Band names ... with a twist

[Dan]

We've all encountered the Band Name Generator in our online travels.

Jason Cornell and the Windy City All-Stars
The Ravenous Breeders
Bob Johnson and the Bad Politics Group
wookieefulcrum
The Confederate Motor Orchestra
Old-Time Poodle

Good stuff indeed However, a few minutes ago, I came across the Random Bad Bluegrass Band Namer. Eastern Kentucky goodness with the click of a button!

High Ridge Stringband
Lonesome Divide Pals
Big Grass Travellers
Lost Valley Clan
Rambling Ridge Billies

If you're looking for just a boring new name, you can visit The US Name Generator. Call me John Gross now. If you're looking for something with a bit more spice, there's the Hindu Name Generator. You will very much kindly please touch the pick name button please, and kindly choose a new name please.

Sukwar Inderrik
Navinder Gursan
Wardip Deepjit
Warpreet Amarjit
Warsuk Farnav

Chet is an acronym for "Compressed Hierarchical Equipment Terminal". Guapo means "Gaussian Upgradable Automatic Port Object".

Jesus commands you to visit this site!

Brother Rex T. L'Impe
Reverend Estus R. Cheatham
Deacon Fulton Van Pirkle
Reverend Royle R. Humbert
Doctor Estus De Marrs

The Tavern Name Generator is pretty cool.

Murky Kelpie Inn
Joyfull Heretic Lodge
Running Champion Guesthouse
Mystic Vixen Taproom
Blue Hand Grogshop

My Afghan Terrorst Name is Abu Yassir Fatti Fukki. My Utah Mormon name is CalDean Helamans Warrior.

Next on the US military's agenda - Operation Unknown Uniform.

Finally, there's the Da Reggae Name Generator, Ya, but you have to enter your real name to get a reggae name. I'm Mr. Roy.

 

[Dan]

The obligatory followup, in a separate post because it's so special.

My Rich White Republican Name is Donald "Taxes are Theft" Thomas.

 

[mendelman]

US name generator - Call me Bruce King, please - (finally I can become a professor at the University of Walamaloo ;-))

My acronyms stand for Micro-Electronic New Display Expansion Language or Joint Output Node or Job Disk Machine

My Rich, White Replublican name is Donald "Cattleman's Code" McKenney

 

[ludes98]

My Rich White Republican Name is Clayton "Jesus knows stock" Bruce. That is just weird.

 

[NHPlanner]

Great stuff!

US Name Generator - Wesley Zimmerman (ironic, since Wesley is actually the name Planner Groupie and I have chosen if our baby is a boy!)

Evangelist Name - Pastor Royle "Bo" Skamm

Afghan Terrorist - Mustafa Turban

Utah Morman - Antrim Zeezrom Torston

Reggae - Bredda Banton

Rich Republican - Dwight "Shotgun" Thomas

 

[Rumpy Tunanator]

The obligatory followup, in a separate post because it's so special.

My Rich White Republican Name is Donald "Taxes are Theft" Thomas.

Funny, I hit the generator and got El "AK-47 Tank" Guapo

 

[Maister]

Maybe some industrious programmer can come up with a fast food restaurant random name generator using the [food item] [structure] premise so instead of the mundane 'Pizza Hut' we end up with place names like 'Tofu Barn' or better yet the "Moo goo Gai Pan Mauseleum" ('say anyone feel like running down to the Moo Goo Gaipan mauseleum for some egg rolls?' - doesn't quite roll off the tongue)....hmmm naming Burger places after professions/titles seems to be another popular theme - like Burger King or Burger Chef...instead, how about Burger Magistrate or Burger Administrator. I feel a new chain coming on......

 

[Downtown]

8-!
http://www.jesus21.com/img/ads/kitten.jpg

Is this the origin of all kitten jokes?

 

[Dan]

Maybe some industrious programmer can come up with a fast food restaurant random name generator using the [food item] [structure] premise so instead of the mundane 'Pizza Hut' we end up with place names like 'Tofu Barn' or better yet the "Moo goo Gai Pan Mauseleum"

I think they do that with Chinese restaurants. I just call 'em all "Happy Lucky Jade China Panda Dragon Garden House Kitchen #8888" now.

