Skuds' Sister's Brother » Band Names http://skuds.org "Please send me evenings and weekends" Mon, 21 May 2012 23:31:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Chart fun http://skuds.org/2009/01/chart-fun/ http://skuds.org/2009/01/chart-fun/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:37:29 +0000 Skuds http://skuds.org/?p=2909 This has to be the best chart I have seen in ages… the heavy metal band names flowchart. 1   Its not perfect (no Saxon for a start, Pantera are not foreign and Ragnarok is not in the book of revelations) but its both fascinating and funny and makes you wonder how you got through life having never heard of the band Wiccan Guidance Counselor. (sic)

I hope they do a prog version one day…

  1. OK, so its not really a flowchart as we know it
]]> http://skuds.org/2009/01/chart-fun/feed/ 1 Lost prog classics http://skuds.org/2009/01/lost-prog-classics/ http://skuds.org/2009/01/lost-prog-classics/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:48:32 +0000 Skuds http://skuds.org/?p=2899 I heard of a game recently where you come up with imaginary prog rock albums using Wikipedia’s random article feature.  The first random article gives you your artist name, the second gives you the album name and subsequent articles give you song titles.  I thought I would give it a go…

Artist: Sony Bend

Album: Faye Cooper-Cole

Tracks:

  1. Bugle calls of the Norwegian army
  2. Riverside Park, Jedburgh
  3. Alfredo García-Baró
  4. Dynasty Tour
  5. Charles Brooks Smith
  6. Francis Xavier Caldwell
  7. A Trip to the Dentist

And another attempt…

Artist: Colorado General Assembly

Album: ?a?avica

Tracks:

  1. Culture Shock (Sam & Max)
  2. Face Value
  3. Osazone
  4. Chestnut Hill Branch
  5. Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE
  6. Sheikh Fazlollah Noori

I quite like the second one.  Almost sounds authentic.

]]> http://skuds.org/2009/01/lost-prog-classics/feed/ 11 Paisley Gusset http://skuds.org/2007/09/paisley-gusset/ http://skuds.org/2007/09/paisley-gusset/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:37:14 +0000 Skuds http://skuds.org/2007/09/paisley-gusset/ Today’s Crawley Observer has a feature on a music festival called Oxjam. The highlight must surely be on October 6th when the Rose & Crown plays host to The Paisley Gusset. Band names don’t come much better than that do they?

]]> http://skuds.org/2007/09/paisley-gusset/feed/ 0 Acronym of the day http://skuds.org/2007/02/acronym-of-the-day/ http://skuds.org/2007/02/acronym-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:19:34 +0000 Skuds http://skuds.co.uk/2007/02/acronym-of-the-day/ Last week the world was introduced to the acronym McMabawb by Danivon but although it was an interesting and catchy word to sum up a particular phenomenon it is somewhat lacking in vulgar schoolboy-humour appeal. This week I found an acronym which satisfies the vulgarity test:

DARS = Deployable ARS

It must be real because I have found it on several websites, including this list of hi-tech terms, even though it is not to be found on the mighty Acronymfinder.com (which deserves a place on everybody’s bookmarks)

Anyway, this is now my favourite acronym, until the next one comes along, and I recommend it to any bunch of teenagers hanging around in a garage with guitars and scrabbling around for a band name. Who could resist seeing “Deployable Arse” in the charts?

]]> http://skuds.org/2007/02/acronym-of-the-day/feed/ 3 Peckham Rolex http://skuds.org/2006/03/peckham-rolex/ http://skuds.org/2006/03/peckham-rolex/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:05:17 +0000 Skuds http://skuds.co.uk/index.php/2006/03/peckham-rolex/ Peckham Rolex is apparently what they are calling electronic tags. I am adding it to the queue of names for the What A Great Name For A Band website.

Must get round to updating that soon.

]]> http://skuds.org/2006/03/peckham-rolex/feed/ 2 Band names http://skuds.org/2004/09/band-names-2/ http://skuds.org/2004/09/band-names-2/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:48:15 +0000 Skuds http://skuds.co.uk/index.php/2004/09/band-names-2/ I found this site today. Its a band name generator. The idea is that if you have a band and can’t think of a name, this will give you suggestions which have not been used.

In many cases, they are names which are unlikely to ever be used, but some have a certain ring to them. Ones it threw up for me are: Public Mullett, Haunches of Filth, Chive Juice, Extreme Floor Mats, and Amazon UK. I suspect there would be some copyright/trademark issues with the last one. Still, its an amusing way to pass a few minutes.

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