Sorry for this vanity topic, but I really need help with a good name for my music...project. I plan to make it less about me and shift it towards a "band" even though it's mostly me and my female friend Ida who sings.
Apparently, there already exists a band for virtually any lexical entry in the english dictionary, so this was much harder than I had thought.
Obviously, the name must fit the rather sentimental folk music we've got going.
I would like a "the xs" kind of name, preferably something simple but with some sort of smart literary reference, but not to the extent that it becomes dry and pretentious.
Help?
The Perfectly Round Buttons
Can you have a band called The King of Sweden?
Did you try the indie naming way? By that I mean going to wikipedia and in the menu on the left (above the search field) and select "Random article" - click till you find something you like and that sounds folky.
The ironic fungus. [/nearly private joke]
how about The Secret Seven?
It's a blatent but unpretentious 'literary' reference and it's ironic because it's no secret and theres not seven of you.
Good, other than the inherent association with the secret seven...
The Secret Seven isn't bad, but just as most suggestions so far it's a bit too tounge-in-cheek indie for my taste.
So, less random irony, please.
"Two of some kind"
"The Dependants"
"Secular conviction"
"The saddening jester"
Less irony for every suggestion. Do you have a song uploaded? I'd like to listen :=
The Illiterati
Quote from: Haddas on Mon 10/05/2010 21:18:46
The Illiterati
This gets my vote.
What about "The ones"? It could mean pretty much anything ;D
The Seven Deadly Seals
Quote from: GarageGothic on Mon 10/05/2010 21:50:52
The Seven Deadly Seals
Yeah if they were a metal band.
The Summer Dresses
2ma2?
Well I'll be darned :)
check my myspace link, mate
The dependants isn't bad...Seven Deadly Seals is definitely too metal...The Ones seems a bit too melodramatic. Summer Dresses too cheerful...but it's in the right ball park, I think
Damn, this is hard
Angry seals may be fierce, but metal? Well, it was either that or "Reginald Chipmunk and the Bavarian Illuminati" :)
So wait, you're basically like She & him (Ward and Deschannel)?
Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Mon 10/05/2010 21:52:16The Summer Dresses
Something along that line definetly would sound folkish. Anything with a season Winter dancers, The summerhouse, House of leaves (which is actually a book), Applebears, Puddle divers club, The raincoats (that probably exists though :P ) Greenleaves...think green. ;D
I'm terrible at coming up with names for bands.
My own musical project is called The Stoat Ensemble Orchestra.
How about...
Moonlight Faire
The Braided Coils
Peregrine Seel
The Towers of St Olav
...
See?
Moonlight Faire is my favourite so far.
Really you need to be called Gregory and the Hawk...
The Bacchanal
Named Wrong?
Ah, probably shitty name. How about, Blisters?
Quote from: anian on Mon 10/05/2010 22:21:49
House of leaves (which is actually a book),
A happy, folksy book. Please don't name a band after it.
Checked MySpace out. It's good material, and your own singing reminds me a LOT of 80's nu-romance. Whether that's good or bad, I dunno, but it's good for me ;D
Quote from: discordance on Tue 11/05/2010 03:24:43
Quote from: anian on Mon 10/05/2010 22:21:49
House of leaves (which is actually a book),
A happy, folksy book. Please don't name a band after it.
Was this a joke? House of Leaves is anything but happy...
Interestingly, I've considered this name before, as I really really like the book, but then again the book is very dark and depressing, so it wouldn't really fit. Also, there is a band called it already, surprise. I even went so far as to consider The Whalestoe Letters as a name, as I think that particular passage is a brilliant piece of literature.
Regarding seasons, I've thought of the name The Autumn Odes in the past, which is a nod towards Keats. Moonlight Faire isn't bad, but it's almost a bit too glam-fantasy...
Keep 'em coming
Coming up with names is fun! A few off the top of my head:
Yesternight's News
The Open Eyes (you'd be forever known as TOE!)
The Surrounding Things
Petter Andail & The Lubricated Banjos
The Evening Thoughts
The Underwater Fish
The Summer's Wings
The Spinning Winds
I'd say...
Us Two :P
It may well depend on where the name will be seen... it will look different on a CD then it will a billboard poster for example..
