The Origins of Band Names

ChiliColdBlood · 06-11-2009, 12:43 PM

Hard to beat Alexisonfire... From wikipedia:

The band's name was derived from Alexis Fire, the world's only lactating contortionist stripper. This caused problems when she discovered that they were using her website name as their band name, and she threatened to sue the band for copyright infringement. However, it was discovered that the moniker was not registered, and no further action took place.

sweet_nothing · 06-11-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevorkian Logic

lol, yeah, I saw. Definately doing it next.

I started playing WoW today, so i'm a wee bit distracted and consumed.

If thats the case then we probably wont hear from you for months, that game can be very addictive, say goodbye to your social life.

Kevorkian Logic · 06-11-2009, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing

If thats the case then we probably wont hear from you for months, that game can be very addictive, say goodbye to your social life.

naw, i'm pretty bored with it already. doesn't really do it for me.

sweet_nothing · 06-11-2009, 09:39 PM

Good in that case, more to add to your list:
Arctic Monkeys
Silver Jews
Arcade Fire
The National

~~Gareth Brown~~ · 06-12-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing

Good in that case, more to add to your list:
Arctic Monkeys
Silver Jews
Arcade Fire
The National

Picked out of a load of doodles of band names that one of the members made in a scrap book i believe.

RonaldSays · 06-13-2009, 07:02 AM

I thought the band name for "Pigeon Detectives" was picked in a funny way (look it up on wiki for the full story). In short: some Australian guy thought it up when they were discussing band names. But when the promoter for their first gig asked about their band name they just stuck with it.

Kevorkian Logic · 06-14-2009, 07:24 PM

20. The National

This one cracks me up, well as much as something like this could crack someone up.

They named their band The National because they wanted something meaningless and benign. It turned out to be a bit of a mistake because no one could find their website. So they named their website AmericanMary.com but, of course, no one knows to look for them there, either.

Stone Birds · 06-14-2009, 10:15 PM

Stone Birds was thought up because on my porch my mom put like twenty stone/clay/rock birds. yeah (maybe a little narcissistic, but what the hell)

Antonio · 06-15-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Stone Birds

Stone Birds was thought up because on my porch my mom put like twenty stone/clay/rock birds. yeah (maybe a little narcissistic, but what the hell)

i like that album art

Stone Birds · 06-15-2009, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonio

i like that album art

i think this is going to be the tracklist:

1. Angel Lift
2. Prayer Room
3. Dragonflies
4. Untitled Song 1
5. The Kite
6. If I Fell Into Black Water
7. Untitled Song 2
8. Love Song
9. Heroes

tracks 1 and 9 are already finished
tracks 2 - 8 need to be recorded
track 7 needs lyrics

Oh yeah Kervorkian, find Snow Patrol's

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Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	20. The National This one cracks me up, well as much as something like this could crack someone up. They named their band The National because they wanted something meaningless and benign. It turned out to be a bit of a mistake because no one could find their website. So they named their website AmericanMary.com but, of course, no one knows to look for them there, either. __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"

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06-11-2009, 12:43 PM	#71 (permalink)
ChiliColdBlood Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: TO Posts: 184	Hard to beat Alexisonfire... From wikipedia: The band's name was derived from Alexis Fire, the world's only lactating contortionist stripper. This caused problems when she discovered that they were using her website name as their band name, and she threatened to sue the band for copyright infringement. However, it was discovered that the moniker was not registered, and no further action took place.