If you had a band, what would you name it? You can name the type of music you would play

[debm55]

Last edited Fri Jan 31, 2025, 05:18 PM - Edit history (3)

[wcmagumba]

1. "Boop"

Music for da puppers. Woofing like those "Jingle Bells" dogs from long ago....

[debm55]

9. Great, Thank you wcmagumba

[johnp3907]

2. Already there!

Garage League. Fun political punk/post punk with lots of robots!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2yTLcq5GOXC3PkHhgQAQOk

[debm55]

10. Thank you john3907. I will check it out

[Give Peace A Chance]

3. Youth in Asia

Rock & Roll

[red dog 1]

8. Welcome to DU!

[debm55]

11. Thank you Give Peace A Chance. Love your band name

[Mr.Bill]

4. Nosmo King.

Be honest, how many read this as No Smoking?

[debm55]

12. Hahahaha , I like the name of your groupNosmo King

[The Blue Flower]

5. Flying Debris

Always thought that would be a good name for a band.

[debm55]

13. It is a great name name for a bandFlying Debris.

[debm55]

6. The Poop Scoopers, We would play pop

[catbyte]

7. Ms.Anthrope

It would be a solo act.

[debm55]

14. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH. Thank you catbyte.

[Doc_Technical]

15. Daniel Plainview and the Exploiters

Work songs.

"The Ten Minute Lunch Break"
"Plenty More Where You Came From"
"The Back Break Quota Polka"
"Billionaire Braggart"
"The Boss' Shit Don't Stink"
"You Can Sleep When You're Dead"

[debm55]

16. Thank you very much Doc_Technical

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Trick Question, Deb

There's no "if"!
The long lasting band (20 years) played progressive pop/alternative, with a touch of jazz influences (both me & the drummer).

[debm55]

20. Thank you Professor GAC. What was the name of the group

[Earl_from_PA]

18. Disaster Area

As a tribute to the late Douglas Adams. And we would be loud...

[debm55]

21. Thank you very much Earl_from _PA

[Earl_from_PA]

24. From 'The Hitchhikers Guide '

Disaster Area are a plutonium rock band fronted by Hotblack Desiato from the Gagrakacka Mind Zones and are generally regarded as not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but also as being the loudest noise of any kind at all.

[Solly Mack]

19. Moon Pie Blues

Emo-rock for cats.

[debm55]

22. HAHAHAH. Thank you very much Solly Mack

[Aristus]

23. 19Kilo.

19Kilo is the U.S. Army’s alphanumeric designation for the job position of Abrams tank crewman.

Four crew members on a tank. Four band members. Lead vocal/keyboards/rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums.

We play hard rock, interspersed with metal, and some goth rock.

[debm55]

31. Thank you very much Aristus. Very interesting.

[Emile]

25. The sexy old farts.

[dgauss]

27. Could be interesting.

But maybe better on an old time am radio type 2 inch speaker than high fidelity headphones.

[debm55]

32. HAHAHHHAHAHHAHHA. Thank you Emile

[yourout]

26. Pumrt... The anti Trump.

Progressive Rock of course

[debm55]

33. Thank you very much yourout.

[Mister Ed]

28. I've always wanted to form a band that played cowboy western versions of Rolling Stones songs.

I'd name the band "The Stolen Roans."

Also, I think it'd be fun to form a band that does six-piece Southern boogie versions of songs from the Leonard Cohen catalog. I'd call the band "Lynyrd Cohen".

Their crowd -pleasing tour de force would be "Free Bird On A Wire".

[debm55]

34. HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAH. thati is funny. Thank you Mister Ed.

[FuzzyRabbit]

29. Greem Vomit - we'd play real loud punk rock.

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35. HAHHAHAHAHAH. Thank you Fuzzy Rabbit.

[GReedDiamond]

30. Well, what if I DID have a band...or bands?

...which I did.

They were called:

1. Benedict Arnold & The Traitors - 1980-1982 / 2000-2008
2. The Hundredth Monkey - 1982-1989
3. Pendu Femelle - 1990-1991
4. Picture This - 1992-1994
5. Slowdazzle - 1995
6. (1996-2007 - on and off, played in various other bands not my own)
7. Green Sparkle Frog - 2008 / 2019

In the early 80s, BA & The Traitors got some L.A. airplay on KROQ, plus some national airplay on Dr. Demento's radio show.

Slowdazzle snagged a Columbia Records development deal, but our drunken singer could not record her vocals on the 6-song demo that we had to submit to finalize the deal. Our A&R guy/producer was Sandy Pearlman, who had produced, amongst others, Blue Oyster Cult. Sad story, I guess.

If you search YouTube, you can find Traitors stuff, and Green Sparkle Frog.

[debm55]

36. Thank you very much GReed Diamond, I will look them up om YouTube

[Mad_Dem_X]

37. Spent Lemon

A name I came up with several years ago. We'd be comprised of all women, and play rock music.

[debm55]

38. I like it . Thank you Mad_Dem_X

[some_of_us_are_sane]

39. Half-Asleep Peeps

Lullabyes exclusively.

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40. HAHAHHAHAHah. Thank you some_of_us_are_sane.

[electric_blue68]

41. 2 different bands...

Deep Dreams - psychedelic

Wild Chords - either alt/indie, or The Who, and Midnight Oil influenced

[debm55]

45. Thank you very much for the bands and the type of music.

[OldBaldy1701E]

42. There were many over the years.

However, there were two that I always wanted to use and never got the chance.

The first was Tokin'. The logo was a joint with the name spelled out in the smoke.

The second was what I considered the best band name I have ever heard. Get ready for...

Buddha, and The Crippled Christian Band! (I wish I could copyright that one, but it is not mine.)

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46. HAHHAHHAHAHAH.Thank you OldBaldy1701E for your choices.

[AllYouWillEverNeed]

43. The Dead Cirillos

Hardcore punk.

[debm55]

47. Thank you AllYouWillEverNeed.

[justaprogressive]

44. Played this game before!

like ten times

How about " The Odds" or "Thin Ice"

Country/bluegrass: "Bert and the Snowy Owls"

Reggae: The Irie Riddim Band

Still fun after all these years, in my first band we let a dictionary fall open
until we had a name.



PS. A hat tip to another SF writer harry Harrison for
"The Stainless Steel Rats"

[debm55]

48. HAHAHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you very much justaprogressive.

[NNadir]

49. This thread is pushing hard on my senility. I must have played in 5 or 10 bands as a kid, and can't, for the life...

...me, remember the names of any of them.

Most of the playing I did in a semiprofessional setting in clubs was solo acoustic work.

For some reason, even though at one point it was a very important part of my life, I haven't picked up a guitar in years, probably because I'm afraid to recognize how much I've lost in skill and how many songs (and tunings) I've forgotten. I last played in public about ten years ago.

[debm55]

51. Very sorry NNadir.

[RB77]

50. The Ketchum Community Library Traditional Folk Old Fogey Fuzz Bucket String Band🎶

There is a group of us that meet in the library or Senior Center to play our instruments and sing songs. (Mostly senior citizens) We like to play “Old Timey Music”, folk songs and lots of Scotch-Irish tunes. I play guitar and the Irish Rhythm bones.

[debm55]

52. Thank you very much.RB77, It sounds wounderful.

[Tikki]

53. Snail Trail..

Speed Metal


Tikki

[debm55]

54. HAHHAHAHHAHAHAH. I like it Tiki