the stage with a "Please welcome to the stage... good sportsmanship!"

Or "Trolls Under The Bridge"

All band names are ridiculous until you make them cool. I mean, consider "The Beatles." That's a really really dumb-sounding name. But they made it cool. Same thing with "Radiohead". The list goes on. Take any successful band, and try to separate the name from the band itself and suddenly the name sounds really ridiculous.

Most of the ones in the OP's original post are a little too generic. I mean, "Deep Roots" and "CityScape" sound like names for generic XM radio channels or something. A good name should be unique and memorable... which is coincidentally exactly why all proper band names sound completely dumb and ridiculous at first. They don't need to have a story, or have any real personal or musical relevance to your band. It just needs to sound dumb at first.

 

[stewtheking]

It should be a name that sounds witty initially, but should become less funny each time you hear it.

How about... the B-sharps!

A friends band was called "may contain nuts", I liked that.

 

[juzmister]

THE RAMENS-head-fi style

 

[Comfy]

Mixing up some of OP's concepts:

Acid City Lights
Headscape

 

[Duggeh]

The Cast-Iron Underpants Band.