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150 More Free Band Names
Free for all who wish to use, here’s a list of band names I’ve been dreaming up, all so far unused (as far as I know). I designed most for maximum internet search possibilities and cult tie-in potential – if anyone ends up getting rich and/or famous using any of my band names, I expect you to at least buy me a large pizza....and maybe a Porsche ---
Oh yeah, I design band logos, record sleeves, and concert flyers too, so maybe hire me for that…
Jay Allen Sanford
Danish Plato
Watchers From the Blind
P Test
Duodnym Duo
Same To You Bud
Why You I Oughtta
George LeRoy Tirebiter
Logan’s Sun
Rizzuto’s Revenge
The Hell You Say
Sickon U
Strapon Dickoff
Schwing Kings of Bling
Aiiieeeggg!
Manos Hand of Fate
Zoey Loves Zeus
Aaark Aaark
The Steekin Badgers
There’s No Need To Fear
Restless Natives
Nightmare Feet
The Saggy Baggies
My Fellow Terrariums
Pudding Pipers
Things Won’t Leave
Crooow!
Not Wearing Pants
Spa Fon
Squa Tront
Quitcher Wining
Opposing Bums
MiniMiniMini
Icy London
Icy France
Eye See Eeew
I.C. Underpants
He’s Dead Jim
Giant Rats of Sumatra
Monsters Due
Orion Slave Traders
Jenna’s Douche
Way 2 Bigg
Mylar Zone
Bees, She Sees
Lionel and the Security Blankets
Thank You Mask Man
So Far So What
Zoso Mofos
The Whoop Woops
Jerkin Gerkins
WTF Whitey
Alba’s Abs
Overlord Obscura
Yorga Counts
I Said Goode Daye
Broken GayDar
Suckit
Stickit
Takeit
Tara La Bouvier
The Shoephones
Tents On Fire
Bitten by Barnabas
Attaway Castaway
Jay Men Forever
Beware of Torgo
Milk Me Dammit
Freaky Fantasm
Phrankly Phinks
Wish You Were Beer
It Takes Beef
Coconut Radio
Eggplant Revenge
I Got a Rock
Who Killed Todd Loren?
The Phoneups
The Homegrownups
Minor Murders
Max Madder
Themes of Josette
Chef Schweaty
The Shaft Workers
Scary Serling
Servants of Sexploitation
Cathouse Theater
The Hairy Poms
See Thru U (abbreviated as C/U)
Put That Thing Away
Robert’s Ridge
Munchin Brady
Mystic Hamburg Highway
Future Faire
Joel VS Mike
Miss B. Natural
Psycho Tsunami
The Friendly Giants
The Fraidy Scats
Sax Afire
Margo Escargot
The Pullout Nows
Nobody For President
Ducking Howard
Bare Whiz
The Golden Hind
Planxton
Kitten Kundalini
Bunches of Hooey
Knot Insane
Fuggit Forgot
SlamSlam
Fleas on Feet
Peeble’s Pet
Wholly Moley
Klondike Kittens
Cheez Toe
Demons of Demi
Penisaurus
The Tube Grooves
Groovy Groo Bees
Bozo Buskers
The Dwarf Crushers
Rotten Cratchet
Cartman’s Probe
More Science High
Steppenfetch
See Sigmund
The Vulcan Itch
Whynot Measles
Ribsey’s Treat
Clams Got Legs
HellCowz
Highway Bloody Hwy
Starkweathermen
Whacko Mole
R.U. Nutts
Tearaway Newsome
WrongWrongRight
SaveSum
Eyes of Bohemia
Duz Not Die
Know Duh
Nose Hoes
HardenGardens
Ghostly Trioka
Takeout Wrenched Ankle
Gallery of Night
Lowbrow Unibrow
The Unibrowser
Bundy’s Bride
Buddy Buddha Breath
Zeta Zilch
The Beta Rays
Already1
Almighty1
The Crankups
Indoor Outhouse
Freddie Fullasheet
Return of Mr. Hand
Faster Phoebe and the Fallouts
Wot the Hey
V.A. Jay Jay
Gamma Made Me Green
Collector’s Attrition
Lela’s Eyeball
Tubby La Mesa
Finches of Attica
Busted Chifarobe
Busted by Boo
The Tumblin’ Tombstones
Stewie Luvs Rupert
The Giggity-gigs
YesNoMaybe
Pigga Fuggen Name
Press illo to play the Overheard theme song!
