http://www.samoht.com/weblog/gemcast.rb Somewhat Daily Mutterings http://www.samoht.com/gemcast_images/header_portrait.jpg http://www.samoht.com/weblog/gemcast.rb http://www.samoht.com/weblog/gemcast.rb/Personal_Mythology/band_names.html <p>This little remembrance was <a href="http://itsthirteen.blogspot.com/2005/07/im-en-fuego.html">triggered by Vivian</a>.</p> <p>When I was in college, and still living in Funchester, K-Y, I was in a garage band. Actually an attic band, or basement band, depending upon the time of year. Anyway, in those days of yore, we used to play the "good name for a band" game, partly because we never kept a band name for very long. I mean, there are so many to choose from. The name we kept the longest was <i>Bad Actors</i>. I actually have biz cards for the band, around here somewhere, that I designed and printed in a graphic arts class in school. </p></p> Our alternate names (among many others) were <i>Your Future Husbands</i>, <i>Panel of Experts</i>, and <i>Policemania</i> (something we'd call ourselves in a fit of band-self-hatred fueled by the fact that 95% of our playlist was songs by <i>The Police</i>, albeit without vocals). </p><p> Anyway, a few years ago I was in Funchester for a wedding. My hair was long, but not ponytailed, and I had a beard. My ex-bandmate bud Tony commented that I looked like Jesus. I replied, "yeah, <i>fat</i> Jesus". Naturally, he came back with "hey man, good name for a band!"</p> <p>It's much funnier, really, if you are me and Tony.</p>