DU musicians: Name some bands you've been in.

[Redstone]

Not a "famous" contest here; just interested to see how creative (or stupid) you've been at naming your bands (or having someone else name them).

My dumbest was "Bucksnort Trout Farm;" quickly realizing that it was a stupid name, I changed it to "Austin-Western." Yeah, I know the name-the-band-after-a-construction-equipment-company thing had been done before, but I still think it was a good name for a Texas country-music band.

"Shades of Green" worked well for my Irish band, since it had one full-blood Irishwoman; me, who is half Irish; and a guy who wasn't Irish at all.

The Celtic-Bluegrass fusion thing I caled "Caledonia," not because we did that much Scottish music, but because I liked it.

There were others, but these are the ones I remember most.

God damn it, I miss being able to play. Wish I hadn't thought about this.

Redstone

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. The one I named was 'Release'

The one I joined was "Strutter." :puke:

[jeff30997]

2. I'm the unknown Beatle.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. I drummed for the Beatles before Ringo; then I was a guitarist for Floyd,

but went insane and they booted me out; then I died while a member of The Who; then I drummed for Rush before Peart came on; I was guitarist for a band called "The Experience" until choked on my own vomit; I was lead singer for The Mamas and the Pappas, until I choked on a ham sandwich; then I drummed for Led Zeppelin until I choked on my own vomit; and finally I headed up Nirvana before killing myself.

[DS1]

4. You left out that time you set the world's record for most taps per second

prick

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. I'm not... uh.... proud of that moment, and prefer to forget it.

RIVERDANCE!

Oh, God, I didn't just say that, did I?

I'm so ashamed.

:cry:

[johnnie]

8. Petesyd "John-Moon-Jimi" Casshambain

Is that you?

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. ROTFL!!

I'm not making this up, but truly I almost choked on my food laughing at that! I had to spit out a bit of polish sausage to preserve my breathing ability.

:rofl:

Fucking genius of you!

[johnnie]

11. That's funny

Polish sausage. LOL.

It just struck me as funny, thinking about it.

[tarkus]

5. Manchuria and The Black Hand

I like The Black Hand because it sound metal and has a nice historical connection.
Some other ideas that I like are "M- theory" and "Committee for Public Safety".

[datasuspect]

6. i used to be in menudo

[lizziegrace]

15. I recognize you!

You had dark hair...

[datasuspect]

18. still do, but it has lots of gray now

[lizziegrace]

22. ...

:)

[MrSlayer]

10. Surgical Steel, Dead Pirates, Pubic Lobster

SS was straight Thrash.

Dead Pirates was an offensive comedy Thrash/Blues band.

Pubic Lobster was also an offensive comedy metal band. All the same members as the Pirates but we switched instruments and opened up for ourselves.

I love playing out and a few times a year we'll book a show at a local club and rip the other bands playing the droning garbage music of today that passes for Hard Rock/Metal.

[lizziegrace]

12. We never named orchestras

:shrug:

[Redstone]

13. Orchestras all have names.

Come on, don't be shy. Tell us. Are you a classical musician?

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

14. I was in another life

gave it up so there would only be one musician in the marriage

Memphis Youth Symphony and others... Went to college 2 years on a music scholarship.

[Redstone]

16. Then you're a REAL musician, unlike clowns such as myself.

But I faked it well:



Redstone

[lizziegrace]

20. Actually, you've got it wrong

I've tried and tried to play guitar but it's too abstract for me. I mean, middle C is always in one spot or one fingering on other instruments. On a guitar, it can be many places. I can't deal with that...

:crazy:

[Redstone]

24. No, there are Cs all over the place, but only one middle C.

Just like on a piano.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

26. Still too "3-dimensional" for me

Hard to explain. I just can't do it.

Not for lack of trying. Guitars are easier to have around than pianos and cheaper than bassoons. I never owned my own because in the late 70's, bassoons were 4 grand.

[Redstone]

28. Holy crap! I didn't know that ANY wind instrument cost that much.

And wind instruments were always my bete noir...never even able to play a harmonica, for God's sake...who can't do THAT?

Boy, do I miss playing music.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

32. I miss my music too. So much.

Bassoons (the pretty good ones) are now around 10,000. If I hit the lottery, I'm buying one!

[AllegroRondo]

61. Another bassoonist?

I thought we were a dying breed.

I bought my own in the mid 80's, a Kohlert made in Slovakia in the 1920's. At the time it was only $1,200. I recently refinished it, and had it appraised at $9,000.

But during my "professional" career (the Army Band), I usually played on Fox instruments. They make some good ones, the 601 is top quality. But at $17,000 I could never buy my own.

