In a name... - aberdeen-music

sye · 13-08-2003, 08:57

Does it really matter waht you call your band?

..and does anyone really just stumble apon a name these days?

Tav · 13-08-2003, 20:20

I think a name is important. If people see a catchy/cool name they are more likely to remember you. Also it can communicate the style of music/what you have to say in one or a few words...e.g Metallica...obviously a metal band.

Gall_4185 · 13-08-2003, 22:20

Or you can mess with their heads.For example Someone called Mark being in a band called Marc

sye · 14-08-2003, 09:45

Yeah, I could imagine a band called death satan dill satan blah blah being a mellow acoustic band...

David · 15-08-2003, 21:30

i think names are pretty important, they convey your first impression of a band, if i said today i got cd's by nevermore and shadows fall (which i did) then you could probably guess they were hevy metal or something similar

also it gives you an impression of the bands attitude, you can guess nevermore are going to be a pretty serious band, whereas the offspring sound more happy and fun

at it gives you your first idea on how 'cool' the band is, if a cd has a cool name on it then you are more likely to pick it up than if it had a dumb name (or vice versa depending on taste)

David

Paulscoconutass · 16-08-2003, 13:09

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Originally posted by sye
1) Does it really matter waht you call your band?

2)..and does anyone really just stumble apon a name these days?

1) it shoudn't really because a name is just..... a name - unless its a persona - then the name would be relevant. However a name is only something that a band is recognised by, nothing more - some are gender specific. others aren't.

2) Onion Terror - was the name of a horse in a brass eye documentary about gambling or something like tha, and as soon as i heard it i thought it was the shizz nit.
But i dont know who could have decided on last time perfect.

18-08-2003, 01:19

As long as it isn't an object: number name, it doesn't fucking matter.

!!! anyone?

>>RosS<< · 18-08-2003, 01:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Paulscoconutface
Bleh bleh bleh bleh bleh.......... But i dont know who could have decided on last time perfect.

Yes, who indeed...

But the question is not "who?" because we already know "who", the questions is "why?"

Or something to that effect...

RF Scott · 20-08-2003, 19:58

yes. people do stumble across bandnames these days.

badger · 20-08-2003, 22:58

Band names are a tough one to get right. I used to be in a punk band called Feeble, a rock band called Konspiracy, a good band (pretty much genre-less at the time) called Arnica and I used to engineer for a band called the Small Gentlemen. I was also in another band but I can't remember the name of it. It must have been a good name then if I can't remember it!