The Origins of Band Names

Stone Birds · 06-03-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught

lol.

Pretty sure he wouldn't tell you even if you did meet him, seems like he's finished with the bright eyes label.

if you knew conor you'd know he's probably going to go back to it once he starts getting depression after the mystic valley band thing is over, also anything he records with mike he'll probably list it as Bright Eyes.
and i have met conor before i used to live in omaha

sweet_nothing · 06-03-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevorkian Logic

13. Coldplay

The members of the band met at the University College London in 1996. They went through a myriad of names before deciding on Coldplay. Their first name was Pectoralz. Their second name was Starfish. The final name was "Coldplay." Coldplay was suggested by Tim Crompton, a local student who had been using the name for his group (the had split up). Tim got the name Coldplat from a poetry book called Child's Reflections, Cold Play by Philip Horky.

Stone Birds · 06-03-2009, 12:41 PM

that album cover makes me a bit dizzy

Kevorkian Logic · 06-03-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

Didn't realize, sry.

naw, it's fine.

I just was worried it was going to turn into an orgy of people putting their own band names if I didn't put a stop to it.

I'm trying to keep it kinda orderly.

TheBig3 · 06-03-2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

One of the heaviest bands of all-time, one of the most underappreciated of the '90s, pioneers of the entire "desert rock" genre...were named after a character in Dungeons and ****ing Dragons. Apparently the corny fantasy shit isn't limited to prog and black metal bands.

I'm glad someone enjoyed it. When i figured it out I laughed.

Antonio · 06-03-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevorkian Logic

13. Coldplay

The members of the band met at the University College London in 1996. They went through a myriad of names before deciding on Coldplay. Their first name was Pectoralz. Their second name was Starfish. The final name was "Coldplay." Coldplay was suggested by Tim Crompton, a local student who had been using the name for his group (the had split up). Tim got the name Coldplat from a poetry book called Child's Reflections, Cold Play by Philip Horky.

so they have been taking from other artists since they've started........

haha just kidding

sweet_nothing · 06-03-2009, 01:07 PM

Requests:
Modest Mouse
Flight of the Conchords
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

simplephysics · 06-03-2009, 01:21 PM

Covering Yo La Tengo and !!! would be pretty cool.

Kevorkian Logic · 06-03-2009, 02:27 PM

14. Modest Mouse

Like i've already said, a lot of the bands derive their names from literary works. Modest Mouse in no exception. Their name comes from a passage from the Virginia Woolf story "The Mark on the Wall" reading--

"...and very frequent even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people..."

15. !!!

In the movie The God's Must be Crazy there are subtitles in which three mouth-clicking sounds of the Bushmen were represented as !!!. The band really liked that idea and named themselves three clicks. (This makes the band unsearchable by Google..grr )

***!!! is pronounced as any syllable repeated three times, "chk chk chk" being the closest to the original "meaning".

16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The name stems from modern New York City vernacular. Apparently it's just a common New Yorker phrase meaning "whatever".

17. Yo La Tengo

It translates to "I have it". There's a nice little andedote with a baseball story that I think is worth seeing instead of me explaining. Yo La Tengo : Fun : Kaplan's Korner
(srsly, watch it, really worth it)

**Janszoon** · 06-03-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

Yeah, that's it, so it definitely was called for. It just sounds a bit too much like the name of some maverick pirate captain at a glance. It works for all the success he's had though (if that makes any sense).

Of course the name Davy Jones is also pirate-related so he was kind of stuck either way.

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Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	14. Modest Mouse Like i've already said, a lot of the bands derive their names from literary works. Modest Mouse in no exception. Their name comes from a passage from the Virginia Woolf story "The Mark on the Wall" reading-- "...and very frequent even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people..." 15. !!! In the movie The God's Must be Crazy there are subtitles in which three mouth-clicking sounds of the Bushmen were represented as !!!. The band really liked that idea and named themselves three clicks. (This makes the band unsearchable by Google..grr ) *!!! is pronounced as any syllable repeated three times, "chk chk chk" being the closest to the original "meaning". 16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs The name stems from modern New York City vernacular. Apparently it's just a common New Yorker phrase meaning "whatever". 17. Yo La Tengo** It translates to "I have it". There's a nice little andedote with a baseball story that I think is worth seeing instead of me explaining. Yo La Tengo : Fun : Kaplan's Korner (srsly, watch it, really worth it) __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"