[lizziegrace]

66. I always wanted a Fox.

Couldn't afford a Heckel or a Puchner (no idea how to spell either after this long!) I always used school instruments. I'm sure I could find a deal, but at the time, my parents couldn't afford one at all with 3 kids in college at once.

[Plaid Adder]

17. All the bands I've been in

either marched, or sat in an orchestra pit.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[lizziegrace]

21. Okay Plaid

What'd you play?

[Plaid Adder]

27. Guess.

I'll let you know if you get it right.

The Plaid Adder

[lizziegrace]

30. Well

Marching and orchestra pit is either brass, woodwind or percussion. Strings are the only group out.

I say percussion.

[Plaid Adder]

36. Nope.

If I had it to do again, maybe. Drummers have a lot of fun.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[johnnie]

19. Here's some of mine

Stonehenge (Until Spinal tap fucked that one up..lol)
Skin 4 Skin
Johnnie and the Commodes
Mindsodomy
Echo Grove
The Arrogant Bastards

[lizziegrace]

23. Johnnie and the Commodes??

Too funny! I like The Arrogant Bastards.

[johnnie]

31. Thanks

Johnnie and the Commodes was back in high school. We did the whole Ramones thing. Johnnie Commode, Bobby Commode, Craig Commode and Bob Commode. It was fun.

The Arrogant Bastards is my new one. It is a name I am using for anyone I record music with these days.

[Burma Jones]

25. Big Mack and the Truckers, The Common Denominator, Food

and Tone, the Guitar Ensemble

[Redstone]

29. "Big Mack and the Truckers?" That's a good one. Really.

Redstone

[Burma Jones]

33. Thank You

[Redstone]

37. You're welcome. That WAS a country band, right?

That's what it would have been perfect for.

Redstone

[Burma Jones]

53. No, More like 50's Rock and Roll

[Floogeldy]

34. "Stoned Age Beauty" "Mother's Ghost"

1968 - 1972

:blush:

[DemoTex]

35. I was bass-man for the '66-'68 Auburn Knights

As a union musician, in those years, I worked for Bobby Vinton, Tommy James, Si Zetner, and others.

My best concerts and "sides" were with the "Knights." However, I remember well that night - in the old Auburn gym/arena - when I played bass for Bobby Vinton. The place was packed (date-night for the big-time greeks). We opened with a Basie-esque tune (from Vinton's book), that ended with my jazz pianist and I bringing down the house, with then-idol Bobby Vinton calling me "Paul Newman," and my piano partner from the Auburn Knights "Count Basie." The frat and sorority queeks didn't get it, but the band did. Juliard-trained oboist Bobby Vinton worked the band like a glove for the rest of the evening..

Vinton was cool enough to go with our lyrics to Basie's "Salt Peanuts .. Salt Peanuts." We sang, with Bobby, "Soft Pen-us, Soft Pe-Nus!" The frat-ties crooned. They never knew the difference! Did you?

It was great then. Now it is memories. Another of the best in the band and the times that paralleled me into and out of Vietnam.

Mac

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. Well I wanted to name one group the O'Keefe Quartet;

but the violist objected because she wasn't "that way". She was pretty conservative, so I guess she was referring to the rumored affairs with other women. I was pretty disappointed with her obvious preoccupation with sex...

What do you play, Redstone? I'm sure you've mentioned, but I've forgotten... :blush:

[Redstone]

39. No, it's what DID I play. I can't anymore. But back then, it was

guitar, banjo, autoharp, mandolin, dulcimer (mountain, not hammered dulcimer).

As seen here:


I miss it. I do.

Redstone

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. I'm so sorry...

:hug::hug::hug:
I can't imagine not being able to play...

I love folk music, too. Have you seen www.folkalley.com ?

[Redstone]

44. Thank you for the kind words. I'll check that website tomorrow,

because I gotta hit the rack now.

Good night to you, GoG. Sleep well.

Redstone

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. Sweet dreams, Redstone!

:hug::beer::hug:

[swag]

40. Legends of Bowling,

Jimmy Jones and the Cult of the Damned
Ernst Ernst



Fashion victim bands, all of them.

[RandomKoolzip]

41. Here's a partial list:

The Soldiers
The Disturbed
Tempus Fugit
Fistful of Ugly
Father on Fire
THe Apes
Primordial Gabe and the Zambonis
Husky Junior Miss
The Groins
The Tranqs
Haywood Yards
MegaSuperUltra

[Crazy Guggenheim]

43. Rocco and the Manifolds.........

:popcorn:

[Richard Steele]

46. The only band i was ever really in was called "Spiney Norman"...

Garage-band, we never played a gig, etc...
And I actually spent a few weeks rehearsing with a band called "Universal Mind";
and they actually had a gig or two, but I only found out later,
because everyone else had a secret meeting and agreed to not tell me.

