[Thread Game] Band Names

[General Specific]

No, not the photoshop one, a new game.

The idea is this: one person posts a fictional band name, the next person posts that band's musical style and a canned biography, then a band name of their own for the next person to do the same.

Example:

Person A: Wired Banana

Person B: A psychedelic four piece who emerged from the wider scene around Jefferson Airplane in 1967. Though enormously talented, they never really made it because most of the time they were too stoned to hold their instruments the right way up.


So, first band name: Smooth Pickle

 

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So, first band name: Smooth Pickle

This retro-style Jazz quintet is very famous in North Dakota. Their refusal to fly a plane or publish any official albums has severely limited the public's knowledge of their qualities, though such greats as Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber and Robin Thicke claim to have been heavily influenced by their unique combination of hard bass beats and long, flowing melodies. The band has changed singer four times due to some unfortunate relationship drama between the first singer and the drummer's sister, the second singer and the saxophone player's brother, and the third singer and the bass flutist's daughter. The sound, however, has remained much the same; each of the singers has made a separate recording of the band's greatest hit, "The Specific Principle".

New band: Dark Dairy Farmers.

 

[GasBandit]

This retro-style Jazz quintet is very famous in North Dakota. Their refusal to fly a plane or publish any official albums has severely limited the public's knowledge of their qualities, though such greats as Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber and Robin Thicke claim to have been heavily influenced by their unique combination of hard bass beats and long, flowing melodies. The band has changed singer four times due to some unfortunate relationship drama between the first singer and the drummer's sister, the second singer and the saxophone player's brother, and the third singer and the bass flutist's daughter. The sound, however, has remained much the same; each of the singers has made a separate recording of the band's greatest hit, "The Specific Principle".

New band: Dark Dairy Farmers.

An indie rock band from Los Angeles that never quite made it big on the music scene, but were briefly in the news once for a drug-fueled rampage by their lead guitarist through a Stuckey's that ended with two people injured and $25,000 in damages. Most of the other band members returned to private life afterwards, except the drummer who became a producer for other would-be indie band trying to get their start.

New band: Graven Image

 

[ThatNickGuy]

An indie rock band from Los Angeles that never quite made it big on the music scene, but were briefly in the news once for a drug-fueled rampage by their lead guitarist through a Stuckey's that ended with two people injured and $25,000 in damages. Most of the other band members returned to private life afterwards, except the drummer who became a producer for other would-be indie band trying to get their start.

New band: Graven Image

A hipster punk band that big around Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, but couldn't really get that cult following. They opened for a few other bands, but never really hit it big themselves.

New band:
Caution: Wet Floor

 

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Caution: Wet Floor

Caution: Wet Floor are a Bon Jovi Mexican-polka cover-band from Laredo, TX. The members of C:WF met while working as sanitation engineers at Laredo Community College. The quartet has an extensive following in Mexico and Latin-America, where the band goes by the moniker: Cuidado: Piso Mojado.

New Band:
Shadynasty (pronounced Sha-dynasty)

 

[WasabiPoptart]

New Band:
Shadynasty (pronounced Sha-dynasty)

A pop rap artist who left the boy band, 4 Dimensions, for a solo career. While he had great success with his first hit, "Love in the Time of Shadynasty", his following single releases have been mediocre at best. His inability to remain faithful in relationships has earned him the nickname Shady Nasty in tabloids and on Tumblr. He is now negotiating a contract for a reality show on MTV.

New Band: Piccadilly Kicks

 

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New Band: Piccadilly Kicks

This Cockney folk-slash-punk band from New England tried to make London accents as sexy as Irish, and bring the English heritage to a modern audience. Sadly, they failed. Nowadays, three of the members still tour together as a cheap alternative to the Angry Worms. The drummer, who left after their first two albums flopped, has invented his own cocktail (the Piccadilly Kicker, a shot of vodka, a shot of tequila, a big helping of Tabasco and a wedge of lime) and is quite celebrated in the New York barista subculture.

New Band: Steam Powered Dildos.

