Band name

[zoobob9]

Hey! my friends and i have made a band, and we need a name. my idea is Tgd+I (tener ganas de + infinitive). any thoughts?

by the way, we play metal (system of a down, slipknot, etc.)

EDIT: tener ganas de infinitive, for those of you who do not speak spanish, means to feel like doing *blank*.

[Starscream]

The famous humorist Dave Barry was fond of pointing out that the various situations and concepts he encountered in his columns would be good names for rock bands. There's a list of them here.

Personally, I don't think anything could possibly be more metal than Crab Shrapnel.

[Dogmantra]

Chromium <Abstract Noun>

Everything is better when you stick "Chromium" on the front.

[ghost_warlock]

Don Knotts.

[Icewalker]

Oh, good old Dave Barry. I remember some of those names. I will add in another vote for Crab Shrapnel, yeah.

[Dr. Bath]

Firestarters. (then certain nerds will know you are a nerd)

[Sneak]

If none of you can play your instruments very well, call it "Holistic."

[Lyesmith]

"Lack of talent will not stop our success"
"Violent Angry Rage"
"Tea-cosy-fancier club"

Or possily Elysium.

[MethosH]

"Better than nothing"

'hey.. your band sucks!'
'yeah! but its Better Than Nothing!'

"Mr. Magic Finger and his ladies" (this will atract curiosity)

"Not a Number"

also a vote for "Mosquito Hunter and the Unreliable Pollinators"

[Boo]

Firestarters. (then certain nerds will know you are a nerd)

If they go by this they'll have to live in a sewer filled with speakers and have a reverse-mohawk as the standard hairstyle. That wouldn't be TOO bad, would it?

[Crimmy]

I'd go for something that comes from my origins:

Tecuhtli Huehueteotl

Each yllable, it's like this:
Te-cuh-tli Hue-hue-te-o-tl

And phonetical so you know how to say each syllable.

(Te, as in tear [tear as in ripping], Cuh as in curse, Tli as in Tlingit, Hue as in were, Hue as in were, te as in tear [as in ripping], O as in oak, and tl as in Tlingit)

Means "Knight of Sacred Fire", in the original Nahuatl.

[chiasaur11]

Well, depends on what you're going for.

Reasonably Metal might work for some.

The (Adjective) (Noun)s is a nicely meta name.

And, for the major total dorks, Brek Bannin and The Substitutes.

[Moff Chumley]

"Better than nothing"

'hey.. your band sucks!'
'yeah! but its Better Than Nothing!'

"Mr. Magic Finger and his ladies" (this will atract curiosity)

"Not a Number"

also a vote for "Mosquito Hunter and the Unreliable Pollinators"

This.

[Xyk]

For metal? Hell's <plural noun>, Loud Obnoxious Noise, Extraplanar Bone Fist. Or some combination of the three.

[Sneak]

For metal? Hell's <plural noun>, Loud Obnoxious Noise, Extraplanar Bone Fist. Or some combination of the three.

Hell's Extraplanar Bone Fists' Loud Obnoxious Noise?

[Decoy Lockbox]

Did you know that we have our own forum metal thread? Its in its third iteration, and maybye they can hook you up with a name.

Personally, I'd take a look at the bands that influenced you, and name yourself after one of their album titles/song titles/lyrics. A great example of this is the band Mayhem, who named themselves after the song "Mayhem with mercy" by the band Celtic Frost, who were big influences on them.

Until people can link your sound with your name, the choice of name is going to be a big deal. After that, its much less important. I mean, by all rights "Metallica" is a really dumb name, but once you get into the music, it doesn't matter, right?

[The Extinguisher]

"By The Sweaty Armpits of Thor"

[Dogmantra]

If none of you can play your instruments very well, call it "Holistic."

"Holistic Chromium".

This isn't a suggestion. It's an order.

[Serpentine]

I like Menagerie. I had a first album to go with it (something to do with animals), but in the meantime I'll just go with "Menagerie a' Trois".

[Moff Chumley]

Too French. And as all Americans know, France =/= Metal.

[Decoy Lockbox]

To French. And as all Americans know, France =/= Metal.

Screw that, France has some really good bands!

[Moff Chumley]

I know, I love French House. I'm just messing with ya.

[The Demented One]

Spastic Insemination was an old favorite of my high school epic poetry class. Anything with Spastic in it, really.

[Froogleyboy]

OMG! I so want to steal "Crab Shraptnel" if you don't want it

[WarBrute]

Cheeky Hyena

[The Extinguisher]

They're probably not metal, but I've got a few band names up my sleeve

"I Bet This Would Look Good On a T-Shirt" and "Lol Zombies" are some of my favourites.

[Sneak]

Spastic Insemination was an old favorite of my high school epic poetry class. Anything with Spastic in it, really.

Spastic Colon?

Heh. Spastic Colon and the Incorrigible Commas?

Or maybe just Spastic Semicolon.

[Rutskarn]

Suitcase Nuke, The Threepenny Opera, Like Ike, Aglet Factory, Unlicensed, The Wobblies, Tea and Crumpets, Pukelele, Wasteland Welcome Wagon.

[WarBrute]

Wasteland Welcome Wagon.

That one is pretty awesome

[Thanatos 51-50]

Thermonuclear Pineapple Brigade.
Alternatly, if we're going meta:
<Frontman> and the <Animals>