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17 Feb 10 - 11:57 AM (#2842022) Subject: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Smedley Now I know lots of you already do have bands, or groups, but as a non-performer I have often mulled over what I might call a combo I belonged to..... And then, in the middle of a very serious thread elsewhere in here that I had no wish to interrupt with my facetious humour, the ideal band name leapt out at me. Se would you please give a big old Mudcat welcome to: The Occasional Fuckbuddies. (Not sure how many bookings we'd get in the Midwest.) |
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17 Feb 10 - 11:59 AM (#2842026) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Melissa My friend and I have an imaginary band which was also sparked by something I read here. Arrogant Horseshit |
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17 Feb 10 - 12:08 PM (#2842034) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: frogprince Please don't take this personal, Smedley, but you might be pretty much limited to venues where "Buck Naked and the Bare-Ass Boys" used to perform. |
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17 Feb 10 - 12:09 PM (#2842037) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Acorn4 When the age of cassette tapes was at its height I had the idea of a band called "Head Cleaner". |
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17 Feb 10 - 12:11 PM (#2842042) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: frogprince From what I heard, they, unlike "Bare Naked Ladies", were never accused of false advetising. |
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17 Feb 10 - 12:17 PM (#2842046) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: mousethief There was a doo-wop band in the early 1960s called "The Shit" which as you can imagine didn't help their sales any. They flopped immediately after putting out their first 45 under that title. Which is unfortunate because they had had a hit or two under a previous name. Which I am completely failing to rediscover -- as you can imagine searching "The Shit" gets a lot of hits, but none about a very obscure early-1960's ill-named doo-wop group. So my imaginary band wouldn't have that name. We'd be... Eponymous First Album. O..O =o= |
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17 Feb 10 - 12:24 PM (#2842054) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: theleveller I'm looking forward to forming Sorry About the Smell |
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17 Feb 10 - 12:31 PM (#2842060) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Forsh Bill, George, anything but Sue. |
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17 Feb 10 - 12:41 PM (#2842067) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Spleen Cringe A metal band called Fecal Boulder... |
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17 Feb 10 - 01:04 PM (#2842088) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST There's an alternative, all female rock band named 'The Cunning Stunts'. |
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17 Feb 10 - 01:10 PM (#2842096) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Surreysinger Some friends and I several years ago were whiling away the afternoon and decided that if we formed a band it would be called Pope Shenouda... possibly not good taste, as he is a real live figure and Pope of Alexandria, head of the Coptic Church. One of our number had been talking about his experiences working in Africa, and had mentioned the name of this particular Head of Church... and the sound of the name just resonated and appealed at the time. (Since all the other members of the group were choral singers, I think it was unlikely ever to be). In terms of real live band names, I've always rather liked the idea of the Lost Teeshirts of Atlantis. |
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17 Feb 10 - 01:18 PM (#2842108) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Ray We used to rehearse in a record storage warehouse during the punk era. Had many a laugh searching the shelves for unusual names. "Throbbing Gristle" comes to mind along with "Walter Mitty and His Little White Lies". |
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17 Feb 10 - 01:34 PM (#2842126) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Bill D Some local folks got together to perform one number at a sing.. they introduced themselves as "The Acapella String Band" |
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17 Feb 10 - 01:43 PM (#2842136) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: frogprince Last fall we heard a country group in a pavilion at the local cidermill/antique store complex. They were mid-age and older, just farmers or working stiffs, but actually very good. They performed as "The Porta-Potty Pickers". |
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17 Feb 10 - 01:46 PM (#2842140) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Rasener Well as I had one today, I would call my band The Flexible Cystoscopies |
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17 Feb 10 - 01:56 PM (#2842153) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Smedley The late John Peel (legendary BBC DJ) once claimed he saw a band in Texas called Stark Naked the the Car Thieves. Probably too good to be true. |
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17 Feb 10 - 02:03 PM (#2842159) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Nancy King Some friends of mine (two Brits and a Yank) had a very short-lived group called "Warm Beer." One of the Brits insisted it should have been called "Free Beer." "Just think of the advertising potential," he said, "'Tonight -- Free Beer!'" |