 

[GasBandit]

This Cockney folk-slash-punk band from New England tried to make London accents as sexy as Irish, and bring the English heritage to a modern audience. Sadly, they failed. Nowadays, three of the members still tour together as a cheap alternative to the Angry Worms. The drummer, who left after their first two albums flopped, has invented his own cocktail (the Piccadilly Kicker, a shot of vodka, a shot of tequila, a big helping of Tabasco and a wedge of lime) and is quite celebrated in the New York barista subculture.

New Band: Steam Powered Dildos.

A fictional hard rock band created for an HBO mini series that was nevertheless popular enough to sell two LPs that were entirely separate from the show's OST. The actual band's musicians are professionals rotated in and out as availability changes, but were portrayed on television by actors with no actual musical ability and all previous unknowns save for the lead singer played by Zac Efron.

New Band: Mistress Monarch

 

[General Specific]

Mistress Monarch

A little-known heavy metal singer from the 80's. She tried to start a feud with Lita Ford, but was roundly ignored. Covers of Dio songs were her mainstay as well as a few originals that most critics described as "overly flowery and confusing." She disappeared around 1988.


New Band: Electric Postman

 

[Tinwhistler]

A fictional hard rock band created for an HBO mini series that was nevertheless popular enough to sell two LPs that were entirely separate from the show's OST. The actual band's musicians are professionals rotated in and out as availability changes, but were portrayed on television by actors with no actual musical ability and all previous unknowns save for the lead singer played by Zac Efron.

New Band: Mistress Monarch

Mistress Monarch is equally famous for their celtic folk music sung in a death-metal style, as well as their fairy-princess-meets-goth outfits. While one might think butterfly wings, leather bustiers, and thigh high platform heels would clash, lead singer Gossamer (real name Vanessa Klugman) manages to pull it off. Originally a garage band in Chubbuck, Idaho, the band has quite a large following on the renaissance festival circuit.

New Band: Restless Moai

Edit: damnit, I took too long typing Ninja'd.

 

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New Band: Electric Postman

This hipster a Capella band, ironically named after "something modern we don't use" and "something old nobody uses", is best known for their traditional barber quartet style renditions of Skrillex songs. Their first album, Wireless Gasoline, sold 17 copies.[DOUBLEPOST=1452029961,1452029698][/DOUBLEPOST]

New Band: Restless Moai

Restless Moai is a hiphop collective from New Zealand. They dance the haka to the pounding beat, while chanting rhymes and busting raps about the trials and tribulations faced by the indigenous population, faced with white oppression. While only middling popular in their home region, they have an enormous ironic on-line following through 4chan/b/, who use their music as background for revenge porn compilations and truther videos.

New Band Name: Chicago Lovers

 

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This hipster a Capella band, ironically named after "something modern we don't use" and "something old nobody uses", is best known for their traditional barber quartet style renditions of Skrillex songs. Their first album, Wireless Gasoline, sold 17 copies.[DOUBLEPOST=1452029961,1452029698][/DOUBLEPOST]

Restless Moai is a hiphop collective from New Zealand. They dance the haka to the pounding beat, while chanting rhymes and busting raps about the trials and tribulations faced by the indigenous population, faced with white oppression. While only middling popular in their home region, they have an enormous ironic on-line following through 4chan/b/, who use their music as background for revenge porn compilations and truther videos.

New Band Name: Chicago Lovers

The ephemeral super-group the Chicago Lovers was formed in early 1945 by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, and Peggy Lee. One cold February night in the downstairs Hot Cat Night Club, Monk and Parker were working through some music that would later be called Bebop. As the night went on, the patrons dispersed leaving the bartender and a handful of beatniks. The bartender, Jimmy Bernard, called his cousin Peggy Lee who was at another club with Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. He informed the trio about the new sound that was coming from Parker and Monk. The trio joined the duo, and for one night the Chicago Lovers created sweet bebop jazz. The group never played as a group again.

New Band Name: The Ultimate Ullage

 

[Dave]

The ephemeral super-group the Chicago Lovers was formed in early 1945 by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, and Peggy Lee. One cold February night in the downstairs Hot Cat Night Club, Monk and Parker were working through some music that would later be called Bebop. As the night went on, the patrons dispersed leaving the bartender and a handful of beatniks. The bartender, Jimmy Bernard, called his cousin Peggy Lee who was at another club with Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. He informed the trio about the new sound that was coming from Parker and Monk. The trio joined the duo, and for one night the Chicago Lovers created sweet bebop jazz. The group never played as a group again.

