I hope to start gigging again at some point. My focus will be on the premise that as baby boomers retire they will seek live music again, just as they did the FIRST time they had too much time on their hands.
With that thought in mind, I'd like to brainstorm names for my "band" that clearly associate it with a night out listening to songs from our youth.
Since I think most of us have mellowed in our taste, I will probably filter out the hard stuff and focus more on the easy listening stuff and maybe some fun dance songs.
For example, somebody who is trying to sound like James Taylor might call himself "J.Tease"
For a bluesier set I might use the name "ZZPatt"
My brass set could be "Winston-Salem Transit Authority"
Country set here in the bible belt might be "Wholesome Prison Blues"
Patriotic : "Red White and Blues band"
or a reference to the fact that songs bring us back to days gone by: "Time Machine"
or maybe a name that doubles as an ad for a web site, such as "WS-Boomer-Music.com"
These are just seeds for thought.
What are YOUR ideas?
Looking at the age of your target audience, how's about-
Earth, Wind And Flatulence.
Or as my kids like to call my band-
Un-Kool and the Gang.
ROG.
Hey GOG,
Wouldn't Earth, Wind And Flatulence be redundant? I.e. Earth, Wind and Wind.
Later,
Pat,
Here are a few ideas to kick around:
"Get Pat" (to where you once belong)
"Trippin' The Pat Fantastic"
"Hotel North Carolina"
"Geezer"
"Your Generation"
"Have a Pat Day"
"Music Your Parents Warned You About"
"Bell-bottom Pat"
"Disco Still Sucks"
"Pat Comes Alive"
"Rewind"
"Flashback"
"Retrospectives"
"Daze Gone By"
"Prime Time"
"The Fab One"
"Mellow Yellow"
"Pat and The Tie Dyes"
"Psychodelic Relic"
"Older Than Dirt"
"Long in the Tooth"
"C.R.S."
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Have fun with this!
Charley and the Horses
Arthur Itis
Jerry Atoll
Jerry Atrick
Creaky Knees
Meds in the Morning
Very Close Veins
That Old Soft Stool
You've probably done this already.
You have more chin whiskers than I.
For song titles I use the 50 title generator,
which gives me ideas to add or change words
to try to fit genre and song.
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&gs_nf=...=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=b4decfe756d0bf8f&biw=1189&bih=661
Some of these link generate weird and funny names....
How about "Harvey and I", BIAB being the invisible member.
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Wouldn't Earth, Wind And Flatulence be redundant? I.e. Earth, Wind and Wind.
At the risk of providing too much information, I believe that wind only becomes flatulence if it escapes. Debatable point though, Danny!
ROG.
How about, "Break Wind and Fire"?
Seriously, practice. practice. Practice.
When the act is a cut above the rest, when the performance is STRONG, it don't matter WHAT you call it...
Work it 'til you OWN it, you can safely name it after yourself, man.
--Mac
"Marr's Senior Moments" I'm serious
great ideas.. I'm almost laughing too hard to type!
keep 'em coming
whether I use them or not, they are cheering me up
Dave Ja Vue. (deja vu) says it all
The Stylings of Pat, ...Marred
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Pat,
Here are a few ideas to kick around:
"Disco Still Sucks"
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Have fun with this!
Good One!
You could be Pat Marrtino, at least until you get the Cease and Desist letter. Especially effective if you play jazz...
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Wouldn't Earth, Wind And Flatulence be redundant? I.e. Earth, Wind and Wind.
At the risk of providing too much information, I believe that wind only becomes flatulence if it escapes. Debatable point though, Danny!
ROG.
Hey ROG,
Not sure of Pat's age but there are a few of us on this forum old enough to have had wind "escape" from time to time. Just saying.
Later,
How about Vuja De? The feeling that this is never happened before.....
I would go with..."The Beatles".
Has a nice ring to it.
if I played at a strip club for baby boomers, I could call my band
"Boobie Bummers"
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Pat,
Some of these are ace - run with them.
I like ROG/Mac's EWF references. "Break Wind and Fire" has a real nice ring to it and certainly brings a smile to the face.
How about these - maybe not so funny....
Remember When, no?
Wadjasay
Croamdoam
Hurple Paze
Kiss This Guy (riffing on Hendrix stuff, the misinterpretation of Kiss the Sky from Purple Haze)
Number 9
Lenny Pane
Auffmeighlonn (Pronounced: Off My Lawn)
-Scott
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I would go with..."The Beatles".
Has a nice ring to it.
It doesn't seem to be in use just now . . . Yeah--that's the ticket!
Well, there's the old favorite band name,
LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT
but I'm thinking of trying a new approach:
NO MUSIC TONIGHT
which might draw a bigger crowd.
Experienced Drummer Wanted
Shaddapanplay
Remember This?
I always liked the PLAYERS TO BE NAMED LATER.
Man from Marr's
The Nannies and the Papas.
