OFF: Just for fun

[Kevin Perry]

We had a band called The Mary-Joanna Experience that caused a laugh - it was
better than the alternatives that we decied not to use: Crazy Bob and the
Amphetamine Death Dwarves/Captain Codpiece and the Love Torpedoes...

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Kevin Perry
Sonic Energy Authority
http://freespace.virgin.net/kevin.perry/

"It is the business of the future to be dangerous;
and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its
duties."

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Halligan <bthalligan at EARTHLINK.NET>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:34 PM
Subject: OFF: Just for fun


> From http://www.dfan.org/writing/bands.html
>
> >
> I'm in a band. The name of our band is Honest Bob & the Factory-to-Dealer
> Incentives. Some people find this amusing. Clubs just find it long, and we
> end up being advertised as just Honest Bob, which is fine, because if I
> tell the audience our whole name twice during a set, our set ends up at 39
> minutes instead of 40, and we can use the extra time.
>
> So I was thinking, we've had such success with a name that's
> unintentionally annoying; imagine how far you could get with a name that's
> annoying on purpose! And in no time at all I enumerated the
>
> TOP TEN BAND NAMES THAT REALLY PISS OFF CLUB OWNERS
>
> 10. Help Wanted, Ask at Bar
>
> 9. Fresh Out Of Beer
>
> 8. 150 dB Guaranteed
>
> 7. Ask About Our Group Rates
>
> 6. Welcome Class of '46
>
> 5. Take Home All Rats You Catch
>
> 4. Tiny Tim Unplugged
>
> 3. No Shirt, No Shoes, No Cover
>
> 2. Soon To Be Asbestos-Free!
>
> 1. Sorry, Closed Every Shabbos