Favourite band name formula?
I used to be a fan of the Random Word Generator method ... new fast automatic daffodils, ned's atomic dustbin. I'm now teetering towards [somebody] and the [something]. Tilly and the Wall. Florence and the Machine. Stuffy/The Fuses. Your Mum and a bunch of arab sailors.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:29, archived)

I did have a bunch I'd thought up.
I lost them though.

I like your idea.
( Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:32, archived)

none, it all seems a pointless waste of time really

( mongychops, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:32, archived)

I'm going to call my next band "Internet Banter."
And their first LP "Or not. No offence. Great."
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:38, archived)

the world is just a big great forum, great times

( mongychops, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:39, archived)

There used to be a band called the Beatles.
Just look how a simple spelling mistake can propel a band into megastardom.
( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:34, archived)

See also: Slade

( Noit happy baby orangutan, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:34, archived)

We used to promouce them as Slarday
like Sade (Sharday)
( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:36, archived)

Presumably you do realise it's on purpose,
being as it is, a play on the word "beat".
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:36, archived)

Is it? I had no idea.
_{Sorry, that was a bit sarky.}
( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:38, archived)

One can never tell,
on the internet.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:38, archived)

This is true.
Did you know that the Internet got it's name from the bloke who invented it, George Internetz, who was travelling in an Intercity Express to Southend to buy a fishing net. It was all too much of a coincidence and it stuck.
( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:41, archived)

everybody knows that, duh

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

Well yeah!

( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:43, archived)

But guitar bands are on the way out.

( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:36, archived)

They said that back in the 80's when the synth bands got popular.
It will pass.
( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:37, archived)

*head in hands*

( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

they've been on their way out since the wandering minstrels of the 15th century,
and yet, no matter how much they appear to recede, they're still there, like some sort of twangy yeast infection.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:38, archived)

a simple, single noun can be very snappy.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:34, archived)

cunt

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:38, archived)

well, quite.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:39, archived)

more bands should incorperate your mum

(PsychoChomp, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:34, archived)

They should be named after the village in which they perform at the weekly dance.
Like the Tulla Céilí Band, The Kilfenora Céilí Band, or Anal Cunt.
( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:35, archived)

The [name of third largest item in second drawer down]s.
The Hankies.
The Rolling Pins.
The Broken Controllers.
( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:36, archived)

the holey toe-sock

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:39, archived)

Also...hee hee hee...
angrymob.uponnothing.co.uk/daily-mail-dictionary
( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:39, archived)

The second drawer down is the second-most-common charging drawer.
And AC/DC has already been taken.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:40, archived)

How about SMPS?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

is Hankster dead?

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:48, archived)

i think he out grew us
:((((
( mongychops, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:54, archived)

There are pictures of him and A Girl recently put on his flickr.
I think he is doing things Offline.
( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:54, archived)

The <name that sounded like a great idea in the pub at the time>

( FoldsFive, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:37, archived)

I quite like the weird ones
Mull Historical Society, I am Kloot, and so forth.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:37, archived)

I saw the lovely john 'I am kloot' bramwell last week.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:39, archived)

You lucky, lucky man.

( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:40, archived)

Ummm. I don't really see how luck comes into it.
He's a public performer. I bought tickets to a gig.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:41, archived)

But what good fortune they had some left.
You lucky sod.
( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Sun 24 May 2009, 11:43, archived)

Bands named after songs are shit.
And bands with random names that don't really mean anything. Like "30 Seconds To Mars"
( WHARRGARBL, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:37, archived)

Positive and constructive suggestions there, Karl.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

I'm the board emo.
"Positive" isn't a word you can apply to me.
( WHARRGARBL, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:44, archived)

But the best names, generally are the ones with a story behind them.

( WHARRGARBL, Sun 24 May 2009, 11:46, archived)