My band just finished rehearsal and oh-by-gosh, by-golly, is it badass. As soon as it becomes feasible, we will launch our world tour and deliver our sonic assault on the masses.I've already placed the order for my sequinned jumpsuit with extra large lapels.
Yes, I’m excited – or at least I would be if we could all agree on a name. Help me, if you can.
I, for one, am keeping my tenuous hold on my day job just in case this gig falls through. Plus my wife - I love her dearly - told me I had to. But, gee willikers, I sure would like to unshackle the chains to this computer, so to speak. And coming up with a name for the band is all that stands in the way.
All of my previous ideas have fallen through. My first love was “Inbred Mutants” but it was roundly criticized as “too punk” or “so 80s” but I had always wanted to be in a band by that name. One suggested name, “Ass Beard”, was also shot down because it would only apply to middle-aged men of Croatian heritage, of which, there are none in this band.
So how do I come up with a fitting name for such an outfit? Maybe it should reflect one of our illustrious musical arrangements in some way, kind of like the way it does for, say a band like Garaj Mahal. I mean after all, coming up with a name is almost as important as coming up with an original song – maybe even more so.
There are multiple factions within the band which make it difficult to come to a consensus on anything. One faction describes the music we make as Ameriehippie World-Jazz Funk-Pop, which couldn’t be further from the truth but that is just my humble opinion. Still another faction thinks we’ve created the new category of Euro-Trance Jam Funk. There are several more factions that I won’t get to here, which is remarkable since it’s a power trio.
Anyway, the direction I’m going doesn’t lend its self to the name of “AIDS Loogie” which again was deemed to inappropriate. A friend of mine once told me of a band name generator on the Internet. At the time, I was like, “Please, I can think up about five band names when I’m on the toilet every morning.” But now I hope its still in business. But I’m taking suggestions - Travelin’ Band has already been taken, since I was loosely affiliated with that outfit back in the ‘90’s. So anything at all will do.
