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Poll Question: Which prog band do you think has the best name?
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Dream Theater is the best of those... although Psychotic Waltz is totally awesome... Shadow Gallery is also kinda mysterious & cool... I like the name Frameshift also... but I never heard the music
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i remember a band from my college days (1986 –
88, yeovil college/UK, in case you were there...)
called "roddy rhino and the camping holidays" –
musical genres aside, that band name is simply
UNBEATABLE.
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Originally posted by tardis tardis wrote:

Does anyone know how Spock's Beard got their name?

This is from SB's official website:

Where does the name "Spock's Beard" come from?
From a 1999 Music Street Journal interview
Neal: "Al and I were having this really weird night out one night, just one of those bizarro David Lynch type evenings. Al said "wow, it's like we're in a parallel universe. It's like Spock has a beard. Wouldn't that be a funny name for a band, Spock's Beard." That was about 89 or 90. Then when we were choosing names, around 92, Al made this list, like 2 pages of names. We all voted on them. He snuck Spock's Beard in as a joke, and it won. Then we were all like, are we going to commit to being known as Spock's Beard for all eternity, hopefully? Especially our first album, The Light, is kind of like music from a parallel universe. It's pretty out there, so that was part of it, too."

So it's not from dr. Spock, the famous child expert. He did have a beard though:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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My favourite band names:

Spock's Beard

Renaissance

National Health (called after Dave Stewart's spectacles  )

Van der Graaf Generator

Pendragon (much better then Zeus Pendragon, their original name)

(Sil)Marillion

Jethro Tull

And I voted for:

Hatfield and the North (called after a signpost)

 
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Oh, and No-man had a very impractical but great and funny bandname in the early days:

"No Man Is An Island Except The Isle Of Man"

I love that one. Great bandname 
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Rush because I get one when I listen to the music
"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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Originally posted by Rockin' Chair Rockin' Chair wrote:

Pink & Floyd were just the name by two bluesmen. So "Pink Floyd" does not mean much for me. But "King Crimson" is very majestic, poetic, surrealistic, so I love it.



I agree totally.
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Porcupine Tree really fits prog as a name I think... ever listened to the 20 min titletrack on their Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape album? (the song that's a combination with the song The Cross) On that track a 'narrator' presents the band halfway through... now the way he says the name... it's just typical prog .
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Jethro Tull

Mostly Autumn (suits to the band's music perfectly)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (good name, can be translated like "mutual aid fund")

Arsenal (top Russian jazz rock band)

Uriah Heep

Omega

After Crying

Socrates Drank the Conium

Quella vecchia locanda
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As far as a great name that also  matches the sound I go with Renaissance
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I had to go with Dream Theater. What a nice name.

But Spock's Beard, King Crimson, Jethro Tull and Uriah Heep are great names too. I also like the sounds of Gentle Giant and Mr Bungle.
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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by M. B. Zapelini M. B. Zapelini wrote:

Originally posted by Persona Persona wrote:

THE SOFT MACHINE

Better than this: "Matching Mole" - which is "machine mole" (Soft Machine in French) with a Brittish accent.

My vote goes to Procol Harum, which was a cat's name, and I love cats!

machine mole is still machime mole with a british  accent!

Well, Sleeper, I once read that Robert Wyatt gave this explanation for the name of his band!
"He's a man of the past and one of the present"
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Originally posted by RaphaelT RaphaelT wrote:

For me it's Yes the best name for a band due to it's simplicity!! But it must have been damn hard to invent!!

I agree !
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      It is Yes   ---1.  Its short

                             2.  Simple to say

                             3.Van der graaf generator   

 

             Do you want some more reasons ???
Frank Zappa,Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis,Rush,King Crimson,Jethro Tull,E.L.P,Rick Wakeman -They have one similarity-    I Love Them all !
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I love the names of Psychadelic bands from the 60's , looks like some of the jambands have adopted the style of naming.

Chocolate watchband

Frumious bandersnatch

Strawberry alarm clock

String cheese Incident

etc.

I voted for Spocks beard, but absolutely love the full name of the band SWEET SMOKE

Sweet Smoke from the Happy Pipe
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Originally posted by flying teapot flying teapot wrote:

I love the names of Psychadelic bands from the 60's , looks like some of the jambands have adopted the style of naming.

Chocolate watchband

Frumious bandersnatch

Strawberry alarm clock

String cheese Incident

etc.

I voted for Spocks beard, but absolutely love the full name of the band SWEET SMOKE

Sweet Smoke from the Happy Pipe

I agree with that, teh psychedelic bands were very good at names, even the more commercial acts like the 1910 Fruit Company.

Other great band names:

Quicksilver Messenger Service

The New Riders Of The Purple Sage...

There aren't many people on this forum who know Sweet Smoke, I guess.
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Hmm.. i think it's Jethro Tull and after Dream Theater.
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 19:13
on the list i have to go with Pink Floyd and dream theater close second. those names made me want to check the bands.
i also like Captain Beefheart and his magic band  and Mr. Bungle

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My fave has got to be Subarachnoid Space; it is a fitting name for the band, with a double meaning which is always a plus for a prog band. 

Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase

Universal Indians

His Name Is Alive (though not really prog)

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is a great name,

as is the Secret Chiefs 3 for the Masonic overtones.

 



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Points: 1381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 20:07
I think i gotta go with DreamtTheater. Theres something about it that is very ...hmm idono. But theres something that makes me go "yeyeyeyagurgleygurlghggMMEEE" on the inside
I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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