What’s in a Name?
23 January 2008
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What’s your favorite band name? Notice I said band “name” and not “favorite band.” You see your favorite name for a band might not necessarily be your favorite music. For example, my favorite band is probably the BoDeans. But, one of my all time favorite band names is Quiet Riot. It’s such a perfect heavy metal name. One of my other favorites is Foo Fighters. Of course, I love their music as well. Here are some of the other band names I like:
Barenaked Ladies, RATT, Meat Puppets, Vigilantes of Love, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Kinky Slinky, and of course They Might Be Giants.
Drop me a note and let me know some of your favs. Also, let me know what band names you hate!
Carry on, Citizens!
About The AuthorJeff Stanger is an author, talk show host, professional fundraiser, and the answer to several obscure trivia questions. He writes for food and occasionally for spite.
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On the Best ALBUM Names:
“Does This Look Infected” by SUM 41
“45 or 46 Songs That Weren’t Good Enough To Go On Our Other Albums” By NoFX
Best Song Names. . .could go on for a LONG time.
Kenny Rogers, Neil Diamond, The Doobie Brothers, Juice Newton, The Turtles, The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Herman’s Hermits, Three Dog Night…oh, wait a minute, those are a few concerts my parents took me to as a kid (but a few names there are sort of interesting I guess).
Band names…
A Flock Of Seagulls (Do they fly around and leave droppings on things?)
Blind Melon (Bee girl!)
Chubby Checker
Eve 6 (X-Files reference)
Five Iron Frenzy (Originally to be “Putter Mayhem”)
Five for Fighting (Hockey!)
Gin Blossoms
Goo Goo Dolls
Skid Row
Smash Mouth (Football!)
Sprung Monkey (Not the smartest bunch…ask me offline)
There are more, but I’ll leave some for other people to add.
And a challenge…what about a good country band name? Of the few that I can think of that don’t go by their name(s), I can’t think of any. But with the song titles these guys come up with, you’d think there would be something.
Panic! At the Disco
Chumbawamba
A Wilhelm Scream
Death Cab for Cutie
Black Sabbath
And of course BNL, but everyone is saying that…
SOOO behind the times (I’m reading back issues!
), but there’s a little dive in my neighborhood that advertises their bands on the sign every weekend, and they usually have interesting names. My particular favorite is Jassy Grazz. One of these days (when I go crazy) I might drop by there and actually hear them play. 
Also, a friend of mine played in a band called King Hippo (named after the character from the old Nintendo game “Mike Tyson’s Punch Out”). Points for nostalgia.
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