What is the "Cattleman's Code" anyhow?

Oh ... Bill Clinton's female Republican name is Deborah "I Own 4,739 Guns" Robinson.

 

[mendelman]

What is the "Cattleman's Code" anyhow?

system for classifying heffer udder sizes????

or

similar to the Super Friends Code??

 

[Planderella]

Click on the "find this page offensive?" link for the Hindu Name generator site. :-D :-D 8-! :-D

 

[Big Easy King]

My reggae name is, "Prince Ganja." It should be "King Ganja," damnit! ;-) :-D

 

[Dan]

This is neat ... just a random name generator using US Census data, which allows you to select the obscurity of names

Five common names

1. Philip Chaffin
2. David Tovar
3. Paul Nevels
4. Alan Kiely
5. Jacob Kilburn

Somewhat common

1. Eduardo Stile
2. Alejandro Vila
3. Jackie Lemond
4. Freddie Mckenrick
5. Wendell Lastinger

Not-so-common

1. Rod Collini
2. Fidel Balcitis
3. Kendrick Craige
4. Kendrick Graw
5. Alvaro Ameigh

Totally obscure

1. Kristofer Goodgine
2. Johnson Gerbs
3. Leif Delcine
4. Von Finkenbiner
5. Hyman Korslund

How would you put them to use? Imaginary professional names for your Sim City!

Law firm:
Chaffin, Tovar, Nevels, Kiely and Kilburn

Architecture firm:
goodgine gerbs delcine finkenbiner korslund

 

[Duke Of Dystopia]

Got to love some of the US Military Operation Names. Some are VERY acurate to the agressive nature of how we name them! :-D

OPERATION:

Smoldering Goat 8-!
Endless Rain of Burning Death :-D
Smoldering Minister
Cowboy Sucker Punch :-D
Legendary Strike
Interjecting Liberty
Brave Turban
Turban-burnin' Badger :-c
Infuriated Scapegoat :-0
Unpleasant Impact :-D

AND THE BEST ONE!

Grab Your Ankles and Prepare for Our Hydra 8-!

 

[Dan]

OPERATION: Grab Your Ankles and Prepare for Our Hydra 8-!

How many times did you have to reload to get that one? A classic!

Mine are boring by comparison.

Operation You May Want to Stand Back From Our Tree Frog
Operation Terrible Necktie
Operation Overpriced Hummus
Operation Eternal Jesus
Operation Christian Imperialism
Operation Aggravated Middle Class
Operation Arab-killin' Preacher
Operation Touchy Celebrities
Operation God-fearing Republican Administration
Operation Don't Piss off the Gecko
Operation Prepare to Be Destroyed by Our Hatchet
Operation Nuclear-tipped Foreign Policy
Operation Bitter Quran
Operation Narcoleptic Cleric
Operation Sexually Ambiguous Bullet
Operation Ejaculating Raptor
Operation Leather Preacher
Operation Don't Piss off the Girlfriend
Operation Bowel-loosening Fatwa
Operation Massive Snake

 

[Duke Of Dystopia]

How many times did you have to reload to get that one? A classic!

Mine are boring by comparison.[/i]

Just got lucky I guess :-D

They seem to have a fixation on the rodent and weasel families

In a side note, up until the point I left the service, all objective areas to be taken/captured were named after women. Ocassionaly, they were named after the wives of officers. Some of them did not like it very much when they heard that "Ellen has been PENETRATED".


Operation Awe-inspiring Vengeance
Operation ****ting Squirrel :-D (insert phecal material in there)
Operation Smouldering Mutual Fund
Operation Humping Osama 8-!
Operation Trigger-happy Soldier
Operation Incredibly Expensive Diplomacy :-c
Operation Unleashed Iguana 8-!

 

[Dan]

I could create the Cleveland Suburb Name generator. Basically, it would take a name of one of the few Cleveland suburbs that doesn't have "Heights" or "Hills" as a suffix, or a geographic feature in the area, and just add "Heights" or "Hills" to it.

Euclid Heights
Mentor Heights
Lyndhurst Heights
Eastlake Heights
Beachwood Heights
Chagrin Hills
Cedar Hills

Doesn't that sound Cleveland-ly?

