Band Names - Take Two

Even if I am between bands, it’s fun to come up with a list of band names to be prepared when the occasion arises. You never want to be caught off-guard sans a good band name. It is that one word or phrase that summarizes who you are all about. What a great deal of pressure for a few letters to carry.

I’m certain many a band split on the account of never reaching consensus on what to be called. Do not pass go; do not collect $200. Imagine all the bands that never made it farther than the garage because their name sucked. Would the Grateful Dead survived all these years with a band name like The Warlocks. See what I mean?

This is my list to date:

• General Lee and the Rebel Yell (thanks Foxy)
• Velcro Snatch (offensive, yet funny in the Spinal Tap line of humor)
• Jazzhole (good to know this is already taken so I'll never have to use it)
• Sadder Days (poor word play; 2/3rds of a pun is P U)
• Javawocky (this should be the name of a hip café)
• The Slithy Toves (unique, but not original)
• The Fronds (ferns are second to moss in terms of botanical coolness)
• Veronica's Veil (powerful symbol of pain and compassion, might be sacreligous to use)
• Victoria's Veil (mix between the abovementioned and Victoria's secret)
• Cassandra's Dream (check Greek mythology; idea of an unavoidable tragedy)
• Solipsist Syndrome (interesting philosophical idea; bookstore chic)
• Cumulonimbus (autumn days spent daydreaming, looking at clouds)
• New Old Stock (vintage / analog guitar collector's jargon)
• Oblique Streets (random words that paint an interesting image)
• In Watermelon Sugar (Richard Brautigan's tale- read the first line of the story)
• iDEATH (from Watermelon Sugar; would take on new meaning in today's culture)
• L’esprit D’escalier (I can’t pronounce it, but what a cool concept)
• The Dreaming (From Neil Gaiman’s comic Sandman)
• A Game of You (more Gaiman Goodness)
• Words Are Worlds (hey, I already have the domain registered)
• Wolfmother Wallpaper (words from a Tom Robbins novel)
• Saturnine (hey, Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was already taken)
• Ennui (similar concept, different word)
• Bloody Butterfly or Butterfly Scream (contrasting concepts)
• The Delawhale (a local phenomenon; funny concept, though not a great name)
• Chillax (spoonerism of chill out and relax, as in "Would you just chillax a second")
• A Thief & Two Phebes (line out of the movie Stand by Me; thanks Caroline!)