Originally Posted by .dot

What a dumb article. Doesn't The Wall Street Journal have better things to talk about?

Probably not. It's also over a year old. I just stumbled on it today.

If a bunch of musicians are creative enough to write good music and to form a band, the name will kind of just come with them. I'm sure that's not always the case though.

I was unaware that there was a list of good band names that people had to choose from.

Originally Posted by SLoT

I was unaware that there was a list of good band names that people had to choose from.

Me too. I wonder where this list is being held.

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

Andy: The band has had a few different names over the years. When we started, we were Teddy Bear Suicide, but then we changed it to Mouse Rat. Then we were God Hates Figs, Department of Homeland Obscurity, Flames for Flames, Muscle Confusion, Nothing Rhymes With Orange, then Everything Rhymes With Orange, Punch Face Champions, Rad Wagon, Puppy Pendulum, Possum Pendulum, Penis Pendulum, Handrail Suicide, Angel Snack, Just the Tip, Threeskin... [long pause] Oh, Jet Black Pope. We went back to Mouse Rat, and now we are Scarecrow Boat. God, when I hear myself say Scarecrow Boat out loud I kinda hate it...

Sounds like it's Andy's fault, not Myspace's.

I thought this thread was about Name Taken at first. I miss that band.

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

Andy: The band has had a few different names over the years. When we started, we were Teddy Bear Suicide, but then we changed it to Mouse Rat. Then we were God Hates Figs, Department of Homeland Obscurity, Flames for Flames, Muscle Confusion, Nothing Rhymes With Orange, then Everything Rhymes With Orange, Punch Face Champions, Rad Wagon, Puppy Pendulum, Possum Pendulum, Penis Pendulum, Handrail Suicide, Angel Snack, Just the Tip, Threeskin... [long pause] Oh, Jet Black Pope. We went back to Mouse Rat, and now we are Scarecrow Boat. God, when I hear myself say Scarecrow Boat out loud I kinda hate it...

Mouserat you say?

If I was ever in a band, I'd name it "Polka Dots & Stripes." I've had that in my mind forever now for some reason...

Originally Posted by phillipjacob

If a bunch of musicians are creative enough to write good music and to form a band, the name will kind of just come with them. I'm sure that's not always the case though.

Most band members hate their names when I talk to them. Haha, Green Day and Foo Fighters and Brand New have all talked shit on their names at one point or another.

/Coming from someone who thought ABsolutepUnk was a good idea.

Originally Posted by Simulcast

Sounds like it's Andy's fault, not Myspace's.

Not a Parks and Rec fan?

"All The Good Band Names Are Taken" ...sounds like a good band name...

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

Not a Parks and Rec fan?

Love that show. Silly joke on my part.

My ideas for band names:

The Royal Divorce
Shyamalan Twist
Jumping Frenchmen of Maine

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

It could get quite confusing ... a band's name is meant to identify them. If there are 6 different bands with the same name, this gets even more difficult.

But I mean, I don't have any problems figuring out the difference between Ben Nichols' band and the hispanic pop singer.

Like you said, a band's name is meant to identify them. So forcing a band to change that identity after six years seems a little rude. If you don't like the confusion that arose, why not change your name? It's not like you can argue that picking the name "Discovery" for your band is something another band couldnt have independently done on their own.

We are "The Soap Opera Babies" TSOB for short. ya know HIPV, FOB, NFG