"Band" name?

Andail · Mon 10/05/2010 10:42:26

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?

Calin Leafshade · Mon 10/05/2010 11:02:29

The Perfectly Round Buttons

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 10/05/2010 11:03:29

Can you have a band called The King of Sweden?

Anian · Mon 10/05/2010 11:31:32

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.

Wonkyth · Mon 10/05/2010 11:32:41

The ironic fungus. [/nearly private joke]

Stupot · Mon 10/05/2010 11:39:27

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.

Wonkyth · Mon 10/05/2010 11:44:54

Good, other than the inherent association with the secret seven...

Andail · Mon 10/05/2010 12:13:04

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.

Matti · Mon 10/05/2010 12:23:28

"Two of some kind"

2ma2 · Mon 10/05/2010 20:42:04

"The Dependants"

"Secular conviction"

"The saddening jester"

Less irony for every suggestion. Do you have a song uploaded? I'd like to listen

Haddas · Mon 10/05/2010 21:18:46

The Illiterati

Oliwerko · Mon 10/05/2010 21:20:32

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

GarageGothic · Mon 10/05/2010 21:50:52

The Seven Deadly Seals

Calin Leafshade · Mon 10/05/2010 21:52:16

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

Andail · Mon 10/05/2010 22:10:27

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

GarageGothic · Mon 10/05/2010 22:20:56

Angry seals may be fierce, but metal? Well, it was either that or "Reginald Chipmunk and the Bavarian Illuminati"

Anian · Mon 10/05/2010 22:21:49

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

) Greenleaves...think green.

LimpingFish · Mon 10/05/2010 22:23:41

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?

Calin Leafshade · Mon 10/05/2010 22:52:30

Moonlight Faire is my favourite so far.

Really you need to be called Gregory and the Hawk...

Stupot · Tue 11/05/2010 00:06:50

The Bacchanal

Dualnames · Tue 11/05/2010 02:12:53

Named Wrong?

Ah, probably shitty name. How about, Blisters?

discordance · 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.

2ma2 · Tue 11/05/2010 07:09:02

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

Andail · Tue 11/05/2010 09:11:52

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

Ubel · Tue 11/05/2010 11:37:53

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

Oliwerko · Tue 11/05/2010 20:05:05

The Evening Thoughts
The Underwater Fish
The Summer's Wings
The Spinning Winds

Tuomas · Tue 11/05/2010 20:07:47

I'd say...

Us Two

barefoot · Tue 11/05/2010 23:01:39

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!)

Darius Poyer · 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...

LGM · Wed 12/05/2010 06:27:25

The Quite Alrights

kaputtnik · Wed 12/05/2010 08:39:35

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.

Haddas · Wed 12/05/2010 18:01:59

OR

The Illiterati

Babar · Wed 12/05/2010 18:20:20

Me and My Associate
(Or MaMA for short

)

InCreator · Fri 14/05/2010 04:16:28

Irratic

FruitTree · Sat 15/05/2010 11:01:58

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

Ali · Sat 15/05/2010 18:01:24

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".

Tuomas · 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!

Sam. · Sun 16/05/2010 00:21:33

Just choose the wankiest thing you can think of. If you take a name from the suggestions, it won't mean anything to you.

Ali · Sun 16/05/2010 00:29:57

My money's on "Wankiest Thing".

NsMn · Sun 16/05/2010 11:44:33

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.

Jim Reed · Sun 16/05/2010 12:29:22

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

NsMn · Sun 16/05/2010 12:35:09

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

SSH · Sun 16/05/2010 13:05:29

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

Wonkyth · Sun 16/05/2010 13:12:21

Go the Puns!

GarageGothic · Sun 16/05/2010 13:25:15

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

Haddas · Sun 16/05/2010 15:11:42

Cellulose Composition

Ubel · Sun 16/05/2010 20:14:25

OR

The Illiterati

Stupot · Sun 16/05/2010 20:48:56

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

Haddas · Sun 16/05/2010 22:15:24

Quote from: Pablo on Sun 16/05/2010 20:14:25
OR

The Illiterati

yeah go with this

Stupot · 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.

Haddas · Mon 17/05/2010 11:53:57

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