Or click here to
Exclusive preview and new interview with one of the creators/performers behind the new internet Trek series - click for more ---http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/oct/04/happy-rons-hormonal-harem---loving-san-diegos-musi/#
READER EXCLUSIVE - For the first time anywhere on the web, here's the promo trailer for Star Trek: The Continuing Mission, episode six: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/audioclips/66/
The Twilight Zone made its TV debut 50 years ago, on 10-2-59 - we asked local musicos to tell us their own favorite Zone episodes --- (more "What's Your Favorite Twilight Zone?" )
THE ROCKETEER AND OTHER FAMOUS '80S COMICS BEGAN RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO - Here's a detailed history of local Pacific Comics, who recruited comic superstars like Jack Kirby to create one of the first successful indie comic book lines. Pioneers in the fight for comic creators' rights and royalties, former employees and operators reveal how they did it, and what went so terribly wrong...
THE KOMPLETE KISS KOMIX KRONICLES - Comprehensive collection of stuff I’ve done about working with Kiss on a comic book series in San Diego, along with a bunch of never-before-seen artifacts from the Kiss Komix archives AND an article by Kiss comic author Spike Steffenhagen, offering his own very-different take, ala Rashomon, on the same events I describe in my essay...
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/sep/12/komplete-kiss-komix-kronicles
ROCK 'N' ROLL COMICS: THE INSIDE STORY - In 1989, San Diego's Revolutionary Comics ("Unauthorized And Proud Of It") launched Rock 'N' Roll Comics, featuring unlicensed biographies of rock stars, most of which I wrote. Some performers, like Frank Zappa and Kiss, were supportive, while others like New Kids On The Block considered our comics akin to bootlegs and sued. In June 1992, publisher Todd Loren was found dead in his San Diego condo, brutally murdered...
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/sep/12/rock-n-roll-comics-the-inside-story
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK VS REVOLUTIONARY COMICS - The inside story of how a hugely successful boy band tried to sue local-based Rock 'N' Roll Comics over an unauthorized biography of the group, sparking a court case that established, for the very first time, first amendment rights for comic books. Illustrated by comic superstar Stuart Immonen (Superman, etc.)...
OVER A MILLION CARNAL COMICS ARE IN PRINT - Here's how and why we made some of the top-selling erotic comics of all time, right here in San Diego, including what Gene Simmons has to do with it all, backstage tales of porn stars, and more confessions of a comic pornographer...
COMICS AND CENSORSHIP - DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY A COMIC BOOK - A local-centric history of comic book censorship, and the fight for the rights of comic creators...
TWILIGHT ZONE AND STAR TREK WRITER GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON PRESENTS - The inside story of a local horror comic book series featuring Robert Bloch, author of Psycho, plus sci-fi king Larry Niven, Zap Comix co-founder Spain Rodriguez, Matthew Alice artist Rick Geary, Vampire Lestat painter Daerick Gross, yours truly JAS, and many more...
THE BIRTH OF IMAGE COMICS: INSIDE STORY OF A LOCAL PUBLISHING POWERHOUSE - Illustrated tale revealing how Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and local comic artist Jim Lee (the Punisher, etc.) conspired to create the ultimate creator-owned comic books...
Down the Slippery Slope - Arrested For the Crime of Viewing Manga
On March 30, 2004, when Dwight Whorley found the Japanese website of Fractal Underground Studio via Yahoo and clicked on a couple of the thumbnail images... ( http://comipress.com/special/miscellaneous/down-the-slippery-slope-the-crime-of-viewing-manga )
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"Before It Was The Gaslamp: Balboa's Last Stand" - Cover story 6-21-07: In the late 70s/early 80s, I worked at downtown San Diego's grindhouse all-night movie theaters, for the owner of the Pussycat Theatre chain, Vince Miranda - this detailed feature recalls those dayz, the death of the Balboa Theatre, etc.
More Before It Was the Gaslamp
"Battle Of The Peeps" - feature article about a weird gig I had in the mid-'80s, running a strip club called Jolar, for the nation's second biggest pornographer, Harry Mohney (Deja Vu Showgirls founder).
More Battle of the Peeps - An Insider History of San Diego Porn Shops
"Field Of Screens" - Cover story 7-6-06: Complete theater-by-theater history of San Diego drive-ins thru the years, including a few which screened X-rated fare for awhile.
More Drive-In Theaters in San Diego: Complete Illustrated History 1947 thru 2008
"Pussycat Theaters - When 'Cathouses Ruled California" -- for the first time, the detailed inside story of the west coast Pussycat Theater chain of adult moviehouses, which peaked in the '70s but later died out. Told by those who actually ran the theaters!