But, since you asked about names,
some of the people from both of those projects
had been involved in a band that had the SINGLE GREATEST 1985-era PUNK-ROCK-BANDNAME EVER:
"Christ on a Stick"

[LaCrosseDem]

47. favorite was "Barry and the Beeftones"

bad, bad band... great name

[pokerfan]

48. ''12 Balls''

No, wait. That was a bowling team.

[ragin_acadian]

49. Chronological:

Disciples of Yoda
Confederate Bitch
and now i'm doing a side project called: Meth lab in the Ozarks

bought a glue-on pickup for my banjo, but just can't convince the guys that it will sound good run through my fuzzbox.

Caledonia sounds cool, do you have anything out?

[Redstone]

56. Banjo through a fuzzbox? Whoa.

Not sure anyone has done THAT before.

No, we never had any recordings for sale except tapes we sold to the audience.

This was before CDs - early 1980s.

Redstone

[ragin_acadian]

68. i ran it through my amp once on a kind of trebly,

tinny, neutered, motorhead distortion setting, and played a little Scruggs: WALL OF NOISE. i do not recommend this. unless you are planning on covering Dismembered or Mortician.

my fuzzpedal makes it sound pretty good though: "twang-chy" is the only thing i can equate it too.

and it sounds fine when you play stairway to heaven. always thought stairway sounded too nintendo when i picked it, but sounds reasonable with a little grrr.


have you ever run across any of your tapes?

[enigmatic]

50. My favorite was Yom Kippour and The Circumcisions

That only lasted a few weeks because the rest of the band hated it; oh well..

[hobo_baggins]

51. I was in Lord Bagel...

we had an album called semen samples...Then after that I was in Zack and the Sea Monkeys. Now I just do a solo act.

[RetroLounge]

52. See if I can remember some

Icy Ewe
Heretic
All Fall Down
The Tearaways
Woolton Parrish
Fear of Flowers
Below The Salt

RL

[datasuspect]

54. jesus blood cult

maple system

effexor (with umlauts over the letter "O").

near misses:

gangster octupus

[ghostsofgiants]

55. Well my friends and I called ourselves "Din"

Main Entry: 1din
Pronunciation: 'din
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dyne; akin to Old Norse dynr din, Sanskrit dhvanati it roars
1 : a loud continued noise

But after like a month our singer and guitar player bot moved across the country.

[GirlinContempt]

57. Dilatory Sloth

Though I'm hardly a musician

[Bassic]

58. My own band used to be named..

Mister E. *I had aboslutely nothing to do with finding that name, since I was not a founding member.

We are now called Sage Délire because we sing in French now. Much better name.

I've also played a few times for a band named That 74 and another named One Night Stand.

[rbnyc]

59. porridge

George Bailey

86 Pig

Did some guest vocals with:

Bourbon & Clorox

Skin Margin

I know I'm forgetting a bunch!

[progmom]

60. I was in the horn section of an R&B band that disbanded before we picked a

name.

progdad was in a band called Veronica Lake that had some success on the college charts in the 90s.

[XNASA]

62. Vendooza, One Love Lost, The Hendersons, The 10 Commandoes

Also....The Pirates of Monkey Island, The Jones Gang.

Those are the ones that come immediately to mind. :eyes:

[gmoney]

63. Spoon Donkey, Ashes, EOS, and Windshield...

Although being in the band was kind of a pain in the ass, EOS was a versatile name... it initially stood for "every other sunday" which was really lame, so we made it EOS and let people decide what it stood for, which could change frequently...

emmissaries of satan
endless oral sex
elvis on steroids
everybody's on something
eat our shorts
etc.

Eos is also the Greek goddess of dawn, for what it's worth.

Or in a pinch, we could be a tribute band to the Michael Jackson/Disney experience, Captain Eo.

[The Donkey]

64. The Dog's Bullocks

Sure, we just play in the garage (right now), but we think that would make for a great marquee if we ever play for the public.

[no name no slogan]

65. I'll try

The Statues
Risque
Mr. K's Dream
Rub The Buddah
Autobahn


Me and my bass player of 11+ years had a side project called "Joshua's Sword" that was supposed to be fundy Xtian death metal, but we never got around to it.

[Midlodemocrat]

67. I sang lead and played keyboards for a band

called "Matrix" in the early to mid 80's in CT. We played in some of the larger venues in and around New Haven. Made decent money. However, teaching high school and being in a band were not compatible.