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The formula for perfect band names

WarwickHunt's picture

We've all heard that to create your pornstar name you should take your first pet's name and add it to your mother's maiden name ('Stickleback McCafferty' in my case, if you're wondering).

That caused me to ponder if there are similar formulae to create the perfect name for a band. For example, matching references to totalitarian regimes with varieties of household items and sundry equipment...

Adolf Butterknife

Soviet Twintub

...are the kind of results you might get.

Do you have any other ideas for the ideal combinations and results?

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We have a winner

I think you've scuppered your own thread with Soviet Twintub. That is just perfect.

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Mike Todd | 19 March 2010 - 8:01pm

stalins potato peeler.. mind

stalins potato peeler..
mind you my porn name would be florence beaver which i feel is also a perfect band name.

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fatdan | 19 March 2010 - 8:04pm

The perfect band name...

... should begin with a "The." They should be The somethings.

Oh, and my porn name would be Spliff Lee.

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Billybob Dylan | 19 March 2010 - 8:20pm

The Mau Mau Cheese Grater

Experience.

(Adding 'experience' to any band name will instantly render it cooler.)

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Adman | 19 March 2010 - 8:50pm

the norman fridge

the norman fridge experience--- nah that just sounds like a really poor tribute band

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fatdan | 19 March 2010 - 8:55pm

The Pohl Pot Pourri

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Beezer | 21 March 2010 - 6:01pm

let's try this then...

Khmer Rouge Refrigerator.

Cool!

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Bob | 19 March 2010 - 9:10pm

Mussolini Mop

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Norwegian Blue | 19 March 2010 - 9:36pm

Hoxha Mousetrap

It'll never catch on...

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skirky | 19 March 2010 - 9:37pm

The Taiwanese

The Taiwanese Tinopener.............. Experience

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happy harry | 19 March 2010 - 10:02pm

hmmmm

The Mao Curtains

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Bob | 19 March 2010 - 10:10pm

The Mao's and The Peppers

?

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Tom | 19 March 2010 - 10:52pm

I came up with this one some years ago...

...and yet it more or less fits.

Joshua Nkomo's World Of String

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JQW | 19 March 2010 - 10:41pm

Trotsky Trouser Press?

Always been more of an Accidental Goat Sodomy man myself.

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Occam | 19 March 2010 - 11:06pm

Pol Pot Kettle (Black)

Mugabe Mugrack

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Chris G | 20 March 2010 - 12:02am

Genghis Can Opener

Mobutu Colander

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Norwegian Blue | 20 March 2010 - 12:29am

Waleed Jumblatt

and the Blues Militia

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Sheev | 20 March 2010 - 12:34am

Pinochet Bidet

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Norwegian Blue | 20 March 2010 - 12:44am

Thatcherite Frying-pan

and the Tin Pot dictator's Blues Explosion.

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Pencilsqueezer | 20 March 2010 - 7:11am

where is that

fascist groove thingy? Luckily, we don't need it

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Sheev | 20 March 2010 - 8:55am

The Kremlin Kettles

Kruschev's Toaster
Ho Chi Minh Breadbin
The Molotov Cocktail Shakers
Laundry For Lenin
Cooking For Castro
The Stasi Steak Knives
Ceausescu In The Blender
The Saddam Sugarbowls

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keefus | 20 March 2010 - 10:26am

Pol Pot's Pans People

Lenin's Linen
Brezhnev's Breadknives
Deng Xiao Ping's Napkin Rings

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Black Type | 20 March 2010 - 11:26am

Deng Xiao Ping's Napkin Rings

...we have a winner!

Genuine laugh out loud. Excellent.

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keefus | 20 March 2010 - 7:07pm

Kim Jong-Il's Coal Scuttle..

Kim Jong-Il's Coal Scuttle..

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sozzlechops | 20 March 2010 - 11:43am

The Guevara Kettles

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Sheev | 20 March 2010 - 7:11pm

Or

Che's Trays

And in a similar vein...

Pinochet's Dinner Trays

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Black Type | 20 March 2010 - 7:43pm

Two more...

Idi Amin's Espresso Machines

Ho Chi Minh's Pedal Bin

(it's starting to go a bit Viz now :-) )

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Black Type | 20 March 2010 - 8:00pm

Idi Amin's Cruet Set

Idi Amin's Cruet Set

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Rigid Digit | 20 March 2010 - 8:02pm

Richard III and the Roasting Tin Experience

Spatula & Nixon
Richard Dawkin's Garlic Press
The Pickle of Putin
Gorbachef

And so forth...

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badger_king | 20 March 2010 - 8:20pm

The Pizarro Scales

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Sheev | 20 March 2010 - 10:07pm

Thang you very much

for your inventive suggestions. I can almost guarantee that all of the ex-members of New order will no-doubt use some of these names for their future 'projects.'

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WarwickHunt | 24 March 2010 - 8:09am

How about...

Thatcher's Digital Scales

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Axekeith | 24 March 2010 - 8:43am

East German industrial outfit

Honeckers Spülmaschine

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Brookster | 24 March 2010 - 8:44am

Or, what about ..

.. "The Dubbya Scrubbya Conspiracy".

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Scybalous | 24 March 2010 - 9:41am
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