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17 Feb 10 - 02:07 PM (#2842163) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Jim Dixon See also the threads Great band names and BS: That's a good name for a band....... |
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17 Feb 10 - 02:11 PM (#2842165) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Mrs.Duck Well we haven't actually got as far as performing but we have named our old time music band 'The Webfooted Ramblers' |
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17 Feb 10 - 02:16 PM (#2842166) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Rapparee ...a miracle. |
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17 Feb 10 - 02:34 PM (#2842187) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Tradsinger The Shy Teds. |
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17 Feb 10 - 02:53 PM (#2842203) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Uncle_DaveO Not particularly funny, like many of the above, but actually my group, if I had one, would be The Storysingers. Dave Oesterreich |
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17 Feb 10 - 03:55 PM (#2842257) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Rusty Dobro I have often been accused, with good reason, of being a member of the 'Trembling Wheelbarrows' ( still to be found by the unwary on Youtube) but sometimes, late at night, our beloved front-man Doc Cox metamorpheses, to the disgust of any sentient members of the audience, into the identity of Ivor Biggun, which makes the rest of us 'Ivor's Jivers'. Otherwise I'm quite normal. |
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17 Feb 10 - 04:00 PM (#2842265) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Ann Ann O'Malley and the discrepencies |
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17 Feb 10 - 04:56 PM (#2842321) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Charley Noble Here's a few names that come to mind: Good to Go The Undeterred The Bilge Suckers (shanty group) Further Ado (special events stringband) Spellchek Cheerily, Charley Noble & the Ignobles |
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17 Feb 10 - 05:02 PM (#2842322) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Richard Bridge Snotgobbler |
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17 Feb 10 - 05:18 PM (#2842338) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: eddie1 There was a folk group in Edinburgh some years ago called "Late Licence". This often led to some confusion when their name appeared on posters! Eddie |
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17 Feb 10 - 05:43 PM (#2842364) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Dead Horse If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... every year, regular, to see if we got a booking! |
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17 Feb 10 - 05:49 PM (#2842373) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: mousethief Some friends and I several years ago were whiling away the afternoon and decided that if we formed a band it would be called Pope Shenouda... possibly not good taste, as he is a real live figure and Pope of Alexandria, head of the Coptic Church. One of our number had been talking about his experiences working in Africa, and had mentioned the name of this particular Head of Church... and the sound of the name just resonated and appealed at the time. (Since all the other members of the group were choral singers, I think it was unlikely ever to be). It's a crying shame he's not at least as famous as the Dalai Lama. What he has to say is just as needed for the world to hear -- he's a sort of Christian corollary to the DL. But I guess he's just not a media hog. Maybe that's how it is: the real world-changers are living quiet lives somewhere and aren't seeking out fame. If you ever have a chance to read the little book "Peace" by Pope Shenouda, by all means do. O..O =o= |
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17 Feb 10 - 06:14 PM (#2842398) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Paul Burke Proctological Manipulations in the Dark |
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17 Feb 10 - 06:49 PM (#2842432) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Micca In a Local events digest found on a train in Kent(UK) was an ad for a local Band called "Betty Swallocks" (Think Spooner!) |
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17 Feb 10 - 06:50 PM (#2842435) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Cool Beans The Mucking Forons |
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17 Feb 10 - 07:55 PM (#2842486) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Surreysinger Mousethief - I have to admit that before my friend brought the name up (quite a few years ago now) it was one that I had never come across... and until I googled it before posting the above I had always been dubious about whether my friend had made the name and the postiion up. Thanks for those comments.I've just had a quick look at his biographical details on the official website, and for anyone interested I see that there are a large number of books by His Holiness online ... and that he also has a Facebook presence. |
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17 Feb 10 - 11:39 PM (#2842630) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Allen in Oz There is an all-girl band in Australia called Doris Dazed Their lead singer is , of course , Doris ! Allen |
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18 Feb 10 - 02:53 PM (#2843369) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Smedley In a Local events digest found on a train in Kent(UK) was an ad for a local Band called "Betty Swallocks" -------------------------------------- There is already a drag act based in Brighton called that. I hope there is no copyright dispute as I don't fancy the band's chances - Betty is a tough old dame. |