More Pussycat Theater History: When Cathouses Ruled CA
****************************************************Here's something you might be interested in.
150 More Free Band Names
Free for all who wish to use, here’s a list of band names I’ve been dreaming up, all so far unused (as far as I know). I designed most for maximum internet search possibilities and cult tie-in potential – if anyone ends up getting rich and/or famous using any of my band names, I expect you to at least buy me a large pizza....and maybe a Porsche ---
Oh yeah, I design band logos, record sleeves, and concert flyers too, so maybe hire me for that…
Jay Allen Sanford
Danish Plato
Watchers From the Blind
P Test
Duodnym Duo
Same To You Bud
Why You I Oughtta
George LeRoy Tirebiter
Logan’s Sun
Rizzuto’s Revenge
The Hell You Say
Sickon U
Strapon Dickoff
Schwing Kings of Bling
Aiiieeeggg!
Manos Hand of Fate
Zoey Loves Zeus
Aaark Aaark
The Steekin Badgers
There’s No Need To Fear
Restless Natives
Nightmare Feet
The Saggy Baggies
My Fellow Terrariums
Pudding Pipers
Things Won’t Leave
Crooow!
Not Wearing Pants
Spa Fon
Squa Tront
Quitcher Wining
Opposing Bums
MiniMiniMini
Icy London
Icy France
Eye See Eeew
I.C. Underpants
He’s Dead Jim
Giant Rats of Sumatra
Monsters Due
Orion Slave Traders
Jenna’s Douche
Way 2 Bigg
Mylar Zone
Bees, She Sees
Lionel and the Security Blankets
Thank You Mask Man
So Far So What
Zoso Mofos
The Whoop Woops
Jerkin Gerkins
WTF Whitey
Alba’s Abs
Overlord Obscura
Yorga Counts
I Said Goode Daye
Broken GayDar
Suckit
Stickit
Takeit
Tara La Bouvier
The Shoephones
Tents On Fire
Bitten by Barnabas
Attaway Castaway
Jay Men Forever
Beware of Torgo
Milk Me Dammit
Freaky Fantasm
Phrankly Phinks
Wish You Were Beer
It Takes Beef
Coconut Radio
Eggplant Revenge
I Got a Rock
Who Killed Todd Loren?
The Phoneups
The Homegrownups
Minor Murders
Max Madder
Themes of Josette
Chef Schweaty
The Shaft Workers
Scary Serling
Servants of Sexploitation
Cathouse Theater
The Hairy Poms
See Thru U (abbreviated as C/U)
Put That Thing Away
Robert’s Ridge
Munchin Brady
Mystic Hamburg Highway
Future Faire
Joel VS Mike
Miss B. Natural
Psycho Tsunami
The Friendly Giants
The Fraidy Scats
Sax Afire
Margo Escargot
The Pullout Nows
Nobody For President
Ducking Howard
Bare Whiz
The Golden Hind
Planxton
Kitten Kundalini
Bunches of Hooey
Knot Insane
Fuggit Forgot
SlamSlam
Fleas on Feet
Peeble’s Pet
Wholly Moley
Klondike Kittens
Cheez Toe
Demons of Demi
Penisaurus
The Tube Grooves
Groovy Groo Bees
Bozo Buskers
The Dwarf Crushers
Rotten Cratchet
Cartman’s Probe
More Science High
Steppenfetch
See Sigmund
The Vulcan Itch
Whynot Measles
Ribsey’s Treat
Clams Got Legs
HellCowz
Highway Bloody Hwy
Starkweathermen
Whacko Mole
R.U. Nutts
Tearaway Newsome
WrongWrongRight
SaveSum
Eyes of Bohemia
Duz Not Die
Know Duh
Nose Hoes
HardenGardens
Ghostly Trioka
Takeout Wrenched Ankle
Gallery of Night
Lowbrow Unibrow
The Unibrowser
Bundy’s Bride
Buddy Buddha Breath
Zeta Zilch
The Beta Rays
Already1
Almighty1
The Crankups
Indoor Outhouse
Freddie Fullasheet
Return of Mr. Hand
Faster Phoebe and the Fallouts
Wot the Hey
V.A. Jay Jay
Gamma Made Me Green
Collector’s Attrition
Lela’s Eyeball
Tubby La Mesa
Finches of Attica
Busted Chifarobe
Busted by Boo
The Tumblin’ Tombstones
Stewie Luvs Rupert
The Giggity-gigs
YesNoMaybe
Pigga Fuggen Name
Press illo to play the Overheard theme song!
