Does "Prog Ahead" sound good as a band name?
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Topic: Does "Prog Ahead" sound good as a band name?
Posted By: paganinio
Subject: Does "Prog Ahead" sound good as a band name?
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 07:58
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it's like, Metallica has the word "Metal" in their band name. So I kinda wanna name my band "Prog-something" And I'm a Girls Aloud fan. So I was thinking Prog A-something Prog A-something of course, Prog Ahead! some other names that I came up with: Prog Alive, Prog Awake, Prog Abyss, Prog Alarm, Prog Armor ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 08:00
| There are tons of bands with this name or with "Ahead + something" or "something + Ahead" names, so no, it's not a good name. |
Posted By: Paravion
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 08:10
| No. I think it's generally a bad idea to link a band name to a particular genre. What if you progress? |
Posted By: Synchestra
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 08:10
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Progica, prog attack, proghead, ELProg, Progesis, Prog Crimson, Jethro Prog, Prog of Salvation, Progpeth, Progric Tentacles, Progupine Tree, Prog Theater, Progathema.. Huh, I forgot what my point was and proceeded to just add prog to a bunch of exsisting names. It was fun though  ------------- 'Yeah, thats.. Whatever you're talking about for ya' - Zapp brannigan |
Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 08:21
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Latest idea: Form a band that does NOTHING but win awards Prog Awards -------------
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Posted By: Wiktor Hatif
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 08:29
it's a terrible idea  it says that all of your inspirations come from prog, when they should from more substantial genres like blues, folk, classical, avantgarde 
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Posted By: Zebedee
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 08:56
Those are some great ideas! 
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Posted By: smellyoldbums
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 09:02
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i think it should just be a bunch of random words. like six degrees of inner turbulence was or nano nucleonic cyborg summoning. (examples)
make it something ridiculous
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Posted By: Raredrumd
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 09:03
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Notice how Metallica is hardly metal anymore. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 09:04
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I always wanted to be in a band called MULTIPLE PROGRESSIVE DISORDER
You can call it that if you like....
Prog Abyss is OK too that you had chosen ------------- 
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Posted By: smellyoldbums
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 09:05
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that is because they sold out.
but band names with the genre in it normally sound pretty lame. no offence
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 09:07
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The Proggles. To Prog And Beyond. ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 09:10
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Metallica is still a great name
remember they were doing metal when it was only in its birth pangs, others jumped on the bandwagon because they were inspired by Metallica
It would be weird to call a band Prog something but you could allude to it using words Progressive or Progulus, personally i think a great name for a band is Smellyold
 bums, imagine that... Here they are all the way from Michoigan, please give it up for SMELLYOLDBUMS!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAY! -------------
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 12:19
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After all, there's already Funkadelic and too many "jazz" bands with "jazz" in their name (not to mention the metal bands with "metal" in their name). But the whole idea is... Er, I prefer not to put any word on the idea of naming a band from the genre it's supposed to play: it's like calling your son "Wolfgang Amadeus" and trying to raise him as a musician, while the kid would show more abilities for writing or painting. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 12:20
To Prog Or Not To Prog. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
rushfan4 wrote:Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 12:21
| Prog in My Soup. |
Posted By: Nightshine
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 13:47
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The name "Prog Ahead" doesn't only sound like something incredibly pretentious and annoying and something I'd like to kick in the crotch multiple times for being THAT pretentious, but as well, it sounds incredibly sexual. If you keep reading it again and again, it sounds like... ... ...Nevermind |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 13:57
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It's probably not a great idea, especially if you're trying to write serious music. 'Prog' in itself shouldnt be considered a genre, but a state of mind. Saying right out that you're 'forward thinking' isn't right, people should be able to tell from your music. =) |
Posted By: Wiktor Hatif
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 14:10
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I always hated name Emerson, Lake & Palmer - it's like shoving in the face "we're famous" :D because of that it took me some time till I decided to give it a try
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Posted By: Nightshine
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 14:14
Yet it's a genre. As seen by this website. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 14:14
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Your probably not t0o keen on Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe either than, eh? -------------
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Posted By: Wiktor Hatif
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 14:39
nope, I can't say I am. In fact I haven't heard them yet 
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 16:19
But usually mainstream-ish bands are the ones that get the most awards.  And how about : Progasaurus Would You Like Prog With That? Dude, Wheres My Prog? The Progfather Progahontas |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 16:46
