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Naming Your Band After a City

RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
edited March 2008 in Strut Central
Dope or Nope?

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  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts



    NOPE
  • RerogRerog 569 Posts
    I say no...maybe an area of a city is OK.

    I've often wondered about the 70's/80's affinity for naming groups after larger land areas: Africa, Europe, Asia, America...probably leaving some out.
  • dmacdmac 472 Posts
    Dope or Nope?

    hmmm, it is a mixed bag:
    Berlin
    Boston
    Chicago
    Fountains of Wayne
    The Manhattan Transfer
    MC5[/b]
    Nazareth
    New York Dolls[/b]
    Of Montreal
    Portishead[/b]
    etc.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I say no...maybe an area of a city is OK.

    I've often wondered about the 70's/80's affinity for naming groups after larger land areas: Africa, Europe, Asia, America...probably leaving some out.



    I like Boston & Chicago, but I dont like New York City.

    I like B,B,Q. = Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    How do the people of Boston feel about Boston?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    How do the people of Boston feel about Boston?

    More than a feelin?
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    How do the people of Boston feel about Boston?

    Not a big fan, but people are always telling me "dude, they're like, the best stadium rock band ever."

    Um, OK. I appreciate dude's vocal range, I guess. But then, I'm not completely conversant in Boston's entire catalog, so maybe I'm missing out.
  • dollar_bindollar_bin I heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts
    Dope or Nope?

    I think the Bay City Rollers took it to the next level by naming themselves after a town they weren't from.
  • SnappingSnapping 995 Posts



    I ride for Scrantonicity.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    How do the people of Boston feel about Boston?

    Not a big fan, but people are always telling me "dude, they're like, the best stadium rock band ever."

    Um, OK. I appreciate dude's vocal range, I guess. But then, I'm not completely conversant in Boston's entire catalog

    There's not much Boston "catalog" to begin with - something like three albums in ten years??
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Dope or Nope?

    I think the Bay City Rollers took it to the next level by naming themselves after a town they weren't from.

    do you mean JOURNEY?
  • The-gafflerThe-gaffler 2,190 Posts
    is there really all that laughing and touching going on in Chicago these days? i heard it's a real celebration.
  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    a few more, some good, some bad, some ugly:

    Atlanta Rhythm Section
    Miami Sound Machine
    Muscle Shoals Horns
    Memphis Horns
    Kansas (a state, I know)
    Taos
  • high_chigh_c 1,384 Posts

    Dayton Sidewinders
    Houston Outlaws
    New Yorkers (Can someone please post an mp3 of "Don't want to be your fool" pleaes!)
    Oak Cliff Assassins
    Chi Lites - may be a stretch
    Los Angeles Negros - ok that might be more of a stretch
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
    a few more, some good, some bad, some ugly:

    Atlanta Rhythm Section
    Miami Sound Machine
    Muscle Shoals Horns
    Memphis Horns
    Kansas (a state, I know)
    Taos

    I think there's a difference between having the name of a city or state as a part of your band name and having the name of your band be the name of a city or state.

    I'm not really mad at either, but I prefer the former. Miami Sound Machine sounds cooler than a band named Miami.

    Just as Chicago Transit Authority sounds cooler than Chicago. But they got threatened on the legal tip, so what can you do?
  • LuckLoopLuckLoop 103 Posts
    i ride for

    comptons most wanted
    & wu tang clan

    LA dream team not so much
  • SoulpowerSoulpower 204 Posts
    I like the name OSAKA MONAURAIL. The founders of the band are from Osaka, and they named the group after the monorail track near the Osaka University campus. They also ripped off the typo in MonAUrail from James Brown's "JB Monaurail" album.

    But today, the band is based in Tokyo, so the name is confusing ...

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts

    & wu tang clan

    From Wu Tang, NY?
  • SoulpowerSoulpower 204 Posts

    & wu tang clan

    From Wu Tang, NY?

    Clansville, TX.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts


    Nice. well-played, sir.



    I was about to go off on this, but I realized I've already said it all over in the Adventures of Day thread. I hope the Chili Peppers charged them a grip for that.
  • BreakSelfBreakSelf 2,925 Posts
    Detroit Sex Machines =


    Detroit Sounds of Friction =


    Detroit Emeralds =


    Detroit Executives =


    Detroit Night Riders = Recorded in Inkster


    Detroit Connection = Mack Rice related
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Detroit Sex Machines =


    Detroit Sounds of Friction =


    Detroit Emeralds =


    Detroit Executives =


    Detroit Night Riders = Recorded in Inkster


    Detroit Connection = Mack Rice related

    and how can we forget...

    Detroit = one album on the Paramount label in 1971, featuring Mitch Ryder claiming his territory on most of the lead vocals!
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts



    I ride for Scrantonicity.


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