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Choosing a band/artist name

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    It should match the mood of the music you make if it’s electronica

    I like the way post rock bands come up with unusual names

    If one makes music with instruments or sings then ones real name might be ok

  • DefRobotDefRobot

    @Zen210507 said:

    @DefRobot said:
    I would agree that Repulse The Monkey is both memorable and good.
    I always thought ‘The Who’ was terrible and has given me a dislike of them. Do like some of their songs though.

    What I like about The Who, as a band name, is the sheer simplicity, while at the same time asking a provocative question.

    There are, of course, lots of names that are smarter, wittier, more meaningful, etc - Procul Harum, Dire Straits, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Orchestral Maneouvres in the Dark, Kissing the Pink, The Duckworth Lewis Method...

    But put all of the above together, and despite all making fabulous music, they have nothing as recognisable as the Who Mod logo.

    Yeah, you got me there. The Who with their logo and following certainly worked.

  • AudioGusAudioGus

    @DefRobot said:

    @AudioGus said:
    Coldhead
    Radiosis
    Headplay
    Blurosis
    The Tangential King Leonosis

    I’m guessing that you think a name is inconsequential?
    I certainly think it can be a chainaround the neck.

    I don’t think it is inconsequential. I am just mining / crafting, seeing if there might be something worthwhile in the flotsam/jetsum.

  • hellquisthellquist

    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?
    My artist name is Ayepad, because, well...iPad but with an aye.

    2: Are you happy with it?
    Seems to work, most people remember it, still easy to search/find.

    3: How important is it?
    Not massively important actually. I mainly wanted something that isn’t my regular name, which is Swedish and no one can spell correctly, but still different enough from my metal days when in a band, so no one would confuse one for the other. Could have been any name that fit those criteria.

    4: What is your favourite band name?
    Meshuggah.

  • cabocabo

    @AudioGus said:
    Coldhead
    Radiosis
    Headplay
    Blurosis
    The Tangential King Leonosis

    Strolling Bones
    Blue Moodies

  • AudioGusAudioGus

    @cabo said:

    @AudioGus said:
    Coldhead
    Radiosis
    Headplay
    Blurosis
    The Tangential King Leonosis

    Strolling Bones
    Blue Moodies

    The Strolly Boobonies

  • RedSkyLullabyRedSkyLullaby

    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?

    Was going to be Lullaby League but thise are dancing munchcins also so went with RSL

    2: Are you happy with it?

    Meh... its no worse as a name than The Beatles

    3: How important is it?

    I think is important to be distinct and able to remember, RSL is a known thing now though I may have confused things by using the same name for Sound design/presets, chilled instrumental stuff, remixing and hip hop too. You seem to have to have a 3 word name to not find someone on google already used it in some context (usually a band or song name)

    4: What is your favourite band name ever?
    Seefeel

  • JeffChasteenJeffChasteen

    @Love3quency said:
    It should match the mood of the music you make if it’s electronica

    I like the way post rock bands come up with unusual names

    If one makes music with instruments or sings then ones real name might be ok

    @Love3quency said:
    It should match the mood of the music you make if it’s electronica

    I like the way post rock bands come up with unusual names

    If one makes music with instruments or sings then ones real name might be ok

    My favorite post rock band name is Godspeed You Black Emperor (with the movable exclamation point)
    Brilliant!

  • Redo1Redo1
    edited December 2017

    Anything with "octo" is usually good.
    Most bands are 4 guys 8 arms

  • TritonmanTritonman

    Free Beer! Draws a crowd every time at least for the first night.

  • Extnctn6Extnctn6

    My mates band is called Piss on Authority and they do pretty well for themselves

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    Some of the tribute bands choose well;

    Fleetwood Bac
    The Counterfeit Stones
    Talon
    Think Floyd
    T-Rextacy

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @DefRobot said:
    Yeah, you got me there. The Who with their logo and following certainly worked.

    Yeah, the Who worked on so many levels. All of the original four wanted to be the front man. Thownshend’s windmilling. Daltrey swinging the mic like a weapon, Entwhistle there like a monolith, and Moon playing forward.

  • TheVimFuegoTheVimFuego

    I'm going to be the driving force behind "The Crabs From Uranus" (Polka/Punk crossover).

    I quite like "The Kathleen Turner Overdrive" (High Fidelity)

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @TheVimFuego said:
    "The Kathleen Turner Overdrive" (High Fidelity)

    >

    Spending the weekend with a young fiend. :)

  • BrainBrain
    edited December 2017

    I’ve created band names as a hobby for most of my life, names like Bradenton (Chicago got away with it), quite unlike The Waltons, Albino Clam Machine, and others I could eventually recall. Sometimes I will play with words, exchanging or adding/deleting letters to make up new words that could exist but don’t for some reason. You never know where inspiration will come from, and sometimes it’s the non-sensical arbitrariness of a name could add to the appeal of the musical style. Appreciation of music is always personal and you never know what gimmick will work.

