Wednesday, May 03, 2006

New Valley 'BAND NAME' Competition

As most of you probably know, during my infamous college years at Indiana University, I sang in a little known band called 'RUSSELL'S BURDEN'. However, after hearing from multiple fans (i.e. our parents) that our name was 'questionable-at-best' and sounded more 'depressing' than our music/message actually was, we decided to change.

Thus, the quest for a B.B.N. (Better Band Name) began, and my sole mission in life became thinking of the greatest possible names for us to choose from. I wrote down entire scrolls of names I thought were cool on anything I had available to me at the point of inspiration (Used napkins, torn fragments of stationary, and the backs of business cards were the most common). I even gave them grades based upon various categories like [1] Marketability, [2] Logo potential, [3] Depth of meaning, and [4] Music type conveyed (Ex: A Folk band named 'THE GRANOLA CLAN' rather than 'HELLA-DEATH'). Here are some of the runners up...

RUBIKS
COMPANY CAR
JEHWOOD
WHISTLER
CELLAR DOOR
WYATT
THE PURPLE STUFF
THE FRESHMAKERS
THE TURNING
TRIBE-5
TRAFFIC
B-VIBE
FRED BEAR


BUT THE WINNER, after all the dust had settled, was "GREENFIELD".

ANYWAY, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO HEAR SOME OF YOUR IDEAS FOR A BAND NAME, SO NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. LET'S HEAR 'EM...

4 Comments:

At May 06, 2006 7:44 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

pure disgrace
jars of clay
derek webb
third day
sixpence none the richer

that's all i've got

 
At May 08, 2006 9:17 AM , Blogger Brandon said...

I thought you were going to name your band after Bob and his bag of Cheese....go with that.

 
At May 11, 2006 8:18 AM , Blogger Brandon said...

You should name your band "Free Beer". That way when people see the name on the marquee they will pack the place.

 
At May 15, 2006 9:20 PM , Blogger Jonathan said...

It's going to be called Zor Pung Donch Flizz G'larkque, which is Americanese for, Flutterbye Patterkiller, the Man, the Myth, Wiping With Little Squares Sucks.

 

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