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18 Feb 10 - 03:28 PM (#2843427) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: bubblyrat As reported already on another thread ; whilst appearing in a "British Pub" (battle of Waterloo themed, quite tasteless decor but good steaks ) in the village of Sembawang in Singapore, we toyed with the idea of being "The Sembawangkers" ( Obviously ).Well, ANYTHING had to be better than "The Guinness Grenadiers",which is what we WERE called (and I chose the name !!).Photos on "Facebook". |
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18 Feb 10 - 04:04 PM (#2843477) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: BobKnight "Private Function," is a great name for tax purposes. On the other hand you'd always be struggling for an audience. An American friend and I came up with, "Tex Buitoni and The Commie Cowpunchers Country Combo." We never used it for some reason. We once played a gig as Lee Cooper and The Wranglers. |
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18 Feb 10 - 05:23 PM (#2843570) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Jim Dixon A friend of mine needed a temporary name for a band. Since it was an all-male group, I suggested The Testostertones, and he used it. I think he has used it several times since then. It was a name I actually got from an old Mudcat thread. Another friend said she wanted to start an all-female band and call it The Boom Chicks. |
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18 Feb 10 - 06:59 PM (#2843696) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Cool Beans Johann Sebastian and His Batch |
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19 Feb 10 - 06:45 AM (#2844010) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Roger the Skiffler The Fogeys (feat. Tone Deaf Lime Clinton & Thimbles O'Hooligan) RtS |
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19 Feb 10 - 03:53 PM (#2844456) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: mkebenn 20YRS ago in western New York was a band called "Flat Animals". Never heard 'em, still love the name Mike |
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19 Feb 10 - 04:19 PM (#2844474) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Ptarmigan Back in the 80s five of us got together & struggled for a name too. As my name is Dick, some bright spark came up with the name: Dick & the Four Skins! :-) Needless to say, we didn't run with that one! Can't remember why not, perhaps one of our guys was Jewish! :-) Cheers Dick |
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19 Feb 10 - 04:45 PM (#2844489) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Paul Burke When the Daughter and her female pals were starting a band, I suggested Basic Slag, but they chose Angry Butterfly |
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20 Feb 10 - 09:02 AM (#2844944) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Roger the Skiffler Secind thoughts: if you want maximum publicity call your band "Support". I suppose the promoters wouldn't wear it. (groan) Rts |
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20 Feb 10 - 12:51 PM (#2845143) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: George Papavgeris With my background, I had a ready-made name to use, I only needed the opportunity. So, with their agreement, every time Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer kindly appear as my "backing group", we bill them as "Los Marbles". This year, George & His Los Marbles will play at Fylde, Leigh-on-Sea and Bedworth Festivals. |
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20 Feb 10 - 01:50 PM (#2845202) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Jack Campin There was an occasional ceilidh band in Edinburgh called The Betty Swallocks Band about 30 years ago. At least one of its members is still gigging, posts occasionally to music forums and will probably find this thread eventually. I think the name is actually an allusion - something from Rambling Syd Rumpo? Before my time, anyway. |
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21 Feb 10 - 03:23 AM (#2845587) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Roger the Skiffler ...one of the ads at the bottom of the screen suggeted this one: Gastric Band! RtS |
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21 Feb 10 - 03:46 AM (#2845591) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: squeezeboxhp The Harpic Band (alll clean round the bend) of about 30 years ago and Double Helix ( we only play in D&A) both bands actually went out as this |
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21 Feb 10 - 10:18 AM (#2845776) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Uncle Phil We once had a band named Sold Out but, no matter how many posters and adverts we put out, no one ever showed up to our shows. Two of us played one night as Phil's Harmonic Orchestra. - Phil |
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21 Feb 10 - 11:51 AM (#2845849) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Antoinette QUEST! |
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21 Feb 10 - 06:51 PM (#2846191) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Seamus Kennedy To Be Announced. |
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22 Feb 10 - 01:32 PM (#2846811) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Songbob I've always thought "Opera Hooligans" would be a fine name; of course, we would feature neither opera nor hooliganism, but that's what advertising is for (disguising what you get with clever words). Bob |
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22 Feb 10 - 01:40 PM (#2846824) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Jayto Bill Repute and The Lonesome Sinners. Well actually that is the name of one of my projects but it is still new enough I can still say I would name it that. |
