Great band ideas that you'll never actually do.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:07 am

I came up with one today at work-

"The Manrapes", a hardcore punk band who play songs about forced prison sex. Members include Tyrone 'Bubba' Blackshaft, a large black man, as lead singer, Whitey Soapdropper, a skinny, feminine white boy on bass, Buff Ballsack, a weightlifter type on drums, and dual-guitar mayhem provided by Ricky Rimjob and Gimp Jism.

Song titles would be such as "You My Bitch", "You Can Punk Whitey For 3 Smokes", "Toss My Salad", and "Glazed and Confused"

This would be a huge hit, if executed properly, but I just can't even think seriously about doing it, because the whole idea kind of sickens me.

What great band ideas have you people had?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:57 am

Yeah... "revenge Svenold"

It's this Canadian band that forms twice a year, and puts on concept shows that are demented and it is comprised of former members of the Jim Rose Circus side show.

They impale themselves on common gardening implements while singing secular music from the 1700's.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:01 pm

sort of off topic here...but a seriously good idea that my band has been slow about executing.

We want each member to pick four songs that are influential to them that relate to the type of music the band is playing as a whole. Make a CD of these 16 songs and listen to it a great number of times within the same month the band is writing and recording songs.

We feel this would help glue everybody's ideas and influences automatically into a nice soft and warm morning blend of punk rock.

ON TOPIC, I always wanted to be in a punk rock band that did nothing but cover popular hit songs just a little heavier and a little faster. I cried just a little when I first heard Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies. True story, 'cept the crying part.

Post by **Lunkhead** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:27 pm

There's also this thread with the same basic idea:

http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1660

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:00 pm

A nü-metal parody Songfight all-star band. They would do bad rap metal and be the villainous opposite numbers of the Frontalittle Squad.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:20 pm

Niveous wrote:A nü-metal parody Songfight all-star band. They would do bad rap metal and be the villainous opposite numbers of the Frontalittle Squad.

Expand your horizons a bit, man. I'm talking about an actual touring band, MTV, mass appeal, etc. (well, in my case, *very limited* mass appeal) Something that would be considered 'commercially viable' as far as gimick bands go.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:54 pm

Niveous wrote:A nü-metal parody Songfight all-star band. They would do bad rap metal and be the villainous opposite numbers of the Frontalittle Squad.

I LOVE this idea.

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:12 pm

I wanted to start a Muppet cover band, but then I found out that it had already been done. (And they're great!)

http://www.deadhensons.com/

Post by **Lunkhead** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:25 pm

I'm so going to their next show...

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:35 pm

Lunkhead wrote:I'm so going to their next show...

You should! They played once here in Stumptown, and it was really a fantastic show. All us 30-somethings were grinning ear to ear. If you see them, tell them to come back up North!

--em

spinlock · Post by **spinlock** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:35 pm

I always wanted to be in a band that did live kareoke. 6 or 7 talented musicians, in a pub, with random people coming up and singing. And we could play all the kareoke standards. Few thousand songs.
I suppose to qualify for this thread, I should point out that when we were big, we'd be the band for 'stars in their eyes' and accompany all the pop / american idol singers when they did their contests. And celebrities. Like a philharmonic orchestra for pop.

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:40 pm

anti-m wrote:I wanted to start a Muppet cover band, but then I found out that it had already been done. (And they're great!)

http://www.deadhensons.com/

Surely better would be muppet songs by people who pretend to be really simple? They could be called ...

Dim Henson.

fankyewverymuch!

Post by **Lunkhead** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:38 pm

Or maybe a Muppets tribute band by a Hanson tribute band?

Jim Hanson

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:21 pm

Or a Muppet tribute band which plays Helter Skelter and pro-nazi songs.

Jim Manson.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:43 pm

fluffy wrote:Or a Muppet tribute band which plays Helter Skelter and pro-nazi songs.

Jim Manson.

Didn't the original muppets do that anyway?

Smalltown Mike · Post by **Smalltown Mike** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:05 am

I had an idea a couple years ago: a punk rock CD for children.

I've always thought children wanted more than the Wheels on the Bus, but a lot of punk rock wasn't so fit for kids (i.e. I don't want my own kids listening to the Ramones' Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue.)

So I'm proud to say I finally went and did it, and the CDs arrived at my house this past Tuesday: Jam Toast — Silly grown-ups, punk is for kids.

Check out http://www.jamtoast.ca to learn more, read lyrics, check out some Jam Toast tunes, and even be the first on your block to buy your very own copy of the CD.

Cheers.

jeff robertson · Post by **jeff robertson** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:02 am

Music played by marching band, lyrics shouted by cheerleaders. All lyrics are extremely pornographic.

jeff robertson · Post by **jeff robertson** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:09 am

Niveous wrote:A nü-metal parody Songfight all-star band. They would do bad rap metal and be the villainous opposite numbers of the Frontalittle Squad.

D00d, that is like something from professional wrestling. Meaning, of course, it would be HI-larious.

jeff robertson · Post by **jeff robertson** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:11 am

spinlock wrote:I always wanted to be in a band that did live kareoke. 6 or 7 talented musicians, in a pub, with random people coming up and singing.

They have those. I sang with one a few weeks ago.

Billy's Little Trip · Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:50 am

jeff robertson wrote:Music played by marching band, lyrics shouted by cheerleaders. All lyrics are extremely pornographic.

I'd go to see this, but then I remembered Gwen Stephanie is already doing it, and I wouldn't go see her. But she was good on SNL. The band kicks ass.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:16 pm

A highly political Hasidic hardcore band called Mazeltov Cocktail.

Justincombustion · Post by **Justincombustion** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:57 pm

I wanted a country/ cowpunk band led by a redneck version of GG Allin. Every show would have been as wild as Bob's Country Bunker on "The Blues Brothers." If the crowd wasn't rowdy enough, the singer would instigate a reaction by pooping on a picture of George Bush and fellating a statue of of Al Sharpton.

But rednecks aren't very punk, and vice versa. Except a very few, so I couldn't even get it started. But if everyone from SF was in one place....