New Band Name: The Ultimate Ullage

Terry and Sharon Ullage - a brother and sister duo - put words to previously music-only Sousa marches and other marching-band style music. They were big in El Paso for a couple years, but disappeared when their other brother, Virgil, revealed that the two stole all of their ideas from the internet. The message forum the lyrics were stolen from, SousaSpeaks.net, unsuccessfully sued when the judge threw the case out of court for "wasting his time with this nonsense". They tried making a comeback years later under the name "SousUllagey" but nobody cared.

New Band Name: The Misanthropic Winos.

 

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The Misanthropic Winos is a large comedy/musical ensemble, dedicated to making spoofs of well-known musical numbers. Often considered too niche to be real celebrities, their hit single "the Hills are Alive, with the sound of Gunfire" proved that there is, in fact, a market in the musical hillbilly hick group. Sadly, their follow-up, "Don't cry for my aborted babies" was considered an affront by many, unfunny, and was just generally ill-received. They quickly faded into obscurity, though they still make songs and post them on their MySpace page.

New Band: Sarsaparilla & Drumsticks

 

[bhamv3]

The Misanthropic Winos is a large comedy/musical ensemble, dedicated to making spoofs of well-known musical numbers. Often considered too niche to be real celebrities, their hit single "the Hills are Alive, with the sound of Gunfire" proved that there is, in fact, a market in the musical hillbilly hick group. Sadly, their follow-up, "Don't cry for my aborted babies" was considered an affront by many, unfunny, and was just generally ill-received. They quickly faded into obscurity, though they still make songs and post them on their MySpace page.

New Band: Sarsaparilla & Drumsticks

A trio of university students from South Korea, who uploaded a Youtube video of themselves sitting in their dorm room, drinking sarsaparilla while air-drumming Buddy Rich songs. Their obvious enjoyment of the drink and the music, as well as their infectious cackling laughter, made the video a viral hit within 48 hours. They were dubbed Sarsaparilla and Drumsticks on Reddit, and the nickname stuck.

The students in the video haven't offered any response regarding their sudden fame. As far as anyone knows, these guys don't even know they're famous in the west.

New band: Crystalline Auras

 

[Dave]

A trio of university students from South Korea, who uploaded a Youtube video of themselves sitting in their dorm room, drinking sarsaparilla while air-drumming Buddy Rich songs. Their obvious enjoyment of the drink and the music, as well as their infectious cackling laughter, made the video a viral hit within 48 hours. They were dubbed Sarsaparilla and Drumsticks on Reddit, and the nickname stuck.

The students in the video haven't offered any response regarding their sudden fame. As far as anyone knows, these guys don't even know they're famous in the west.

New band: Crystalline Auras

Inspired by the success of Lindsey Sterling, the Boston Philharmonic tried adding an offshoot that blended classical music and pop/techno. The performers played and danced, but was never really successful until the great Mary Truan joined. Her unique style of electro-pop bassoon brought the crowds to their feet. They have since changed lineups with Mary being the bedrock of the group. They have gone through several tuba players - mostly through heart attacks - and one trombonist who misjudged a front flip and ended up impaled on his slide. (For the record, he's doing fine, but the amount of reconstructive surgeries has caused him to declare bankruptcy.) You can still see them every third Thursday of the month. Get your tickets early!

New Band: Astroturf Grazing

 

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New Band: Astroturf Grazing

A group of cheerleaders who were made fun of because they were heavy-set, these girls banded together and decided to take their "cow" and similar nicknames and turn it around. Since joining together, they've made guest appearances at many big games, working alongside the "regular" cheerleaders and often outclassing them. While their dances and routines are really quite good,they still get very little attention or fame because networks don't dare to let them be seen on camera, citing male gaze as the reason.

New Band: The Quintessential Quintet

 

[WasabiPoptart]

New Band: The Quintessential Quintet

The group that everyone uses for classical pieces in their wedding ceremonies and during the cocktail hour of the reception. Instruments consist of cello, violin, flute, harp, and viola. They're booked until 2019.

