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This morning’s topic comes from relatively new contributor Senor Weaselo. This is his second contribution, and it is much appreciated. Mostly because when I get carried away with a weekend’s worth of activities, (sadly, nothing crazy, just having to mow the lawn, do everything around the house I can’t do during the week, and attend a friend’s kid’s fiancee’s graduation party), and forget to do this until winding things down for the evening, I don’t have to think anything up. It’s a great feeling using someone else’s work as your own! Just ask virtually anyone who’s been published in academia.
Anyway, this week we’re doing band names. In his suggestion Senor suggested that ‘War Crimes Speedrun’ would be a good band name and he’s right, assuming you’re going death metal and not ‘opening act for Taylor Swift’s next tour.’ That probably wouldn’t mesh well.
Finessing the idea a bit we’re going with actual band names. But! it doesn’t have to be an actual band that actually existed: You can draft the name of a fictitious band if you so choose.
Remember, you are not drafting the band for the quality of their music, only the quality of the name. They can suck, the mere beginning of one of their songs wafting from your car radio speakers can make you want to drive into the nearest bridge abutment, but if they have a cool name you can go ahead and draft them with no fears that you are endorsing their music.
In a somewhat arbitrary decision I am decreeing that solo acts are not eligible. Cher may have a cool name, but she is not a band.
Our commissioner for this draft is, at Senor’s suggestion, the late Dom Pardo.
Senor didn’t give me a pick with his idea, so he’ll just have to jump in as time allows. With the first pick I am taking 1980’s Italian hardcore punk group Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers.
Were they any good? Fuck if I know. If I ever heard anything they did I’ve long since forgotten it, but I always remembered hearing that name and thinking it was pretty awesome.
The rest of you are on that clock.
