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Jak Angelescu
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Hey everyone! Throughout the years, my singer and I have changed the name of our band so many times I can’t even keep track. We felt like as our songs evolved, our name didn’t fit. For example, we started off writing these very 80’s rock and roll glam rock stuff so our name fit us, but nowadays our sound has completely shifted to a more raw, in-depth and mature sound that it doesn’t seem to fit. Like, you would never imagine a band named Faster Pussycat writing a song like Cowboys From Hell.
Because of the different styles and sounds our songs can have, we are having the HARDEST time thinking of a band name that fits US musically and personally. We have stuff that’s written kind of like Skid Row’s “Slave to the Grind” album, to Testament’s “Souls of Black” album, to even a country-esque pop song, industrial, powermetal, thrash punk, and even just straight up heavy metal and rock n’ roll.
We HAD a name that we thought fit us really well. Both with attitude, song style and everything. But the name is actually a legit “word-for-word” song title of a band. And no matter how we try to change the wording, it sounds stupid. So we’re afraid of legal complications because of it.
And some names we have come up with that we liked, they were already a part of another band’s name that has been trademarked or there were 10000000 other Soundcloud bands with the same name.
We also don’t want a ‘festival slot-filler band’ sounding name. And I mean bands like August Burns Red, Tall As Lions, Bring Me The Horizon, etc. These are all well-known bands but their names don’t really stand out.
To be honest, the name we wanted really badly was inspired by an A7X song. But with how ridiculous people are with “you copied this person” we don’t want any legal issues and we don’t want to be trailing on A7X’s tail in ANY way, shape, or form.
This has been an ongoing battle for 15 years and we are recording at the end of July and really need to finalize something
Any ideas or suggestions or advice? Unfortunately, fuzzy kittens can’t help me on this one.
Because of the different styles and sounds our songs can have, we are having the HARDEST time thinking of a band name that fits US musically and personally. We have stuff that’s written kind of like Skid Row’s “Slave to the Grind” album, to Testament’s “Souls of Black” album, to even a country-esque pop song, industrial, powermetal, thrash punk, and even just straight up heavy metal and rock n’ roll.
We HAD a name that we thought fit us really well. Both with attitude, song style and everything. But the name is actually a legit “word-for-word” song title of a band. And no matter how we try to change the wording, it sounds stupid. So we’re afraid of legal complications because of it.
And some names we have come up with that we liked, they were already a part of another band’s name that has been trademarked or there were 10000000 other Soundcloud bands with the same name.
We also don’t want a ‘festival slot-filler band’ sounding name. And I mean bands like August Burns Red, Tall As Lions, Bring Me The Horizon, etc. These are all well-known bands but their names don’t really stand out.
To be honest, the name we wanted really badly was inspired by an A7X song. But with how ridiculous people are with “you copied this person” we don’t want any legal issues and we don’t want to be trailing on A7X’s tail in ANY way, shape, or form.
This has been an ongoing battle for 15 years and we are recording at the end of July and really need to finalize something
Any ideas or suggestions or advice? Unfortunately, fuzzy kittens can’t help me on this one.
