Most of my favorite band names are simply because they are the names of my favorite bands: Against Me! is not a great name, but I love the band so much I don't care. Same goes for Rocket From The Crypt, which is such a rip-off of Rocket From The Tombs that it's odd. But John Reis's project Drive Like Jehu is a great name. And Wet Leg, Modest Mouse, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Old Dirty Bastard, Destroy Boys, Bad Astronaut, Fugazi, Avail, Bright Eyes, Dinosaur Jr., and many others. Then there are the "dirty" names, which still strike my adolescent sense of humor: Pissed Jeans, Fucked Up, and The Butthole Surfers. But even more elemental in concept if not scatology are the celebrity/gag names that I can't erase from my mind: Andrew Jackson Jihad, Sandy Duncan's Eye, Jodie Foster's Army, and REO Speedealer. But I don't know that anyone can do better than a handful of artists who used a version of their own names but entered the pantheon with it: Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, and by luck of a great name matched with fantastic presence, Johnny Cash.
It may be that my love for the record (and the one live show I saw) may have convinced me about Wet Leg, but two short words that I’d never heard together before are pretty great for a band name.
I think my favorite band name is The Dream Syndicate.
Good one!
Dogs Die in Hot Cars! It's a great band name and an important statement everyone should hear!
Amazing! Band name/PSA.
Most of my favorite band names are simply because they are the names of my favorite bands: Against Me! is not a great name, but I love the band so much I don't care. Same goes for Rocket From The Crypt, which is such a rip-off of Rocket From The Tombs that it's odd. But John Reis's project Drive Like Jehu is a great name. And Wet Leg, Modest Mouse, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Old Dirty Bastard, Destroy Boys, Bad Astronaut, Fugazi, Avail, Bright Eyes, Dinosaur Jr., and many others. Then there are the "dirty" names, which still strike my adolescent sense of humor: Pissed Jeans, Fucked Up, and The Butthole Surfers. But even more elemental in concept if not scatology are the celebrity/gag names that I can't erase from my mind: Andrew Jackson Jihad, Sandy Duncan's Eye, Jodie Foster's Army, and REO Speedealer. But I don't know that anyone can do better than a handful of artists who used a version of their own names but entered the pantheon with it: Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, and by luck of a great name matched with fantastic presence, Johnny Cash.
You had me at Sandy Duncan’s Eye and REO Speeddealer! Is Wet Leg a good name? I can never decide.
It may be that my love for the record (and the one live show I saw) may have convinced me about Wet Leg, but two short words that I’d never heard together before are pretty great for a band name.
I hear ya! It’s one of those names that’s either genius or terrible. I personally can’t decide which.
Great set of tunes - really think I need to check out the James Sullivan album!
It's pretty great. Check out More Kicks too!