Band Name

[Tom]

My three good buddies are making a band, and I would really appreciate it if you would choose your favorite name. They are serious about this -- as am I -- and I would really appreciate your feedback.

This, along with a few other polls, will seriously sway their decision.

Please also post why you chose that name, and post why you would take other names off of the poll.

Thank you, Proomers.

 

[DJ Boonbuggy]

Hey guys, <- drummer from said band. Some of these names are goofy as hell, but we're trying to find a solid name that people would like to hear and will shout out at our shows ^_^

Thanks for all the input to come, and thanks for *hopefully* being serious about it :]

-Boon

 

[tmw_redcell]

I like The Great White Lie. To me, the other names sound dorky or too vague and pretentious. A lot of young bands have dumb names like those. The Great White Lie already sounds established and mature. It's got credibility. I'd go see them, and I'd be more willing to tell people about them. Plus it's got FIGHT THE POWER connotations.

The other name I like is Three Against One, although it's kind of generic, it also has FIGHT THE POWER plus simplicity.

Even if your band is lighthearted, I think you'll get more respect with a more "serious" name and people won't just assume you're a band of stupid teenagers.

 

[Virgilijus]

I like The Antagonists; it's not as goofy as some of the other ones but is still a good name.

 

[Eor]

The Great White Lie is pretty good, as is the Antagonists. Personally, I'd go with Great White Lie, though it depends on what music you're playing.

 

[KevinM]

Haven't voted yet, but Kevin's best friend is swaying me

what kind of music do they play?

 

[Vinnie275]

The name should reflect the absolute soul of each member, of it is absolute fail.


DO NOT SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN SUPER COOL NAME!


Iconic ironic names sell the most records, if you are interested in that kind of thing.

 

[Pikaville]

I like the great white lie its a solid name.But it depends on the genre you are playing.

 

[Mr. Ocax]

Well by the name of the band names I'm assuming you play light indie music... BOO! Anyways, as far as band names go, you can't lose with: ALBATROSS. Or Albatross. Either one is pure win.

 

[TheFifthMan]

Put up music samples?

 

[Aaryk]

you know, Boss Comanchee sounds pretty pro to me.
However, Great White Lie should fit any music genre.
Is it indie? Metal? Ska?

 

[Vicious Delicious]

I have a thing for Malicious Remedy. I don't know why, it just seems... sophisticated, maybe?
Genre would help as well.

 

[DJ Boonbuggy]

Genre is kind of anything metal right now. I play a lot of double bass riffs leaning more into harder metal, so something in that area

 

[Mr. Ocax]

Genre is kind of anything metal right now. I play a lot of double bass riffs leaning more into harder metal, so something in that area

Oh! If you're a metal band then ALL of those names are wrong. They all sound like freaking wimpy indie band names. If you have a metal band you need a metal band NAME! And if you are really really heavy then you need a freaking AWESOME name. It is such a shame that all of the bands with like AWESOME names are metal core crap with no singing screeching or growling vocals. ex. Mastodon, Haunted Shores, etc.

 

[Jacobcc]

Abdominal Thrust sounds cool, in my opinion anyway

 

[Black Waltz]

well, what kind of music do you play?

 

[Meleeruler]

I thought Quixotic Truth and Boss Commanchee were cool.

 

[omfgomfg]

One day, this will make a great story...

sounds prophetic and yeah we need some more of those

 

[Sporkman]

From the list I would opt for Great White Lie or Boss Commanche. Most of the other names are plain stupid and aren't particuarly good, I'd stay yards away for STEALF, best left for a crap DJ or Rapper, DJ/MC STEALF ya get me?

It might be worth carrying on coming up with names, as Great White Lie and Boss Commanche sound like the names for mediocre/poor bands, like Slaves on Dope. On the flipside, the band is what you make it.

Lastly, I really like the idea of "Reverse Cowgirl" as a song title.

 

[Bailey]

I like Three Against One

 

[MysticKenji]

Malicious Remedy

It's the most metal out of all of them imo

 

[IceWallz]

Malicious Remedy sounds cool.

