New Band. We need help with a name.

Alnico

horse said:

If your music was played on the radio, what other tracks would the dj be playing?

not a suggestion for you, but The False Tarts might be a good joke band name for somebody

Ok that's a really good question.

 I listen to Nicky Horne whenever i can find him on the radio and the 'New Music' he plays i always like a lot of.
I would hope our stuff would get airplay on a Rock Show of some description. 

Of the moment right now, i hope (somewhat in vain but still, got to try.....) we could stand alongside alter bridge, royal blood and rival sons in terms of songwriting and originality. I do not mean for one minute we're that talented we're just not, but if our songs got airplay on the same show and sold in reasonable numbers and we could be proud of being in the same kind of camp as those guys, it would be dreams realised for all of us. Even at a low level, to be invited to play at a festival on a large bill that included those names is our idea of stardom and fame. It's far more about making the music accessible and enjoyable for people so a festival gig would be amazing. The rest of what we're concentrating on is writing and recording both the album and lots of live sessions which we'll use on our social media to (Hopefully) Generate some interest in us as a band. Where we go from there is totally dependent on how well we do up to that point and it feels stupid even trying to plan *that* far ahead but it's all just sketches right now and can be altered to suit as we go i suppose. It's the direction we're going in from the point we started at and although it's not guaranteed, it seems interesting so far and as we're not planning on ruining peoples evening in pubs, i think we stand a fair chance of doing ok, an ok chance of doing well and a fair-to-middlin' chance of doing really well. I'm working on adjusting that balance by trying to nail down every detail about the band and set up our own studio to do all this in. 
If i get a good name set up now, it will be much easier to move the band forward as we go, with a decent viable and secured name for us to work under.

We're determined to try but we're very ready to be let down and get nowhere so it won't come as a total surprise if that happens but if it does work and the music works and is successful, it will have been at least worth doing well.

If we have any kind of direction, that's it. There's no image to speak of except (We hope) the music itself. Taking inspiration from some of the worlds top bands and ruining whatever the message is supposed to be, we're doing our best to make the music something original and hopefully with some longevity.

Alnico

Flink_Poyd said:

Everything I think of starts off amazing then ends up sounding like a double entendre. Anyways 

Sixth Below
Crooked Halo
Black Soul Avenue

I like 'Crooked Halo'.
or i like where it leads...
Is there a way of saying that a little more subtly? A little less obviously i mean?

DiscoStu

Go to Wikipedia and click 'random'. That gives you your band name.

I just got 'Cocolalla'.

Alnico

DiscoStu said:

Go to Wikipedia and click 'random'. That gives you your band name.

I just got 'Cocolalla'.

I will do that now, i am easily that bored right now.

Flink_Poyd

The three bands you mentioned all had 2 word names so that might be somewhere to start. 

Black Halo
I guess I can't do subtle. If my stupid brain would let me in on how it comes up with this guff I might be able to figure out something more subtle. My mind has a mind of its own, that's more of an album title.......

DiscoStu

Alnico said:

DiscoStu said:

Go to Wikipedia and click 'random'. That gives you your band name.

I just got 'Cocolalla'.

I will do that now, i am easily that bored right now.

You can take it further and get band name, album title and album cover.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/lets-play-wikipedia-names-your-band?utm_term=.cnW5RAXzJ#.pqnG4nvVw

Cocolalla's debut album is called 'Vagaries of the Crowd'!

Sporky

Alnico said:

I like 'Crooked Halo'.
or i like where it leads...
Is there a way of saying that a little more subtly? A little less obviously i mean?

Yes.

Tarnished Nimbus
Besmirched Mandorla
Wayward Gloriole
Denigrated Aureola

etc etc

Alnico

Sporky said:

Alnico said:

I like 'Crooked Halo'.
or i like where it leads...
Is there a way of saying that a little more subtly? A little less obviously i mean?

Yes.

Tarnished Nimbus
Besmirched Mandorla
Wayward Gloriole
Denigrated Aureola

etc etc

Fabulous.

Sporky

Some of those come out a bit metal.

Which reminds me of one I meant to suggest a while back..

Bundle Of Sticks

written in that bundle-of-sticks font so beloved of current metal bands.

Alnico

Flink_Poyd said:

The three bands you mentioned all had 2 word names so that might be somewhere to start. 

Black Halo
I guess I can't do subtle. If my stupid brain would let me in on how it comes up with this guff I might be able to figure out something more subtle. My mind has a mind of its own, that's more of an album title.......

It's like you're describing me !

I like the idea of using the library but i'm aware that i have a library at my fingertips right now, it's just knowing where to look?

History.

I'm going back in time.
I may be some,.......er,...time.

Alnico

Btw - my Wiki efforts came up with 

Skeleton Weed - a type of plant
and
Drasteria Graphica - a type of Moth

Alnico

Sporky said:

Some of those come out a bit metal.

Which reminds me of one I meant to suggest a while back..

Bundle Of Sticks

written in that bundle-of-sticks font so beloved of current metal bands.

I'm sure 'Styx' did that with their albums in the 70's/80's?

I might be remembering that wrong.

Sporky

The trick with subtle is to start with obvious - crass will do at a pinch - and then use a thesaurus. Or multiple goes through Google Translate.

Alnico

Sporky said:

The trick with subtle is to start with obvious - crass will do at a pinch - and then use a thesaurus. Or multiple goes through Google Translate.

ok, cheers.

I will give that a go as well.

Sporky

Also write down ideas without analysing them. Get into a flow.

Then go back later and edit and cull and so on.

Alnico

Sporky said:

Also write down ideas without analysing them. Get into a flow.

Then go back later and edit and cull and so on.

I will do, thanks.

JezWynd

Strum-Pets

FRockStar

DiscoStu said:

Alnico said:

DiscoStu said:

Go to Wikipedia and click 'random'. That gives you your band name.

I just got 'Cocolalla'.

I will do that now, i am easily that bored right now.

You can take it further and get band name, album title and album cover.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/lets-play-wikipedia-names-your-band?utm_term=.cnW5RAXzJ#.pqnG4nvVw

Cocolalla's debut album is called 'Vagaries of the Crowd'!

Thanks. Here's my next album. (if the link works) 

FRockStar

Try again.. 

Alnico

'El-Chapo Social Club' is very tempting but we'll never make it in America with that name !