Band Name Suggestions?
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Topic: Band Name Suggestions?
Posted By: sigod
Subject: Band Name Suggestions?
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 10:26
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I'm forming a prog band in London with a few mates but we don't have a name yet. Any suggestions? ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 10:29
Yeh, call yourself "Neo-Prog"... that way no one will have to guess!  ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 10:32
oohh... I just noticed how well our Avatars look together...!! It reminds me of somebody...hmmmm  ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 10:37
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Great name. As for our Avatars, let's get 'em together over coffee and see how they get on. Avatar speed dating. Hmmm....we might be onto something here. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 12:29
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I posted some band names on the "Mariah" thread a few days ago. I think "Gag Maggot" was my favorite, but you may want to go a different way... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 12:40
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Geology name - "Troposphere" or "Troposphere Green*" - * insert colour here! Historic name - "Triassic Gods" or "Assyrian Phalanx" Techno name - "Take a Gigabyte or TAG-B for short" Whimsical name - "Cheshire Cat" or "Alice's petticoat" Serious names - "Accidents Edge" or "Beware of the Dog" Weather name - "Arctic Storm" or "Sirocco Sands"
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 14:05
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How about the Avatars...? You would think someone would be using that already... but I've never heard of it yet. ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 14:38
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has anyone taken "Prognosis" yet? if so, maybe you could be "Neoprognosis" ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 14:44
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How about Exit? Your name would be up in lights at every venue>
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 14:50
| Spiritwrack |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 14:54
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Marytyr or Marytyr's Doom |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 14:55
| Decadence or Decadence Shadow or Shadow of Decadence |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 14:57
| or something nonsensical like.... Blogtye |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 15:22
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Get a grip of yourself Gdub! How many more posts for your 4 stars?
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 15:34
I'm afraid you have to do a lot of posting for 4 stars... but I'll let you know!  ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 15:40
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Hmm, 822 posts and no upgrade. Maybe you're not posting hard enough! -------------
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 15:44
Oh Reed, you know I prefer to do everything the hard way!  ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 15:47
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I dont like to rush into things, but you know the big problem with reeds! -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 15:51
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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
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 15:55
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All hail the Emperor!!! -------------
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Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 16:02
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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. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 16:08
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Trust me...this is the best one yet!!!! It might be the Longest name for a band as well |
gdub411 wrote:
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 16:18
You could just shorten that to "Pretentious"... and I'm sure everyone who would actually listen to you will understand exactly... ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Rain
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 19:10
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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 ------------- And the meek shall inheret the earth - Niel Peart |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 20:20
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. |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 20:20
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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. |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 17 2004 at 21:04
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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... ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 18 2004 at 00:21
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.....or pronounce it for that matter |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: September 18 2004 at 10:31
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What about Crack Lake?
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Posted By: asuma
Date Posted: September 18 2004 at 13:58
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john and the baby eaters ------------- *Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.* |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: September 18 2004 at 14:51
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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. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 18 2004 at 14:59
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How about Peruvian Ladyboys? It's a great name for something! -------------
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Posted By: Rain
Date Posted: September 18 2004 at 17:43
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. ------------- And the meek shall inheret the earth - Niel Peart |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 19 2004 at 12:31
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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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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 19 2004 at 13:37
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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.... ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Marcelo
Date Posted: September 19 2004 at 13:53
Hey, Greenback, you are confused. These boys are creating a prog band, not a medicine
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 02:02
| Well, I think those names are pretty inspiring! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 08:18
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This will probably solve all your bandname problems. I like 'Tugid Hog' or 'The wookkie method' http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/bandname - http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/bandname ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 09:13
Ummmm... Dragon Phoenix? 
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date 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. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 13:01
| Bands such as Wood (who I are Canadian) and Glueleg have respectively done industrial/metally and a brass rock versions of Red in the mid 90's, while there is a rambling, big band version by the Either Orchestra - so I guess there are a number of KC tunes that do lend themselves to reasonably drastic rearrangements away from straight prog rock. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 14:56
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Orgasmic Love Lounge Pears are Yummy |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 15:00
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Myopic Moose Droppings Lateral Lazy Chair |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 15:01
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Chronic Nose Bleed |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 15:54
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or in honor of Spock's Beard how about.. Bones McCoy's Hair Lip Worf 's Uncontrollable Eye Twitch |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 19:42
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Canibus
its a specil plant name! |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 03:00
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"Clog Rot" or "Trench foot" - Prog/metal/punky type names! ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 04:09
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I've seen the random band name generators that have been mentioned. The best suggestion I got was 'Homo Midnight'. Maybe this is my opportunity to plunder the pink pound (or dollar) ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 08:01
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How about - "Delusions of Grandeur" - and produce the most OTT (quadruple CD (4 (80 minute epics)) - taking all the finest synth/guitar solos from the prog genre and skilfully weaving them into an all time prog-classic! ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 11:00
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OHG Swinton with that kind of album, I COULD RULE THE WORLD!!!! ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 11:02
BTW Gdub411 - I love 'Worf 's Uncontrollable Eye Twitch'  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 15:37
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[QUOTE=sigod]BTW Gdub411 - I love 'Worf 's Uncontrollable Eye Twitch' To Reed Lover....SEE! Ha! |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 15:41
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But you had 947,215,151,515 goes! Keep randomly tapping at your keyboard and you might come up with a new Shakespeare! -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 15:44
| personally I liked Myopic Moose Droppings myself |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 03:33
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I quite like 'New Shakespeare' too Reed Lover ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 11:27
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What about "Pale Dead Ghost Whores." I think Shrinking Violent quoted that once and it just seems like a great name. Of course, "Ginger Pubes" would also be worthy of consideration.