| How about the Progtologists? |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 16:49
| I'm not that crazy about the word Prog as the name the kind of music we like is saddled with, but I'll go along with it. Leave it out of the band name, though - please! |
Posted By: Wiktor Hatif
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:07
Progeria (sic!), Proga-Lisa, Progmatic, Pro-gnosis/Prog-nosis, Paraprogmal 
------------- "Ffffaaahhh, seeko baaaaaa Neeeeee toe, kare lo yeahhh Sa sa sa sa saa! Fssss Drrrrrrrrr bo ki! Rapateeka! do go taaaam Rapateeka! do go tchaa" - "Atom Heart Mother" Pink Floyd/Ron Geesin |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:13
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Prog-Rammation Proggy and Bess Prog'n'Roll Prog-Fessionals Prog-Testation Prog-Pain (progcore-metal, anyone?) |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:17
Good God, No
Might as well call it Prog-Ahoy! and wear pirate outfits -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Wiktor Hatif
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:22
"Proggy & Bess"  Proganna, Progever, Progivness ------------- "Ffffaaahhh, seeko baaaaaa Neeeeee toe, kare lo yeahhh Sa sa sa sa saa! Fssss Drrrrrrrrr bo ki! Rapateeka! do go taaaam Rapateeka! do go tchaa" - "Atom Heart Mother" Pink Floyd/Ron Geesin |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:24
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how about: Progasm ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:26
| Progenous Zone |
Posted By: Wiktor Hatif
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:32
Dog in the Prog, Prog in the Fog, Prog Hog, Progesture, Progaganda oh, oh, or Proga-Panda 
------------- "Ffffaaahhh, seeko baaaaaa Neeeeee toe, kare lo yeahhh Sa sa sa sa saa! Fssss Drrrrrrrrr bo ki! Rapateeka! do go taaaam Rapateeka! do go tchaa" - "Atom Heart Mother" Pink Floyd/Ron Geesin |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 17:49
Interesting concept. I take it. |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 19:02
I'm surprised Peter Gabriel hasn't done that. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 21:12
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Florentine Progen. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: otto pankrock
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 22:33
| Gonna have to go with the majority on this one. PROGAHEAD is just too obvious. Try a song title from your favourite band or a line from your favourite novel. Something that arouses interest, suggests what your all about but doesn't slap your potential audience in the face. South Side of the Sky...or something. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 22:36
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It's the worst name in the history of Paganinio's terrible ideas, and everybody else's for that matter.... You might as well call it "Prog in the rear" and you could have better innuendo.... ------------- 
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 03:20
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How about trying to be a little bit more subtle? Some suggestions: Peel Raisins or Go (PRoG) Polite Rebels of Gormenghast (PRoG — for lovers of Mervyn Peake) Prune Ogives (PrOg — it would probably make a few people check their dictionaries, or, more likely these days, google, which leads us to:) Proud Googlers (ProG) Proust’s Ghost (ProG) ∏’s Rough Grip (∏RoG) You can even turn it backwards: Great Offer! Reduced Prices! (GO!RP!) Goons"R"Pretentious (Go"R"P) And finally, to return to Peake: Gormenghastly Peaks (GorP) ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 03:31
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Biomechanoid cybersparrow. Cheesy funeral. The summit of Mixolyidia. There are endless possibilities. In fact, there's only one good name with 'prog' in it: Fuck prog. ------------- |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 03:44
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Why not just Proganinio? ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 04:02
works for me. -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 04:03
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seriously has Trident been used?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN i BRING YOU
it works -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 04:04
heres the logo
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 04:11
| Er, it remains me of Prong's logos - and I've juste found at least 4 metal bands called Trident (thanks Encyclopadia Metalium). |
Posted By: Falx
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 04:24
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The Return Of The Giant Progweed Prog Eat Prog Jail-House Prog Her Ghost In The Prog Every Prog Will Have His Day By-Tor And The Snow Prog ...I'll stop now  =F= ------------- "You must go beyond the limit of the limit of your limits!" - Mr. Doctor "It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Posted By: deathlifereborn
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 06:00
Proghead and the 4 prog horsemen of doom ------------- 'What happened to our innocence, did it go out of style' |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 06:37
------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 06:40
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^ But are you sure it’s not used already? ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 06:50
I've got an even better one . . . TRIDENTIST!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 10:09
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Hot Prog Proggy McProgertons Progtastic Adventures in the Proggy Land Of Prog
Prog in my Pants Go Prog Yourself |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 15:19
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 12 2010 at 15:40
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 12 2010 at 16:11
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progupine tree seriously, all these names are awful. |
Posted By: Klogg
Date Posted: June 14 2010 at 18:13
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Paganinio and it's mesmerizing progaheads band The Progressive Flux of Souls Down to progland It has to have prog in the name?I have some with no prog on it Giraffes in Fire (ode to Salvador Dali hehehe )Rifftastic Brothers (sounds funny) Catarse (in english Catharsis, its is a cool word, with a strong meaning) Karawane (ode to Hugo ball )Bats and lizards in the basement (cool reference to Jan Dukes) |
Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 15:01
That one made me laugh. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 15:39
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Hi,
Don't use the word "prog" ... it's a kiss of death!