Or click here to
Exclusive preview and new interview with one of the creators/performers behind the new internet Trek series - click for more ---http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2009/oct/04/happy-rons-hormonal-harem---loving-san-diegos-musi/#
READER EXCLUSIVE - For the first time anywhere on the web, here's the promo trailer for Star Trek: The Continuing Mission, episode six: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/audioclips/66/
The Twilight Zone made its TV debut 50 years ago, on 10-2-59 - we asked local musicos to tell us their own favorite Zone episodes --- (more "What's Your Favorite Twilight Zone?" )
THE ROCKETEER AND OTHER FAMOUS '80S COMICS BEGAN RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO - Here's a detailed history of local Pacific Comics, who recruited comic superstars like Jack Kirby to create one of the first successful indie comic book lines. Pioneers in the fight for comic creators' rights and royalties, former employees and operators reveal how they did it, and what went so terribly wrong...
THE KOMPLETE KISS KOMIX KRONICLES - Comprehensive collection of stuff I’ve done about working with Kiss on a comic book series in San Diego, along with a bunch of never-before-seen artifacts from the Kiss Komix archives AND an article by Kiss comic author Spike Steffenhagen, offering his own very-different take, ala Rashomon, on the same events I describe in my essay...
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/sep/12/komplete-kiss-komix-kronicles
ROCK 'N' ROLL COMICS: THE INSIDE STORY - In 1989, San Diego's Revolutionary Comics ("Unauthorized And Proud Of It") launched Rock 'N' Roll Comics, featuring unlicensed biographies of rock stars, most of which I wrote. Some performers, like Frank Zappa and Kiss, were supportive, while others like New Kids On The Block considered our comics akin to bootlegs and sued. In June 1992, publisher Todd Loren was found dead in his San Diego condo, brutally murdered...
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/sep/12/rock-n-roll-comics-the-inside-story
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK VS REVOLUTIONARY COMICS - The inside story of how a hugely successful boy band tried to sue local-based Rock 'N' Roll Comics over an unauthorized biography of the group, sparking a court case that established, for the very first time, first amendment rights for comic books. Illustrated by comic superstar Stuart Immonen (Superman, etc.)...
OVER A MILLION CARNAL COMICS ARE IN PRINT - Here's how and why we made some of the top-selling erotic comics of all time, right here in San Diego, including what Gene Simmons has to do with it all, backstage tales of porn stars, and more confessions of a comic pornographer...
COMICS AND CENSORSHIP - DON'T BE AFRAID, IT'S ONLY A COMIC BOOK - A local-centric history of comic book censorship, and the fight for the rights of comic creators...
TWILIGHT ZONE AND STAR TREK WRITER GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON PRESENTS - The inside story of a local horror comic book series featuring Robert Bloch, author of Psycho, plus sci-fi king Larry Niven, Zap Comix co-founder Spain Rodriguez, Matthew Alice artist Rick Geary, Vampire Lestat painter Daerick Gross, yours truly JAS, and many more...
THE BIRTH OF IMAGE COMICS: INSIDE STORY OF A LOCAL PUBLISHING POWERHOUSE - Illustrated tale revealing how Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and local comic artist Jim Lee (the Punisher, etc.) conspired to create the ultimate creator-owned comic books...
Down the Slippery Slope - Arrested For the Crime of Viewing Manga
On March 30, 2004, when Dwight Whorley found the Japanese website of Fractal Underground Studio via Yahoo and clicked on a couple of the thumbnail images... ( http://comipress.com/special/miscellaneous/down-the-slippery-slope-the-crime-of-viewing-manga )
**********************************************
"Before It Was The Gaslamp: Balboa's Last Stand" - Cover story 6-21-07: In the late 70s/early 80s, I worked at downtown San Diego's grindhouse all-night movie theaters, for the owner of the Pussycat Theatre chain, Vince Miranda - this detailed feature recalls those dayz, the death of the Balboa Theatre, etc.
More Before It Was the Gaslamp
"Battle Of The Peeps" - feature article about a weird gig I had in the mid-'80s, running a strip club called Jolar, for the nation's second biggest pornographer, Harry Mohney (Deja Vu Showgirls founder).
More Battle of the Peeps - An Insider History of San Diego Porn Shops
"Field Of Screens" - Cover story 7-6-06: Complete theater-by-theater history of San Diego drive-ins thru the years, including a few which screened X-rated fare for awhile.
More Drive-In Theaters in San Diego: Complete Illustrated History 1947 thru 2008
"Pussycat Theaters - When 'Cathouses Ruled California" -- for the first time, the detailed inside story of the west coast Pussycat Theater chain of adult moviehouses, which peaked in the '70s but later died out. Told by those who actually ran the theaters!
More Pussycat Theater History: When Cathouses Ruled CA
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