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 11:35
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Then you could take the stage, step up to the mike, and say "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We're The sh*tz!" etc. Okay, okay -- just joshing! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
How about "The sh*tz" or "Effing Terrible" or "Complete and Utter Crap"
Posted By: lobster41
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 15:51
| I've always liked Organic Muck or Primordial Soup as band names, but I was hogging these names for myself. Seeing as I probably won't be needing them, you're welcome to them |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 16:01
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Actually every combination of words and numbers seem to fit! "Lobster41" great name for a band!!! "Danbo's Ginger Pubes" even better "Dumpy's Rusty Nuts" see- there's another!
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 16:08
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Primordial Soup is good Primordial Couldron is better or how about Food Bubble |
Posted By: progchain
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 16:42
| Gloth Morgoth Prototh? |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 19:16
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say that 5 times real fast |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 24 2004 at 05:45
You might have something there Peter. I remember a band called 'Plus Support' a while back (heh!).
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: penguindf12
Date Posted: September 24 2004 at 20:12
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I got some great ones: FANTASY WIZZARD (Woooohooooo!) [Credit goes to sigod for this name... heh heh] Post Reply [Credit goes to the words sitting over this reply as I type it...] SPOCK'S MUSTACHE!!!!! ...uh, Paul McCartney's Invisible Toe? That's all I have to offer. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 25 2004 at 21:03
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How about "Peter,Danbo And The GraveRobbers" Time for bed before I get the big fellow on my case. Mind you he did admit to being a crybaby! Ow! danbo, big man, I was only kidding! -------------
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: September 26 2004 at 08:46
I always thought that Gabble Rachet(Genesis-Supper's Ready) and Plague of Lighthouse Keepers(VdGG)were good names for bands of the genre. 
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 28 2004 at 04:29
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Glad you liked Fantasy Wizzard penguindf12 Fantasy Wizzard was an imaginary prog band that we used on a joke flyer once who developed a concept album based on the game 'Cluedo'. All the characters in the game appeared in strange song titles like 'Col Mustard's Keen As Custard' or 'Prof Plum And The Magic Spanner' (that's a wrench for you guys in the I have a mate who is a non-prog fan who always uses the name Fantasy Wizzard, whenever he hears a prog track...I feel a mixture of pride and shame at that one
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: September 28 2004 at 08:16
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How about "Frogz Spawn" or "Gizzard Stoolz" or even "Groz Broz" ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: September 28 2004 at 11:00
Sounds catchy, eh Prof? |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 28 2004 at 11:21
Do I detect a Slade influence in the band suggestions here Swinton??
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: 5 minute solo
Date Posted: September 28 2004 at 14:26
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reverend sykes ------------- You want the spoon? You can't handle the spoon! |
Posted By: Aztech
Date Posted: September 28 2004 at 16:44
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how about Qwerty ? or Sands of time (sounds more like a song) Maestro ... my 2 cents |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 29 2004 at 07:34
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I like the name Qwerty Aztech Unfortunately, Maestro was the name of a rather sad car sold in the UK during the 80's. Thus:
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: September 29 2004 at 08:06
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I was just picking up on a bit of aliteration and the "Beenz Meanz Heinz" type of thing from the 70's UK telly advertising! How about "Smooth as Ice" or "Slippery when wet!" oooo-er mrs.... ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: September 29 2004 at 10:24
Legend has it that Peter Townshend had a big hand in that ad campaign, aimed originally at Radio London and other pirate radio ship advertising - check out The Who Sell Out for clues. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 29 2004 at 12:36
Actually I wrote the Beenz Meanz Heinz advert. And Stairway To Heaven and most of Suppers Ready (and also therefore some of Grendel) Read it in my biography " Lets Make Up Some Bollocks For A Fast Buck" -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: September 29 2004 at 13:48
REED LOVER is back....Hoorah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
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