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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #90 on: January 06, 2006, 04:20:34 pm »
Yes, some friends and I had a band in which we didn't play any instruments.  Imagine, I dunno, Stomp with less talent.

It became a running gag to say we were "in a band" and then have to come up with something completely offensive or off-the-wall as a name on the spot in front of others.

I think my favorite as "Big Dumb Swedes" either that or "A General Sense of Dismay and Ambiguity".
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #91 on: January 06, 2006, 04:36:07 pm »
Quote from: miles on January 06, 2006, 04:19:32 pm
I think my favorite line is:  Napoleon had one to prevent misery.

I don't think so.  They are kind of surfy, I guess, at least from what I've heard from them on KITH.  But, you know, only three songs by the Barenaked Ladies come to mind:  One Week, (is it called) Pinch Me (?), and then I swear I heard them do a cover of Fight the Power, like, years ago.  So I guess I'm not really an authority on what either band sounds like.

Miles, you've got it right, the Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet are very jangly-surf guitar-esqu and also, as far as I know, they have no vocal tracks.  They had a really annoying hit on this side of the border around the same time as BNL were getting popular here too.  But they are indeed, as wombat postulated, very different bands of the same period and country.  Also, even though the music is different, because they are both sort of intrinsically goofy they sort of fall under the same category.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #92 on: January 06, 2006, 04:51:28 pm »
Quote from: side_show on January 06, 2006, 04:36:07 pm
because they are both sort of intrinsically goofy they sort of fall under the same category.

Ah, yes, that is an important category, that might explain it.  Still, mixing up a band with no singing with another band... well let's just say it's good I straightened it out.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #93 on: January 06, 2006, 07:43:30 pm »
Was there an all girl punk band called Dracula's Teabag? Or did I make that one up?

I also thought a cool name would be Spanky's Monkey or The MonkeySpanks

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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #94 on: January 07, 2006, 02:53:55 am »
I've made up three band names in my life, The Walking Assholes, Fatal Apple, and the one that actually played shows, Instigator.

I'd go to see Big Titty Mama, but only because you are in it Mel.

There was this ex girlfriend who I used to call Big Titty Girly (which she liked btw), because, well, she had big titties, and her name was Charissa which was close enough to Chrissy for me.

Now she's dating some other dude (also) named Paul.  Weird.

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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #95 on: January 07, 2006, 05:46:55 am »
my old band was called "Hell Yes, Noise!". this was right before we were aware that there were other bands who had !'s in their names, and that those bands were very bad. Before that, we were called "Dig This"

My personal favorite is probably the Butthole Surfer's one-time name: "the inalienable right to eat fred astaire's asshole"
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #96 on: January 07, 2006, 03:39:07 pm »
My band was called the Incoherents.  The name was from an bit about rock music in Mad Magazine from way back, in which one of the bands they spoofed was so named.

I was briefly in a band called Spitshine.  We were originally called Throwing Things Down the Stairs, which I liked much better, but we were overruled.

If I ever do anything like that again, it'll be called New Century Schoolbook.  Daisy Hill Puppy Farm is also a great band name, but you'd probably get sued by Charles Schulz's people.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #97 on: January 07, 2006, 04:41:13 pm »
My buddies from college and I used to make absolute LISTS of band names. I always said that if I had been born with any musical prowess whatsoever, I'd have formed a swing band and called it Caps Lock and the Shifters.

Local Traffic would've been my rock band's name.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #98 on: January 07, 2006, 06:19:17 pm »
I just wish I could track down some of the music from The Shit. Especially the song Don't Bury Me. But they are a tough band to Google.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #99 on: January 07, 2006, 09:07:28 pm »
Fuck is a cool band name.  And, from what little I've heard, they make decent music.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #100 on: January 07, 2006, 09:52:38 pm »
Quote from: Golfhaus on January 07, 2006, 04:41:13 pm
Caps Lock and the Shifters.

CAPS LOCK and the Shifters.  Or, if you want to be ironic, caps lock AND THE SHIFTERS.

My made-up band name, circa 10th grade: Hooray with a Headcold.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #101 on: January 07, 2006, 10:06:17 pm »
Quote from: Hobot on January 07, 2006, 09:52:38 pm
CAPS LOCK and the Shifters.  Or, if you want to be ironic, caps lock AND THE SHIFTERS.

My made-up band name, circa 10th grade: Hooray with a Headcold.

Love it.  Tiny can.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #102 on: January 08, 2006, 01:01:04 am »
I don't really have a band name, but if I ever become a Country & Western singer I'm changing my name to Faron Warmer.
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #103 on: January 08, 2006, 03:05:46 am »
Quote from: miles on January 01, 2006, 11:04:29 pm
Except it played a Billy Joel song for me.  Billy Joel, people.  Billy. Joel.

OMG!  It just did it to me too!  (Pandora.com, that is.)

In an obvious attempt to placate me, the next selection was from a band named The Moles.

I think I did like a Billy Joel song once. Is it possible that they know my secret shame?
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Re: I really do fear music
« Reply #104 on: January 08, 2006, 03:59:58 am »
One day I will form my alt-country band- The Uncanny Valley Family Singers.
"Free Beer" is a band that usually gets large crowds.
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