A little while back, writer Gwynne Garfinkel posted of the difficulty in coming up with names for fictional rock groups, particularly the challenge of concocting a name that hasn't already been used by a real-life group.
Gwynne's post inspired number of responses from her Facebook friends, and it compelled my own so-called mind to start thinking of suggestions. So what the hello: Here are a bunch of potential names for bands that don't exist.
(NOTE: Since this is just a lark anyway, I did not check this list against any evidence that the name might be shared by some actual group, past or present. The list excludes a few faux bands--the Dustbunnies, the Frantiks, Guitars Vs Rayguns, Copper and the Pit Vipers, and the Butterscotch Peacemongers--already earmarked for appearances in my own work.)
Let's meet the bands!
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I’m kinda partial to Hail Murray
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