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Title: name for a cover band.
Post by: _tom_ on March 31, 2006, 10:17:18 PM: My cover band needs a name, and we cant think of anything good.. any suggestions? I'd be happy without a name but it'll be a cr@p introduction if they just say "And heres...the band..." hahaha
Title: name for a cover band.
Post by: sambo on March 31, 2006, 10:22:45 PM: Josephs Technicoloured Dreamcoat Valets

OR....

JTDV for short...

or just JTD
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Post by: Searcher on March 31, 2006, 10:30:47 PM: "Finding Emo"?

Check this (http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~bwhitman/10000.html) out!
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Post by: sambo on March 31, 2006, 10:34:50 PM: THATS SOOOO GOOD!^^^^ the name and the site... nice one .. mark?
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Post by: dave_mc on March 31, 2006, 10:43:42 PM: Westlife.

:twisted:
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Post by: 38thBeatle on March 31, 2006, 10:50:21 PM: Cushion Magic
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Post by: sambo on March 31, 2006, 10:57:21 PM: ^ :lol:

^^ :lol:
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Post by: _tom_ on March 31, 2006, 11:26:47 PM: hahahah cushion magic...sounds kinda.. I dunno, I cant think of the word..
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Post by: hunter on March 31, 2006, 11:34:10 PM: Smack Fat Tone?
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Post by: froglord on March 31, 2006, 11:53:36 PM: Beelzebub's Armageddon ChugFiends.
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Post by: sambo on March 31, 2006, 11:54:25 PM: Average Joe's Thursday Face
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Post by: _tom_ on March 31, 2006, 11:57:34 PM: I need serious names here, none of these will work, no matter how hilarious they are :lol:
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Post by: sambo on April 01, 2006, 12:00:16 AM: ok... on a serious note...

Fresh Spleen Risotto ?
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Post by: _tom_ on April 01, 2006, 12:11:45 AM: pfft thats cr@p. Anyway its not like were doing anything heavy so lay off anything that involves spleens and other body parts, dismemberment, death etc :lol:
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Post by: Searcher on April 01, 2006, 01:50:47 AM: Don't like my first link? Try these band names (http://www.amiright.com/names/cool/a.shtml).
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Post by: _tom_ on April 01, 2006, 01:55:38 AM: Whoops I didnt notice the link. I'm sure we can find something from here, cheers :D
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Post by: froglord on April 01, 2006, 11:52:49 AM: "Break Cover" - tells people you're a cover band and makes it sound like you mean business.
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Post by: sambo on April 01, 2006, 12:00:13 PM: Run For Cover

going by the same principles as frog...
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Post by: Kilby on April 01, 2006, 12:38:00 PM: Try http://www.muzique.com/band.htm

How about Football Mum (or Mom if you are in the US)

Seeing Death Cab for Cutie can rob song titles from the Bonzos how about

Laughing blues
Labio-Dental Fricative
Mr Slaters Parrot
We Were Wrong
Dwarf Succulents
Strange Tongues

My favourite band name was "Claude Bottom and the Lion Tamers"

Rob...
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Post by: Johnny Mac on April 01, 2006, 12:52:31 PM: There was a good covers band around here in the 90's called ' Ken Dodds Dads Dogs Dead'.

What about 'smell the glove'? Spinal tap!!!
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Post by: _tom_ on April 01, 2006, 05:54:54 PM: hahaha ' Ken Dodds Dads Dogs Dead' how stupid :lol:

Laughing Blues is actually quite good although we dont do many bluesy numbers :P
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Post by: Searcher on April 01, 2006, 07:30:42 PM: Quote from: _tom_

Laughing Blues is actually quite good although we dont do many bluesy numbers :P

Obvious question: So what do you do?
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Post by: _tom_ on April 01, 2006, 11:47:54 PM: I shouldve mentioned that :lol: Well at the minute the songs we have are:

brown sugar - rolling stones
losing my religion, the one i love- rem
old before i die - robbie williams (shameful i know but apparently the crowd love it :oops: )
dont believe a word - thin lizzy
i predict a riot - kaiser cheifs (another one to add to the list of shame)
i bet you look good on the dancefloor - arctic monkeys
sonnet - the verve
shes electric, stand by me - oasis
vertigo - U2
californication - RHCP

I think thats all, well you get the jist of it, simple pop and light rock tunes really.
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Post by: jt on April 02, 2006, 01:49:19 AM: :D "The Headaches" :D

:D 8)
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Post by: _tom_ on April 02, 2006, 11:27:42 AM: :o Is that implying that all the songs we do are cr@p?!?!?

ahahahah heard a funny one earlier, "Jive Turkey" its AWESOME! hahaha I want it as the name, gonna have to talk to the others about it :lol:
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Post by: willo on April 02, 2006, 11:44:54 AM: How about 'Covered:all' with the logo being a pun on this album cover:

(http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000024ZWL.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

?

