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What a great name for a band!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Hi
    While on a different thread, Valerian said he went to see Sheep on Drugs last night. That reminded me of a game we used to play coming up with random names for bands. Not actually making up names as such, but picking up on random collections of words that present themselves naturally. A recent example was while having some work carried out on our sewage treatment plant and finding out it had a section called a Scum Baffle. Mrs U.T said, 'they're playing at the Dublin Castle tonight, you've gotta respect what they're doing' ! Scum Baffle would obviously be a thrash metal outfit.
    Today, it was Badgers Helmets, who would be Post Punk revival. It could just be us but it is funnier if they are naturally occurring phrases.
    Give it a go and see what we get. Try to think of Jools introducing them on Later. ' And now, over here, Badgers (pause) Helmets !
    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2014-04-12 18:13:27
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down ValerianValerian
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    ^ hi, whilst I posted last night, the Sheep on Drugs gig was actually in about '93 ish!
    Anyway I would offer up 'Steven and the Twins' as a proto band name, made popular by Ian Beale in Eastenders as his oft reference to his kids, I believe it is now a common reference for ones gentleman's parts ...
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Valerian said:

    ^ hi, whilst I posted last night, the Sheep on Drugs gig was actually in about '93 ish!
    Anyway I would offer up 'Steven and the Twins' as a proto band name, made popular by Ian Beale in Eastenders as his oft reference to his kids, I believe it is now a common reference for ones gentleman's parts ...


    A great start. Mrs UT likes Steven and the Twins, obviously the same genre as Anthony and the Johnsons.
    Pleased that at least someone has understood what the hell I was on about. Who knows, one day a GMBer starting a band and will look at this thread and think 'what a great name .... Is. And we can sit back and think, that was us !
    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2014-04-13 17:20:46
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    Mrs. UT and I. (Get it? Like UTI?) Every gig you get a free packet of antibiotics.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Ponygurl said:


    Mrs. UT and I. (Get it? Like UTI?) Every gig you get a free packet of antibiotics.


    Hey,I can't help that I was brought up proper like and use correct grammer! That comment is funnier than you realise as if anyone can get you anti biotics, it is Mrs UT. After the incident with the scum baffle, I think I am immune to everything. Like the sort of glow the Ready Brek kids had around them if you can remember that.


    And there was I thinking you may be about to ask how we got to Badgers Helmets !


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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Today's proto band is The Cloacas, pronounced 'klow ackers'.
    A cloaca, as anyone who keeps chickens will tell you, is the opening through which an egg appears. Fish, reptiles, birds and some primitive mammals do not have separate orifices for the removal of waste products or for reproductive purposes; they just multi task with the one. In this way, think of the cloaca as a chicken fanny/arse.
    This would obviously ideally position The Cloacas to be the support on the next Justin Bieber (insert your own band name here) tour
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Funny how and where these pop up.
    The latest offering is 'The Cycloptic Wolves'.  These bad boys are Indie/garage rock.  They even come with a logo !

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down tattmaylortattmaylor
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    Bunny Mother
  • Vote Up0Vote Down tattmaylortattmaylor
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    Today i heard a someone talking about some illustrations we are doing and refered to a 'Victorian Lady Package'. Thought that sounded good!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    tattmaylor said:

    Today i heard a someone talking about some illustrations we are doing and refered to a 'Victorian Lady Package'. Thought that sounded good!





    That sounds more like a specialist service available at your local bordello or what Watson may have unfortunately got his hands on when he found Mrs Watson was actually a transvestite.
    Bunny Mother. Sounds a bit heavy metal.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
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    Lets get the ball rolling 

    My band is Blue Lasagne
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Who said this is a silly thread?
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    Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
    Trampled by Turtles. - They are real. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    It's back"!!
    Today, out of the blue came
    Thunder Coats and
    Decimated by Voles.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down PetPet
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    Sophie and the Tuck Boxes
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    Fräulein Pussy Cat and the DickWeeds. I mean really, who wouldn't want a ticket to see that?!
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