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Band Names: More Complete Sentences Than Ever Before!

Posted at 11:09 AM on September 8, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (14 Comments)

At the present rate, bands with names that are full sentences will overtake the universe with all that extra verbiage by about 2010. By then, paper won’t exist anymore, so at least the Trouser Press Guide to Alternative Music won't have to worry about all that extra typesetting. Here are three more for the record:

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Love Is All

His Name Is Alive

As we buffer your stream, please take a moment to scribble down any other bands--old or new--that meet this highest standard in all of rock 'n' roll. And stick 'em in the comments, or stay under your invisibility cloak and send them to us here.

For your edification, the earlier threads:

The Perfect Band Name--Revealed!

The Name Game explained

Comments (14)

I'll play.
There was this band..I can't quite remember.."Girly Men with Masks..or somethin' like that..
I thought it was cool at the time.
However, I've matured now and think 'that's not eloquent enough for me.'
Democracy lives..here.. on this karazy blog!

Posted by Barry | September 8, 2006 12:19 PM

Just from my iPod (and memory):
Godspeed you Black Emperor
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (almost)
I can make a mess like nobody's business
Daphne Loves Derby
and who can forget:
They Might Be Giants

Posted by Jeff | September 8, 2006 1:25 PM

I am the World Trade Center
Dead Can Dance
Gene Loves Jezebel

Posted by Corey Anderson | September 8, 2006 2:00 PM

We Are Scientists
I Am Kloot

Posted by juniper | September 8, 2006 3:40 PM

This is great! I'll dig up the link to previous thread, where we covered They Might Be Giants (inspired by wacky film of same name) and the more recently formed band that is a trifecta--They Shoot Horses Don't They (was a book AND a film; can be declarative or interrogative sentence... technically.... I guess....)

And an awesome discussion of Y Kant Tori Read--Tori Amos's first band!

Posted by Hans | September 8, 2006 3:48 PM

Perhaps the original complete-sentence band name:
It's a Beautiful Day

Posted by Stuart Rosen | September 8, 2006 4:12 PM

We Are Souse Loaf
Everything But The Girl
Yes

Posted by juniper | September 9, 2006 4:11 AM

Yo La Tengo

Posted by ben | September 9, 2006 10:33 AM

yes! I am glad I wasn't the only one to notice this. I find most of the names, though, to be annoyingly verbose; any band name to whose end a period can successfully be affixed is suspect in my book. I also challenge someone to diagram my previous sentence.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (can't believe no one mentioned this one before)
Thunderbirds Are Now!
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Why?

Posted by mac | September 10, 2006 1:28 AM

I just love pondering over band names! I enjoy hearing just how the name came about! I don't mind the " total sentence" names.... just one more quirky thing I love about indie music.

Posted by Jackie | September 10, 2006 1:01 PM

"...and you will know us by the dead "
didn'y they add the ...and later too? so before they really were a complete sentence.

and
I'm from Barcelona

Posted by alexandra | September 10, 2006 1:15 PM

band names, Brand Names,Ancient Boys and Modern Dames, Why ask Why, Vivasect, Burn the Churn and Diskonnekt,Everything Rots, Tonsilites, Liver Spots and Cunning Tights, Take One Please, Take it All, Good at Bat, Irregular Ball

Posted by Martin | September 11, 2006 7:29 PM

Dog Eat Dog
Jimmy Eat World
Pop Will Eat Itself
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Johnny Hates Jazz
Kuriosity Killed The Cat

and finally, my own band: KaRL BaRX

Thanx a lot for kompleting my list!

Posted by ziggy sawdust | January 15, 2007 12:43 PM

"Two small men with big hearts"

Posted by John Hall | March 17, 2007 4:54 PM