:lol:
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Post by: Kilby on April 02, 2006, 11:48:24 AM: Well he coulf have suggested the Futt Buckers

Rob...
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Post by: _tom_ on April 02, 2006, 11:54:23 AM: Names with the word "cover" in sound so cheesy and typical :P

So far, Jive Turkey is winning. However another guy in the band thought "Deaf by Thirty" was good..bit cheesy though.
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Post by: willo on April 02, 2006, 12:00:47 PM: Quote from: _tom_
However another guy in the band thought "Deaf by Thirty" was good..bit cheesy though.

'Death By Thirty' and play thrash only.
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Post by: _tom_ on April 02, 2006, 12:05:47 PM: haha I wish I could, when I get into an original band its gonna be that way 8) Or cheesy power metal.
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Post by: _tom_ on April 02, 2006, 11:44:39 PM: Well I think we've settled on "Deaf by Thirty" which was on that site that Searcher posted.. I dont like it that much but so long as the musics good (which it actually is) then the name shouldnt matter..

Anyway, one question. Are cover bands allowed to have recordings of their covers? We are setting one up but not sure if we are allowed to post songs as and when we record them.
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Post by: Muttley on April 03, 2006, 10:04:36 AM: Quote from: _tom_
Well I think we've settled on "Deaf by Thirty" which was on that site that Searcher posted.. I dont like it that much but so long as the musics good (which it actually is) then the name shouldnt matter..

Anyway, one question. Are cover bands allowed to have recordings of their covers? We are setting one up but not sure if we are allowed to post songs as and when we record them.

Technically I think you should pay performance royalties for cover songs, and if you record songs you have to pay royalties on any sales.
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Post by: jt on April 03, 2006, 10:57:30 AM: :D That`s a shame i liked "Jive Turkeys" ! :P

A lot of cover bands record demos. There are some venues who insist on demos in order to get gigs.
I would suggest that you don`t record full songs but record small snippets say intro, verse, bridge & chorus. Then you can record 7 - 8 songs as it were & this will help give Landlords & agents a much better idea of what you sound like, without taking up huge amounts of there time. Which there`ll apriciate.

:D 8)
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Post by: _tom_ on April 03, 2006, 01:16:06 PM: haha I liked Jive Turkeys aswell.. Its not like we'd be selling copies of CDs with our covers on or whatever so I'm guessing its ok.. my mate who set up the myspace said it didnt say anything about covers in the t&c's..
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Post by: 38thBeatle on April 03, 2006, 01:39:30 PM: I had an idea of a name Tom but looks like you don't need it but I will say it anyway."The Scruby"- named after a man who works with a friend of mine- Phil Scruby. I just liked the sound "Scruby"- a bit childish of me I know but mildly amusing- at least to me.
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Post by: sambo on April 03, 2006, 11:42:22 PM: HAAH! is that pronounced.... 'scrooby'?

HAHA soooo cool
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Post by: _tom_ on April 04, 2006, 03:01:55 AM: Well... if anyones interested we now have a BAD quality recording done with a single mic into my mates laptop on here -

http://www.myspace.com/deafbythirtymusic

I did the lead and harmony lines in Dont Believe a Word, and the rhythm parts in the other two... it all sounds cr@p with the single mic though :lol: You get the idea though I guess. The bassists brother actually owns a studio so we can probably get some free recording time there anyway :D
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Post by: _tom_ on April 06, 2006, 12:44:30 AM: I take it no one likes it then :lol:
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Post by: 38thBeatle on April 06, 2006, 07:30:15 AM: Given that that was one mic that was pretty good- sounded competent and it is difficult to be constructed without being in the room with you listening to every bit.
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Post by: Searcher on April 06, 2006, 06:10:56 PM: Quote from: _tom_
I take it no one likes it then :lol:

:) It's good, Tom. I only listened to Money For Nothing though, because I don't much like the other songs, even when done by the original bands. Hey, I don't remember hearing the "little faggot with the earring and the makeup" line. Not politically correct these days, huh? ;)
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Post by: 38thBeatle on April 06, 2006, 06:23:02 PM: oops I meant difficult to be constructive but I expect you realised that although I do find it difficult to be constructed too these days come to think of it.
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Post by: _tom_ on April 06, 2006, 07:57:54 PM: Quote from: Searcher
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I take it no one likes it then :lol:

:) It's good, Tom. I only listened to Money For Nothing though, because I don't much like the other songs, even when done by the original bands. Hey, I don't remember hearing the "little faggot with the earring and the makeup" line. Not politically correct these days, huh? ;)

I hate most of the songs we do to be honest, but I like playing in a band, plus I want the experience of gigs to get my confidence up for when I find an original band to be in. I dont know anything about the "faggot" line, I've only listened to the original a few times :lol:
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Post by: tewboss on April 07, 2006, 02:19:07 AM: Tom are you from Desborough then? I'd always assumed you were from Kettering. My sister lives in Desborough, and another mate of mine is from around there (he left because he pissed off the gypsies).
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Post by: _tom_ on April 07, 2006, 10:06:28 AM: No I live in Loddington which I guess is nearer to Rothwell. I know what you mean about the bloody gypsies, pains in the f@cking arse!