  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]

    @Brain said:
    Appreciation of music is always personal and you never know what gimmick will work.

    >

    10cc
    Steely Dan
    Thin Lizzy
    Led Zeppelin
    The Mothers of Invention

  • oat_phippsoat_phipps

    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?

    I currently use my real name or my initials, which are conveniently BS.

    2: Are you happy with it?

    Yes

    4: What is your favourite band name ever?

    You know, the first one that came to my head was The Go-Gos.

    And as @JeffChasteen did, here’s my band history:

    Hot Pants
    Chumsford
    Vietnamicon
    Out Tha Frame (4-man white rap group, 3-6 style)
    Dream Team
    Wind vs. Sun (hated this name, but the band allowed me to play and hone my Mark Knopfler-style guitar)

    Scissors & The Cuts. This one was real important to me because I love creating fake names like some of you enjoy coming up with band names. The roster was Scissors McFarland (me, vocals/guitar/bass), Teal Tresno (lead guitar/vocals/bass), Greco Billups (drums/bass), Ralph Peppers (engineer/producer), and, hailing from Minnesota, ‘Twin City’ Savinger (drums). Oat Phipps eventually took over bass duties, and occasionally Scott ‘Scoots’ Studor would sit in on keys.

  • ExAsperis99ExAsperis99
    edited December 2017

    Such an interesting thread.

    All band names, under any scrutiny at all, kind of suck.
    The best you can hope for is a blank screen that allows anybody to project their own ideas on it.
    The best you can hope for is to have the name repeated so often that it becomes unmoored from its original meaning.

    R.E.M., Talking Heads, AC/DC, Underworld, Rush, Radiohead, Four Tops, the Pretenders, the Minutemen, Aphex Twin: I think these are all great names, but only because you don't think about their original meanings. (I wish I never knew the derivation of 10cc, the Lovin Spoonful or Pearl. WTF, guys?) .

    My favorite band name is still my little brother's "synthpop" band from 1981. He had an Arp Axxe (!), although the rest of the band was bass and drums. He was 13, and he liked OMD and Soft Cell and didn't totally understand synthesizers. They called themselves the Digitals.

    Perfect.

  • JeffChasteenJeffChasteen

    @oat_phipps said:
    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?

    I currently use my real name or my initials, which are conveniently BS.

    2: Are you happy with it?

    Yes

    4: What is your favourite band name ever?

    You know, the first one that came to my head was The Go-Gos.

    And as @JeffChasteen did, here’s my band history:

    Hot Pants
    Chumsford
    Vietnamicon
    Out Tha Frame (4-man white rap group, 3-6 style)
    Dream Team
    Wind vs. Sun (hated this name, but the band allowed me to play and hone my Mark Knopfler-style guitar)

    Scissors & The Cuts. This one was real important to me because I love creating fake names like some of you enjoy coming up with band names. The roster was Scissors McFarland (me, vocals/guitar/bass), Teal Tresno (lead guitar/vocals/bass), Greco Billups (drums/bass), Ralph Peppers (engineer/producer), and, hailing from Minnesota, ‘Twin City’ Savinger (drums). Oat Phipps eventually took over bass duties, and occasionally Scott ‘Scoots’ Studor would sit in on keys.

    @oat_phipps said:
    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?

    I currently use my real name or my initials, which are conveniently BS.

    2: Are you happy with it?

    Yes

    4: What is your favourite band name ever?

    You know, the first one that came to my head was The Go-Gos.

    And as @JeffChasteen did, here’s my band history:

    Hot Pants
    Chumsford
    Vietnamicon
    Out Tha Frame (4-man white rap group, 3-6 style)
    Dream Team
    Wind vs. Sun (hated this name, but the band allowed me to play and hone my Mark Knopfler-style guitar)

    Scissors & The Cuts. This one was real important to me because I love creating fake names like some of you enjoy coming up with band names. The roster was Scissors McFarland (me, vocals/guitar/bass), Teal Tresno (lead guitar/vocals/bass), Greco Billups (drums/bass), Ralph Peppers (engineer/producer), and, hailing from Minnesota, ‘Twin City’ Savinger (drums). Oat Phipps eventually took over bass duties, and occasionally Scott ‘Scoots’ Studor would sit in on keys.

    I like Wind vs. Sun. Really.
    Vietnamicom is also great.

  • JeffChasteenJeffChasteen

    @Zen210507 said:

    @Brain said:
    Appreciation of music is always personal and you never know what gimmick will work.

    >

    10cc
    Steely Dan
    Thin Lizzy
    Led Zeppelin
    The Mothers of Invention

    I'm not quite sure about Thin Lizzy (great band, though), but the rest are fantastic names.

