Links

I have put some links in the sidebar, but be warned - if you follow them you could end up losing a few hours of your life because some of them are addictive!

I started with a couple of band name generators I had come across ages ago, and a couple of more general music-related sites. Then I did a Google search and found that there are dozens of band name web sites, including one called greatnameforaband.com - oops.

All of these sites have many, many more names than you can find here, but thats not what this blog is about. I am just noting a great-sounding name when I come across one rather than trying to invent names.

Worth noting is this article from the Guardian back in March 2005 about band names, which links in turn to another article from February's Guardian.

Also worth noting is the Blogthings band name generator. It will generate a name for you at random and give you the code to put your imaginary band name on your own site - like I did with The Sacred Goldfish in the sidebar. The Blogthings site has similar tools to generate your Irish name, what your underwear says about you, your hidden talent, and loads more.

Finally, a plug for Julian's Rock Lists. Way back in 1995 or something like that I shared a Crawley-based ISP with Julian. I had set up a web site for a band and he was very helpful in supplying an article I half-remembered from an ancient back-issue of Q magazine to put in it. His site collects all those charts, best-of lists, festive 50s and other stuff from a whole range of current and defunct magazines.