Need A Band Name

[Scotti Adams]

...Im starting a new band...got any ideas?

[AlanN]

If you have any kin in the band, how about the Adams Family? (although the old show was spelled Adamms and there may be a copyright thing, too).

"They're creepy and they're spooky, mysterious and wooky, they're altogther ooky, the Adamms Family."

[dirk van coevorden]

"Beam me Up" ? scotti & starfleet? :D

[Scotti Adams]

I like that Dirk....no kin in the band Alan....or that would be a possibility

[ira]

somewhere on this or a similar site, i remember a band name generator?????

[AlMc]

Magnus and the mule lovers

[Ken Berner]

How about "Barb's Wire Company"? No? Then maybe "Handpicked"! Last, but not least, "Vintage Whine".

Lots of luck to you and your group!!!

[Scotti Adams]

..hey..thanks guys...keep 'em coming

[GaryM]

I liked "The Bluegrass Buds" but it wouldnt fly with our guys.

[jim simpson]

The Haiku String Band

[Crowder]

I think it has to include "Mountain", "Foggy" and either "Family" or "Brothers". That kind of narrows it down.

I think if I ever had a bluegrass band I'd call it "Unleaded Grass". But I'm not very creative

[GaryM]

ok... how about "Foggy Bluegrass Buds"

[ethanwalnut]

"Smokey Gulch Pals"
is what the cafe's own Random Bad Bluegrass Band Namer came up with..

[handpicked]

I think Handpicked is a great suggestion! I used it once for a band that played about 3 gigs.

I've got a buch of ideas for dog names, but bands are more difficult...I always wanted to use the name Rocket Science, but never have.

Mike

[Stringbender]

Lloyd and the Bluegrass Loar
BMW and the BRW's
Adamshame

[John Flynn]

There are four band naming processes I like. Method One: Take a really esoteric tune title, or part of a tune title, that is really catchy and use that as the band name. My band "Mississipi Snag," is an example, another is a local group in my area, "The Black-eyed Susies."

Method Two: Take a geographic reference and add a common old-time descriptor such as "stringband," "ramblers," "boys," "rounders," etc. Examples would be "The Ill-Mo Boys" and the "Fuzzy Mountain String Band." BTW, the geographic reference does not have to be an actual place. It may be better if it isn't. It should just sound good.

Method Three: Take two things that don't normally go #together and combine them. The less sense the comination makes, the better. Two local examples: "Cousin Curtis and the Cash Rebates" and "Miss Crystal and the Codgers."

Method Four: Use 1-3 above for social satire. Two of my favorite band names come from Birmingham, AL. "Red Mountain White Trash" takes a real geographic reference and sends-up a stereotype about people who play old-time music from the South. "Vulcan's Britches" referes to a naked statue of the mythic god Vulcan in a park in Birmingham. The use of Vulcan is meant to symbolize the city's history of steel mandufacturing. There was a debate about whether or not the city should put pants on the statue. Hence the name of the band. Both are great, great bands, BTW.

[mando bandage]

Folk Loar

But, I guess you'd probably have to have one.

MB

[jimcarroll]

Grass Itch

[ShaneJ]

Scotti and The Holler Tones

A. Holler Tones = redneck for "Bluegrass from where my trailer is hooked up"

B. Holler Tones = redneck for "acoustic instrument sound"

[mikeomando]

I like the fictional names like blank and the blank blanks, where the first blank is a fictional character rather than the name of the band leader.
Example: Lewd Leroy and the Landgrabbers.
Probably more of a blues thing than a bluegrass thing. Hey, waitaminute,
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage. (only Rhonda isn't fictional).

[Crowder]

I used to play in a band with a guy named Richard Tate. He was always calling the shots, so his derogatory nickname was "Dick Tater". We wanted to name the band "Dick Tate and the Dictators". But of course he shot it down.

[Mike Bunting]

I heard a band called Al Tuck and No Action

[hellindc]

The Adams Family

[Scotti Adams]

I think it has to include "Mountain", "Foggy" and either "Family" or "Brothers". That kind of narrows it down.

I think if I ever had a bluegrass band I'd call it "Unleaded Grass". But I'm not very creative

...nope it doesnt have to include this stuff...the band in going to be more contemporary in nature...but with a foot in the past as well as in the future. New acoustic stuff as well as some new grass, if you will....

[jim simpson]

Scotti and the Big Scioto Boys