Imagine someone passing a poster with your name on... does it look appealing enough
for people to go "Hey, cool name, I wonder who they are??" sort of thing..
If you want a personal tip... check the horses.... there are some great names amongst them... just adapt a few to your own taste.. may give good results.
Also how that name is display in terms of text, color and if its abstract..
Find a few good names and make up some posters and see of any click...
You say its folky stuff.. well, the name can be as absurd as any new wave band!
I have been playing in bands for 40 years, it can be quite daunting!!
Good luck.
barefoot (believe it or not.. barefoot was a band i was in years ago!)
I'm sure there must be something left in the world of straight colour to use.
like white, blue, magenta...
The Quite Alrights
Quote from: Darius Poyer on Wed 12/05/2010 03:19:09
I'm sure there must be something left in the world of straight colour to use.
like white, blue, magenta...
The CMYK Eyes. Or roses? Or The CMYK Hearts? Anything that already is a band name will be improved greatly replacing the actual colour with CMYK.
Except "Simply Red" maybe, haha.
OR
The Illiterati
Me and My Associate
(Or MaMA for short :P)
Irratic
I thought about folk bandnames for a while
how about:
'the Hibernators'
'the prospectors'
'walden'
'swedish faust'
'the Carl Sagans'
'the zeniths'
'the Ahabs'
or 'the captain Ahabs' to make it more obvious
you can actually do this with practically anything ofcourse...
'the don quijotes'
'the jonathan livingston seagulls'
'les petit princes'
just pick a book :)
Quote from: FruitTree on Sat 15/05/2010 11:01:58
'the Ahabs'
or 'the captain Ahabs' to make it more obvious
Exactly. If you went with "The Ahabs" it could easily be misprinted "The Arabs". Then I might book you for an event thinking I was getting the people of Arabia. Imagine my disappointment when you turn out to be a scandinavian folk duo.
I would suggest you follow in the vein of "Franz Ferdinand" and the "Kaiser Chiefs" and try to theme your name around figures from World War I. How about "The Lloyd George Experience" or "Lenin and the Bolsheviks".
The Hitler Duo. No wait, that was WW2
"Dr. Goebbels Jazz Orchestra" revival. Now you realise this was used already by Mr. Goebbels, but you'd be the revival!
Just choose the wankiest thing you can think of. If you take a name from the suggestions, it won't mean anything to you.
My money's on "Wankiest Thing".
Quote from: Tuomas on Sat 15/05/2010 23:09:58
The Hitler Duo. No wait, that was WW2
"Dr. Goebbels Jazz Orchestra" revival. Now you realise this was used already by Mr. Goebbels, but you'd be the revival!
Well, I'd say they should call themselves "Gassed Jews" then.
The Band
Badart
Ripchord
Underwater blue
Billy and Willy
Timbeeer!
Full Bladder
Hangmen
The Finger
The Ringer
The Bringer
The ginger (lol)
The singer
Jigglypuff
Smug Lug
The black Rabbit
Slimp
How about:
The
The Band
That Band
We make music
The guys who make music
Those guys
These guys
Two musicians
Two musicians in a tiny fucking car
Them
They
We
Best Band ever
Worst Band ever
So-So
And now onstage we have...
The Next Act
(or)
Two people who just wandered in off the street
or, more literary:
The Mythology of Sentimental Postures
Schmaltz and Bathos
Go the Puns!
Quote from: SSH on Sun 16/05/2010 13:05:29
And now onstage we have...
The Next Act
I think "The Lesbian Strippers" would bring more applause.
Edit: ... and then disappointment :)
Cellulose Composition
OR
The Illiterati
Granny Smith
The Weak Lemon Drinks
JobCentre Plus
The sdrawkcaB
The Stammers
The Special Olympics
The Barns
The Theives
The Seives
The Handker Cheifs
Two Girls, One Cup
The Cultural References
The Age of Consent
bindun
http://www.theilliteratiband.com/
Although looks like they haven't been active for a while, so I doubt they'd mind if you used the name.
Quote from: Stupot on Mon 17/05/2010 01:14:48
bindun
http://www.theilliteratiband.com/
Although looks like they haven't been active for a while, so I doubt they'd mind if you used the name.
I'm well aware of that! All the good bands are called The Illiterati