Aug 12 2008
Game: Super Simian and the Muffin
I have another game for you guys this week. The game’s real title should be Band Name Generator, but the title of this post is the result of the game. Just go to BandNameMaker.com. This site allows you to enter a word which it then uses to generate random band names that include your word.
For instance, you enter the word simian, and the site spits out (among other names) Super Simian and the Muffin. If you enter the phrase sweater-fondler, it may respond with Chronicle of the Sweater-Fondler God.
I don’t know if it was the site malfunctioning or just messing with me, but it occasionally replied with one-word band names that didn’t use any word I’d entered (like when it suggested I simply name my band Octopus).
The goal is to end up with a band name that you’d be proud to have show up on a marquee; the key is to choose great starting words. See what you can come up with and post your band names in the comments section of this post. Rock on.
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August 12th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I entered “Fairy Kisses” and one of my options was a band called “Mold.”
I also entered “Girls” and got “Girls of the Dubious,” “Primal Girls,” and “Girls of the Cockroach.”
That was fun!
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August 12th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
These three were good:
- Gabriel Of The Nibbled
- Sucker Of The Gabriel Agenda
- Ultra Gabriel And The Vicious Solitary
Most of the names are kind of long, though. Wasn’t this a Tonight Show joke making fun of Green Day? Maybe it was Conan O’Brien - they had two dice, with unrelated nouns and adjective on them, so roll, put the words together, there’s your band name.
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August 12th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
pop tart #45 and the jolly creation– typing in pop tart
Fierce Beer and the Strategy –personally, this one is my favorite.
Dangerous Girls–’nough said.
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August 13th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Placenta Of The Futile
Fatty Persimmon And The Boar
and possibly the rockin’est band name ever:
Filthy Superior
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August 13th, 2008 at 12:39 am
This one’s great because it actually sounds like the name of an Edward Gorey story:
Edward Gorey And The Fiber Of The Dirty Fiesta
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August 13th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Dandy Purple And The Decrepit Clerk
Policeman Of The Purple Slide
and my fave, Purple Of The Motivated Pig
Although, more likely to be picked by actual rockers is Drunk Desolate.
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August 13th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I tried again with monkey, I really like “Monkey of the Screaming Static”.
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August 13th, 2008 at 10:28 am
For all those kids spending their weekends working at The Gap:
Retail Pleasurable
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August 13th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
With dead baby: “Overnight Dead Baby And The Slippery Prince”
I typed in “Jesus” and got “Schwank Of The Cock”
I also like “Lame Unicorn And The Piscatory Squad” and “Two-Piece Unicorn”
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August 13th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Thinking about politics, here’s a few.
In honor of G.W.’s valiant attempts at expanding the English language:
Polyester Misunderestimated
or for the Obama-maniacs (using “the change”):
The Change of the Apparatus
lastly for McCain (”Straight Talk”):
Straight Talk Mix of the Incomplete Pride
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August 13th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Suburban Spaghetti Monster
Misplaced Spaghetti Monster
and, Spaghetti Monster of the Battery-powered Eraser
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August 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Euphoric Pagoda Of The Helpless (word was pagoda)
Myriad Paper And The Sound (word was myriad)
Arctic Moth (word was moth)
Oddly, I typed in “azure” and got “Girlfriend” as a band name… ?!
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August 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Man this is my favorite game!
Banana Peeler Of The Manifest
Banana Peeler Drunk Of The High
Steeple Apple Gonad
Grand Cream Pie And The Inflatable
Major Blasted
Dangerous Library Whore
Sumo Library Whore
Mudpie Baked Step-dad
(I could do this all day!) Great site!
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SomeGuyNamedDoug reply on August 17th, 2008 12:25 am:
Sumo Library Whore kicked me out for eating Steeple Apple Gonad.
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August 14th, 2008 at 2:22 am
I liked a lot of mine, but this is by far my favorite because of the image it puts in my head:
Chainsaw Showdown
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August 14th, 2008 at 7:10 am
word entered: VEGETARIAN
*Promise Of The Vegetarian Puke (less disgusting than meaty puke)
*Vegetarian Emergency (I’ve experienced this - it’s when you’re starving and you can’t find anything to eat that doesn’t have meat in it)
*Moaning Vegetarian (occurs after the emergency)
*Accident Of The Vegetarian Experience (finding bits of ham in your quiche)
*Eating Of The Gross (finding bits of ham in your quiche)
*Vegetarian Prison And The Resentful (all the meat-eating prisoners in a prison that only serves vegetarian food)
*Vegetarian Of The Night (a closet meat eater, gets up and snarfs down some McNuggets when no one is looking)
*Vegetarian Hallucination (got some of those crazy mushrooms)
*Avenue Of The Vegetarian Faction (I’d like to live here)
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August 14th, 2008 at 10:01 am
“Lasagna Engine” (Lasagna)
“Full Fantastic And The Hairless Mate” and “Fantastic Fury And The Defaulted Glitch” and “Afro Of The Fantastic Bandit” (Fantastic)
“Diddly Burger Of The Frozen Legacy” and “Faded Diddly Of The Incomplete Sheep” and “Chemical Dainty” (Diddly)
I totally dig the last set.
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August 14th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Here are a few I liked:
Defunct Master Cheif And The Corrosion
Wilted Master Cheif And The Tribe
Pants Vomit
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August 15th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Chicken Noodle Stew…and incorrect guess to a Pictionary round gives us the band name:
Hot Pink Chicken Noodle Stew And The Explosion.
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August 15th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
And to mix in a little of the last game. The Spanish phrase “Yo Te Quiero” when plugged into the bandname generator:
Pass Of The Yo Te Quiero Spine
and
Hypno - Yo Te Quiero Of The Simian Breath
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