  • supanortonsupanorton
    edited December 2017

    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?
    2: Are you happy with it?
    3: How important is it?
    4: What is your favourite band name ever?

    1. Right now, I’m using my given name.
    2. I’ve never liked my name and thought about changing it when I was younger. I never did, because I thought changing my name was pretentious. When i released my solo stuff, I was the only Artie Norton on iTunes, so it made sense.
    3. It’s important in the sense that people who know me can easily find me. Somehow, I’ve managed to accumulate a handful of listeners on streaming services and sold a small bunch digital downloads through iTunes, Google, and Amazon. I think many of those people are old friends, guys I used to play with, and maybe a few fans from some of the bands I was in.
    4. The Sex Pistols is my favorite band name ever.

    After reading some of the band names in the thread, I was compelled to share mine:

    Rudy and the Redhots
    Sniffing Glue
    Slamming Cactus
    Pontius Pilate and the Nailbenders
    Scum Cookie
    The Stand
    Gypsy Soul
    Blood and Sympathy
    Revolver (an indie record deal revealed another Revolver and made us change it)
    Cletus

    There were a few others that I just can’t remember. Playing in bands was a lot of fun. I miss it sometimes.

  • TozBourneTozBourne

    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?

    Based on corporate logon ID’s (I was a longtime mainframe computer programmer)

    2: Are you happy with it?

    I’m okay with it, Toz is unique. I have a band name that I like, “something something Orchestra” that I will probably use when I collaborate with a friend.

    3: How important is it?

    I dunno.

    4: What is your favourite band name ever?

    Black Sabbath (Senile Cat is my favorite from this thread)

  • Lady_App_titudeLady_App_titude
    edited December 2017

    @DefRobot said:
    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?

    I didn’t take the iPad too seriously as a musical machine at first, so I wanted an alter ego for my iOS-based projects. I thought it might be a funny parody of all the annoying “Lady” names nowadays like Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum. To my surprise, Lady App-titude wasn’t already taken.

    2: Are you happy with it?

    Turns out it is just as annoying as what I was trying to parody.

    3: How important is it?

    Stuck with it now. It serves its purpose.

    4: What is your favourite band name ever?

    Dunno. Can’t do favorites. The Beatles? Devo? The Pretenders?The Funkadelic? Utopia?..

    DefRobot is pretty badass.

  • encenc
    edited December 2017

    Wow ! Some terrible names here :D
    Funny how you can guess the type of music by some of the names :p

  • AndyPlanktonAndyPlankton

    I'm partial to the odd name change, kind of by way of flushing the song bank to make me move forwards with what I am doing.

    Names and where they came from ?
    I was in 2 bands....
    Apricot Cupboard - Three of us crammed in my mates bedroom which was apricot coloured.
    Serious Plankton - Started as a pub quiz team name...Team Plankton as we had 1 brain cell each...then the band started and Serious got added.

    As a solo creator
    Daub - Using tools like Sony Acid and Cubase felt like daubing paint
    Krumpled - Got older and battered by life
    And currently (Noiz) Phanatik (and the Rampage) - I am a bit fanatical about making tunes, the Rampage refers to my gear.

    Are you happy with the name you have got ?
    Phanatik
    Noiz Fanatik
    Noiz Phanatik and the Rampage
    As you can tell, still not fully decided (or happy) on this one.....

    Is the name important ?
    I think the name is important for memorability more than anything else, and needs to look good when written down if it is to be used for marketing purposes.

    Favourite Band name Ever ?
    Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

  • RulesOfBlazonRulesOfBlazon

    @DefRobot said:

    1: How did you come up with your ‘artist’ name?
    2: Are you happy with it?
    3: How important is it?
    4: What is your favourite band name ever?

    1. was reading a book about heraldry and it was the title of a chapter and i was like, yeah, ok
    2. yup. however...
    3. ...it is not important at all because all the stuff ive put out with it is neither well-produced nor particularly fun to listen to, so im "retiring" it and have already chosen a new moniker, which i will use when i release the newer, better stuff in a more judicious and deliberate way
    4. Euripides Pants
  • RUST( i )KRUST( i )K

    RUSTiK is actually the name of several ventures for me.

    Outside music, my one business is making and refinishing antiques and building furniture from salvage materials. Hence, RUSTiK.

    The K is an homage to a time now past.

    I have several names I have gotten real ink or credit for musically. Most for lyrics or beats in Miami 2007-2010.

  • ReidReid

    There are a lot of good ideas for band names in this list of reasons to be admitted to a "Lunatic Asylum" between 1864 and 1889.

  • mrcanistermrcanister

    Pissed Jeans- saw 'em years back
    he sang in to his sock

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