New Band: Velvet Unicorn

 

[Cheesy1]

New Band: Velvet Unicorn

Prince's ill-advised foray into the J-Pop scene in the late 80's. Even the Japanese were like, "Okay, this shit is too nasty even for US!"

New Band: Random Normality

 

[WasabiPoptart]

New Band: Random Normality

You know those guys you went to high school with who were always playing crappy metal music in someone's garage? The ones who won a state-wide Battle of the Bands competition. Everyone thought these guys hit the big time because they played one night a week at the shitty dive bar that allowed underage drinking. Their drummer worked for a silk screening place and made all of their promotional t-shirts himself. Yeah. This is them. But now they're in their 40s and still playing the same tired 1980s glam metal covers, plus the one original song that won them the Battle of the Bands 20 years ago.


New Band: Ultrasonic Fugue

 

[General Specific]

Ultrasonic Fugue

Starting out as a self-described "affectionate parody" of Jethro Tull, this band gained some notoriety of their own in the late 70's with their song "Hey Zooba-dooba." After breaking up in the early 80's, several members attempted a reunion in 1994. "Hey Zooba-dooba" once again earned a spot on radio rotations for a short time, but eventually the band faded back into obscurity. The original lead singer, Chris Isaak, would find fame on his own and disavows being in this band to this very day.

New Band: Hank & the Laser Jets

 

[Dave]

Starting out as a self-described "affectionate parody" of Jethro Tull, this band gained some notoriety of their own in the late 70's with their song "Hey Zooba-dooba." After breaking up in the early 80's, several members attempted a reunion in 1994. "Hey Zooba-dooba" once again earned a spot on radio rotations for a short time, but eventually the band faded back into obscurity. The original lead singer, Chris Isaak, would find fame on his own and disavows being in this band to this very day.

New Band: Hank & the Laser Jets

Hank Thompson was a huge Elton John fan. In fact, he won several Elton John lookalike contests and actually sounded like him when he sang. After years of people telling him he needed to form his own band that's exactly what he did. And thus was born Hank & the Laser Jets. Instantly popular, they were even endorsed by Elton, who loves the band (but they can't tour with him since they do the same songs). After a run in Vegas that lasted almost a decade - 2 shows nightly, always doing their signature song "Hank & the Jets" (to the tune of "Benny and the Jets") - Hank gave it up, retiring a rich and happy man. Look him up online and stop by. He loves it when people come talk to him.

New Band: Insurrection Resurrection

 

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Hank Thompson was a huge Elton John fan. In fact, he won several Elton John lookalike contests and actually sounded like him when he sang. After years of people telling him he needed to form his own band that's exactly what he did. And thus was born Hank & the Laser Jets. Instantly popular, they were even endorsed by Elton, who loves the band (but they can't tour with him since they do the same songs). After a run in Vegas that lasted almost a decade - 2 shows nightly, always doing their signature song "Hank & the Jets" (to the tune of "Benny and the Jets") - Hank gave it up, retiring a rich and happy man. Look him up online and stop by. He loves it when people come talk to him.

New Band: Insurrection Resurrection

Insurrection Resurrection started as a lounge act that specialized in high school dances. They shifted to pre-grunge in the 90s, crediting the dramatic shift in tone to an audience member who claimed to have come from the future to save his dad's tenuous marriage, which was apparently based solely on a brief moment of machismo and nothing else. Insurrection Resurrection settled in the Seattle area, and went on to inspire a young Kurt Cobain before fading into relative obscurity. Lead singer Chuck Aldridge returned to his lounge roots and makes a modest living off-strip in Vegas. Guitarist Tang Sour (real name Wang Long) committed suicide in 2003. His suicide note expressed a combination of guilt over contributing to the death-by-nullification of possibly millions of no longer existing future children, and extreme confusion from overthinking time travel paradoxes.

Band name: Tapeworms for Harry

 

[General Specific]

Tapeworms for Harry

A Disco trio that initially started out known as "Tap Words for Larry" but a combination of poor handwriting on a demo reel and failure to fully read a contract lead the band to being signed under the unfortunate monogram. Despite this, they managed to score a few minor hits on the charts, but never really broke through to the big time. They attempted to shift their image and sound to more smooth R&B when the Disco craze was over, but were unsuccessful. One member went on to become a background vocalist, working on a wide array of other artists' records.

