Associated Press Top 25 Packer Rats

[Tarlam!]

How about... you let them pick? You try to force a name on a band and you're asking for trouble.

Um, because they wanna call themselves the "Smelly Sneakers". I dunno, maybe that's good?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Name them the Smashing Punkins


If you get sued, it will be great publicity.

[Tarlam!]

[quote="jacks smirking revenge"]

What kind of music are they going to play? What kind of market do they want to hit? Band name is sooooo very important.

tyler

Pub-rock. They'll cover a few guys like Springstein....

[MJZiggy]

For a teenie bopper band it's kinda cute. They can wear Converse tennies to all their gigs.

[jack's smirking revenge]

How about... you let them pick? You try to force a name on a band and you're asking for trouble.

Um, because they wanna call themselves the "Smelly Sneakers". I dunno, maybe that's good?

I was always fond of Distinctive Stink...or spelling variations thereof. Works with your kids' "smelly sneakers" idea, but a litle more grungy.

tyler

[Tarlam!]

For a teenie bopper band it's kinda cute. They can wear Converse tennies to all their gigs.

Ya, but where is the truth in that name??

I want sumpen that will be historically significant, like The Doors....

[MJZiggy]

PackRat?

[Tarlam!]

PackRat?

Maybe as a plural....

[jack's smirking revenge]

For a teenie bopper band it's kinda cute. They can wear Converse tennies to all their gigs.

Ya, but where is the truth in that name??

I want sumpen that will be historically significant, like The Doors....

Well, The Doors were historically significant because they had talent. Same with The Beatles. Neither had very interesting names, if you ask me.

Find a name that has signficance to the type of music you want to play, the image the band wants to portray, and perhaps something that has sentimentality to the band. It's got to be a name that rolls off the tongue and is marketable. "Smelly Sneakers" is cute, but it sounds like a college alt-rock band to me. Now, "Sneaker Pimps", a band from England, had a cool name. I'd suggest you take the sneakers idea and run with it, only try to throw in more detail.

The band I manage is named Perfect Enemy (we used to be Sound And Fury, but lost the copyright). Voltaire once said "Perfect is the enemy of good." It has significance because of the market we play in and the content of our music. It's also in the lyrics of one of our favorite bands, A Perfect Circle.

Just some thoughts.

tyler

[Harlan Huckleby]

the all-time best band name is The Butthole Surfers

[Mr. T]

How about... you let them pick? You try to force a name on a band and you're asking for trouble.

Um, because they wanna call themselves the "Smelly Sneakers". I dunno, maybe that's good?

Some ideas:

"New Kicks" As in: Hey dog, are those new kicks? Yeah man, picked these up at Foot Locker.

"Con Verse All Stars" or just "Con Verse"

"Fleet of Foot"

"Rotting Reeboks"

"Worn Sole"

[Murphy37]

No football forum makes Murphy a dull boy.

[FavreChild]

Crap, I better start posting on AP 'fore I start slipping in the rankings...

[Mr. T]

Oye, I just finished sodding my yard. I had to regrade part of it by hand. I'm beat. It's time for beer!!!

[MJZiggy]

yikes!! I'd be needing a nap.