What about Buffalo? Just slap together several Iroquois-sounding syllables. For Syracuse, a suburb would have to start with the letter "o", and include "ag" once or twice.

I'd also like to create a Texas place name generator. There's a certain ring that real Texan place names have. I can't quite explain it. Consider the imaginary city of Arlen, Texas, where King of the Hill takes place. "Arlen" just has a certain Texan sound. "Arlen, North Carolina" or "Arlen, Michigan" don't sound right.

Following are some random names off the top of my head that may or may not be cities or towns in Texas, but they certainly sound like they could be in Texas, and only Texas, to my ears.

Borine
Blayloch
Culberson
McNutt
Hereford
Lock n' Load
Spur
Burnett
Buckshot
General
Reload
Gus
Schreckenbacker
Hoss
Ricochet
Agua Muerto
Hebert
Buell
Thirty Aught Six
Charley
Rex
Pilsen
Caliente Tanks
Hawk n' Spit
Arbach
Schoop
Drip Gap
Burdine

You could imagine some cowboy saying to you, without moving their mouth, "I live on FM 2543 in Borine." You don't imagine them saying "I live off of Northland Drive in Lakewood Heights." Why does "Clint" seem so perfect as the name of a community outside of El Paso, but seem so out-of-place if it was the name of a DC suburb?

Lock n' Load, Texas? Definitely. Lock 'n Load, Ohio? Nope. Not even a Lock n' Load Heights outside of Cleveland.

 

[mendelman]

Dan,

A city and name generator would probably be pretty easy for the Chicago area.

What you do is generate all the possible combinations of the following words:

Oak
Forest
Lawn
Hills
Barrington
Lakes
Estates
Park
Brook
Ville
River
Heights

This is the way it is mostly out here - example - I live in Oak Park, which is next to River Forest and Forest Park

 

[The One]

Favorite Saying

Just got lucky I guess :-D

They seem to have a fixation on the rodent and weasel families

In a side note, up until the point I left the service, all objective areas to be taken/captured were named after women. Ocassionaly, they were named after the wives of officers. Some of them did not like it very much when they heard that "Ellen has been PENETRATED".


Operation Awe-inspiring Vengeance
Operation ****ting Squirrel :-D (insert phecal material in there)
Operation Smouldering Mutual Fund
Operation Humping Osama 8-!
Operation Trigger-happy Soldier
Operation Incredibly Expensive Diplomacy :-c
Operation Unleashed Iguana 8-!

When in the private sector, I used to make fun of my Vice President:
When he would leave work, I would announce "THE FOG IS LIFTING"
hmm....maybe that's why I'm no longer in the private sector..... :-0
He was a fun guy and took to the phrase and even began using it himself when he would leave....

Others:
The Eagle has Landed (when a well respected boss returns)
The Chicken has Flown the Coop

 

[Dan]

The Eagle has Landed (when a well respected boss returns)
The Chicken has Flown the Coop

Maybe we could start naming Alefests after military operations, using the name generator ...

Toronto Alefest: Operation Midnight Ayatollah
Wisconsin Alefest: Operation Livid Badger
Chicago Alefest: Operation World-shaking Sweet Baby Jesus

 

[Duke Of Dystopia]

Maybe we could start naming Alefests after military operations, using the name generator ...

Toronto Alefest: Operation Midnight Ayatollah
Wisconsin Alefest: Operation Livid Badger
Chicago Alefest: Operation World-shaking Sweet Baby Jesus

Laefest Barley Hammer :-D
Laefest Poisened CBD
Laefest Vine Smacking Good :-c
Laefest Get Out Of Your Deathmobile And Prepare To Have Blistered Feet
Laefest Exercised Liver 8-!

 

[Michele Zone]

Okay, I am thinking that the obvious angle has been missed:

Laefest Dead Kittens
Laefest Rumpy's Rampage
Laefest D.o.D.s Own Home Brew
Laefest Crash the Wedding of Nerudite and Elmo

and other Cyburbia-culture specific themes. :-D

 

[JNA]

Try out these name generators:

http://www.ticqle.com/wired/play/bluesname.asp

also available are:
cereal name
exotic name
hillbilly name
viking name