New Band: Satan's Lipstick

 

[WasabiPoptart]

Band name: Tapeworms for Harry

Shock rock/industrial metal group, Tapeworms for Harry, have taken the underground scene by storm. Their stage show is reminiscent of the theatrics of GWAR and Rob Zombie featuring gigantic monsters, post-apocalyptic film clips, BDSM displays, and cybergoth performers/dancers. Denounced as a satanic spectacle by numerous Christian groups, Tapeworms for Harry have often been met with protests outside of their concert venues. Recently they made headline news by calling out a well-known and outspoken religious group during one of their concerts. They simulated its leader being eaten by a large female monster and then "reborn" in a shower of blood and slime.

New Band: Durango 1.5.7.


(And I took too long to type it...)

 

[Cheesy1]

New Band: Satan's Lipstick

The premiere drag queen death metal band in the Castro nightclub scene of San Fransisco. Known for their exquisite taste in avant garde fashion while belching out eardrum-bursting sounds and lyrics. Because who says you can't be hard as fuck while looking fabulous?

New Band: Durango 1.5.7.

The brainchild of Bubba Johnson and Cletus Earp, two robotics savants at M.I.T., Durango 1.5.7 is a country band comprised of A.I.-driven robots. Programmed with detailed analysis of every Country Billboard number one song, the band's precise and logical ballads have gained a small but loyal following among country loving Rhodes Scholars.

New Band: Honest Deception

 

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Programmed with detailed analysis of every Country Billboard number one song

World's smallest standard deviation.

 

[jwhouk]

Honest Deception:

Christian Rock band made up of a bunch of teenagers who were the worship band for a megachurch in Indianapolis. Moniker came when they convinced a local producer to record a demo for them, claiming they were five years older than they really were. Their first, self-titled album was generally panned for being too derivative by Relevant and CCM. They have since moved on to being a traveling worship team, opening for larger CCM acts like Casting Crowns and Steven Curtis Chapman at festivals and concerts around the country. Still haven't recorded a second album.

New band: Stone Bridge Trophy.

 

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New band: Stone Bridge Trophy.

Not a "band" as such, but a Canadian singer-songwriter with supporting musicians, Stone Bridge Trophy is best known for performing Malta's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest back in 1987. They only scored 2 points, both from Belgium, and the song lives on in infamy, often called "the most American song ever played on Eurosong". Despite - or because of - this, they still tour around the Northern Territories and the Yukon, and regularly fill bars and small concert venues. A few weeks ago, they made national news when the singer was bowled over and abducted by a large group of weasels and ferrets. He reappeared a few days later, dazed and confused, but insisted all police action was stopped. He then went on to announce the title of his new CD, "Queen Emrys and the Minions".

New band: Giant Minotaur Penis

 

[WasabiPoptart]

New band: Giant Minotaur Penis

The Halforums house band!

 

[Gruebeard]

New band: Giant Minotaur Penis

The Halforums house band!

Game Over.

 

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Game Over.

Apparently

 

[Gruebeard]

TAKE 2.

New band: Apparently

 

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New band: Apparently

"Apparently " is a post-punk band whose name refers to the reaction the front man got when he proposed to his high school sweetheart. Most of the songs on their first album were sad love songs, in lyrics reminiscent of Adele's hits. Their second album, however, contains such hits as "This is the new Me", "I've forgotten all about Mary, my love" and "I'd die for you , Raymond, my love".
Considering this last one was added as a secret bonus number without any prior knowledge or consent of the band's drummer, Raymond McStraight, it's no surprise this led to a split shortly after the album's release. Some of the band members reformed later, to become "The Pink Killers", a band whose repertoire is heavily slanted towards gay marriage ceremonies.

New Band: Snowhite and the Queen"

 

[Gruebeard]

New Band: Snowhite and the Queen"

As the Rolling Stones took their name from a Bob Dylan song, So Snowhite and the Queen took their name from a Rush song, but in true prog rock fashion took an obscure reference and obfuscated it even more so. Only those in the In Crowd could possibly get it. They are remembered only for their one radio friendly song, "on a night like this" and by their ardent vinyl enthusiasts.


New Band: The What Fors