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22 Feb 10 - 02:03 PM (#2846851) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: ClaireBear If it had my musical partner Jon (who's not very tall) in it, I'd call it "Long John and the Underthings." On the other hand, if it was an all-women band, I'd definitely go for "The Monstrous Regiment." |
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22 Feb 10 - 02:06 PM (#2846853) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Slapper Dick Miles and The Eyeping Terrors |
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15 Nov 10 - 04:20 PM (#3032941) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: oldhippie The Bass Turds |
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15 Nov 10 - 06:08 PM (#3033020) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Joe_F The Grand Canonical Ensemble. |
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15 Nov 10 - 06:17 PM (#3033023) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: BobKnight Used to be a band around these parts called "Alpha Q." You have to say it out loud to get the best effect. |
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15 Nov 10 - 06:18 PM (#3033025) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: DonMeixner I always wanted...... A glam country band called Alice Chalmers. A Southern Rock Band called $2.98 Shrimp Buffett. A British Folk Rock band called The Barnsley Spankers A Bluegrass Band called The Dead Level Valley Boys A JUg Band called The Casual Sophisticats. Don |
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16 Nov 10 - 06:19 AM (#3033327) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: JHW Gross Domestic Products |
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16 Nov 10 - 07:24 AM (#3033368) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler "Phallic Alec and the metal petal wranglers". |
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16 Nov 10 - 07:38 AM (#3033383) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: bluerabbit10 We performed once at the Student Union University of Illinois, billed as: "Martin, Bartin, Spartan, and Fargo." |
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16 Nov 10 - 08:52 AM (#3033443) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: CheshireCat I still vaguely recall my time as part of Chairman Mao and the Fuzzy Haired Poodles... |
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16 Nov 10 - 12:45 PM (#3033636) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: raymond greenoaken Gaf The Horse In Tears Born To Bewildered |
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16 Nov 10 - 01:27 PM (#3033679) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Alan Whittle Nic Toczek, the poet/jounalist once told me about a Bradford surrealist band called Three Policemen Carrying a Loaf. I always fancied a surrealist name - Salvador Diddley. |
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17 Nov 10 - 02:44 AM (#3034085) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Mick Tems There used to a band in Wales called Mynediad Am Ddim, which means: Free Entry. As teenagers, we called our band The Out Patients' Department. |
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17 Nov 10 - 05:21 AM (#3034146) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Patsy The Tawnie Hawks. Don't know why I just like the idea. |
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17 Nov 10 - 09:27 AM (#3034309) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: buddhuu Dissing Piskies. My wife is Cornish, and actually used the phrase in an argument once... The name is actually going to be used for an act I'm putting together at the moment. |
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17 Nov 10 - 09:30 AM (#3034312) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: erosconpollo My currently mostly imaginary band is named The Far League Rangers. |
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17 Nov 10 - 10:38 AM (#3034357) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Neil D Ace Bandage and the Sprains |
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17 Nov 10 - 10:47 AM (#3034362) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: BobKnight The band I occasionally play with is looking for a new name. Serious suggestions only please. Bear in mind we are a Scottish band performing some traditional songs, but mainly our own material. Four vocalists, so plenty of harmonies for those who like that sort of thing. :) |
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17 Nov 10 - 04:30 PM (#3034613) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Dave in Michigan Once, asked (at the gig) for the name of the pickup band I was playing in, I replied "Various Artists". ("You've probably heard our CDs.") |
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18 Nov 10 - 06:33 AM (#3034998) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: GUEST,Guest (Mark Bluemel) "My currently mostly imaginary band is named The Far League Rangers. " Does it have a youth wing - "The Far League Rusks"? A band I was in that never got off the ground had two opposing ideas for names. I wanted to go for a cod-Russian soul feel with "The Lakov Commitments", while some others thought "The Fabulous Trousers" was a good name (no accounting and all that). My girlfriend suggested a compromise "The Lakov Trousers". |
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18 Nov 10 - 08:14 AM (#3035075) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: BobKnight I like the way your girfriend thinks!!! :) |
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18 Nov 10 - 11:03 PM (#3035632) Subject: RE: If I Had A Band I'd Call It....... From: Stephen L. Rich In Madison, WI there is a klezmer band called "Yid Vicious". In New York there is a rock band called "Son of Sam I Am". |