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steve wrote:In high school I was in a band called Just Ducky. Now, that is a lousy name for a band. Hold your heads high, fellow posters on this thread, you were never in a band named Just Ducky.

Steve, I cannot comprehend that a man of your discerning tastes allowed yourself to be in a suchly-named band.

Perhaps it was just high school peer pressure.

Next you'll tell me you were the lead in Picnic or something like that. Then my head will explode.

elisha wiesner wrote: the band i am in is called Kahoots. there are two things i don't like about it.

1) it is spelled wrong
2) it is stupid

I like this name a lot.

Somehow, it conjures up the Kahoots ethos.

But even if it didn't--usually, if I like a band, they can have a dumb name and I get used to it.

Linus Van Pelt wrote:Red Swan (before Tom kicked me out) - Not Crap

Unless I'm mistaken, you were never in Red Swan. I believe you're thinking of Harsh Realm.

tmidgett wrote:But even if it didn't--usually, if I like a band, they can have a dumb name and I get used to it.

On the other side of that coin, a good name will make me want to hear a band regardless of anything else, like judging a book by the cover. I have never heard Sun Kil Moon, but I cannot imagine a band with a name like Sun Kil Moon being not good.

Chapter Two wrote:

tmidgett wrote:But even if it didn't--usually, if I like a band, they can have a dumb name and I get used to it.

On the other side of that coin, a good name will make me want to hear a band regardless of anything else, like judging a book by the cover. I have never heard Sun Kil Moon, but I cannot imagine a band with a name like Sun Kil Moon being not good.

Prepare to have your mind blown.

tallchris wrote:Racetrack

My bandmates tell me we are named after a town in Montana. I am inclined to believe them:

I think it is a decent band name. It is funny when venues can't decide whether we spell it as one or two words.

There are two (actual) towns in New Mexico (or is it arizona?) with great band name potential. Its great because you come to a fork in the road and you can either go to Mexican Hat or Mexican Water. Heh.

I'm lucky to have played in bands that only have pretty decent names. I recently joined a very heavy rock band (sleep/high on fire type stuff) called ZANGIEF.

This makes me so incredibly happy.

My first band was called 'Metal Therapy'
We had a song called 'Thunder Wolf'

Surfrider wrote:I'm lucky to have played in bands that only have pretty decent names. I recently joined a very heavy rock band (sleep/high on fire type stuff) called ZANGIEF.

This makes me so incredibly happy.

RearEntryPants wrote:My first band was called 'Metal Therapy'
We had a song called 'Thunder Wolf'

Folks, this is seriously awesome stuff. Naming a rock band after a SFII character is so nerdy that it's cool, and the song title "Thunder Wolf" just made Diet Coke come out of my nose. Salut to the both of you.

steve wrote:In high school I was in a band called Just Ducky. Now, that is a lousy name for a band. Hold your heads high, fellow posters on this thread, you were never in a band named Just Ducky.

In that recent Minutemen documentary, George Hurley mentions his brief time playing drums for a new wave band called Hey Taxi!

Hey Taxi!