By Daniel Rigney
The time comes in the life of every garage or basement band when its ragtag players must agree on the communal name that will define them for the rest of music history, or at least until they choose another name.
Usually the critical moment comes during a brainstorming word jam, just days or hours before the band’s first unpaid gig.
“How about we call ourselves this? No, this name’s too this. How about that? Nah, that name’s too that.
I’ve got it! Let’s call ourselves….”
Here’s the game. Half of the band names listed below belong to real bands I’ve known or heard about from former members. The other half are fake. Can you tell the real bands from the fake ones? Let’s find out.
Real or fake?
1. Dog Breath
2. Pungent Fungus
3. The Sibling Brothers
4. Los Flatulantes
5. The El Orbits
6. Are These Guys For Real?
7. Three Blind Mice (four members, dressed in Blues Brothers attire)
8. The Ben Metcalf Trio (a duo)
9. Shiva’s Headband
10. Open Mike and the Zippers
11. Brave Combo
12. Lard
13. Freda and the Firedogs
14. The Mud Whistles
15. 13th Floor Elevators
16. The Uncommercials
17. Will Play for Food
18. Will Play for Free
Which are the real names and which are imposters? Scroll for answers.
Have a favorite real or fake band name of your own? Why not share it here?
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Answers: The odd-numbers are real bands I’ve known or seen. The rest are free for the taking while they last. Please, only one per customer.
The time comes in the life of every garage or basement band when its ragtag players must agree on the communal name that will define them for the rest of music history, or at least until they choose another name.
Usually the critical moment comes during a brainstorming word jam, just days or hours before the band’s first unpaid gig.
“How about we call ourselves this? No, this name’s too this. How about that? Nah, that name’s too that.
I’ve got it! Let’s call ourselves….”
Here’s the game. Half of the band names listed below belong to real bands I’ve known or heard about from former members. The other half are fake. Can you tell the real bands from the fake ones? Let’s find out.
Real or fake?
1. Dog Breath
2. Pungent Fungus
3. The Sibling Brothers
4. Los Flatulantes
5. The El Orbits
6. Are These Guys For Real?
7. Three Blind Mice (four members, dressed in Blues Brothers attire)
8. The Ben Metcalf Trio (a duo)
9. Shiva’s Headband
10. Open Mike and the Zippers
11. Brave Combo
12. Lard
13. Freda and the Firedogs
14. The Mud Whistles
15. 13th Floor Elevators
16. The Uncommercials
17. Will Play for Food
18. Will Play for Free
Which are the real names and which are imposters? Scroll for answers.
Have a favorite real or fake band name of your own? Why not share it here?
Danagram
Answers: The odd-numbers are real bands I’ve known or seen. The rest are free for the taking while they last. Please, only one per customer.
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