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wcmagumba
(6,641 posts)Music for da puppers. Woofing like those "Jingle Bells" dogs from long ago....
debm55
(61,803 posts)johnp3907
(4,342 posts)Garage League. Fun political punk/post punk with lots of robots!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2yTLcq5GOXC3PkHhgQAQOk
debm55
(61,803 posts)Give Peace A Chance
(161 posts)Rock & Roll
red dog 1
(33,472 posts)debm55
(61,803 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)Be honest, how many read this as No Smoking?
debm55
(61,803 posts)The Blue Flower
(6,598 posts)Always thought that would be a good name for a band.
debm55
(61,803 posts)debm55
(61,803 posts)catbyte
(39,313 posts)It would be a solo act.
debm55
(61,803 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,785 posts)Work songs.
"The Ten Minute Lunch Break"
"Plenty More Where You Came From"
"The Back Break Quota Polka"
"Billionaire Braggart"
"The Boss' Shit Don't Stink"
"You Can Sleep When You're Dead"
debm55
(61,803 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,297 posts)There's no "if"!
The long lasting band (20 years) played progressive pop/alternative, with a touch of jazz influences (both me & the drummer).
debm55
(61,803 posts)Earl_from_PA
(308 posts)As a tribute to the late Douglas Adams. And we would be loud...
debm55
(61,803 posts)Earl_from_PA
(308 posts)Disaster Area are a plutonium rock band fronted by Hotblack Desiato from the Gagrakacka Mind Zones and are generally regarded as not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but also as being the loudest noise of any kind at all.
Solly Mack
(97,271 posts)Emo-rock for cats.
debm55
(61,803 posts)Aristus
(72,528 posts)19Kilo is the U.S. Armys alphanumeric designation for the job position of Abrams tank crewman.
Four crew members on a tank. Four band members. Lead vocal/keyboards/rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums.
We play hard rock, interspersed with metal, and some goth rock.
debm55
(61,803 posts)Emile
(43,288 posts)dgauss
(1,580 posts)But maybe better on an old time am radio type 2 inch speaker than high fidelity headphones.
debm55
(61,803 posts)yourout
(8,875 posts)Progressive Rock of course
debm55
(61,803 posts)Mister Ed
(6,993 posts)I'd name the band "The Stolen Roans."
Also, I think it'd be fun to form a band that does six-piece Southern boogie versions of songs from the Leonard Cohen catalog. I'd call the band "Lynyrd Cohen".
Their crowd -pleasing tour de force would be "Free Bird On A Wire".
debm55
(61,803 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(2,219 posts)debm55
(61,803 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,555 posts)...which I did.
They were called:
1. Benedict Arnold & The Traitors - 1980-1982 / 2000-2008
2. The Hundredth Monkey - 1982-1989
3. Pendu Femelle - 1990-1991
4. Picture This - 1992-1994
5. Slowdazzle - 1995
6. (1996-2007 - on and off, played in various other bands not my own)
7. Green Sparkle Frog - 2008 / 2019
In the early 80s, BA & The Traitors got some L.A. airplay on KROQ, plus some national airplay on Dr. Demento's radio show.
Slowdazzle snagged a Columbia Records development deal, but our drunken singer could not record her vocals on the 6-song demo that we had to submit to finalize the deal. Our A&R guy/producer was Sandy Pearlman, who had produced, amongst others, Blue Oyster Cult. Sad story, I guess.
If you search YouTube, you can find Traitors stuff, and Green Sparkle Frog.
debm55
(61,803 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)A name I came up with several years ago. We'd be comprised of all women, and play rock music.
debm55
(61,803 posts)some_of_us_are_sane
(3,584 posts)Lullabyes exclusively.
debm55
(61,803 posts)electric_blue68
(27,348 posts)Deep Dreams - psychedelic
Wild Chords - either alt/indie, or The Who, and Midnight Oil influenced
debm55
(61,803 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(11,566 posts)However, there were two that I always wanted to use and never got the chance.
The first was Tokin'. The logo was a joint with the name spelled out in the smoke.
The second was what I considered the best band name I have ever heard. Get ready for...
Buddha, and The Crippled Christian Band! (I wish I could copyright that one, but it is not mine.)
debm55
(61,803 posts)AllYouWillEverNeed
(1 post)Hardcore punk.
debm55
(61,803 posts)justaprogressive
(7,172 posts)like ten times
How about " The Odds" or "Thin Ice"
Country/bluegrass: "Bert and the Snowy Owls"
Reggae: The Irie Riddim Band
Still fun after all these years, in my first band we let a dictionary fall open
until we had a name.
PS. A hat tip to another SF writer harry Harrison for
"The Stainless Steel Rats"
debm55
(61,803 posts)NNadir
(38,553 posts)...me, remember the names of any of them.
Most of the playing I did in a semiprofessional setting in clubs was solo acoustic work.
For some reason, even though at one point it was a very important part of my life, I haven't picked up a guitar in years, probably because I'm afraid to recognize how much I've lost in skill and how many songs (and tunings) I've forgotten. I last played in public about ten years ago.
debm55
(61,803 posts)RB77
(105 posts)There is a group of us that meet in the library or Senior Center to play our instruments and sing songs. (Mostly senior citizens) We like to play Old Timey Music, folk songs and lots of Scotch-Irish tunes. I play guitar and the Irish Rhythm bones.
debm55
(61,803 posts)Tikki
(15,224 posts)Speed Metal
Tikki
debm55
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