Jeremiah's Bullfrog
Men done work
The wrinkled duzzin.
The haystack hoo
Alzheimer's Ragtime Band
The Grand Mommas And Poppas
Milk Of Magnesiacs
Prune Juice Newton
The Incontinents
Danny And The Seniors
The Pink Cataracts (Japanese Rock Group)
Catheter Heartburn (Katherine Hepburn)
Bed Pan Alley (Tin Pan Alley)
Red Foley Bag (An esoteric term understood by old folks)
Geritol For Lunch Bunch
Clyde McSplatter And The Suppositories
Creole Pectate (A Cajun Group)
Dr KY And The Digital Exams (Warning: Not High Tech)
The Heartaches (Feat. Soprano Engina Pectoris)
Open Heart Orchestra (With Ms Mitral Murmurings On Bagpipes)
The Quad Bypass Players
Elton Commode
Olivia Newton-Portapotty
Julius Squeezer And The Mammograms
Turner, Head And Kopf (German Folk Trio)
Barf Grooks
Small Rivers And Finished (Brooks And Dunn?)
Gordy Heavyfoot (Think About It)
Ringo Worm
Trichina And The Paris-ites
Herpes Albert And The TJB (Tetracycline Junkie Band)
Obesity Boys
GIF (Glucose Intolerant Flatulent Band)
WADDYWIN?
I guess the real question is:
Are you lookin for an actual name for your act, or were you lookin' for humorous possibilities?
When the guys came up with the name "Barenaked Ladies", it was pretty ingenious.
If you're lookin' for an actual name, ... I'd suggest "Pat Marr".
It's short, sweet and easy to remember. Good luck my friend.
The ladies as we call them were banned to great effect in the media. I think it started when p/c folk at Toronto city hall voted them off at the last minute, no gig there. And, now you know the rest of the story.
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And, now you know the rest of the story.
Paul Harvey would be proud!
I understood you to mean a humorous band/artist name that would be familiar to "boomers."
A female trio that has recently impressed me for their tight harmony and clever name choice was/is "The Wailin' Jennys." They are capitalizing on a famous name, Waylon Jennings, without infringing on his estate's rights. Very clever. Why didn't I think of that? I'll bet it has opened doors and drew audiences of uninitiated fans.
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Well, there's the old favorite band name,
LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT
but I'm thinking of trying a new approach:
NO MUSIC TONIGHT
which might draw a bigger crowd.
Matt,
With a play on those words I have been using "Almost Live Band" for years now. For my audience members who don't remember those marquees I just tell that that I am the almost live part.
Later,
Pat,
When are you going to be out playing>? I want to come check it out.
Silly Sigh Band
/say it fast
//bonus: people from the '60's will get it
Pat, Advertise yourself as "FREE BEER".... you'll will definitely attract a crowd.
Well, for the first time, anyway.
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Silly Sigh Band
/say it fast
//bonus: people from the '60's will get it
That idea could certainly mushroom into something.....
I'm from the 50s and I don't get it. What's the reference?
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I'm from the 50s and I don't get it. What's the reference?
Then ya probably don't wanna know, Matt.
Flound growing on cow patties when it is 68 degrees F, after the rain.
If it bruises purple, you found one...
--Mac
Matt,
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I'm from the 50s and I don't get it. What's the reference?
“Psilocybin mushrooms are fungi that contain the psychedelic compounds psilocybin and psilocin.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin_mushroom
Thanks, Bob. I think.
I was playing in too many 'legit' bands and must have had a deprived childhood, clearly.
Matt,
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I was playing in too many 'legit' bands and must have had a deprived childhood, clearly.
I was a pretty wild child, but I stayed away from the “magic mushrooms”.
The whole idea of eating poison mushrooms, waiting until you start to feel the effects and then forcing yourself to throw up so you didn’t die sounded like a really bad idea to me. 
You weren’t deprived, you were smart.
Ha. Bob, you could only call me smart if I had known about it and declined. Do these things even grow in the Adirondacks?
Don't know. It depends on the availability of cow pies, moisture and sunshine.
Matt,
The only wild mushroom I've ever had are Morel's. They're delicious and really hard to find. Expensive if you can even find somewhere to buy them.
They can only be found here in the spring and grow on the shady side of the mountain around dead tress and lots of moisture. If you ever get the chance to try them, go for it.
High end restaurants have them because they're a delicacy.
I recall a story from years ago that a bar put "Free Beer" on their outside marquee and the band playing that night went along with joke. Until the lawyer showed up with written "truth in advertising" case law saying that since they advertised free beer they had to deliver. The rest of the story included a marquee being disassembled in world record time.
That "misleading band name" joke has been going around for years. There was actually a reference to something similar about band advertising in the John Candy/Eugene Levy spoof called The Last Polka. (It is hilarious. Rent it if you can.) It went something like if I did this:
