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Points: 830 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2004 at 16:02
you should look at various prog albums and such, you could mabye get an idea from them.

Also another good method is, to look at various words, and change them around ever so slightly, for example:

My band is an Instrumental Progressive Rock/Fusion band, and we couldnt think of a name. So one day My guitar player was reading the book Siddharta, and it tells about how Buddha always used to go to a place called Jetavana Grove to meditate.

Well, my friend misread it as Jetavana Groove, and Oila! Band Name. It fit our band perfectly. So try doing those kinda things. They work pretty good.
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Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

How About...We're a Pretentious Prog Band and You Should Listen To US Because We're Really Really Important and Better than Everyone Else Including You

Trust me...this is the best one yet!!!!

It might be the Longest name for a band as well
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Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

How About...We're a Pretentious Prog Band and You Should Listen To US Because We're Really Really Important and Better than Everyone Else Including You

You could just shorten that to "Pretentious"... and I'm sure everyone who would actually listen to you will understand exactly...
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I actually got one, but I will use it so I donot inted to have to fight for the rights in a future.

A cool way of getting a name is taking a sentence, title or expresion from something you like, for example, isildurs bane, I'm sure they all like lord of the ringss

or like the rolling stones, they took it from, like a rolling stone, by bob dylan
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Originally posted by Rain Rain wrote:

or like the rolling stones, they took it from, like a rolling stone, by bob dylan


You are joking aren't you? The Rolling Stones will freely admit  they got it from a Muddy Waters' song Rollin' Stone first recorded by Muddy in 1950,(date  according to my Muddy Waters compilation  Rollin' Stone) - as probably did Mr Zimmerman. And besides  the Dylan Like A Rolling Stone recording post dates the formation of the Stones.


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there are tons of possible names:

Terrillion, Megallion, Sexturion, Xenotherion, Neptullium, Stellatorium, Astradivarium, Futurallotron, Taxtron, Telluranium, Pallacrimonium, Neptilloserum, Numerostradamium, Kilotium, Isis & Nemesis, Cadillac Crisis, Amplitrol, Rexostazol, Serubex, Decristolex,......

and finally: GREENBAX.



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I somehow think its better for your fans if they can atleast know how to spell the name of your band...
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Originally posted by threefates threefates wrote:

I somehow think its better for your fans if they can atleast know how to spell the name of your band...

.....or pronounce it for that matter
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What about Crack Lake?

 
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john and the baby eaters
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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2004 at 14:51

 

How about a Zodiac sign? Maybe in French, not in English!!

Or maybe the name of a Greek / Arabic / Hebrew letter? (Alpha, Gamma, Aleph, Lambda, for instance...)

I think a one word name could be effective, and if it comes from a non-Anglophile culture or an ancient theme, it can sund quite exotic and/or mystical.

Just a suggestion.
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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2004 at 14:59
How about Peruvian Ladyboys? It's a great name for something! Big smile

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Points: 21 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2004 at 17:43
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by Rain Rain wrote:

or like the rolling stones, they took it from, like a rolling stone, by bob dylan


You are joking aren't you? The Rolling Stones will freely admit  they got it from a Muddy Waters' song Rollin' Stone first recorded by Muddy in 1950,(date  according to my Muddy Waters compilation  Rollin' Stone) - as probably did Mr Zimmerman. And besides  the Dylan Like A Rolling Stone recording post dates the formation of the Stones.

 

Your surely right, I had heard this before, but then later on a guy on the radio said what I initially put , excuse me for my mistake.
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Bloody hell, what a response!

Lots to make make think and loads that made me laugh. I'll show them to the guys in the band and see what reaction I'll get.

I didn't know about the Rolling Stone story Rain. You learn something new every day

 
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Points: 4215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2004 at 13:37

The other day on the radio they had someone from the Allman Bros.  who has done a solo album named 'Deja Voo Doo'...  Which at first sounded very cool.. and then the more I thought about it.. it sounds like a bathroom chore..

So just remember... think on it for awhile... cause what might sound cool at first, may later end up being a real joke....

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Points: 310 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2004 at 13:53
Originally posted by greenback greenback wrote:

there are tons of possible names:

Terrillion, Megallion, Sexturion, Xenotherion, Neptullium, Stellatorium, Astradivarium, Futurallotron, Taxtron, Telluranium, Pallacrimonium, Neptilloserum, Numerostradamium, Kilotium, Isis & Nemesis, Cadillac Crisis, Amplitrol, Rexostazol, Serubex, Decristolex,......

and finally: GREENBAX.

Hey, Greenback, you are confused. These boys are creating a prog band, not a medicine  

 
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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2004 at 02:02
Well, I think those names are pretty inspiring!
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2004 at 08:18

This will probably solve all your bandname problems. I like 'Tugid Hog' or 'The wookkie method'

http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/bandname
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Ummmm... Dragon Phoenix?
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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2004 at 09:27
I'm curently helping a young band get started, it's not a prog band but we do a version of 21st Century Schizoid Man. It's more of an Industrial band and we're doing covers from Ministry, Tool, Laibach and others. It's called Evil Squirel. Unfortunately I wil have to leave as I have other commitments, however they are excellent young musicians and had no problem learning Schizoid Man which isn't the easiest of pieces.
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