Names
Everyone I speak to seems to love ‘Roquiem’! But I can’t help feeling that I might just be too embarrassed to tell my friends I’m in a band called Roquiem, let alone stand up on stage and shout ‘Good evening! We’re Roquiem!’ Is it just too cheesy? Wish I could phone up some of the famous rock acts and ask them if they felt awkward telling their loved ones that they had named their band after a hearing-impaired feline, an electrical supply, an american football position , an albino reptile or the unusual combination of warfare and floristry. I can just imagine the call…
Me: “Hi there [famous person]. Do you feel embarrassed about the name of your band?”
Them: -click-
Or maybe…
Me: “Hi there [famous person]. How did you choose the name for your band?”
Them: “Well, we were taking a lot of drugs at the time…”
Surely someone out there can help????
Robb said,
January 28, 2008 at 1:30 pm
LOL! I think we need to be actually putting a name to this now. It is going on too long.
I suppose we don’t really need a name until we are looking for gigs. It would be nice to have a collective monika though…
Robb said,
January 28, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Thesaurus.com says:
agnomen
alias
autograph
autonym
brand
cognomen
compellation
denomination
designation
epithet
eponym
flag
handle
head
heading
label
matronymic
moniker
monogram
nickname
nomen
patronymic
pen name
pet name
place name
prenomen
proper name
pseudonym
rubric
sign
signature
sobriquet
stage name
style
surname
tag
term
trade name
What about Alias?
doctor ruth said,
January 28, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I quite like the idea of “stage name”!!!
You’re right though, we really should make a decision soon…
Ads said,
January 30, 2008 at 11:33 pm
ummmm still coming up blank!
How about cheese whores?
Robb said,
January 31, 2008 at 11:55 am
I prefer “cheese pimps – pimping cheese around yorkshire and beyond”