You might want to check another post of mine in this thread:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68335&PID=3695161#3695161 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68335&PID=3695161#3695161
There is an important sentence there, that should all but define how/what you want to be and name your band (unless you're joking of course!) ...
Good luck ... ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: SergiUriah
Date Posted: June 17 2010 at 00:07
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And what about ProJ Ahead?
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Posted By: Repner
Date Posted: June 17 2010 at 12:45
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haha. Great suggestions. I do seem to remember a band on this site called ProgressiveXperience. Seems someone beat you to it ------------- 
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: June 17 2010 at 13:58
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Progressive MeKchanism
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Posted By: Klogg
Date Posted: June 17 2010 at 20:55
Cool name, it renember's perpetual motion hehehe |
Posted By: warrplayer
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 16:58
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The Prog Prince. or better yet the Princes of Prog or even better! Princess Prog!!! let me know when the cd release party is, cuz I don't want you to be lonely. |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 21:29
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I'm still pushing Progasm but why not just flip things around and name your band Gorp. ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 22:26
| Fink Ployd |
Posted By: Synchestra
Date Posted: June 20 2010 at 22:45
------------- 'Yeah, thats.. Whatever you're talking about for ya' - Zapp brannigan |
Posted By: dtismajesty
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 10:13
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Why would you ever want to put a genre in your name? To me that's just stupid. Have a name that means something, and doesn't limit you so much.
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 10:15
Jaga Jazzist has "jazz" in there name and they are doing just fine.  |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 10:33
Psychedelic Monsterjam Faraway Folk ... You know, I think there should be a band called "The Crossovers." ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 10:39
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Gorp Otorp.
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 10:54
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Ok, Rob, you probably know, but I can’t resist it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_%28band%29 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_%28band%29 (What is "electroclash"?) http://thecrossoverband.com/ - http://thecrossoverband.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/pages/BILL-MURRAY-AND-THE-CROSSOVER-BAND/223085275983 - http://www.facebook.com/pages/BILL-MURRAY-AND-THE-CROSSOVER-BAND/223085275983 Description: Bill Murray and The Crossover Band performs Traditional Country Music, Oldies (50's-60's) and an Elvis Tribute. Bill is a Nashville recording artist who lives in Pennsylvania. Bill and the band performs mostly in PA, NJ, and NY. Apart from that, the Crossovers is a great name! ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 13:31
I agree that Catharsis is pretty good, but "Cat Arse" means "Cat Butt" and it's already been used (I had a Cat Butt album, "Journey To The Center Of Cat Butt". It was on Sub Pop and wasn't very good). ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 14:18
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How bout the name......'Progressively Hip'? |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 15:59
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: June 21 2010 at 20:06
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Hi,
Here's one for you ...
ProgreXion
This way, it can refer to a lot more things and you don't have to define any of them. And of course, some folks here will promptly say that it is not progressive enough!
But if you know the secret within, it won't matter what we say here! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: SergiUriah
Date Posted: June 22 2010 at 18:16
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^^That´s a good name. ------------- http://img229.imageshack.us/i/bonfirma.jpg/">
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