 

[Taco Head]

Well by the name of the band names I'm assuming you play light indie music... BOO! Anyways, as far as band names go, you can't lose with: ALBATROSS. Or Albatross. Either one is pure win.

epic fail if its an indie band

 

[Tom]

epic fail if its an indie band

Genre is kind of anything metal right now. I play a lot of double bass riffs leaning more into harder metal, so something in that area

I would go far enough to call Boon a metal head, so uhh... read the thread first?

 

[#HBC | marshy]

Before I vote, what are your favorite bands? A lot of bands named themselves after another artist's/band's music as a tribute, it's a great way to get people interested in your music, a lot of famous bands did this, such as The Beatles (originally a reference to Buddy Holly and the Crickets), Radiohead (Talking Heads), The Ramones (Paul McCartney of the Beatle's fake stage name), etc. Just make sure you break away.

If you don't like this idea, or can't all agree on it, then I'd say The Antagonists is the best choice here, I think it's the only name that people would look back on in years, and take seriously. A lot of the other names seem like ones that would be regrettable within that timeframe, especially if you guys ever got noticed. The name seems like it'd be a good setup when writing songs (criticizing something/someone while making it sound good, showing your side of the argument, then calling yourselves "The Antagonists". That would make a lot of people think, and draw them to take your side of the argument seriously). Also seems like some of these names are inside jokes or titles that most likely would not be picked up. Leave the inside jokes/critiques/theories/attacks/etc. to the song titles, lyrics, and album titles, but make yourself likable before doing so, or, most likely, your fan base won't grow very much.

 

[saberhof]

the great white lie, sounds to me like some breakdown band xD...but i picked it anyways, i really need to know what kind of music do you play or hear something...

 

[Revolutions]

I voted for The Great White Lie, but that's before I knew it was a metal band. I'll agree with Marshigio and say to pull the name from somewhere else. Doesn't have to be from music, though--the Doors are named after a William Blake poem, after all.

For the record, I also kind of like PSI.

 

[Eor]

Yeah, Great White Lie doesn't work for metal.

How about Damascus?

 

[DJ Boonbuggy]

To respond to Marshigio's post, some bands that I and my guitarist are really into are like As I lay Dying, In Flames, and Bring Me the Horizon, just to name a select few I've been listening to a lot today. I'll definitely talk about the possibility of pulling a name from something like that, thanks for the idea.

Also, to talk about your point on inside jokes, my guitarist generated the vast majority of this list, and he's a ridiculously funny guy, which is why so many inside jokes shine through, Polaris over Napalm is from when he threw a **** thing of home-made napalm into my pool and burned my polaris in half ><. I didn't want to just tell him to stfu and leave those names out, so I decided to put them up here and hope that people felt the same way I did about them, which you seem to heh. We're going to different colleges atm, so it's relatively impossible to get any music put together, but I was hoping that some of these names would trigger an interest, hence why you guys would vote for them. That trigger in interest alone is what I was mainly looking for ^_^

Thanks to everyone who's voted so far and those to come!

 

[Grining_Ghoul]

I helped my brother find a name for his Metal/Grind-core band "3 Burials", so maybe I can help here! Mr. Ocax is right all those names in the polls sound to whimpy to be a decent metal name, you need something more powerful! How about: Sonic Boom Assault, Metal Suit Militia, Gods Forgotten, or Dying Will. These are some names I thought up just in case my brother started another band, but you could use them if you'd like!

:3

 

[DJ Boonbuggy]

Hehe much appreciate Ghoul, I'll definitely throw those out there ^_^

 

[saberhof]

Metal? =O...

ill suggest some i had in mind a long time ago : Rising Hidden Horizon, Outsiders, In Stone, Fixation,The Virtuoso, Ending In Horror, Within the core....

maybe i am thinking pretty underground/metal/core stuff lol but just throwing out ideas =D

 

[~Krystal~]

Malicious Remedy!

Oh yeah.